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Tamiya scale model kits

Jagdpanther

Mentioned here a number of times that I love building TD's, think I've done four-in-a-row over the last couple of years. I try something new with each build, and for this one, it was the figures - I have always been 'low average' when it [...]

So CV-62 ran aground, so while planning I will start something different

My Indy kit hit a snag when I started really comparing pictures to the kit, lots to correct that will take a bit of planning before starting. The flight deck is, wrong in a number of ways, catwalks, port forward elevator is just not even [...]

Video: TAMIYA “Easy Eight” M4A3E8 Sherman 1/35 (Quick build)

P 38J Tamiya 1/48

P 38 J Lightning #131 Major Thomas McGuire. 431st FS, 475th Fighter Group. Pudgy III Tamiya 1/48. Out of box except for eduard seatbelts. Vallejo metals over primer and Mr color GX2 gloss black. Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics. Really great [...]

Tamiya, 1:48 scale, Mitsubishi G4M1, Model 11, "Isshikirikko", (Land Attack Plane), Reporting Name - 'Betty'

Howdy Y'all This is an older build from a few years back. Pretty much OOB, except for the True Details weighted wheels. Paint was the old Aeromaster Enamels line, (Think Floquil Military). Decals are from the kit, aerial is stretched [...]

Airfix 1/48 Hawker Hunter GA.11

Another belter of a kit from Airfix. The fit was superb and very little filler was needed. Primed with Tamiya Nato Black, Painted with Colourcoats Extra Dark Sea Grey and Light Aircraft Grey. Tamiya Nato Black, Rubber Black, White mixed a [...]

Panserjäger Sd.Kfz. 184 Elefant

Porsche GmbH had manufactured about 100 chassis for their unsuccessful proposal for the”Tiger” tank, the "Porsche Tiger", in the Nibelungenwerk factory in Sankt Valentin, Austria. Both the successful Henschel proposal and the [...]

Tamiya, 1:48 scale, Heinkel He-162A-2, "Salamander"

Calling THIS one done! This early jet had the distinction of killing more German pilots than those of the enemy. A really nice little kit that was a lot of fun, and builds well. I know, some of you may be thinking, "What? A [...]

Kinetic 1/48 Lockheed Starfighter F-104N

One I've wanted to do for a while. I picked up the F-104G and some aftermarket Caracal Decals to go for the NASA 104N Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey and Lacquer Gloss Black for the metallic surfaces. Painted with. Colourcoats Dark Sea [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A Jim Sullivan memorial group build

Had a lot of fun with this one. Tried new things like using pastels on an aircraft fuselage for weathering, I had done exhausts just not the whole airframe before, cut out wing tip lenses and used clear sprue for new ones. I found the [...]