Japanese Amphibious Tanks in 1/72
The propeller-driven Type 2 Ka-Mi armored fighting vehicle floated with the help of two large pontoon attachments, one on the front and one on the back. When the amphibious […]
Category Archives: Photography
Tamiya Warbirds Collection #49: North American P-51D
I hadn’t built a P-51 in about 30 years. But I seem these days to be redoing a lot of models that I used to think I “already had one” of — and you’ve got to have at least one P-51 in your A-List collection.
1/700 Japanese Harbor Diorama With Submarine Depot Ship Heian Maru
So here we feature our newest ship, Heian Maru, an ocean liner converted to wartime service.
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt “Bubbletop” in 1/72
Along with the RAF’s Typhoon fighter-bomber, the wide-ranging P-47 was the scourge of enemy aircraft, infrastructure and vehicles.
1/72 F4u-1 “Birdcage” Corsair Diorama
Most airplane enthusiasts admire the Corsair to this day. My ’70s gang and I practically worshiped it.
1/700 Japanese Aircraft Carrier Junyo
Junyô was considered a “lucky” ship because it actually survived hostilities, unlike virtually all of its contemporaries. Torpedoed near Nagasaki at the end of 1944, Junyô spent the rest of the […]
1/700 IJN Light Cruiser Abukuma 阿武隈
Completed, 1925. Sunk, October 26, 1944, SE of Negros. Speed: 36 knots. Armament: 7 x 5.5-inch 50-cal guns, 8 x 24-inch torpedo tubes, light AA. Nagara Class, designed as flagships for […]
1/72 Panther Tanks, Part 2, with Infantry
New Panther tanks with accompanying infantry.
Dornier Do17E: “The Flying Pencil” in 1/72
Here I revisit an old model I first built in the 1970s, posed with some of the accessories I have lately completed for such Luftwaffe projects.
1/72 F-15C Eagle (Hasegawa)
Complemented here by Hasegawa’s ground crew. This kit was probably my last foray into the realm of jet aircraft for a while…
