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Tamiya scale model kits

Wingnut Wings 1/32 LVG

If anyone were to ask what my favorite built model is, this is it. My aviation interests span all eras of flight but only in recent years have I dared tackle some WWI subjects. Anyone with even a passing interest in WWI aircraft has no [...]

72nd scale Tamiya P51 D with Aries detail set.

I completed this some years ago and remember it was a real squeeze getting everything in including the full depth wheel bays. Rob.

Tamiya 48th scale P51D with Part detail set.

Built from the "Aces of the 8th" and finished with Alclad. I spent a lot of time blending the windshield and canopy and making barrels and blast tubes. I also dropped the elevators and added some extra detail to the [...]

Mitsubishi A6M5 – Japanese Surrender Markings, 1945

Coincidental to Dmitry's earlier posting of his 1/72 Airfix Zeke, here is Tamiya's 1/32 A6M5 in surrender markings, completed this weekend. I bought the kit second-hand a year ago, sprues still bagged as new, and with two Eduard [...]

1/72 Tamiya A6M3 Hamp.

I have just completed this today. This is my 1/72 Tamiya A6M3 Hamp. A very nice kit in 1/72 one of the best I have built to date. As you can see I wanted to paint it in the same markings as the 1/48th one that I built years ago. Painted [...]

Yamaha YZR M1 ” J.Lorenzo”

Hello, Tamiya kit 1/12 : it's my first assembly of motorcycle. It is the Yamaha M1 YZR of Jorge Lorenzo with the special decoration FIAT of Estoril. The assembly was very pleasant and from the box many détails. Thank you and see you again [...]

McLaren MP4/4 Honda “Ayrton Senna”

A bad day 20 years later...I choose to build this car for the best driver in Formula 1. Tamiya kit from the box..with decals...not very good...i'll buid a MP4/8 Ford but with paint red fluo... thanks olivier

Tamiya 1/48 F4D-1 Skyray

The Douglas F4D-1 Skyray was the first Navy fighter that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight. It was the first carrier-based fighter to hold the world's absolute speed record, and was the last fighter built by the Douglas Aircraft [...]

Tamiya 1/72, Aichi M6A1 Nanzan

Very known Tamiya model, and very easy to build. Built OOB except from seat belts made of Tamiya tape. Color is Gunze H-24 Orange yellow.

Tamiya 1/12 Ducati 900 Supersport…

I was inspired to show this model because of George Williams’ post of April 17, of his Tamiya 1/12 Ducati 900 NCR racer. This model was built quite a few years ago, and I just discovered it out in the garage, with the windshield and rear [...]