Tamiya scale model kits
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Nichimo, 1:48 scale Nakajima Ki-43-Ic, "Hayabusa", (Peragrine Falcon) Allied Reporting Name: 'Oscar'
Kit is built mostly Out Of Box except for the True Details weighted tires. EZ line was used for the aerial and paper strips for seat harness. Paint is a combination of Tamiya acrylic for upper surfaces, over Alclad II for the lower. [...]
