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Hello all, Here is my next project - Tamiya's wonderful 1/48 F-16C, marked as a CM of the 480th Fighter Squadron (Spangdahlem AFB), during Operation Inherent Resolve in 2016. Kit: Extras: Will be using Eduard Brassin GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (SDB), Pavla seat, Bullseye decals, Master brass pitot tube, Master static wicks, Sniper pod and a left sided Harm Targeting Sensor (HTS), both from Hasegawa Weapons set E. The kit will be armed with 2x AIM-120, 2x AIM-9X (both from the kit), 4x GBU-39, 2x GBU-38 (from the spares) and an ALQ-131 ECM pod (from the spares). Here's the scheme i'll be going for: Dave -
Reserving a spot for a Tamiya 1:72 Mosquito FB Mk. VI build. I made this bomber variant last year in the DH Mosquito Mega GB and very much enjoyed the kit - so much so that now it's time to almost do it again! Almost the same kit, almost the same paint scheme, just enough different! I'll go for the EGoT decal option. But first I shall finish the Bf 110! Here's the Mossie for 2017 to give this post some colour... Br, V-P
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Mark’s 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter TF.Mk.X Surprisingly, this is my first ever Tamiya build and it will be interesting to see if the kit engineering lives up to all the hype, especially given that this particular model is held in such high regard with comments including “falls together” and “shake and bake” being quite common, well we’ll see how it fairs in the hands of a very average modeller. For the GB I intend to build the kit as supplied but with the addition of some scratch built detailing for the interior, possibly the rockets and rails, torpedo plus cradle, and the engines. What I do hope however is to try out some new to me painting and weathering techniques which hopefully a larger model such as this will allow even me to do. I have decided to complete the kit as the 236 Squadron example; NT950 ‘MB-T’ with invasion stripes, mainly because I’ve never done a model in such a scheme before plus I have an ICM 1/48 Mustang Mk.III in the stash which has a similar (316 Sqn. Polish) scheme and it would be nice to display them (eventually) side by side. -
Morning All, Another one I found in my stash. I was looking through my model boxes, as one does, and I found this, in an advanced state of assembly. It was one that my son had partially completed, and I just tidied up the 'edges', if you like. On the whole, he did a great job, given that he was probably only 15 at the time and hadn't done a great deal of modelling. Anyway, here are the pictures: The box top. Tamiya box top art is usually very simple and elegant. This in my opinion is no exception. This is where I have got with the body: It's all primed and ready to be top-coated. The primer coat needed a little bit of preparation, but not much at all, just a quick rub down with very fine (1500 grit) wet-n-dry. The interior & engine all assembled. The chrome tail pipes of the exhaust were painted with Molotow chrome, decanted and brushed on. Seemed to work. It all looks nicely weathered. That's just 6 years of shelf dust! Next step, top coating the body. I think some kind of metallic black would look good. Thanks for looking, Alan.
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Dear fellow modellers, here you are few pictures of my last built: OOB Tamiya Meteor F.1. It has been quite e relaxing job and I didn't want to make many upgrades apart few details in the cockpit, on the engine, in the landing gear bays and tail control surfaces in deflected position. Painting and finishing as usual is done with Tamiya stuff applied with airbrush/spray can. Enjoy pictures even if I know they are not the best quality.... I think sooner or later I have to convince myself to by a decent camera. Any comment or suggestion for improvements is welcome. Cheers Andy
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With my Op Husky Sherman getting to the point where I'm waiting for bits to arrive/cure, I thought I'd get started on that staple of British armour modelling subjects, a Sherman from the El Alamein battles in late 1942, specifically, Cricklade of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, 9th Arm Bd, attached as support to the 2nd New Zealand Division. A fairly well known, I think, picture of the tank in question: Sprues: missing parts are being used in my Op Husky build. Also shown are the tracks that arrived in the post this morning from Gaso-line in Paris. I've had to chase Friendship models for the upper hull and bogies, as despite ordering them at the same time as the tracks, they still haven't shown up. Not shown is the AM decal sheet by Bison that came to me courtesy of the most generous @Bullbasket. Some people may ask why I'm using the kit turret for this build, rather than the Husky build. Well the Husky mantlet will be covered in waterproofing fabric, and I intend to use that to cover any flaws in my resin cast M34 mantlet which is still cureing, and since I have no resin turret either, its got to be this way around if I'm going to keep working on this GB in between detailing the Husky lower hull..
