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About alpha_tango
I was born in 1974 and started modelling in the 80ies. The first models I remember are a MiG 21 F-13, Saab Draken (both 1/100) and the Tu-2 (72) all from the east German producer Plastikart. during my first years I built all kind of models mainly 1/72 and 1/100. Beside the mentioned Plasticart kits they were also from kopro and a few from Soviet and Polish manufacturers. All were painted with brushes and no special modelling paints After I got access to other models in the 90ies I also build Hasegawa, Matchbox, Revell, Airfix and Heller kits and others .... i also started to use the first basic airbrush (Revell with Perri Air ) About 1995 I decided to go a number larger and started to build 1/48 and some 1/35 military stuff too. Time went by and I got a little better in what I did, so it was time for some investments .. a new, better air brush and a compressor. i mainly built German Luftwaffe aircraft in those days ... aces. For a diversion I started allied aces, then axis, then WW1. I always liked to visit modelling shows and spend some time in shops talking and opening boxes. So in 2000 I got in contact with some modellers from IPMS Deutschland who lived in my home town ... so after a short time I filled the form and became a member. My private modelling homepage, which I started during my curse of studies, got a little make up and became IPMS D website. It evolved into a larger site with a lot of visitors each day ... it could be more, but I kept it German only so the audience is more limited than for Aeroscale, HS, ARC, Cybermodeller, MM and other English modelsites ... OTOH pix tell more than a 1000 words ;) Back to modelling. In 2005 I made another change ... I focussed on one scale (1/48) and expanded my area of interest: a/c of all times and purpose and military vehicles too (at the moment mosly WW2 German).
I was born in 1974 and started modelling in the 80ies. The first models I remember are a MiG 21 F-13, Saab Draken (both 1/100) and the Tu-2 (72) all from the east German producer Plastikart. during my first years I built all kind of models mainly 1/72 and 1/100. Beside the mentioned Plasticart kits they were also from kopro and a few from Soviet and Polish manufacturers. All were painted with brushes and no special modelling paints After I got access to other models in the 90ies I also build Hasegawa, Matchbox, Revell, Airfix and Heller kits and others .... i also started to use the first basic airbrush (Revell with Perri Air ) About 1995 I decided to go a number larger and started to build 1/48 and some 1/35 military stuff too. Time went by and I got a little better in what I did, so it was time for some investments .. a new, better air brush and a compressor. i mainly built German Luftwaffe aircraft in those days ... aces. For a diversion I started allied aces, then axis, then WW1. I always liked to visit modelling shows and spend some time in shops talking and opening boxes. So in 2000 I got in contact with some modellers from IPMS Deutschland who lived in my home town ... so after a short time I filled the form and became a member. My private modelling homepage, which I started during my curse of studies, got a little make up and became IPMS D website. It evolved into a larger site with a lot of visitors each day ... it could be more, but I kept it German only so the audience is more limited than for Aeroscale, HS, ARC, Cybermodeller, MM and other English modelsites ... OTOH pix tell more than a 1000 words ;) Back to modelling. In 2005 I made another change ... I focussed on one scale (1/48) and expanded my area of interest: a/c of all times and purpose and military vehicles too (at the moment mosly WW2 German).
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My Feature Articles
1. | Polikarpov I-153 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
2. | MiG-15bis | AIRCRAFT: JETS | ENGLISH | |
3. | Udet's V-14 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
4. | Zero Hour! | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
5. | Romanian Bf 109E-3 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
6. | Der Erste Emil | AIRCRAFT | ENGLISH | |
7. | Focke-Wulf Ta 152V-7 | AIRCRAFT | ENGLISH | |
8. | Fabric-Wing Hurricane Mk.1 | AIRCRAFT | ENGLISH | |
9. | Spitfire Mk.XII | AIRCRAFT | ENGLISH | |
10. | Me 262A-1a/U4 | AIRCRAFT | ENGLISH | |
11. | Spitfire Mk. Vb Trop | AIRCRAFT | ENGLISH | |
12. | Desert Island Wildcats | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
13. | MQ-1 Predator | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
14. | Northrop F-5E | AIRCRAFT: JETS | ENGLISH | |
15. | Komatsu G40 | AIRFIELD EQUIPMENT | ENGLISH | |
16. | Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
17. | Heinkel He112 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
18. | P-40 N-1 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
19. | Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
20. | Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
21. | Me 163A V4 | AIRCRAFT: JETS | ENGLISH | |
22. | Messerschmitt Bf 110 C | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH | |
23. | Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-1 | AIRCRAFT: PROPS | ENGLISH |
My Reviews
1. | LaGG 3 Cockpit Set | BY VECTOR | ENGLISH | |
2. | Wildcat updates | BY VECTOR | ENGLISH | |
3. | General Motors FM-2 Wildcat | BY VECTOR | ENGLISH | |
4. | P-51D Wheel Well | BY VECTOR | ENGLISH | |
5. | Yak 7/9 Upgrades | BY VECTOR | ENGLISH | |
6. | Bell P-39 Wheel Well Set | BY VECTOR | ENGLISH | |
7. | Heinkel He 177A-5 | BY MPM PRODUCTION | ENGLISH |