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P-47D: "Sleepy Jean the 3rd"
Hey All. My latest completion. Tamiya, 1/48, P-47D Bubbletop.
Built OOB but with Meteor Productions PYN-up decals, markings of P47D-28-RA of the 395 FS/368 FG, “Sleepy Jean the 3rd”.
This was my first Tamiya P-47 kit and a pleasure to [...]
1/32 Tamiya P-51D Mustang 'Daisy Mae'
For sheer looks and glamour in the display case it's hard to beat a Mustang. In this case an ETO version assigned to one Lt Allen K Abner, a Block 10 variant of the venerable P-51 built in Inglewood, California. I had no idea who 'Daisy [...]
Königstiger Ostfront Tamiya Old Mould 1/35
Built just for fun,OOB...
1/32 Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVIe
This is the Tamiya Mk XVIe kit. A nice kit but I had a few troubles with the cannon inserts and making the cowlings fit. Otherwise an enjoyable build. Painted with Mr Color paints and added HGW belts and some wheels. Otherwise out of the [...]
Flying Leathernecks...1/48 Vought F4U-1 Corsair, VMF-213 "Hell Hawks", USMC
Here´s my dad´s newest model. Tamiya kit, Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for brake lines and antenna wires, painted with a blue-gray selfmix /Tamiya XF-18 + XF-2) and Gunze H51 Light Gull Grey.
Wanted to use HGW wet transfers. My dad tried [...]
Eduard 1/48 P-39N Airacobra
Should credit Tom Cleaver's GB titled Build 'Em or Bin 'Em for helping me get the old Mojo juices flowing again. I've had little or no time at the bench for several months but hopefully that will now change. Started this kit long ago as [...]
Aichi M6A1 “Seiran” K6-15 日本海軍 (Tamiya 1/72)
Tamiya 1/72 excellent kit of this unique airplane. I tried to represent a prototype that was over painted after the Japanese lost they air superiority and the orange was too much of a target, if you know what I mean. The tail code is [...]
Trying New Techniques On Tamiya Leopard A3/A4
I decided to try out a few new (to me at least) techniques. I'm trying to get a metallic sheen to weathered parts of the tank and equipment. I've not done this using a pencil before and I think it's far more controllable than just straight [...]
Video: You Can't Go Back
Some thoughts about the Tamiya P-38 and the fun of building plastic scale models.
Tamiya’s Churchill Crocodile
Added to my 1/48 scale armor collection is this Churchill Crocodile. Another awesome little kit from Tamiya. Painted with Tamiya acrylics and weathered with various AK washes, pencils and powders. The figure was painted with Abteilung 502 [...]
