Tamiya scale model kits
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1/48 Brewster F2A-2
Who doesn't like the Tamiya Buffalo? This is one I built a few years ago but somehow neglected to post. I built it straight from the box and finished it with Yellow Wings decals. The only other remarkable fact about it is that it is [...]
Big Sandy
A classic. Tamiya's 1:35 M60A1 with reactive armor. The kit built up nice but showed its age. This was a kit that could have been motorized so the rear end needed lots of filling and sanding. The biggest challenge was the weathering. [...]
Visits from a couple of old friends
Hi Folks, I haven't posted much lately because I have been working on the Tamiya 1/32 Mustang, And well, not much more can be said about it than hasn't been written! Then a good friend of mine who has been living in Germany stopped by. I [...]
1/48 Tamiya Beaufighter XXI 93 Sqn Borneo RAAF
This is a joint effort. My oldest son started this a few years ago in a model club I ran at our primary school. I cleaned the parts he started up, finished the rest of the build and painted it etc.
He's happy with the colours I picked. [...]
Zero Killer
Officially done F6F flown by Lt. Leo B McCuddin of the VF-20 USS Enterprise October 1940. Painted with Tamiya paints and weather with MIG wash . Kit is 1/48 Haseagawa with ICM Pilot 🙂
Cheers Brian
1/48 Airfix Seafire F.XVII
Have been working on this kit off and on for the past year. Airfix has really upped its game recently. Only thing I think they could improve on this kit would be the main landing gear. The wing attachment points strike me as a little weak. [...]
Honda NSR 500 1986, Wayne Gardner.
My third 1/12 Tamiya, I filled the exhausts, modified the brake calipers, front forks and a few other things, finished in Tamiya X4, Concept 212 and MM enamels, some of the decals fell apart, Future over all. Ridden by 1986, 1988 runner up [...]
The West By Gawd Virginian
1/48 Tamiya P-51b The West By Gawd Virginian flown by Bob (Punchy) Powell of the 352nd Fg at RAF Bodney. Pianted wth AK Etreme Metal Aluminum. Aeromaster decals and weathered with MIG wash
Cheers Brian
Tamiya 1/32 Mk XVIe Spitfire 349 sqdn
I know it has been aeons since I have posted anything worth while that I would consider finished or that may be shown here in these pages. The last time I completed this model was a few years ago and it turned out rather hum drum. Then a [...]
Tamiya A-1H Skyraider 1/48 scale
Everyone knows about VA-176's 'Bumblebee' MiG killer, with its giant killer bee artwork, but the first USN Skyraider to shoot down a MiG-17 seems to be lost in the shuffle.
Tamiya's A-1H USN kit, fortunately, includes markings for VA-25's [...]
