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It`s an old Tamiya kit with Aber`s muzzle and Eduard`s PE set. Painted with Tamiya, Mr.Color, weathered with Mig`s stuff mostly. My first AFV model and I`m sure not the last - It`s been sooo much fun. I hope Sherman purists will spare me for all the mistakes I`ve made. The commander`s figure will be repainted - I`m not happy with the result. I`m also planning to make a base for it.

Saw a purple Carrera GT with black interior previously on my way to work. Absolutely stunning machine. I recreated its color based on my memory and swapped its interior with a terracotta/black/titanium one.

After much deliberation I have decided to model this tank, but probably a bit rustier. I’d like to say no Panzer IVs will be harmed in the making of this diorama, bit clearly I’d be lying as it’s going to have to get hacked to pieces ( should be fun) My intended victim The sprues. Next up some quality time with a sharpie and my razor saw

Having joined the forum recently, I've found myself getting quite into this GB lark! I could have gone with the new tool Airfix Mosquito but, many years ago, I had a 1/48 Tamiya one that I never finished (it got knocked around a bit in multiple house moves as a teenager then a student) so I decided to go with the nostalgia factor. However, I've not got as much space as I used to (family will insist on having room for their own things) so I went with the 1/72 version this time around. I'm planning on a few after market parts for this - so far I've only got one of the Black Dog resin sets (cannons, flaps and bomb bays), but I'm seriously considering the Aires machine gun bay and cockpit sets. I'll most likely go with the clichéd EG-T codes but, like I say, this is a bit of a nostalgia build, and I've already got a Coastal Command Beaufighter in the stash and I'm trying to maintain some variety! Looks as though I need to get a Hannants order in before I can do the cockpit, but I should be able to crack on with the nacelles. I'm also wondering if I can find a matching pair of 500lb GP bombs somewhere to fit into the bomb bay...

TAMIYA 1:48 Heinke He 219A-7 Uhu Uhu is just a cool looking plane, been waiting to build this one for a while now. Also, has couple things that will challenge me in the painting - black and rather complicated camo work on the top side. It's a very tail heavy plane with practically no space on the front - so it's great that Tamiya is giving (a rather heavy) nose weight which doubles as the cockpit floor & nose gear bay. It's decently sized model, so should be quite impressive looking when done. May 1945. I specifically wanted to do a version with black undersides - because I think it looks cool and I haven't really painted black, so it will be fun to try out making it look interesting & weathered. Also, the camo job is something I'm not yet sure how I will do it. I think the correct way is to paint the darker color first and do 'snakes' with the lighter color, but I'm not sure me & my airbrush are up to the task. I will have to do some testing. I got the AS-5 spray can, but I guess I can decant that for the airbrush too.

Hello everyone It has been a while since my last post. This work I want to present to you, was finished during Shanghai lock down in 2022. Although the number of works completed in last year is only two, which is the lowest score in terms of quantity, I am now comforting myself with the two works that I am very satisfied with in terms of quality. One of them is this "Downed Bald Eagle" F-16CG Block 40 US Air Force 555th FS Commander's plane. The base kit is Tamiya's 1/48 F-16C/N "Aggressor", modified to Block 40 F-16CG. Aftermarket parts include Fabscale's F110 nozzle, Orange Hobby's metal and resin AIM-120B missile, Eduard's resin GBU-24 bomb, AN/ALQ-131, AN/AAQ-13 and AN/AAQ-14 pods, Master metal dischargers. The AIM-9L "Sidewinder" missile is by AMK parts. Well, the key feature of this work is the background and its history. -Reproduced the aircraft of Mr. David Goldfine, commander of the 555th Regiment of the US Air Force stationed at Aviano, Italy, which was shot down in "Operation Allied Force" on May 2, 1999. He was rescued immediately after being shot down, and after that he was able to rise to the rank of 4-star general. The mounted armament is the position at the time of the mission that was shot down(not quite sure since I did not find exact reference from Internet), and the painting is also based on the advice of a former 555th regiment official, recreating the moment of the last takeoff before being shot down. Another interesting thing was that a friend in Serbia sent me some of the wreckage of this plane, so I custom-ordered a wooden base and exhibited it together with the work. I am very grateful to him for his kindness. By the way, the wreckage of this shot down aircraft is still exhibited in the museum in Belgrade, the capital of the Republic of Serbia. For modelers, it was a great blessing to be able to make friends on both the American side and the Serbian side through modeling. That may be the true charm of scale models. Thank you for watching.

