Tamiya scale model kits
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Tamiya 1/48 F-16C Fighting Falcon
OK, so it's probably not a perfect block 32 F-16, but pretty close. This smaller aircraft took more patience, especially on the wheel bays, panel line shading, and cockpit. I tried the Quinta Studios (Russian-based company) 3-D decals [...]
F-14A Tomcat VF-84 Jolly Rogers
Really love the artwork they applied to jet aircraft back in the 70's & 80's, and who doesn't love skull & crossbones on the back of an F-14? Not to mention this aircraft was featured in the iconic film, Final Countdown with one [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Aichi M6A1 Seiran
This is a model I built over 20 years ago inspired from a color (not colorized) photo I found on the internet of an Aichi M6A1 Seiran sporting a unique paint scheme. The plane was found damaged after the war by US occupation forces. The [...]
1/48 Tamiya FW-190 D – swapped experiments
The first idea with this kit was to repeat the experiment with the painting masks for insignia, which proved to be a total failure. I painted the propeller spinner white, then applied the mask for the spiral, sprayed it dark green – the [...]
Mach-2 1/72 Bell X-1E
I bought this a long time ago as it was extremely cheap. I didn't know about Mach-2 at the time and it wasn't as horrible as I thought it might be when I found out.
The decals were absolutely horrible and were prone to disintegrate on [...]
McDonnel Douglas F-15C Eagle
After being away from modeling for over 40 years, I decided to pick my childhood passion back up again during COVID. My wife really encouraged me, so I jumped back in with a Tamiya 1/48 F-15C (one of my all-time favorite jets - she's [...]
1/48 Tamiya Douglas A-1J Skyraider
Well, here it is. Skyraider, Sandy, Spad… call it as You wish, but this is the icon from Vietnam war.
I was searching for this model for some time, As long as I really wanted to get one from Zoukei Moura, You know… there is always [...]
Chuck Yeager’s P51D Mustang Glamorous Glen III
I finished this Tamiya P-51D Mustang in Chuck Yeager's markings. I was thinking this would be a quick build (and it should have) but it ended up taking me almost three months. The model is built straight out of the box. Markings were [...]
