Tag: Tamiya
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I have(yet another) Tomcat for the Listener Gallery. Vf-2 ‘Bullet 101’ BuNo 159630 F-14D(R) This is the Tamiya 1/48 F-14D with a few small mods. Aftermarket includes MCC Gun vent and ECS heat exchanger vents. Metal AoA probe and seat belts from the Tamiya ‘Detail-Up’ set. Markings are mostly from Fightertown, with the nose stripes…
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Here again with a couple photos of my latest build. It’s a “Tin Man” themed 1/12 C3PO kit from Bandai with scratch built base. I stripped the factory finish off the kit parts and then primed it with Mr Surfacer black. That was followed by Alclad Brass with Pale Burnt Metal highlights. Everything was then…
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Finished another US Navy aircraft, so time to send it to you guys for the gallery. Tamiya’s 1/48 F-35C with ResKit exhaust, cockpit and GBU-12s, undercarriage by EVA Model Kits, and decals by Furball-Geoff. Nice kit – as you’d expect. Cheers from England Jon Bryon
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My fourth completed model this year is Tamiya’s 1/48 F-14D combined with wings from their ‘late A’ kit that I finished as a VF-213 bird from OEF. I used Reskit exhausts, Sidewinders and landing gear (with Eduard wheels), Flying Leathernecks GBU-16s, Mk.83s, BOL launchers and Lantirn pod (my 3d design). The bombs were mounted on Quickboost…