Tamiya GB Gallery

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Post your completed builds here. No more than five photos per entry.

Please do not post comments in this thread. All comments should go in the subject's build thread

[grumpy n old]

Tamiya V-1 'Doodlebug' completed in test colours of Black and Yellow, this is rocket number 71.

 

Thanks for looking 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

[Ray S]

This is my Komatsu G40 Bulldozer from the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1/48 scale. It was a quick build by any stretch of the imagination, but I have to say it just fell together. The build log (all three posts on it!) is here if anyone has a spare twenty seconds or so:

 

 

 

 

 

Have a go at one, I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I did, and I'd love to see one weathered and set in a diorama

 

Ray

[Colin W]

What better to showcase Tamiya than a 1/24 car kit. This build will be of the Tamiya Toyota Celica kit. My wife and I had a red one when we moved to New Zealand in 1996 so this is a model our old car.  

A  great kit, perfect fit and a great looking model if I say so myself. Much shinier than our old one it has to be said!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures from my phone as we're off on holiday tonight and I'm a bit short of time!

Thanks to those who commented along the way on what was quite a short build. 

I'm looking forward to seeing a whole heap more models here dedicated to the memory of Shunsaku Tamiya

 

Build thread is here  

 

Cheers Colin 

[dnl42]

1/48 U.S. Main Battle Tank M1A2 Abrams

2nd Platoon, F Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment

Iraq

April 2003

 

Thank you @Colin W, @Col., and @Mjwomack for hosting this event.

 

OOB with Mr.Color, AK 3rd Gen, Posca Pens, Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color, Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic UV Varnish

 

 

 

 

 

The WIP is here

 

 

[dnl42]

1/48 U.S. Modern 4x4 Utility Vehicle

HMMVW

64th Military Police Co., 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade

King Khalid Air Base, Saudi Arabia

Gulf War, Jan. 1991

 

Thank you @Colin W, @Mjwomack, and @Col. for hosting this fine tribute GB.

 

Built OOB and finished with Mr.Color, AK 3rd Gen, POSCA pens, Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color, and Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic UV Varnish.

 

 

 

 

 

The WIP is here

[Muchmirth]

1/48 Humber armoured car: with added stowage (mostly black dog) and a small base. The tamiya figure is very nice and fits perfectly. A great little kit, decals courtesy of @R T Fishall to depict a vehicle used in Normandy by the 3rd infantry division. Painted in disruptive/mickey mouse pattern using mr surfacer and a rattle can.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking in and thank you to the hosts for putting it all together @Colin W @Col. and @Mjwomack

[Olmec Head]

Tamiya 1/72 Corsair F4U-1D - VF-84 flying from the USS Bunker Hill early 1945

 

A very nice and relatively easy kit to build, the detail is very similar to the 1/48 Tamiya kits.  Build out of the box but with a bomb added!  The decals are Techmod.  I used them to avoid having to do the yellow nose, which was later added to VF-84 aircraft and is on most builds of the Tamiya F4U-1D.

 

Thanks to the organisers for putting on the GB at short notice, it shows how much Tamiya have produced over the years.

 

I tried to take the pictures in natural light for the Glossy Sea Blue to be consistent, not that it worked very well.  But it was very bright in the Pacific!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 1 by Olmec Head
Improved Photos

[johnlambert]

Here is my finished Tamiya 1:35 Simca 5 German Staff Car, built as a civilian version. The paint scheme was inspired by a photos of a Fiat 500 (which was essentially the same car). I've used some aftermarket photo-etched parts from Aber, but not as many as I thought I would. The number plates, windscreen wipers and particularly the hood mechanism are the best parts. 

 

[theplasticsurgeon]

Tamiya 1/72 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray,  US Navy VF(AW)-3.

[Jari Lehtonen]

Hi All,

 

for my (first?) full build in this GB I selected the 2002 vintage Gloster Meteor F.3, built to represent EE239 stationed in Melsbroek, Belgium in early 1945. This is one of the four first Meteors to be sent to the continent, and like the other three, was painted white all over. These Meteors flew no combat missions, they were used to familiarise the ground troops to Allied jets. 

 

The build thread is here:

 

Some pictures of the finished article:

 

 

 

 

 

The model was painted and varnished using Vallejo products, and weathered with Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color (black) and Flory Models Grime. I need to practice some more with Flory washes, since I'm not fully happy with the final result. 

 

Many, many thanks to our GB hosts and all who followed the build here!

 

/Jari

[TEMPESTMK5]

        Tamiya 1/72 Scale P 47 D Razorback Capt M GRANT 342 FS 348 Fighter Group Philippines 1944

 

Humbrol Metalcoate brushpainted 

Yahuu Models Instrument panel 

 Eduard PE seat belts 

DKDecals 

 

 

Patrice 

 

[Keeff]

 1/35 Austin 10hp Utility truck - the 'Tilly'

5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, Normandy, 1944

 

For my build, I chose the Austin Tilly.  One of Tamiyas newer releases, but an enjoyable build nonetheless. 

 

Build log here: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking! 

 

Keith ☺️ 

[SnøMotion]

1:24 Scale Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R V-Spec

 

Built with self modelled and printed exhaust back box, lowering kit, big brakes, wheels and tyres; front grilles by Aber; reg plates and carbon decal by ZoomOn and badges by Hobby Design. Paint is ProScale Nissan Midnight Purple with an SMS Pearl Magenta Rose tint coat over the top.

 

WiP is available here...

 

 

Thanks for following along and for the encouragement! Thanks to @Colin W, @Mjwomack and @Col. for hosting and to @Enzo the Magnificent for making the GB happen at such short notice. 

 

Time for the photos!

 

Martin

 

 

 

 

 

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

1/72 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II

77 Squadron RAAF

 

 

[RC Boater Bill]

The Mechanical Tiger is complete!

 

 

Here is a link to a short video on my Smugmug page:

 

Four second video….

(this is the first time I’ve tried to post a video link on Britmodeler…)

 

Fourteen second video..

 

Meet the Cats!   40 seconds

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:12 AM by RC Boater Bill
added video links