Tokyo Raider

Thanks Bigfoot... I am in middle of my Pacific build, but will save something for your Midway GB!

Hi Mike... I am aware and have a sb2c-1 accurate miniatures kit, and am aware of the monogram promodeller sb2c-4... but didnt know of the GWH one... I am new to 1/48, over last few years... so missed alot of kits...

Hi Ivan... i say two weeks... really this was 13days. I can usually build a single engine plane in about 7 to 10days... thats about 3hrs a day evenings and a saturday and sunday thrown in. This one took alot more time in decals (4days of decaling) because of problems and the build problems I had.

Fantastic craftsmanship! What a great subject and model!

Looks great! Great job on it!

Hi Joachim... I got lucky, had to pry fuselage apart and I glued 4 different parts in wrong places! Finally downloaded original Accurate Miniatures instructions and that helped alittle! But I sure felt dumb building this!

Hi David... love your fly navy picture... saw alot of those bumperstickers in the 1970s... my school friends Dad was a Navy aviator... Yes, i also got hooked on Mr Color!

Hey Andy... I am not THAT fancy! Maybe some day I will... I am lucky just to glue models together right! Lol... I use an old pasche H-1 single action airbrush. I have used same airbrush since about 1977! So I thin the paint enough and put it on in very lightly... looks like painted metal...

Hi Fellow Britmodellers--- Here is a plane I just finished an hour ago... Took almost two weeks and its probably my best model thus far. This one is an Academy kit of the original Accurate Miniatures tooling. The Academy instructions were really hard to follow and missed steps! If you build one, head to scalemates and look up the old Accurate Miniatures instructions posted online. I had to several times to figure out how to build this!!! I added resin wheels, eduard PE seat belts, and the decals are techmod for the USS Essex TBM-3 Avenger. I detailed the bombs with printscale US weapons decals. One thing I had to fix was the kit did not have the tailwheel extended properly (or I goofed placement of a bulkhead, but not sure). I had to add a post to the top of the tail gear retract strut to get the tail gear rotated out enough as per photos of real Avengers. Looking at builds of this kit on line, everyone seems to have the partially extended tailwheel! So watch for that when you build yours... I painted in Gunsie Mr Color sea blue and intermediate blue and flat white. I also painted according to official TBM paint guide with the 'gradiated blue' on the Leading Edges of the Wing and Stab which is same as on fuselage sides. I found a photo of the real Georgia Peach flying and so weathered and detailed accordingly... This one came out nice! Thanks for watching and checking it out...

Magnificent! Great Job!

Omg! Great news Eduard!!!

It appears Tamiya left the Rufe and A6m2 to Hasegawa and did such a wonderful A6M3 and 5 for themselves. I wondered if this was an agreement they worked out. Anyway I have a lovely hasegawa a6m2 built and will be interested in seeing the Eduard kit!

Hey somebody please post here what it will be... i am watching this for the announcement!

It HAS to be a 1/48 P40 series. I just got several pricy hasegawa kits... it ALWAYS happens to me that a new tool happens AFTER I get the obsolete kits!

Wow... very cool!

wow great weathering and great model! For a second there, I was like wow, how did he overlay that pilot against the photo of his model! So that shows how realistic your model is!

Wow! I cant wait to build that!

Yes, only yellow codes and some stencils are usable on that sheet! Thanks for the help taildragon... research is fun! Then like an Aviation Archaeologist, you need to make a decision and paint it some way...

Thanks tail dragon... i have peddinghouse decals for T-L in the land scheme... I was planning that until I saw his S code plane in the Malta scheme... Does anyone know that the wing gun configuration was for the serials listed in the table above? I see (in Eduard mkv kit) that you can have a Vc with twin cannons, a cannon and a faired over gun, or just single cannon... I am sure you guys could tell from the serial number which type of c wing these had... Anyone know where to find that out? Immense thanks guys!

Thanks Jack! Huge help... which plane did he put the 20 kills on? I found a picture of George in the cockpit and you can see the kill crosses on fuselage... i am still studying this project!

Greetings Hans... that is a fabulous spitfire you made! Well done! I would be very happy with that result! The Eduard dual kit days mkVb and mkVc, so i have to study yp what is differenxe. Thanks

I dont really know which spit he had. I see two shown on internet... Code 'T O L' MkVb in dk earth and middlestone Code 'S' MkVc in dk earth and sea gray. I dont know if the mkVc is real scheme for Beurling or not...

I should mention, I just picked up the new Eagle Squadron Eduard dual kit for MkV, but I havent studied what oprions it builds.

Hi Guys... I want to build George Beurlings Mkv Spitfire... I know little about Spitfires, enough to be dangerous as they say! This was his Malta Spitfire, I think dark earth and middlestone with the sand filter. What 1/48 model would be best for this plane? Was it a MkVb or mkVc? Eduard mkV or airfix mkV? I see the airfix is hard to find... Thanks for your help!

Photo from my immense 1/72 stash! This is the kit. Rather nice as I recall.