Spitfire Mk.1a – Kotare 1/32

Posted on 16 December, 2023 by Håkan

I started this as my probably last project this year. Not sure I will be able to finish this year though.
As usual it starts with the cockpit. There’s a lot of parts to the cockpit and cleaning them up took a while, even if the parts are very nicely cast.
I’ve also glued a few parts together, but the rest have to wait until after they’re painted.

There are a few more parts to sort and the side walls should also have a few parts glued to them. I had to sort a few ejection pin marks as they will be visible and I think one decal goes on the back of the fire wall.

Not sure how much will be visible after the cockpit is inserted into the fusalage.
This is how far I got the first evening.

Marder II – the end, for now!

Posted on 30 November, 2023 by Håkan

Buying 2nd hand kits can be a bit of a gamble. Hopefully everything is there.
As it turned out, the poly caps was missing, and I forgot to check before starting the build. I simply didn’t think of it.

This is how far I’ve got before shutting down the build for now.

If I can find 14 poly caps (short ones according to the instructions), I might get this build started again and perhaps even finished.

Marder II – Tamiya 1/35

Posted on 28 November, 2023 by Håkan

I started this build for a weekend speed build on Flory’s forum.

I thought a Tamiya kit should be easy enough to finish within the time frame from thursday to sunday, Perhaps it should have if I had prepared better. It turned out there was more to sort like ejection marks, and I also spent more time with the family than I had anticipated.

Anyway the build was started by building the main gun.