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Tamiya scale model kits

1/48th Tamiya F4U-1A 'Sally'

Years back, I read an article in Air Classics telling the story of 'Sally'. That Corsair was a salvage job constructed from the remains of several Corsair hulks from the boneyard by mechanics of Marine Service Squadron Eleven out in the [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Storch in Yugoslav markings

Here for my 2nd post is a Tamiya 1/48 scale Storch. It is completely OOB except for some Eduard pre-painted seatbelts. Decals are from "Lift Here" and represent an aircraft from the Royal Yugoslav Air Force, ca Spring 1940.

Hasegawa / Alleycat 1:32 , Kawasaki Ki-100 Goshikisen

Finished this one last week. The Hasegawa Ki-61 kit with the Alleycat Ki-100 resin fuselage. A first glance at the resin gave me the impression that I was in for an easy build. Nice panel lines, no bubbles, nice detail. The stuff looks the [...]

D-Day GB – M4A1 Sherman

The iconic American medium tank of World War II. My first finished D-Day build model. This is Tamiya 1/48 kit with a die-cast chassis. Build thread here - (link)

D-Day Group Build – 1/35 Centaur Mk IV Close Support British Cruiser Tank

Hi folks, here's my D-Day contribution, Tamiya's 1/35 kit of the Centaur. Quoting from the instruction sheet: After the 1942 Dieppe raid, the Royal Marine Division refined the techniques for combined operations such as assault landings [...]

Eduard 1/48 Polikarpov I-16 Type 10

Here is my first contribution to this great new (to me!) site. It is Eduard's 1/48 scale Polikarpov I-16, Type 10. I used decals from a long OOP Superscale sheet for the code letters/numbers and the 'Betty Boop' on the tail. All other [...]

P-40E Aleutian Tiger

I built this a while ago but thought it would be good for my first iModeler post. This aircraft is from the 343rd FG, 11th FS in the Aleutians 1942. I thought this was different in that there were no blue surrounds on the national [...]

Porsche 936 turbo

Tamiya 1/24 It's an old kit from Tamiya but the only for this car... The 936 turbo win LeMans in 1977 with Jacky Ickx, Hurley Haywood and Jürgen Barth.

1/48 Revell PT-17 Stearman

Here's the iModeler Review kit from a few weeks ago... 🙂 A fun little kit that goes together very well. No putty needed, this is perhaps Revell's best-fitting kit. The kit's rigging diagram was helpful, but could've been a little [...]

Me I'm going with this one!

I still love this box top, and built it still looks "good enough". I built one about 43 years ago,and loved it! Accurate, nope, fun...yep! That and the Tamiya 1/25 Tiger I, because sometimes you need to stop being so darned [...]