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Tamiya F4F Wildcat
I've built about 40-45 1/48 model aircraft over the last 25 years (yes, I am the world's slowest builder, lol) but this Wildcat was my first Tamiya kit. I finished it last year and I have to say that all I had heard about its ease of [...]
Tamiya 1/48 scale P-51D Mustang with Custom Markings for a Christmas Present
This idea hatched in August, 2011 when my sister expressed her love for the Mustang! "It's shiny and sounds so cool"! Little light bulb in my head went "Ping!" and this was the result. It is my first time playing [...]
Koga’s Zero
"ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIZES OF THE PACIFIC WAR."
As part of the greater battle of Midway, this Zero flew from the Ryujo and took part in a raid on Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians. The Zero was damaged in that raid and made a [...]
Tamiya 1/48 F4U-2
I love the Corsair, and I particularly enjoy building Tamiya Corsairs. This was my first folded wing corsair. I used pictures from the Osprey book on Corsair aces (This aircraft was on the USS Enterprise) to help me to paint this one. It [...]
Accurate Miniatures F3F-1
This is my favorite kit of all time. 1/48 scale. I painted this entirely with Tamiya spray cans, except for the red cowl ring. The cowl ring was painted with a Testors lacquer spray can red that was an exact match for the Yellow Wings [...]
Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat 1/48
The Tamiya Wildcat was a nice kit to build, clever parts breakdown and no fit problem (as with most Tamiya kits); the only extra I put in to it was some details in the cockpit. There was a lot of talk about the floor in this kit (as the [...]
F4U-1A Corsair VF-17 “Jolly Rogers”
This is my Tamiya 1/48 Scale F4U-1A corsair painted in the markings of Lt. JG. Danny Cunningham during his first tour with VF-17 flying out of Ondongo Airfield in the South West Pacific.
Hope you like it.
David.
Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.24 – 1/48 Eduard, Aires, Falcon,..
Hi everyone !
This is the Airfix kit (reboxed by Eduard) with Aires engine set and cockpit set. I also used Eduard´s flaps and Quickboost´s cannon barrels. The canopy from a kit was too thick and scratched so I replaced it by new one [...]
Tamiya 1/72nd scale Fw-190A-3
Built out of box. Used Model Master Paints and Aero Master decals. A fine piece of stainless steel wire was used for the antenna.
Tamiya 1/72nd scale P-47 "Bubble Top"
Built out of box. Used Model Master paints and Eagle Cal decal sheet for markings.
