Tamiya scale model kits
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Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1/12th – kit #14109
I didn’t except much from this kit as I thought it was an older Tamiya kit (2007). I added Tamiya Detail Up forks #12619 and Top Studio #Md29005 detail set.
I was at first unimpressed with Top Studio set but as I began to work with it [...]
Beaufighter
Been planning (an putting-off) this build for longer than I care to recall. No problems with the actual construction, it's a Tamiya kit after all so nothing to report there. It was always going to be as weathered as possible without [...]
Tamiya 1/35 Marder III M
The Marder III was designed by the Germans to combat Soviet KV-1 and T-34 tanks. An anti tank gun was mounted on the 38(t) tank chassis. The final version M was equipped with the 75mm Pak40/3 gun and had a redesigned fighting compartment [...]
Tamiya 1/35 Jagdpanther
Tamiya Jagdpanther tank destroyer in 1/35. Pretty much mandatory kit for German armor guys, and the coolest WW2 TD in my humble opinion. Airbrushed the “big stripe” Camo freehand using Tamiya paints. Weathering was done with Vallejo [...]
Eduard 1/48 Wildcat Mk.VI
I got this one as part of my Birthday present last year along with a Bunny Club Membership.
Of course this one had to be an FAA subject.
The colours should probably be the equivalent ones but I don't have them so standard TSS it was and to [...]
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J Remote Control! by Tamiya 1/35
I was working on several other models, as we often do, when I got distracted and saw this was available. I was blown away by the fact that Tamiya had 1/35 scale RC versions of some of their tanks. I had to pick this one up immediately. [...]
Hong Kong Models 1/48 Mitchell B-25J "Glazed Nose"
My first HKM kit and I was really chuffed with the fit of the kit.
It is beautifully engineered and fits together nicely except for the top of the fuselage which gave me some issues.
I believe this is a known issue. I got the seam sorted [...]
PAINT MULE: The Modellers Unsung Hero
We probably all have one and I constantly use mine to try improve myself with things such as mottling and free hand camouflage with left-over paint in the airbrush cup. It's now been eight years since I start using an airbrush and I'm [...]
Major Michael Jackson's Teddy
This is the venerable Tamiya P-47D with Aeromaster decals. The paints are also Aeromaster. They stir up well years, or could be decades at this point, after purchasing them. The decals did not tear or shatter. I did have serious silvering [...]
Tamiya 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3/4.
Tamiya 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3/4. Major Hans "Assi" Hahn, France 1940. Built according to IPMS/USA Basic Kit Build (BKB) Criteria. Light weathering was just Dark Gray Tamiya Panel Liner. The stickers are a mix of Tamiya and [...]
