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Andreas Grewin January 26, 2013

F4F-4 Wildcat Tamiya 1/48 part 1

My first humble steps in aircraft modeling. Not focusing on the result, only the process and how to build airplane models. I have to say so far it’s been super fun! Working on filling all the gaps now in the hull and wings, maybe not that fun but mainly because I really don’t know what I’m doing hehe. Well here are pics of finished cockpit. I know the color tint is a bit off, it looked OK before I added the dark wash, something I will do better on my next one. The photo-etch from Eduard was a bliss and really easy and fun to assemble.

Andreas Grewin August 18, 2012

The Fighting Lady WWII Documentary 1944

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Oscar Winner 1945 (Best Documentary, Features)

“The Fighting Lady,” provides a portrait of life on a World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV10, a vessel that is “enormous, wonderful, and strange to us.” After profiling the various activities of the soldiers’ day and following the ship’s voyage through the Panama Canal, the film takes the audience through a litany of actual combat engagements. The Fighting Lady participates in a strike on the Marcus Islands, then defends itself against a surprise nighttime raid by Japanese fighters. Some of the photography comes from cameras set up in the cockpits of American planes, showing first hand what it’s like to be diving through enemy anti-aircraft fire. The film culminates in a major confrontation with the Imperial Japanese Battle Fleet. In this massive operation, later dubbed the “Marianas Turkey Shoot,” American pilots downed almost four hundred Japanese Zeros, while incurring only twenty-two losses themselves.

USS Yorktown CV-10 1943 aerial with F6F Hellcats

USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Puget Sound 1944

F6F Hellcat on USS Yorktown — “Dynamic static. The motion of its props causes an `aura’ to form around this F6F Hellcat on USS YORKTOWN. Rotating with blades, halo moves aft, giving depth and perspective.” November 1943

Andreas Grewin August 13, 2012

WWII Pacific Theatre in Color

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Attack On Wake Island Excellent in-flight of US Navy Douglas SBD “Dauntless” torpedo dive bomber after bombing raid on Japanese-held Wake Is. October 5, 1943

Martin PBM Mariner of Naval Air Transport Service, Pacific, May 1944

Andreas Grewin February 8, 2012

Ebay Locomotive Winning

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Just won these babies on Ebay. They will be a real treat to detail and weather. Western Pacific used these old F units from the 1950’s all the way to Western Pacifics end in 1982. So I can really go all the way with the weathering and make them stand out really well.

Intermountain Western Pacific Railroad FT N-scale

Andreas Grewin November 19, 2011

USMC M4A2 Sherman

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Andreas Grewin November 19, 2011

USMC M4A2 Sherman

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This is my Guam Sherman M4A2 that I finished a couple of weeks ago. It’s the Dragon Tarawa M4A2 kit with wading stacks from Tank-Workshop and hand crafted stowage. The wading stacks were not prototypical so I had to modify them to match the real prototype. To be correct the wading stacks were welded flush on the hull instead of being separated from the tank.

The idea with this model was to try and heavily layer different oils to create variation in the base color. I believe that not much of show through the weathering dough but I will definitely try and take it even further next time.