Messerschmitt me 262 A-1/U4 Hobby Boss 1:48 Completed

Always wanted to build the Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1/U4 with the big 50 mm cannon in the nose. The Hobby Boss kit is detailed but some moldings are a bit soft especially on the fuselage. The fit is generally good but some clamping action is needed where the wings meet the fuselage on the belly of the aircraft.

A must upgrade is the barrel and muzzle brake other then that the kit is good. The shape on the nose looks a bit of when looking at pictures, ok for me but not perfect.

kit: 1/48 Hobby Boss me 262 A-1/U4
colors: Vallejo Air RLM range
weathering: Done with Ammo and AK weathering products + pigments from Lifecolor.

Upgrade parts I used on this build:
-Resin wheels from Eduard
- Eduard Zoom Etch set for the cockpit
- Metal barrel and muzzle brake from Master
- Decals from Eagle Cal

Classic Airframes Finnish Brewster Buffalo BW-393 (1:48)

Classic Airframes 1:48 scale Finnish Brewster Buffalo BW-393. BW-393 was flown by the finnish ace Hans Wind but was lost on 2 July 1944 at Immola after a soviet air raid. Has the orange spinner and orange nr.9 with the 32 victory marks on the tail.  For the build I used CMK engine, cockpit, flaps and some other scratch built parts. The camouflage is painted black and green with the underside painted aluminum followed by a coat of varnish mixed with a very small amount of grey. The green is a mix of vallejo russian green,yellow and olive green.  Diorama made out of wood-strips, magic sculpt and some grass from verlinden. The figures and tools are from Verlinden as well. The only remaining Brewster Buffalo is BW-372 and can be seen at Tikkakoski air museum in Finland, but its only a loan and will return to an american museum soon. The excellent engine from CMK and you can see the armored plate in the seat that the finns added to protect the pilot. Verlinden toolbox and etched tools look great in this little diorama. BW-372 at the Tikkakoski museum. Excellent condition even if it was pulled up from a russian lake.

AZ-Models Morane Saulnier M.S.406 1:48

AZ-Models Morane Saulnier M.S.406 1:48 scale kit (AZ4805).

I wanted to build a finnish Morane 406 in 48 scale. The only available kits in 48 scale seems to be Classic airframes, Hobbycraft and AZ-Models. The AZ-models is the same kit as classic airframes but with some tweaks and more resin, well I bought the AZ-kit.

Some of the big errors I found on the kit:
-Wrong nose shape, especially the upper shape.
-Gun pods on the wings has the wrong shape.
-Corrected the fusalage that´s to wide in the rear.

I corrected the ones above and lowered the radiator, landing light is lowered, added the armoured plate that protects the pilot. The cockpit is mostly scratched built because the kit resin was horrible.

The M.S.406 that I choose to build was MS-304 with 6 aerial victories. It was flown by among others finnish ace Lehtovaara who shot down three I-16 on the same day. MS-304 was destroyed by artillery fire July 1942.

Tamiya V-1 (1:48 Scale)

Tamiya V-1 1:48 scale kit. Painted with vallejo and tamiya paints, weathered with AK and MIG products. The figure is from tamiya and the base is made from plaster molded on sandpaper to give it a bit of a ruff surface.