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#6/2018 The first pair with a matching fuselage band is finshed. After the Bf109G-14 with a KG(J)54 band, now my dad built this attractive 262. A similar KG(J)6 pair will follow. Tamiya kit with EagleCals, the fuselage band is painted because the decal didn´t look right. EZ Line used for antenna wires and front brake line. Kagero and JaPo books for reference Build thread here DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr -
Finally made a start on my new Tamiya M10 Tank Destroyer. Will be completed as a Royal Artillery vehicle in Italy in 1944 using Bison decals that I have had knocking around a while. Will also be using the new Ammo by Mig Sherman Commonwealth acrylic paint set. Have assembled the back plate, differential cover and interior floor and sponson plates. Some photos are a bit grainy as light was starting to go.
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I hereby post my second build as a Britmodeller: The Tamiya A6M2b Zero, a straight OOB build. A great little kit, lovely detailed, fits together like a dream. Paints: Tamiya XF-12 IJN Grey, Vallejo Model Air Interior Green. For the aotoke in the engine(which cannot be seen in the pictures anyway), I used Sotek Green from Citadel mixed with Vallejo silver. Gloss and matt varnish from Vallejo. Micro Set for decals. Canopy is handpainted, not too happy about it. I need to find a way to mask canopies for airbrushing, really don't want to buy masks online for every build. (Got a Heinkel from Revell in my stash, the canopy is the only thing putting me off building it.) For the wash, I used light grey pastel chalk in odorless turpentine. Paint chips were done with Vallejo aluminum paint on a small sponge, powder marks with black pastels. Great cockpit deal, almost a shame to have to cover it up.. As I am new to this, I would greatly appreciate any helphul hints, tips and constructive criticism. Best wishes for a happy, paint fume filled, Easter!
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Hi folk's,got this for under a tenner at my LMS really as a practice piece for some idea's which I used on the Churchill,it's a real oldie but as with most if not all Tamiya releases doesn't show in the molding.Finished in the scheme of the JGSDF as I liked the idea of the flag on the turret,after paint and glossing a wash was added in black then after matt coating dry brushed the highlight's in aluminium and a watered down wash of Mr.Colour earth ran into the area's where dust would settle,many thank's for looking in.
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Morning folk's two kit's I've alway's wanted to have a go at are the Churchill and Centurion so with an almost clear bench after the Matchbox GB and a small build planned for the 10th anniversary GB I'm making good progress with the Sherman which has given me the armour bug! I won't start for a few week's until the Sherman's finished and I'm must try and finish the MAN truck and the Centurion is on order at my LMS. Anyway Box art. Inside the usual Tamiya quality. A bonus was a sprue of figures including two crew and a farmer and hand cart.
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Here's my latest effort. Just had to attempt one of these. Although I'm quite surprised it got finished since there were a few issues along the way. Firstly, for some reason the frame really didn't like Alclads Gloss Black Base even with a coat of their grey primer underneath. All bits of it wanted to do was melt out of shape especially around the foot rests, main stand fixing points (which broke off completely) and the rear exhaust mounts. Luckily generous coatings of superglue hardened it up enough to carry on fixing the final bits. The exhaust wasn't too keen on it either but instead of trying to melt the paint finish is wanting to stay tacky for like ever!! And lastly, the intention to lightly coat the candy violet bits and then protect with Alclad Klear Kote failed to cos the clear lacquer made the enamel go all speckly. Good news is I'm getting lots of practice at cleaning off that sticky candy stuff. Now the good bits. Thanks to you guys here posting fab WIP stuff I'm getting motivated to try and improve things on models if I think I can. So thank you to everyone who's indirectly helping me make nicer models than I ever have before. This has had drilled out brake discs, all those supplied screws replaced with 1.5mm brass rod so no unsightly screw heads. And the rear shock absorbers got quite a bit of attention. They had the tops cut off, centres of the springs drilled out with a 2mm drill, tidied around the coil with a metal nail file and then replaced centres with more 1.5mm brass rod. Also saw a tip somewhere regarding lining indicators with foil and had a go at that too. And wow, it really makes them nice and bright. Oh and first ever go at trying some heat stains on the exhausts. It's actually turned out quite a bit better than I was expecting a couple of days ago.
