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Tamiya scale model kits

1/35 Tamiya Krupp Protze.

Krupp Protze 6 wheeled supply truck with the 2nd SS while attached to Guderian’s 2nd panzer during Operation Barbarossa. Built straight from the box with the additions of stowage, vehicle jack, dash gauges and rifle brackets (in cab). [...]

M-18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer Tamiya New Mould 1/35(...after Bill Koppo's loved one)

Hi folks, the new mold one,anything about this tank destroyer has alreaby been said in Bill´s article. Hope you like it. Marcus P.S.: please disregard the awful figure...it has been demanded by the kit owner...who - even if a very poor [...]

The OTHER Hellcat

Yeah the U.S. had another Hellcat besides the Grumman Zero beater. This one remained firmly planted on Terra Firma however. She was the M-18 Hellcat, member of a unique class of vehicles known as Tank Destroyers. In fact the whole Tank [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire I

Tamiya's new tool Spitfire I was an opportunity to explore the characteristics of early Spitfires. The new tool kit is more detailed and has photoetch parts. I used the instructions and spare parts to upgrade the original 1993 mold. The [...]

Turning around Tamiya's 1/48 Seiran

The Aichi M6A1 Seiran is among prime Japanese aviation innovation projects during WWII. Created to be stored at and operated from specially designed submarines. Up to three of these float-equipped aircraft were able to take off from the [...]

Hasegawa, 1:32 scale, Curtiss P-40K-1-Cu, "Warhawk"

Calling this, DONE! 1st LT Robert Johnson 'Jay' Overcash, 64th FS/57th FG, based at Hadi Main AB, Tunisia, May 1943. A little quirky with all the silly plugs and adapters to fit in it, but a really good model and was a bit of fun to build. [...]

1/72 Tamiya Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

For my third article on iModeler I'll show my latest model, a Tamiya Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "razorback" in 1/72 scale which was finished on April of this year. It's my second "razorback" kit, the first one was an [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Meteor F.3

Tamiya's excellent Meteor F.3 kit comes with a nose weight and is accurate with respect to the depiction of aircraft features. The only problem that I had with the kit were the decals that were resistant to various solvent agents.

When Hogs FlyTamiya 1/48 Scale F-16C Block 32 Fighting Falcon

Every airplane model airplane I’ve worked on since reigniting my modeling hobby has been of World War II vintage powered by piston engine and propellor. This latest kit is my first foray into a more modern jet age, though the subject at [...]

Tamiya 1:48 Spitfire Mk.Vb Kit #61035

Tamiya kit...say no more. I've been waiting a long time to do a model of an aircraft that participated in "Operation Starkey". (link) I was originally going to buy decals for a clipped wing Mk.Vb, L⦾SH s/n W3320 as seen by [...]