Tamiya scale model kits
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1/48 Greek Viper
Recently completed.Tamiya 1/48 F-16C Block 50 added resin parts from Steel Beach, Aries, Aerobonus, Verlinden, Wolfpack and Legends, I also took some parts from a Hasegawa kit. Decals are from TwoBobs. Painted with Lifecolors and the base [...]
1/48th Tamiya Kawanishi Shiden N1K1 “George” PTO WWII
An excellent fighter in the hands of a skilled pilot. A design that has it's origin from the Kyofu seaplane. Kawanishi saw the potential in it's performance on paper and with that and without the authorization of the Navy decided to [...]
Jamie Boy / The West By Gawd Virginian
Calling this down. 1/48 Tamiya P-47 Razorback flown by Lang and Punchy. When Punchy first arived to Bodney Lang shared his Tbold with Punchy till more Tbolts arived . Painted with Tamiy paints and weathered with Mig Dark Wash. Decals are [...]
Honda RC211V 2006, Casey Stoner.
My fourth 1/12 Tamiya, I modified a few small parts, finished in Tamiya and MM enamels with Future over the decals. Ridden by Casey Stoner 2007 World champion and 2008 Runner up with Ducati, 2011 World champion and 2012 third place with [...]
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. [...]
