Tag: Props
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Done: Hasegawa 1/48 P-51D Mustang “Lou IV”
This kit has been in my stash for some 15 years, with decals yellowing and getting brittle. After getting myself the nice AeroMaster sheet “Yellow Nosed Mustangs of the 361st FG Pt.2” it was finally time to build it. As my boxing was of a P-51K, I simply had to use the collared prop blades…
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Done: Classic Airframes 1/48 F2A-1 Buffalo
As this was my first kit of that sort, I cannot tell wether it is “typical”short-run. Having read articles about this type of kits, I was prepared for ill-fitting parts, confusing instructions and quite a bit of guesswork when it comes to positioning parts. Ok, the Buffalo had all of these, but to a very…
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Done: Italeri 1/48 P-40E Warhawk
Yes, I do like this kit. So much, in fact, that I went and bought another one for future in-between builds. It has its weak points, like the fit of the engine nacelle, the somewhat simplified cockpit and the wheels (best replaced by some aftermarket). But nonetheless, what is in the box makes for a…
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Done: Eduard 1/48 P-400 Airacobra
There is something Eduard’s really nice “Weekend Edition” taught me – I am a slow modeller. After that long-ish Skyhawk build (and in the middle of dealing with Trumpeter’s Super Sabre) I became curious to see if I could pull off something like a quick build. Ok, in the end it did not take me…
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Done: Tamiya’s 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat revisited
My very first aircraft kit after I started dabbling with wing things again, that poor fellow sat on the shelf of doom for three years. Paintwork so-so, decals silvering, small parts missing… it deserved better than that! After stripping off the old paint and fixing what was broken, on came the Gunze acrylics and some…