Tamiya scale model kits
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Honda's upside down racer
Hi folks, this is the kit that imodeller kindly supplied as my prize from July. It's a model of Honda's 1984 World Championship challenger , as ridden by American Freddie Spencer. For 1984 Honda decided to investigate the improved [...]
Tamiya 1/48 P-51Ds
Some Tamiya 1/48 P-51Ds,
Glenn Eagleston's "Eagle", 353rd FS, 354th "Pioneer Mustang" FG.
"Grim Reaper" - 356th FS, 354th FG (I would love to see some warbird owner do this on a flyer)
Bud Anderson's "Old [...]
A pair of Yamahas
The Moto GP world was surprised when hearing the news that three times world champion Valentino Rossi was moving from Honda to Yamaha for the 2004 season. Yamaha had developed their 2003 machine and were ready to take over the crown from [...]
Legato 1/72 Curtiss P-40E Warhawk, Tamiya 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop, Revell 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc.
Just a few desert camo RAF aircraft. All oob builds, the Legato P-40 kit was hard work but turned out ok and has a good shape, the Tamiya kit as usual was a dream and the keenly priced Revell kit fitted together really well, happy enough [...]
1/72 Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb, 1/72 Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia.
My collection of Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane's Spitfires so far. Mk.Vb UD W AB972 (Tamiya), Mk.IIa UD W P8038 (Airfix) and Mk.Ia YT W R6818 (also Airfix).
1/72 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt
Not a completely accurate depiction of Lt. John Godfrey's P-47, changed a couple of little things to suit what I wanted to build, dropped the emblem and made him an ace.(I know he clocked up around 16.33 kills but in Aeromasters Debden [...]
Tamiya 1/35 Scale FLAK 37 Anti-Aircraft Gun
Lately, I've been in a rut when it comes to working on any of my current AC projects so I figured that I would put them away and tackle some subjects that I usually don't model. This FLAK gun model is one of my non- AC projects. I got [...]
Tamiya 1/48 N1K1-J Shiden "George"
This was an enjoyable build start to finish. I built the "George" with only photo-etch harness straps for cockpit detail. My Paints were Model Master enamels and I weathered using pastels and a Prisma color silver pencil.
Liquatex Acrylic Inks
OK I have this friend that is in the club that I am a member of that comes up with many new and wondrous ideas, well since I am new to this hobby its wondrous to me. He was telling us how he uses these acrylic inks for most of his model [...]
1/48 Tamiya Focke Wulf Fw-190 A8R8
This is an old built, but with new taken pictures. The kit was finished with the markings of JG3. This A8R8 flown by Wilhelm Montz in the summer of 1944. The construction of the kit is very easy. Though it has some accuracy problems [...]
