The Class of 2023. Last year's completed builds.

January 15, 2024 · in Aviation · · 13 · 337

Sorry to be late with this, but here are the completed builds from 2023. I managed seven total, and a couple other started, and hope to finish in the coming year. I was going to post the Spitfire from an earlier article, but, I did only finish it in 2024, so... I got one done for this year!

Since these were all posted here throughout the year, I won't post a lot of the detail about the build, Just the which kit and scale they are. Not necessarily in order of appearance, they are:
1) Airfix, 1:48 scale, Curtiss P-40B, 'Kittyhawk'
2) Tamiya, 1:48 scale, Heinkel He-162A-2, 'Salamander'
3) Nichimo, 1:48 scale, Nakajima Ki-43!c, 'Hayabusa' (Oscar)
4) Monogram, 1:72 scale, Curtiss P-6E, 'Hawk'
5) Tamiya, 1:48 scale, Nakajima J1N1-2, 'Gekko' (Irving)
6) Eduard, 1:48 scale, Grumman F4F-3, 'Wildcat'
7) Trumpeter, 1:32 scale, Douglass SBD-5, 'Dauntless'

Started are:
1) Tamiya, 1:48 scale, A1-H, 'Skyraider' (Navy)
2) Minicraft, 1:48 scale, Grumman XF5F-1, 'Skyrocket'
3) Trumpeter, 1:32 scale, Grumman F4F-4, 'Wildcat'
4) Monogram, 1:48 scale, North American, AT-6,'Texan'.
5) Monogram, 1:72 scale, Boeing F4B-4.

I have other plans as well, like another release from the "Shelf of Doom", 1:48 scale Accurate Miniatures A-36, 'Apache' and to refurbish a Tamiya, 1:48 scale Brewster F2A-2, 'Buffalo' and a Minicraft, 1:72 scale Consolidated B-24J, 'Liberator'. I guess we'll see where all that goes, huh?

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to another fun year building and sharing what I build as well as seeing all the fantastic builds posted here on iModeler!

Regards,
Freddie from Palm Beach Gardens - So many models, so little time...

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13 responses

  1. Nice variety Freddie

  2. Great collection for 2023, beautiful builds!

  3. Very productive 2023 with great outcomes, Frederick @fjs3
    Looking forward to your 2024 submissions.

  4. A fantastic year, Freddie!
    Wishing you a Happy, prosperous 2024!

  5. Looks like you had a good year, here’s to 2024.

  6. That’s a fantastic group of models !

  7. Nice work (as usual) Freddie.

  8. Nice work on that collection. Love that little P-6E!

  9. Awesome work on all your builds Frederick. I especially like your P-40B. It reminds me of my old Revell P-40C I posted a little while back. Your Wildcat and Dauntless look beautiful too. I can't wait to see.your upcoming builds, keep up the good work!

  10. Great builds, Freddie! I like that Tomahawk a lot!

  11. Beautiful work on all of them. @fjs3

  12. Nice work Frederick (@fjs3). I think you have graduated class of 2023 - now go and complete 2024 with more awesome builds 😀 Looking forward to seeing what comes 🙂

  13. Mighty fine work for the year! You should be pleased!

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