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I'm calling this one done. It turned out pretty good I think, pretty happy with it. It is the venerable (old) Tamiya kit that I found on ebay just before Christmas, there is a WIP if you fancy it. It continued my happy theme of M113 variants and the IDF with their adaptions of the vehicle. The Keshet carries the 120mm mortar, I've built this with the ramp up, first of all for a change as I usually build them with the ramp down and having studied pictures of the mortar itself I realised I wasn't in the mood for scratch building it, this was more about the vehicle than the weapon. The kit itself went together very well with little clean up needed and the usual clear instructions. There is some Tamiya, Meng, Accurate Armour a little Italeri, some Bison decals and some bits and pieces from the spares box for flavour! As always it was brush painted using Humbrol enamels and finished with Winsor & Newton acrylic varnishes. I'm working on a simple base for it inside a Tamiya "C" case with a little Signomatic name plate. Some photos then; M106 - 1 by phil da greek, on Flickr The original Tamiya box, late 70's maybe. M106 - 16 by phil da greek, on Flickr M106 - 17 by phil da greek, on Flickr M106 - 18 by phil da greek, on Flickr M106 - 19 by phil da greek, on Flickr M106 - 20 by phil da greek, on Flickr M106 - 21 by phil da greek, on Flickr Thanks for looking in.
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Hi guys, here's my second attempt at model making, the Tamiya 1/35 Tiger 1 tank. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmggUQwj I initially intended to paint camouflage scheme used by panzer regiment in Italy September 1943, but couldn't perfect the fine airbrush technique for the two-tone colours. So I had to re-spray in desert scheme. I tried using Vallejo model air paint, but found this too thin to work with. The final finish was using Tamiya XF acrylic paints, which I found great to work with.
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Afternoon folk's,finished Tamiya's Churchill as Ben Nevis 3rd Tank battalion Scots Guards,they landed in Normandy July 44 and ended up on the Baltic coast at the war's end after many month's of hard fighting.I figured being a Guards unit they would have kept their tank's in good order till the conditions took over so I kept the weathering to a minimum to show the tank not long off the beach,sprayed with Mr Colour paints which have a satin sheen which I only dulled with one light coat of matt,many thank's for looking in.
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There are a number of old threads that reference this colour, but nothing regarding Tamiya that I could find. Does anyone have a good way to mix ANA 610 Sky Blue with Tamiya acrylics? From this post, XF-23 appears too green to use as a base: X-14 looks like it may be 'too' blue? I wondered if white with a drop of XF-50 Field Blue, or possible XF-18 Medium Blue?
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One of my dioramas. Locomotive and wagon from Trumpeter on scale 1/35, tank Stug III. by Tamiya. The tunnel, the tunnel, the landscape I made myself.
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Hi Folks Does anyone have any information on the above re-release ? Is it going to happen. re-release or new tool ? etc., etc., Kev
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Hi folks Tamiya's Il-2, the ultimate mojo restorer. Regards J A
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i’ll be getting the sf70h, pitty no engine, but nice to see the carbon decals included. Wait to see the price on the Caterham.
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We have 2 new or re-issued Tamiya car kits in stock now. First up is the new 1/20 Ferrari SF70H. This has marking options for Vettel's or Raikkonen's car at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix Also now in stock is the re-issued Tamiya 1/12 Caterham Super Seven BDR kit This is a limited re-issue and they are selling fast
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My dad´s next little armour project(s). Waited for some time now that Tamiya releases a towing vehicle for Italeri´s 88. Hoped for a FAMO halftrack but the Hanomag tractor will do too. DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr
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There are some excellent Tamiya 1/35 scale kits available that are decades old and I was wondering what the oldest ones currently available were. I have built some of the real cheap ones such as the Panther and Panzer 2 and to me, they are excellent value for money. I would also like to see the Land Rover Ambulance reissued anybody else have a Tamiya kit they would like to see again Airfix kits of the same vintage show their age but the Tamiya ones don't seem to So does anyone know the oldest mould currently available in hobby shops (not 2nd hand retailers) and what Tamiya kit would you like to see reissued? Rodders
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Finished up my Tamiya Dora. Fantastic little kit! I added Eduard seatbelts, metal tubing for cannons, Eagle Cal decals and used MRP paint. I liked this scheme as I wanted to do something colorful that wasn't from JV44. Also included a couple pix of my FW-190 family. Thanks for looking!
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Hi folk's,posted a pic of this the other day during a discussion of spinning prop kit's so after seeing NoelBarnes excellent build I thought I'd give it another airing as the four year old PB link's are long gone,I used Maskol over an aluminium finish then the top green and yellow wing leading edges,once dry it was buffed to remove the maskol and paint to give it an over the top weathering to echo the state these aircraft got into due to the climate and lack of servicing late in the war. And prop fired up!Thank's for looking.
