Tamiya scale model kits
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Cyber Hobby 1/72 Sea Vampire F2.0
What an absolute joy of a kit.
Some lovely slide moulded parts and great fit.
The Cockpit is for another Vampire variant but as virtually nothing can be seen, I just went with it.
Any issues were of my own making but mainly managing to [...]
Aleutian Forktail...1/48 Lockheed P-38E Lightning, 54th FS/343rd FG, USAAF
So, here´s my dad´s last model for this year. The new Tamiya P-38 kit is one of the best my dad has built so far regarding fit and engineering.
Already posted it two days ago but deleted it again because I realized that my dad and I have [...]
AMT 1/48 - Douglas P-70 Nighthawk - 6th NFS – Port Moresby 1943.
Hi all. - My last finished model.
Model AMT 1/48 - P-70 Nighthawk - Serial Number 39-768 of Detachment A of the 6th NFS, piloted by Lieutenant Fred Secord and based at 3 Miles Airstrip - Port Moresby (New Guinea) in 1943.
The black paint [...]
Tamiya Marder III 1/35
I suppose I ought to show the item I chose for the My Stuff picture. The Tammy Marder III, a delightful little kit that assembles very well as most by this manufacturer do. Built 100% OOB, the model was finished in Model Masters acrylic [...]
ICM 1/72 I-153 (Winter Version)
This has been lying in it's box incomplete for 2 years, but has finally been completed.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey
Painted with Tamiya Flat Aluminium, Light Grey Nato Black and Flat White.
Citadel Nuln Oil and Seraphim Sepia [...]
1/48 Condor Legion Bf-109E-3. Imperial German Air Service/Luftwaffe Group Build.
This is the tried and true Tamiya kit from 1996. I spotted it on a vendor’s table at the Butch O’Hare IPMS show in Illinois last month. For $15, I couldn’t pass it by. I figured it would be a worthy kit to finally use some of my [...]
Italeri 1/72 F-117 Nighthawk
Hi all, I just completed my second aircraft after taking a multi-decade break from the hobby. I'd like to share some photos of the finished model and impressions of the kit.
The Italeri kit is made of black styrene with 41 parts. [...]
M1A2 SEP Abrams Tusk II, Tamiya.
Great model as usual from Tamiya , hardest part was the bulletproof glass and folding those little MRE boxes ? I’ll tell you that was tough. Otherwise a great kit. Always wanted to do it. Used AK Interactive for the paint , best match [...]
Trainer: Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo – 1/48 Tamiya
So this is the second build that I had promised a few days ago, another kit saved from the proverbial Shelf of Doom. This Tamiya F2A-2 kit, much like the Hobbycraft P-36 that came before, was purchased for something like $6 many years ago, [...]
