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Little Friends to the rescue - "Lou IV" – 1/48 Tamiya P-51D
The famous for being well-known "Lou IV", flown by 361st FG CO Col Thomas Christian.
Tamiya 1/48 P-51D modified to early P-51D-5 configuration. Falcon vac canopy. Kit decals.
'109s in Gruppe strength?.... Somebody called for little friends?...
The venerable Tamiya 1/48 B. BMF on fuselage, aluminum laquer on wings. Decals from OOP SS sheet. Ultracast prop, exhaust & wheels.
1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Bf-109 E7
I have still some ammunition for the “Attack of 109s” Will we start a counterattack against 109s ? 🙂
Here is 1/48 Tamiya Messerschmitt Bf-109 E7 coded S9 DR of III / ZG 1 Libya during 1942.
The aircraft camouflaged in RLM 78/79. [...]
1/48 Bf 109E-4
My contribution to 'Attack of the 109' here on iModeler comes in the form of Tamiya's classic kit. Not much to say about this build, it's almost out of the box with just a set of Eduard seatbelts and Aeromaster decals added. As I really [...]
Tamiya 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3
Having admired some hundreds of spectacular models here at iModeler, I feel compelled to provide some sort of evidence that Yours Truly also builds some models on his own -- well at least occasionally.
This is Tamiya’s Messerschmitt Bf [...]
“The One-shot Lighter” Mitsubishi G4M Betty
"The One-shot Lighter" is a one of the name given by Allied pilots for Mitsubishi G4M Betty because of their tendency to explode or catch on fire from any slight damage to the wing fuel tanks after being hit .
Model built as [...]
1/48 Spitfire Mk.XII converted from Tamiya Mk.V
Here is one of my old stories from the past. I did not checked my notes but probably this was my first converted model including some surgery and inexperience. This is Spitfire Mk.12 with the markings of 41 st squadron ( EB-B MB 882 ) [...]
Tamiya 1/35 AAPV7 w/UGWS
I picked this one up at a local model show for $10. Again built stock out-of-box. Painted with Model Master acrylics and weathered with oil washes, filters and pastels. Figure painting is certainly not my forte, especially modern US 3-tone [...]
Tamiya 1/48 A6M2 Rufe
Nothing special about this one. A classic Tamiya kit that still holds up well even more than 30 years after its original release. I built mine stock out-of-the-box. Painted with Tamiya acrylics. A nice, quick and pleasant build.
The Wildcatfish (Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 conversion)
A nice way to turn a $30 kit into a $150 model. Tamiya's excellent F4F-4 with the Cutting Edge conversion set to do the F4F-3S "Wildcatfish." and the Just Plane Stuff F3F-3 wing set. The sets included new non-folding wings [...]
