AIRCRAFT

US Navy F8F-2 Bearcat Hobby Boss 1/48

The U.S. Navy Bearcat is finally complete. I've made an F6F Hellcat before, and it's a bit smaller than that. It's smaller than Zero. Because the F6F was too large to be used in escort carriers without a catapult, the goal was to have a fighter that could be used in smaller escort carriers. And yet the engines were so powerful that they could win a mock battle against the captured Zero.

2023.03.04

AIRCRAFT USA

Large Flying Boat Kawanishi Type 2 Mk.12. “Emily” Imperial Japanese Navy Arii 1/144

The Arii Type 2 large boat is now complete. This kit had a lot of burrs, and it was hard to put together. Even at a 1/144 scale, it's reasonably large. In this work, two 800 kg torpedoes were mounted. The float is made with extra tension wire for increased strength.

2023.01.26

AIRCRAFT JAPAN

Soviet Air Force MiG-21F-13 Fishbed Trumpeter 1/48

The MiG -21 F is completed. It looks more linear and sleeker than the Mi -21 I've made several times. I wonder if the first model is a little smaller. A MiG-21 shot down a B-52 during the Vietnam War, an F-14 during the Iran-Iraq War, and an Indian Air Force MiG-21 shot down an F-16 during the Kashmir conflict.

2023.01.12

AIRCRAFT RUSSIA

Messerschmitt Bf110E Eduard 1/48

To be honest, this building was difficult. I thought about giving it up because it didn't have any parts, but anyway, I'm glad that it has a shape. The best feature of the Bf110 fighter is that it is heavily armed with 2x20 mm machine guns at the nose, 4x7.92 mm machine guns and 1x7.92 mm machine gun at the rear. There is also a pile of spare ammunition in the cockpit.

2022.09.02

AIRCRAFT GERMANY

The Imperial Japanese Army Fighter Ki 27 Type-97 Hasegawa 1/48

The Type-97 fighter has been completed. It was a fighter of the Imperial Japanese Army, and it was very active during the China Incident, the Nomonhan Incident, and the beginning of the Pacific War. About 3,400 units were produced. As for the gloss of the painted surface of the Type 97 fighter this time, I was able to do the airbrush painting as I liked.

2022.07.09

AIRCRAFT JAPAN

H-21C Shawnee “Flying Banana” Italeri 1/48

This marking is U.S. Army, 93rd Transport Company, Da Nang, Vietnam, 1963. The 1/48 scale is about 35 centimeters long. It's a tandem rotor with rotors on the front and back, so considering that the display space is much larger, it's awe-inspiring.

2022.06.23

AIRCRAFT USA

F-14A Tomcat Atlantic Fleet Squadrons Hasegawa 1/72

I made it with the U.S. Navy 31st Fighter Squadron VFA-31 "Tomcatters." It is characterized by the picture of the American cartoon character, Phillix with a bomb as a motif of a black cat. I used the 1/72 scale Air Craft Weapon III U.S. air-to-air missile set, sold separately by Hasegawa. 6 AIM-54 Phoenix and 2 AIM-9L Sidewinders.

2022.04.09

AIRCRAFT USA

North American RAF Mustang III Tamiya 1/48

North American RAF Mustang III. The marking is the 315th Polish Flying Squadron and the aircraft number is FB387. There was a unit in the RAF consisting of Polish airmen who had escaped from Poland, which had been occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union.

2021.11.21

AIRCRAFT UK

Su-30MK Flanker Academy 1/48

It is a large-sized kit, the Academy's Su-30. It was developed based on the Su-27UB, which was a trainer and fighter. It is equipped with a powerful radar as an air defense fighter. In addition, it has expanded its function as a fighter-bomber.

2021.10.01

AIRCRAFT RUSSIA

Grumman F9F-2P Panther Reconnaissance Trumpeter 1/48

I built the F9F Panther. At first, I had the impression that the airplane was shaped like a flying squirrel and it was more ugly than I thought. The panel line and rivet marks were emphasized a little by washing, etc., and I felt it was a surprisingly beautiful streamlined airplane.

2021.05.18

AIRCRAFT USA

Red Arrows Folland Gnat T.1 Airfix 1/48

The Airfix Folland Nut, the aircraft of the Red Arrows Acrobat Team were built. The 1/48 scale is quite small, so it's compact size. I can't decide which color of red I should use.

2021.04.23

AIRCRAFT UK

Focke-Wulf Ta152 C-1 Hobby Boss 1/48

Hobby Boss Focke-Wolf Ta152C-1. It was named Ta after Kurt Tank, the chief designer. The C-1 model is a type with the main wings cut down, and the horsepower of the engine is strengthened.

2021.03.24

AIRCRAFT GERMANY

Nakajima A6M2-N Type 2 Float-Plane Fighter Sweet 1/144

It is a Sweet's type-two fighter water plane. I made three of them together. It belongs to the base of the Solomon Islands, Short Land. Once completed, you can enjoy either decorating it on the cart or placing it on the wave base.

2021.03.12

AIRCRAFT JAPAN

Heinkel He219 A-7 UHU Tamiya 1/48

Tamiya's He219A-7 UHU kit was released more than 20 years ago, but it has a reputation of being fairly good-quality, so even now no other company has released the same scale model. The marking is1st NJG1, 1st Company of the 1st Night Fighter Squadron, May 1945 Germany. It was an airplane in May 1945. It's almost the end of the war.

2021.01.28

AIRCRAFT GERMANY

Dornier Do215B-4 German Reconnaissance Plane ICM 1/48

It is a plastic model maker in Eastern Europe called ICM. Dornier Do215B-4, a German twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft. This ICM kit does not have a Swastika mark decal, so you need to get it or draw it yourself. I got an Extra Decal Swastika with various marks. Two sheets will be enough for a while.

2021.01.03

AIRCRAFT GERMANY