Armour plates that can be seen in this pics were later removed and replaced with thin plastic sheet scratchbuilt ones.
3/22/08
Another Fw-190A-8 cockpit picture
One photo that I forgot to attach. The canopy is in place and is masked with Tamiya supplied kit's masks, so here's the last pics oof the canopy opened:
Armour plates that can be seen in this pics were later removed and replaced with thin plastic sheet scratchbuilt ones.
Armour plates that can be seen in this pics were later removed and replaced with thin plastic sheet scratchbuilt ones.
FW-190A-8 Sturmbock in progress
Well, just wanted to share some pics of my 1/48 Tamiya FW-190A-8/R8 "Rauhbautz". The fuselage and wings glued together. I've made some modifications to the kit:
1. Replaced armour plates around the pilot's place on the fuselage.
2. Antena mast on the fin tip was scratchbuilt - Tamiya or a shop managed to break the parts while transporting - just antenna fin tip was broken.
3. Oleos one the wheel legs were replaced with aluminium tubing.
4. Original Tamiya's drop tank was replaced with Eduard's (THANX TO JESPER!!) - and some minor scratchbuilding involved.
5. I'm in the begining of rivetting process... ;/
Anyway, here're some pics of the mentioned parts:
Feel free to comment!
1. Replaced armour plates around the pilot's place on the fuselage.
2. Antena mast on the fin tip was scratchbuilt - Tamiya or a shop managed to break the parts while transporting - just antenna fin tip was broken.
3. Oleos one the wheel legs were replaced with aluminium tubing.
4. Original Tamiya's drop tank was replaced with Eduard's (THANX TO JESPER!!) - and some minor scratchbuilding involved.
5. I'm in the begining of rivetting process... ;/
Anyway, here're some pics of the mentioned parts:
Feel free to comment!
3/21/08
American aircraft legends and flying freaks photos
Alexey Matveenko shared a great source of American aircraft legend photos. Some of them are legends, some are "flying legends" - and I really love those odd planes. Anyway, less talk - more action. Here's the link and here're some of my favourites (including some pics of Hellcat ;):
That's what I call a "flying freak", although I'd be very happy to build the model of such "freaks":
That's what I call a "flying freak", although I'd be very happy to build the model of such "freaks":
3/19/08
That's what I call a "PLASTIC FEVER"!
This a truelly inspiring post from Hyperscale Plastic Pics forum. This guy builds a fleet of World War 1 Fokker Dr.1 triplanes! That can be easily called "Plastic FEVER" :) I really respect that.
3/18/08
Not just another Messerschmitt Bf-109 video
Yesterday I had a chat with colleague-modeller Jesper and he told me about the video with 2 flying Messerschmitt Bf-109s. Which are flying nowadays! I've seen lost of World War 2 footage, but I really wanted to see flying Bf-109! Here it is:
The first to take off seems to be Bf-109K-4 or Bf-109G-10 (or G-14) while the second seems to be Bf-109G-2 (or F-4 - I'm not an "Experten" to judge). Anyway, this one is really great video!
The first to take off seems to be Bf-109K-4 or Bf-109G-10 (or G-14) while the second seems to be Bf-109G-2 (or F-4 - I'm not an "Experten" to judge). Anyway, this one is really great video!
Spitifre video
To go on with World War 2 in colour topic I post a very good quality Spitfire video. One thing I don't know - which version of Spitfire can be seen in this video?
Collection of WW2 Colour photos
Small update today - I've found a great collection of colour World War 2 pics here. Here're some of my favourites:
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