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Miniart 1/48 P-47D Bubbletop: And how it compares with Tamiya's
Miniart's P 47D is a very good kit. It is highly detailed and has a complete textured riveting array that represents the real deal. However, parts are very delicate and the plastic is soft. This results in an added building effort in [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Do 335A-12 Pfeil
Tamiya's twin seater Pfeil is even more impressive than the single seat. On the basis of photographs of captured aircraft, I removed the doors of the main undercarriages for added model dynamics.
Toyota GR Supra, Tamiya 1/24
This wonderful kit was given to me by my daughter as a birthday present. I do know that she really likes this car a lot, so maybe it is a hint to eventually buy her a 1:1. She definitely convinced me with this kit that the looks of this [...]
Kawasaki Z1300 Engine, Tamiya 1/6th
I have had my eye in theirs kit for awhile now, price was right so I grabbed it. Was fairly simple but that may have been because I had built 2 of them for the 1/6th bikes one of which was the weathered touring bike
It was a fun kit but [...]
1:48 Scale, Tamiya, P-47D-6-Re, "Thunderbolt"
Happy New Year, iModelers!
Hoping everyone survived the new year as painlessly as possible. I'm calling this one as DONE, and my first for 2025.
I was originally going to build this kit as an OOB project. Once I decided on which [...]
One Last 2024 project; Tamiya 1:48 M4 Sherman
In November I decided to boost my 20204 completions and squeeze in one last project. Knowing that it would be a quick easy build, I dove into a Tamiya 1:48 M4 Sherman and threw on some Value Gear stowage details. To add more variety to [...]
Tamiya P-38 Lightning
Many of you might know that I used to be a volunteer at the National Museum of WWII Aviation. My favorite plane to work on was the P-38 “White 33” which was Tamiya’s reference when designing their kit. As I already made a White 33 in [...]
A Pair of Mustangs
These photographs are from my latest builds, two P-51 D Mustangs. I included the two articles about the P-51D Mustangs and their pilots. I built each model in 1/48 scale. The first Mustang is from Hobby Boss. The kit is No. 85806 and it is [...]
Tamiya A6m5
My twelfth kit of the year finished just under the wire last night, here’s an “out of the box” Tamiya 1/72 A6m5. I tried something a little different on this one as some of the photos show. I used a black primer/undercoat and then [...]
Tamiya 1:48 N.A. P-51D Kit #61040 (1995)
C'moooooon, it's Tamiya. I did add two mirrors and sway braces from the spares box and P.E.harnesses. The decals are from Lifelike 48-048 Pt. 4, green stripes included, 30+ of them. The deal instructions offer plenty of references and I'm [...]