Morning and welcome to my latest finished build. The Frog by Tamiya 1/10 I’ve had a blast building this and yes she will be a runner like all of my cars. I say all. Both. 🤣 Once again bringing me a huge sense of nostalgia from back in the 80s. Here’s the WIP Well here she is. No guts No glory. 🐸❤️ Hope you like her. All the best and Happy Modelling. Johnny.

Hi All, My latest completion is Tamiya's Brewster Buffalo. I've chosen to complete this as an RAAF example, A51-13 of 25 Sqn RAAF, based at RAAF Dunreath, Western Australia, 1942. 25 Sqn were tasked with the air defence of Perth, and this aircraft was flown by Flt Sgt J Bailey. Here's a couple of photos of the aircraft (and presumably the aforementioned pilot?): The build was OOB, with marking masks cut on a Silhouette Portrait. Here's a link to the WIP if anyone is interested: This was part of an informal group build with my esteemed companions @mark.au and @AliGauld - many thanks for the pleasure of your company along the journey gentlemen, it has been great fun. With that, here's the photos: Here's a couple of final shots with a homegrown fighter of similar stance and proportion: It's nice to have this unusual aircraft in RAAF colours, and it's a great addition to the collection. Thanks to all those who have provided kind words and encouragement along the way - it has been much appreciated! Thanks for looking, Roger

I know I have to complete the models I started first. But because I have a very strong will, I have managed to defeat myself, and I continue to expand my collection of started and unfinished models. This time it’s Tamiya Marder I (35370) that I found under the Christmas tree. It's a very interesting vehicle - on thecaptured French Lorrain 37L, a fighting compartment was mounted with the best anti-tank 75-mm Pak 40 cannon at that time. All details fit perfectly. Excellent, easy to sand plastic, semi-assembled tracks. If assembled directly from the box, the model can be glued in one evening. Disadvantages: small parts very thick and very simplified, almost empty interior, not even crew gas mask containers, fire extinguisher, first aid kit. And a lot of visible pin marks (as the details will still have to be thinned, this can be ignored). But all the shortcomings can be easily remedied. From scratch, I made only cannon lock stands and radio rack. I glued the details to the blocks I sanded the parts to the actual thickness (from 1 mm to 0.2-0.3 mm) The plastic barrel is very good, it is really not necessary to replace it with metal. I made a radio rack from scratch. I didn't like the original from a box because it hides a large part of the radio. And make holes in radio rack dampers for radio hardware. I crumpled the muffler cover Happy New Year to all !!! Vytautas

Dear Fellow Modellers.. Here's my latest creation. Tamiya's 1:72 nd scale De Haviland Mosquito Night Fighter Mk XIII . I chose to portray the 410 (Canadian) Squadron version as it was based at a local airfield - RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire, England. I often cycle over to this airfield. I recently did a History talk on RAF Pathfinder Squadrons and 100 Group RAF Electronic Warfare squadrons for the U3A. One of the people who joined the talk was most interesting. She was the daughter of one of the pilots who was invited to join The Pathfinders personally by Charles Pickard whilst he was stationed at Hunsdon. Her Uncle flew with Pickard as well as her father but on the Amiens Prison raid- in Mosquito EG-T - Reg (HX982)piloted by Plt Offr Maxwell Sparks RNZAF Plt Offr A. C. Dunlop was her uncle. I pulled the ORB for the squadron and could thus relay the details of her father and uncle's sorties. The lady says she has a collection of artefacts which i'm hoping to have a viewing of soon. I think there were some 300 odd people on the Zoom talk. Just goes to show ww2 aviation history is an area of expanding interest not just for us who like to model .. Built OOB apart from the dipole AI Radar wing tip aerials which I made from paperclip metal (the plastic kit parts are a little fragile !) I hope you like it It's a lovely little model with no real fit issues. Paints are Tamiya with a HG Laminate Floor protector as the top coat. I don't know what other's think but this 1st pic makes it look like it's at least 1:48 scale and not 1:72nd ! I was pleased with the black panel line on this one. Seemed to be a lot more consistent.. Regards, Andy

