Tamiya scale model kits
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Tamiya 1/48 Me 262
Did this one a while ago - pretty much OOB, with Eduard seatbelts, and some added antenna wires and brake lines. Decals are from EagleStrike. Paints are Gunze Aqueous and Tamiya. Like any of the newer Tamiya kits, it was a pleasure to [...]
F-84E in Korea
F-84E-15-RE 49-2428, Taegu, Korea, 1951. Tamiya 48th kit, built mostly from the box.
The canopy bracing is done with strips cut from a white decal sheet. Paint is various Testors Metalizers and Testors Enamels. I mistakenly IDs this s/n [...]
F-84C Kitbash
F-84C-11-RE 47-1531 in Oregon ANG service. This is a model of the only Thunderjet to serve, albeit very shortly, with the ORANG.
Fuselage and canopy are Tamiya 48th F-84G shortened 15" in scale. I made the masters for the early wings [...]
Primed and ready!
The Panther project continues, started with a good coat of Tamiya fine grey primer, followed by the yellow then the Daimler Benz late war factory scheme. One of the harder schemes I have done, but as always a bit of the brew kept things [...]
Screaming Goat!: Revell 1/24 Pontiac ’69 GTO
Revell 1/25 Pontiac '69 GTO, built OOB.
I used Testor's rattle can enamel for the exterior, and Tamiya acrylics for the rest.
A fun kit of something different, and my first of 2015.
A lot of mistakes, but it was fun to use Bare Metal Foil [...]
Trumpeter P-40B Curtis Tomahwak
Hi all,
This model was buit long time ago,. The 1/32 P-40 from Trumpeter is quite cheap so the details and accurracy are not up to today standard. No aftermarket was used, OOB with lots of extra details especially the engine and cockpit. [...]
Review: Tamiya 1/32 F4U-1A Corsair
Designed in response to a Bureau of Aeronautics request for proposal in February 1938, for a single-engine fighter with a top speed over 350 mph, a landing speed of 70 mph and a range of 1,000 miles, Vought’s XF4U-1 Corsair was supposed [...]
1/48 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat
This Hellcat was flown by Texas pilot Arthur "Ray" Hawkins of VF-31 on the USS Cabot in September, 1944. I added an Obscureco cowl, Quickboost engine, and Squadron canopy. The pilot figure was bashed together from my parts [...]
Challenger 1 mk 3
I've been promising this one for a while! Sorry for the delay, I thought this would be finished ages ago, but you know how it is! Plus I thought I'd best leave it for a bit after Bernd's show winning Challenger, I wasn't in a hurry to [...]
BF 109 E-3 Tamiya 1/48 scale
This is a BF 109 E-3. German 109s are a bit of an obsession with me. I love them all. I built and brush painted this one by hand using Model Master enamels. I did not follow the recommended call outs for the camo. I used RLM 70/71 [...]
