Tamiya scale model kits
The Tamiya Database at iModeler
2616 articles
Under new Management...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109E-3, Royal Airforce
Built a couple years ago. First a former JG76 aircraft. In November 1939 the pilot accidentally landed on a French airfield and was captured. The plane was tested by the French an then given to the Brits.
Tamiya kit with Rising decals
Checkertail Clan Mustang progress
Seems like forever since I posted! Well here is progress on the cockpit, Barracuda Cast seat, and radios and battery. Eduard "Look" instrument panel. The seatbelts were a quandary. I had some Eduard PE ones from a failed [...]
Russian Heavy Tank KV-1 Model 1941 Early Production , Tamiya
the new version of the KV1, nice kit. Decal says "for Stalin" so I have been told. Watched a few tutorials on how to do battle damage, seemed to turn out ok.
(link)
Three Me 262s Part 3: Me 262A-1a
As indicated by the title, this is the third of three Me 262s built simultaneously;
Dragon Me 262A-1a/U4
Hobby Boss Me 262A-1a/U3
Tamiya Me 262A-1a
The subject this model represents is a Me 262A-1a aircraft operated but 3./KG(J) 54 [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Ki-61-I Tei Hien 19th Sentai
I finished this model a couple of weeks ago. I don't have much to add regarding the build, other than it was my first modern Tamiya kit and it basically assembled itself. the plane was painted to represent one of the Ki-61 that were [...]
Panzerblitz 1...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190F-8, 9./SG77
Built in 2015.
Towards the end of the war different weapons were tested and used to try to stop the allied tank masses.
One of these weapons was the Panzerblitz 1 rocket system and several units were equipped with it. Sadly pics are very [...]
Korean War F-51D Mustang Tamiya 1/48
Recently finished at Korean War GB,lovely kit!
1/48 Hasegawa P-47D-25
The latest off the bench for 2021 and my addition to what seems to be Hasegawa P-47 week on iModeler. I won't bore you with all that has been written about this kit, as it's well known by now. It doesn't have the great detail of Tamiya's [...]
Monogram 1/48 F-80s from the shelf of doom…
Original edition of the venerable Monogram F-80 Shooting Stars. I started these two back in the early 80s with he intention of building Minimum and Maximum Goose. I finally finished them using and old set of Aeromaster decals and Model [...]