Hi All, Fresh from finishing my Anson, the RAAF camouflage set a spark off. Some quick research revealed that the Buffalo did serve in Earth Brown and Foliage Green over Sky Blue: Here's a photo of A51-13: I would say from the photo that the aircraft code is more likely Sky Blue than white, with the '310' more likely white than the yellow depicted in the scheme. Here's the box art: And here's the sprue shots: Here's the transparencies: No open cockpit without surgery! Here's the decals and canopy masks: This should be a straightforward, enjoyable build. Now everybody has one of these in the stash, right? If anyone's interested I think this is a great opportunity for an informal group build. I bet @mark.au would be up for this one?! Anyone else tag along for the ride! Thanks for looking, Roger

Hello all, Here is my recently completed 1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair, with the parts used for a 1D, in the markings of VMF-323 based on Okinawa in 1945. The build thread is below. Extras used included a Quinta cockpit set, HGW masks and HGW decals. Paint is MRP with the weathering added from a mixture of oils, dry brushing and Tamiya weathering sets. I'm not overly sure that land based USMC machines would have had their wings folded, but I wanted to display it as such. Weathering patterns were taken from various photos - I maybe went a bit heavy but I'm happy with it! With my FAA Corsair: Marine CAS 20 years apart: Thanks for looking Dave

Hello all and i hope everyone is well This is the my Tamiya Spitfire which was going to be Johnny Johnson's Triple X beer barrel bomber but it......didnt. The issue arose that i was going to try and have the barrels and pylons removable as i do like the clean lines of the Spit, but the magnets that i had installed werent strong enough to hold the resin barrels and pylons flush to the wing surface, so i ditched the idea in the end. This kit build nice and easily, i add the Red Fox Studio IP set, painted with Tamiya paints plus used my own mask sets for the camo and all the insignia and serials. All comments welcome :-)

HI everyone!😀 this is my 1/48 P-38 LIGHTNING this TAMYA kit is just awesome!! I use some aftermarket products and decal.. alway like P-38..somehow the oliver drab is a tricky color for me😅 try to paint this beauty as best as I could.. hope you guys like it!

Hi, I've been airbrushing for around seven months now, had one of those £40 amazon sets and then i changed the airbrush to a harder steenbeck ultra but kept the cheap compressor hoping that the air pressure is sufficient. Paint used to spray fine but over the last couple of times it has started to become very grainy or just not spraying any paint at all. I clean all the airbrush parts to the best of my ability. I have come to multiple conclusions: compressor not good enough, paint not thin enough, wrong thinner for the wrong brand or even something as simple as tip drying. I use vallejo 71.361 thinner on tamiya paints, sometimes I thin it so much it looks like water so I add some more paint and it goes all grainy and 30 seconds later it stops spraying. Please can you shed some light on the troublesome area. All the best, Magnus.

Well thought that I'd get started on my first build since joining Britmodeller. Here's Tamiya's 1/48 Scale Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo. I plan to use the kit decals despite them being a bit thick in order to depict it as an aircraft of VF-3 aboard USS Saratoga. More to come soon.. 🙂

