Zvezda model kits
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I believe I won this kit in a raffle as I haven't tried to do many military vehicles, and this was one of my first attempts.. The M-3 was the product of the Wright Motor Car Company in Cleveland, Ohio, is sometimes referred as the White [...]
In Telford, Zvezda had been showing their just-released 1/48 scale Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber. It's a long-overlooked subject, and the kit is certainly looking good on the sprues!
Yak-3 belonged to the 1st FAR “Normandie Niemen” of the 303th FAD, USSR, AF Pilot Commander of the 1st AS, Lieutenant Marcel Albert, Spring 1945.
1/48 Zvezda LA-5FN Piloted by junior Lieutenant Sergey Kramarenko 19th Fighter Regiment, Spring 1944.
This is my conversion of Zvezda's 109F-2 to F-4 easy assemble kit (snap fit). I've replaced propeller blades, modified air radiator intake (made it smaller), added additional armor glass windshield and made some other minor changes. Full [...]
1/48 Zvezda
Yak-3 of Guards Major M.K. Tokarenko,153rd Guards Fighter Regiment, 12nd Guards Fighter Division, 1943-1946.
In 1941, to integrate the cumbersome Shvetsov ASh-82 (M-82) engine into the frame of the LaGG-3 to build LA-5 was not a small matter and it costs the life to some Russian test pilots. The new machine required many improvements (cooling, [...]
I got this kit as a prize on of the competitions i went to, so decided to do it as a experiment in whitewash finish using the hairspray technique. A pretty rudimentary kit, with some sink marks that needed filling, redoing some details on [...]
Hello everyone! Presents its next model, fresh one - heavy tank IS-2, one of the "Berlin trio" (T-34, IS-2, ISU-152). Gorgeous model from the company Zvezda, work with it - a pleasure. Half a day was spent on assembly and day - [...]
I haven't got much modeling done this year due to work and family commitments, but I have managed to finish this beautiful Zvezda airliner kit. It assembles precisely, with the best fit I've ever experienced in a small scale airliner kit. [...]