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More Pictures of the Revell 1/48 Type IXc.
My love for U-Boats started back in the early 70's when I first read Herbert Werner's "Iron Coffins".
I bought Revell's Type IX U-Boat as soon as it was out.
The build was pretty much straight forward. The size of the hull (42 [...]
1/48 Tamiya P-51D 352nd FG ( John C Meyer )
Well another build completed from the shelf of doom. Painted with Tamiya paints and Eagle Strike decals .
Cheers Brian
1/48 Tamiya P-47 352nd FG Lt. Col Luther Richmond (from shelf of doom completed)
Decals donated from Bombshell decals. Model painted with tamiya paints. This is fifth plane completed from my 352nd FG build. With two more Mustangs in the works 🙂
Cheers Brian
Tamiya 1/48 FM-2 conversion
Hi all,
I have finally finished my conversion of a Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 into an FM2. I used the Vector conversion set. While intended for the HobbyBoss Wildcat kits, I had a pile of Tamiya kits I had already put aside before the HB kit came [...]
Building the 1/8th Scale Tamiya Suzuki RGV-L
There is something to be said about building out of one's comfort zone. I know absolutely nothing about racing motorcycles (and still don't), but I have seen some built here on imodeler and thought they looked incredible. So when I ran [...]
Brabham -BMW BT 50
The old Tamiya kit of the beautiful Brabham from Gordon Murray, win with Nelson Piquet in formula 1 grand prix.
Easy build and nice details level .
see you soon
Tamiya 1/48 P-51B "Captain Don S. Gentile" and A-36 dirtied up
F.D.R. called him "Captains Courageous"...maybe that's why his plane was called "Shangri-La"
D-Day Group Build – 1/48 Wildcat V
Here we are a month after D-Day and I've called this one done. I must admit I'm unsure if this aircraft was used at Normandy or only at the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon 15 August '44), but be that as it may...Tah [...]
1/48 Corsair II JT422
This is the Tamiya F4U-1A kit suitably modified to FAA Corsair II standards. I clipped the wingtips, added the 3 fuselage air scoops found on RN Corsairs, and added a British whip antenna set up. JT 422 was a Goodyear built Corsair and [...]
1/48 Dragon Junkers Ju-188A2
This is the 1/48 Dragon Junkers JU-188A2 with the markings of 3E HK from II KG/6. This Ju-188 was found abandoned at Melsbroek in Belgium (1944).
Cockpit components painted to RLM 66 and modified by CMK seats.
The upper fuselage and [...]