Well, I finally finished a kit. Just trying to get back into the swing of modeling and see how much of my meager skills I have forgotten. This is the Tamiya Spitfire Mk.1, an excellent kit that I almost managed to screw up entirely. I just screwed up some parts of it; all my fault. I managed to knock off any little hangy off thing on the kit such as radio antenna, mast, pitot tube, etc. If it could be knocked off, I did it during the course of construction. If you look carefully you will find I meticulously arranged the seat belts on the seat with just enough left over to come within a hair's breath of making sure I could attach the end to the back of the airframe. So, it is just sorta hanging there. I did weathering without sealing first; that went quite well. All it took to cure was repainting, then sealing and then weathering. I made a terrible go at the radio wires and hate the way they look, but just wanted this puppy finished. So, here is a miserable representation of one of England's finest from an absolutely wonderful kit to build if you knew what you were doing. Please be gentle. I might get better. Oh yeah, it's been so long since I posted, I forgot how, along with which host I used in the past. Hopefully, the pictures will appear. And here it is with a couple of former foes in one of the displays. Any and all comments are welcome. Sorry it isn't up to the standard of most builds here. Next one I will do better, I hope. Thanks for looking

Built this after watching "The Bombardment"/ The Shadow in My Eye on Netflix which I found pretty moving and a great film. Great kit from Tamiya with no issues. Pilots are from CMK I think.

So this is my choice. I haven't built a Tamiya kit in an awful long time. As I recall they build up very well with few issues. And it was always the go-to choice of kits growing up in America, especially for 1/35th scale armour. Perhaps one of the only manufacturers... I have a couple of aircraft on the bench that need finishing before I get into this one. Indeed...if I have the space, I might add another Tamiya goodie...😉 --John

Hello all! This is a well-known Tamiya Stug III G converted into StuH 42 with all the bells and whistles on it. Although there are better options for StuG/StuH variants, 1995 Tamiya StuG III G still holds water and can be built into a very neat vehicle, especially once it's decked up with various and colorful stowage. But before the usual painting and weathering info, here are a few words about the vehicle itself. The model is depicting a Sturmhaubitze 42 (Sd.Kfz 142/2) with a 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer, belonging to a SS-Sturmgeschutz Battalion 7 of the 7. SS-Freiwilligen Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen", during the counter-attack on the town of Vlasotince in southern Serbia on 8th October 1944. In late 1944, as the Red Army began sweeping across the eastern Europe, once firm allies of the Axis forces (namely Bulgaria and Romania), finding themselves between hammer and anvil (or should I say sickle) started to rethink their options and on 8th September 1944 Bulgaria, just like Romania did a few weeks earlier, declared war on Germany and placed the Royal Bulgarian armed forces at the disposal of Marshal Tolbukhin's 3rd Ukrainian Front. The 2nd Bulgarian Army began advancing from its assembly area southwest of Pirot towards the Leskovac-Nis area, the Germans rushed the 7.SS-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen" and made it responsible for the defense of Nis from Zajecar in the north to Leskovac in the south. On 30th September, forward elements of the Bulgarian 2dn Army, seized Vlasotince, 14 kilometers east-southeast of Leskovac, but on 8th October, 7. SS Division "Prinz Eugen" regrouped in Leskovac and laucnhed a counterattack against Vlasotince. The 7.5cm barrel was swapped with a metal 10.5cm barrel from RB and the fit was perfect. The stowage is various mix from Value Gear and Verlinden. The mantlet cover and tarp are made of tracing paper soaked in the PVA glue and the field modification schurtzen screens were made from styrene sheet and the concrete add-on armor is from Value Gear. Hope you like it and please feel free to leave your comments. Cheers!🍻

Hi all Just finished this one, this was supposed to be a Seafire II, using the Tamiya Vb and the MDC Seafire Conversion, however it was a Spitfire Mk.1 kit instead and the wings on another Seafire III conversion I have had shrunk a bit so I decided to build a 1b instead. I am very pleased I did this and hope you enjoy looking over this one. The wings were the spare Vb wing uppers from the Seafire III model and the Mk1 lower wing part converted with a correct bulge and the inner two ejector shoots and panel lines filled in. Painted with Humbrol enamels by brush and these were then dot filtered with oils and weathered with a mixture of chipping pencil and Aluminium paint and weathering powders. I didn't have a Volkes filter for it as it was missing so searched for a suitable 1b to do using decals I was able to find in my decal bank. The roundels were Tamiya and I forgot how awful they are to apply, luckily I had some decent underwing roundels from an Airfix Hurricane that were an absolute joy over the lumpy bits The aircraft modelled was MB358 of 801 NAS, HMS Furious 1943. Here is the link to the WIP Hooe you enjoy Thanks to those who supported along the way and thanks for looking in. All the best Chris

