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1/72 ESCI AC-47

by Mark P Hartig on February 29, 2024 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

While not overly successful, this was still an important aircraft as it was the first of its kind. Starting here, the concept also gave ground pounders the AC-119, the AC-123 and culminated in the AC-130 which as we all know has been [...]

1/48 ICM BQM-34A Firebee

by Dan Lee on November 26, 2023 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

A nice simple model of an important drone. The Ryan BQM-34A was the first in a series of drones used for military purposes. They were used for target emulation, high and low altitude recon, ECM, E-LINT missions and defense/radar [...]

Bell AH 1G Huey Cobra, 122, US Army, Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam 1967.

by Allan J Withers on August 18, 2023 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

1/72 Monogram, built in 2019 - 2020 for the Teeth & Fangs GB, more pic's and details there.

PBR

by Tom Wilson Andrews on July 22, 2023 · in Ships · 18 ≡

When I was a kid, my nextdoor neighbor, several years my elder, went into the Navy. He wound up in the Riverine force. He was on either a Swift or a PBR. When Tamiya came out with their PBR, I jumped at the chance to build it. I thought [...]

Academy 1/48 F-4C Vietnam

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on June 2, 2023 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

Academy's early Phantoms are very good kits and superior to the dated Hasegawa kits. In this kit I focused on the complex weathering patterns that characterized aircraft operating in the humid and dusty conditions of Vietnam. Due to the [...]

ARVN M41 Walker Bulldog

by Gary Brantley on March 30, 2023 · in Armor · 33 ≡

The M41 Walker Bulldog, officially known as 76-mm Gun Tank M41, was produced by the Cadillac Motor Car Company division of General Motors from 1951 to 1954. Originally built as a light tank replacement for the WWII-era M24 Chaffee, it was [...]

Grumman OV-1A 1/48 RODEN

by Bojan Đekić on September 15, 2022 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

I present you Roden's model of the OV-1A Mohawk. The plane represents a machine of the 23rd special warfare aviation detachment of the US Army from 1963 in Vietnam. The basic task of this unit was intelligence and reconnaissance. In its [...]

F-8E Crusader Mig Killer June 21, 1966

by Wayne Landis on July 17, 2022 · in Aviation · 34 ≡

This is the Hasegawa 1/48th kit of the F-8E Crusader with decals from the Furball, Mig Masters F-8 Crusaders of the Vietnam War. The model depicts aircraft F-8E 150300 Nickel 104 VF-211 (Fighting Checkmates, call sign Nickel aka The Mig [...]

Monogram/Encore 1:48 A-37B

by Pip Moss on June 30, 2022 · in Aviation · 20 ≡

I've had the good old Monogram kit in the stash for several years along with a copy of the Encore boxing, which is essentially the Monogram plastic with a bunch of resin and PE aftermarket stuff. One of my club members brought a 1:72 model [...]

The bite of the cobra: AH-1G "Wretched Mildred", Vietnam 1971

by Roland Sachsenhofer on April 8, 2022 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Some aircraft look so impressive that, once seen, they remain in the memory. If this memorable appearance is combined with a dramatic mission history, it can happen that this aircraft becomes an "icon": the mere sight of it [...]