クリスとマン (Christman)

The finished Tamiya Newman Porsche 956, from the front.

The finished Tamiya Newman Porsche 956, with race exhaust and wear.

The finished Tamiya Newman Porsche 956, from the back.

The finished Tamiya Newman Porsche 956 engine compartment.

The finished kit. The Tamiya Newman Porsche 956 was a fun build. Tamiya is always spot on with tooling & assembly. There were moments of frustration with some of the tight tolerances but everything turned out well. I added a bit of race exhaust and wear in a few places. Overall, I’m happy with it.

18.03.2025 03:42 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Maybe I’ve shed my notoriously slow build pace as this Tamiya Newman Porsche 956 is nearing completion after only two weeks(!). I’m at the flat clear/decals/flat clear/seam darkening phase before a gloss clear coat. All the “glass” goes on after that. Then I’m done. Three weeks? Not bad for me.

13.03.2025 17:41 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

#TonyTonyTony sounds like fun, but I don't have 2nd Tony kit to work on. My next three are German & Italian WWII planes & a Porsche 956 24 Hour 84 Le Mans winner.

Plus my propensity for building very slowly makes a 30 day limit (probably) impossible. I'll be watching from the sidelines on this one.

24.02.2025 19:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My build of the Tamiya Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien Japanese fighter aka “Tony”.

My build of the Tamiya Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien Japanese fighter aka “Tony”.

My build of the Tamiya Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien Japanese fighter aka “Tony”.

My build of the Tamiya Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien Japanese fighter aka “Tony”.

Ok, so I’m a few weeks late. Par for the course on my bench. I finally finished my Tamiya Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien Japanese fighter aka “Tony”.

This was fun to build & gained me more experience & patience w/ air brushing camo.

I’ve got 2 on the bench now + 1 more in the on-deck circle. Progress!

24.02.2025 06:17 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

明けましておめでとうございます。
皆さんが幸せで健康な2025年を過ごせることを願っています。🙏

(To all of Japan) Happy New Year.
I wish you all a happy and healthy 2025. 🙏

31.12.2024 15:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It takes me ages to finish a build. Is it ADHD? A crippling perfection streak? I dunno but here’s what’s on the bench:

Tamiya’s Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien (Tony). The main body is done, camo painted (not my best airbrush work) & clear acrylic coated for decals & panel lines. Target: end of January.

22.12.2024 06:02 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

A restored ME-262 German war plane, one of the first jet-propelled planes.

Finally carved out some time to follow and like some cool model builds. I'm a big fan of WWII German/Italian/Japanese planes as well as Soviet Bloc jets (early ones). My all time favorite plane is the ME-262 not coincidentally spurred on by the Blue Oyster Cult's song of the same name.

05.12.2024 05:21 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beauties!

05.12.2024 05:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0