#13/2023 My dad´s yellow wing theme still continues. As usual some glitches but all in all not bad for a 75 year old man and a 49 year old kit Tamiya kit, early 90ies edition, decals were hardly usable, most of the decals came from the sparesbox and other kits to puzzle together the markings. Added some brake lines and antenna wires with EZ Line. Painted with Gunze H26 Bright Green for the section colour, a lightend up yellow for the tail, AK RC RLM04 for the wings and AK Xtreme Metal White Aluminium for the rest. The canopy was painted with Tamiya Aluminium, easy to remove or repaint for the case an oupsie would have happend. Regarding the kit´s age, the overall fir was very good, only the one piece canopy needed some work. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235125063-yellow-wings148-brewster-f2a-2-buffalo-vf-2-flying-chiefs-usn/ Model shows the aircraft of the Section 5 second wingman, VF-2, stationed at the USS Lexington around 1940. Didn´t find a pic of the original aircraft. So don´t know if it had a mast or not. Decided to build it without one. Around that time VF-2 was nicknamed "Flying Chiefs" because most of its pilots were Chief Petty Officers. DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0023 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0024 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0025 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0026 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

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Hi guys, it's been 8 months since I last finished my model which was the Chinese J-7B. Not very productive during these months, huh? Ok, here is my Tamiya's latest brand new 48th scale kit. What is special to talk about this kit is the details. Tamiya has done a very good job putting in more details while not compromising the ease of building in their later kits. Engineering and parts breakdown are excellent. Of course there are many aftermarket detail up parts released in the market lately but the detail level out of the box is pretty acceptable especially in the weapons bay. I scratch-built the seat belts as Tamiya provided only the decals. The only drawback of the kit is the decals. They are thick and need a lot of decal liquids to soften and set. Otherwise it would be a perfect kit. This is a commission build and my client wanted me to do the Italian Air Force so here it is. Hope you will like it. I willbe building more as I am settled at the new place and have set up the workbench. See you next time, thanks. #tzwf35

Tamiya Quad Gun Tractor with IBG 75mm French Gun. Free French Brigade, 1st Artillery Regiment, Bir Hakim. Gazala Line, May 1942. The British Quad Gun has been the classic 25-pounder gun of the British artillery since the beginning of the conflict and would also be during the Desert Campaign. In terms of modeling, I'm tired of seeing this dynamic duo of Tamiya Quad Gun always with the 25 pounds. It reminds me of that annoying Batman and Robin series from the 60s. Looking to show a more interesting use for the Quad Gun, I decided to present an alternative weapon for this tractor. The cannon chosen is another classic, but this time, it's from French artillery. The kit selected was the IBG 35058 M1897 75mm French Field Gun. I found a good photo that helped develop my initial idea for the vehicle and gun... ...and in this other photo, it helped with the creativity for placing the figures. The flag in the photo is from the French Navy. Of course it couldn't be missing from my model. The 1st Artillery Regiment had the consecrated soixante-quinze, the efficient and rapid-firing 75mm cannon (QF). The cannons had been brought from Syria, reformed in the Beirut workshops and given wheels, some modified known as the “tropical type”. The wheels would make the cannons better suited to the mechanization of desert warfare. My model has wheels of the same type used on British 18 lbs guns. They were organized into 4 batteries each with 6 cannons. Despite being a safe and performing weapon, modern guns had already surpassed it. Figures are modified Tamiya. Painted in oil and acrylics. Also acrylics on the Quad and cannon and painted in the 2-tone camouflage, common to see in the vehicles of this unit. If the vehicle is going to carry the cannon to Bir Hakim, it will also serve as a ride for medical personnel. On the roof of the Quad I placed some accessories, highlighting the boxes with medical equipment. Decals are Archer Fine Transfers. Note the 2 British helmets with different red cross identification patterns. Cheers, Fábio.