Volkswagen Beetle

Volkswagen Beetle

Aoshima  1:25

March 2017

A visible ejection mark at the roof

Some molding lines that don't belong in the fender: sanding them off.

Sanding imperfections after 1st coat of primer. Filled them with green Tamiya putty.

1st coat of green

August 2017

Polishing

Painting the silver and black accents

 September 2017

Adding lights after several coats of Future

Ready to join the chassis to the body

Finished model front

Finished model back

UPDATE:
May 2018

Adding 3-D printed real VW wheels

Model now with original VW wheels

P-47 Thunderbolt - Aztec Eagles

P-47 Thunderbolt - Aztec Eagles
Eduard 1:48

March 2016

1:48 P-47 Profi-Pack from Eduard

Target paint schema: Escuadrón 201- Mexican expeditionary force

Test-fitting resin cockpit

Priming resin parts with Vallejo Gray primer

Feb 2017

After painting with cockpit green and adding photo-etched parts

Cutting the cannons
ABER www.aber.net.pl

Cannons ready

Working on wing roots

March 2017

Disaster! Trying to remove some filler from the wing roots, I used too much lacquer thinner and 'erased'
a lot of detail in the wing root and the fuselage. I had to salvage the cockpit and request another P-47 kit on Amazon...

The Academy P-47 kit (this is the base kit used in Eduard's Jugs over Germany P-47)

Engine preparation. Before adding the ignition ring (photo-etch)

Mitchell B-25-J

September 2015

Box

Interior

Gluing both halves of the fuselage

Green putty on the seam lines (Added some lead in the nose)

November 2015

Masking windows at the cockpit

...and at the tail.

January 2016

Priming with a black glossy paint

First coat of Alclad2 - Airframe Aluminum

Second coat: Alclad2 - White Aluminum

February 2016

Painting guns, antenna and pitot tube

Adding decals and painting details

Model Fiesta 2016!

Just in time for Model Fiesta 2016 - San Antonio

Got the Best B-25 Prize: Sponsored by Lt. Col. Dick Cole
Doolittle Raider

Prize and Plane close-up

DeLorean

Aoshima DeLorean - From Back To The Future II.

May 2015

Box

Lower construction

Interior

June 2015

Painted Body

Time Circuits

July 2015

About to join

August 2015

Finished model - Top

Finished model - Right

Finished model - Back

Finished model - Left back

P-47 Thunderbolt

A P-47 Thunderbolt - Razorback from Revell.

March 2015

Painting small parts

April 2015

Preshading and first coats of paint

After second coat

June 2015

Finished model - Left

Finished model - front

Front - detail