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Tamiya 1/48 A6M3 Model 22a Zero
Just completed the superlative Tamiya Zero. it is a much more complex kit than I am used to building, but it went together without a hitch. this was my first attempt with multilayer chipping, and I have learned some lessons that I will [...]
End of War…1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190F-8, III./SG3
Built over 6 years ago. Dragon kit painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, decals from Kagero, EZ Line for the antenna wire, bomb cart from Tamiya.
This aircraft was an FW 190 F-8 from III./SG3, a ground-attack unit that served alongside [...]
Tamiya 1/48 T-34/76F
From December 2005, my first armor kit in nearly mumblemumble years, isn't that a long time?
History:
German Field Marshal Von Kleist said, "Their T-34 was the best in the world." The T-34 tank is legendary as the armored [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Pzkw IV ausf J
Numerically, the Pzkw IV series of medium tanks were the most important German tanks of the Second World War, remaining in mass production from 1937 to 1945, and appearing in ten different tank versions as well as providing the basis for [...]
Tamiya 1/48 KV-1
From September 2006:
History:
The KV-1 was a response to a 1939 specification for a heavy breakthrough tank armed with a 76.2mm cannon and armor capable of resisting anti-tank weapons up to the same caliber. The basis of the design was the [...]
IJN submarine I-400
Dear friends, I just finished my last project, Tamiya IJN I-400 in 1/350 scale with the upgrade kit by Infini Model. These are the photos.
Tamiya 1/48 Cromell Mk. IV
Another from 2006:
History
Britain may have been the country that invented the armored fighting vehicle known popularly as the “tank,” but after the First World War, the British Army fell behind the rest of the world in the development [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Jagdpanther
From January 2006:
History:
Considered the best heavy anti-tank AFV produced during the Second World War, the SdKfz 173 Jagdpanther designed to overcome the limitations of the earlier Nashorn and Ferdinand anti-tank vehicles. Based on the [...]
…and the Chieftain Mk 3 progresses…
Here's the latest update on the Batus Chieftain I started some time ago. Checking the underside, I always paint on the date the basic build (before painting) was completed, I found that this was done sometime back in '99! I guess I've [...]
