Trumpeter model kits
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“Götterdämmerung”
I previously posted photos of a specimen build of the Trumpeter 1/32 Messerschmitt Me 262 B-1a/U1, the late-war Luftwaffe night fighter.
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I mentioned that I intended to 'de-construct' the model in part, and use it in a wreck [...]
Trumpeter 1/48 Spiteful.
Well, here are the photos of my Tumpeter 1/48 Spiteful. I finished it months ago, but had some life issues and have now only now posted them. I did add the air intake on the cowling, drilled out the exhaust and cannon, added a whip [...]
Messerschmitt Me 262 B-1a/U1
This is the Trumpeter 1/32 version of the Me 262 nightfighter. Rather than the modelling-standard of mottled camo, I wanted to replicate the in-theatre, brush-applied version, often seen in late-war photos (similar example in archive photo [...]
Trumpeter 1/48 Vampire FB Mk. 5
As a memento of the IPMS/UK 50th Anniversary Tour, and being unable to model a massive bout of constipation, and unwilling to spend £40 for one of the Alleycat kits, I purchased the new Trumpeter Vampire FB Mk. 5, when I got home. Little [...]
Continuing the FAA theme: Trumpeter 1/48 Supermarine Attacker F.B.2
One of the oddest-looking jets of all, the Supermarine Attacker F.B.2. There's only one other "conventional gear" Jet, the Yak-15. The airplane has been done in 1/48 by a very good Falcon vacuform in around 1989, a Classic [...]
The mythical beast: 1/48 Wyverns from Classic Airframes and Trumpeter
The Wyvern has to be one of the strangest airplanes to ever grace a carrier deck. The first turboprop, its ten years of gestation and failure as the FAA's strike force paid off for the rest of aviation by solving the problems of [...]
SDB-3 Dauntless ‘Battle of Midway’
I was reading Tom's terrific article from November 11 (here in Britain, Armistice Day, first designated to honour the dead of the Great War), and another great battle of the Pacific theatre in WW2 came to mind - Midway.
It's always been [...]
Good idea, Tom, for the USMC’s birthday…
what better representative than the defenders of Wake Island. An epic defense if there ever was one, Wake's Marines were the only ones to successfully repel an island invasion. A big part was the fierce attacks of the island's few F4F [...]
1/32nd Trumpeter F4U-1D Conversion To F4U-1A
This model was originally finished as a F4U-1A in the markings of VMF-222. The original build had a True Details cockpit installed as the kit cockpit had numerous errors. I also changed the frameless kit F4U-1D canopy and substituted the [...]
Trumpeter Bf 109G2 in 1/32 scale by Tony Prince
I bought this kit intending to do a '109F' as stated on the box top. Subsequently I read several reviews which clearly indicated that it was a 'G2' & how to make suitable backdate adjustments. The one error no one seemed to spot would [...]
