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Tamiya 1/20 Renault RE 30B Turbo – Alain Prost
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Photograpy: Nikon D300; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom
Paint: Tamia TS-16 yellow (decanted); Tamiya LP-2 pure white
Aftermarket: Icon Resin rain tires; Tamiya seatbelts
Decals: [...]
Joan’s Suzuki
After a gap of a couple of years Tamiya released another Moto GP 1/12 scale model, this time the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR ‘20.
About the bike: to quote Tamiya’s info - in 2015 Suzuki made a welcome return to Moto GP racing after an [...]
VF-84 F4U-1D Corsair
A little throwback today. Since I haven't finished anything in awhile I thought I'd dig into the archives. I posted a few of these pics on other sites here and there but never here. 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair finished around 1999/2000. [...]
Korean War GB: 1/35 Tamiya Big Shot M40
Artillery was literally the big gun in the Korean war. Without heavy artillery and skilled forward observers laying down high ex on Chinese and North Korean infiltration/human wave attacks along what would eventually be the De-Militarized [...]
Tamiya 1/20 Ferrari 312T3 - Gilles Villeneuve - 1978
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Photograpy: Nikon D300; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom
Paint: Zero “Ferrari 70’s and 80’s”
Aftermarket: Icon Resin rain tires; Tamiya seatbelts
Decals: Shunko
Wow, am [...]
Tamiya Stug IV
The Tamiya armor kits are great week long builds. The rubber band tracks are acceptable and a nice break from the link and length tracks that can sometimes take hours to assemble. This kit is my first attempt at making may own tarps and [...]
Trumpeter 1/48 De Havilland Sea Hornet NF.21
A nice simple fun build
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey
Painted with ColourCoats Internal Grey Green, Sky S Type, Extra Dark Sea Grey, RAF/FAA Yellow, Tamiya Flat Aluminium, Nato Black, Semi-Gloss Black and a selection of poca pens.
Washed [...]
Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat
Another Shelf Queen done. Out of the box, no construction problems, colors are Gunze and Humbrol, decals are a mix from the kit and the spare box.
A 3-footer really, but I'm happy it's done.
Mikro-Mir 1/72 De Havilland DH108 Swallow
A fun little kit,
It needs a little care and attention as it's short run and there's a bit of flash and some of the locating holes are a tad small for the parts.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey
Painted with Tamiya Nato Black, Flat [...]
