Some Of My Favorite Kit-Makes

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Some Of My Favorite Kit-Makes

Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:48 pm

I have about 150-160 kit-makes mostly of WW2 warbirds in either the 1:72nd or 1:48th scale. About 70% of these are eBay buys that panned out, though I usually add something to each model. The remainder are kits I have made, those that I have commissioned and eBay wrecks that I had to repair and, in some cases, totally rebuild. Here are some of my favorite 1:48s. First a P-35:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:49 pm

Next, a Japanese Oscar:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:50 pm

A Japanese Nate:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:51 pm

A Fiat CR.42:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:52 pm

A Mig-3:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:53 pm

An early mark BF-109:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:54 pm

A MC-202:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:54 pm

An IL-2:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:56 pm

A Claude:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:56 pm

A Shinden:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:57 pm

And a Fokker D.XXI:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:59 pm

Among the 1:72nd scale birds, the SM-79 is probably the best---even though I had to fix one of the insignias that was put on backwards:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:00 pm

A Japanese Lily:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:01 pm

A Nell with retractable landing gear, no less:Image

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A Sally:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:04 pm

A HE-177---yes, I know, the guy who made this shouldn't have used brown on the upper surface:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:05 pm

An early version of the DO-17:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:07 pm

A Soviet PE-2---a major rebuild, btw:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:08 pm

A B&V 138:Image

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Post by Epap » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:09 pm

Finally, a WW1 German Gotha bomber:Image

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Post by Heer » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:04 pm

Good God... :o I especially fancy the Japanese bombers. Love the Nell, Betty, etc... 8)
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Re: Some Of My Favorite Kit-Makes

Post by snake » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:35 pm

Wow! 8)

Some very nice kit builds of some of the rarer aircraft, Ed.

Particularly like the SM 79, B&V, and Shinden.

Thanks for sharing. :D

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Post by ketelone » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:18 pm

I really like the planes. It's a treat to see rare or less common planes
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Re: Some Of My Favorite Kit-Makes

Post by Rowsdower » Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:55 pm

The rare/obscure planes are great!!
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Re: Some Of My Favorite Kit-Makes

Post by AMERICAN_GRENADIER » Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:44 pm

very nice work
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