Tamiya scale model kits
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Beantown Banshee and one final Mission
When you’re a kid reading books about WWII fighter pilots they are but distant literary bits of history earmarked with grainy black and white photos. I’d seen the well known photo of Mike Rogers sitting on the wing of Beantown in [...]
Shangri-la
I have many hobbies, (probably too many) one of which is pinstriping and painting WW2 style nose art. Over the years, I've painted pin-ups on several flight jackets, hot rods, and numerous metal panel wall hangings for people.
The first [...]
Tamiya, Kawasaki KZ1300 B Touring bike, 1/6th scale.
I built the sister bike about a year ago and have been watching this one, Finally found one that had decency tires, most had deteriorated tires in the kit.
I was excited to have it did a perfect (for me) paint job on it using Tamiya [...]
Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog 1/35 in Service of Japan_WIP
I'm not a fan of the war world, but I had the opportunity to get my hands on this model and since I like challenges, I accepted it. It is very easy to assemble and with the previous experience I acquired with rust effects I am adding more [...]
Tamiya 1966 Rusty 1300 Beetle 1/24
This assembly was a lot of fun playing and experimenting with rust, the effects of the passage of time, recreating textures. The kit is quite easy to assemble (compared to others such as motorcycles), but I added some customizations such [...]
Tamiya Honda Repsol 213V '14 1/12
This model was my 2nd adventure in the hobby, and I had already learned a lot from the mistakes made in the first one. I really enjoyed building this kit, because I spent a lot of time to build the exact color that matched the original. I [...]
McDonnell Douglas Phantom II F-4D, Tamiya 1/32
Old Vietnam veteran from 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1966 - 1974) (Tail Code: FO), 8th Tactical Fighter Wing.
Tamiya released kit (60305) in 1995, so it's quite old (and huge in this scale). Kit was completed in year 2022.
Painted [...]
V-1 or Fieseler Fi103 (Tamiya 1/48)
A well known kit of the V-1 from Tamiya in 1/48. It's not a new kit in any sense of the word, but it's still pretty decent. I bought it for a quick, relaxing build, but it was waiting for me for a couple of months. Mostly it was waiting [...]
ICM 1/32 Gloster Sea Gladiator MK.II
What a fantastic kit.
Any issues and errors in the build were wholly down to me.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one as my first ever 1/32 completion.
Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black.
Painted with,
Colourcoats Interior Grey Green, [...]
