DavidsScaleModels – Year in Review

HAPPY NEW YEAR! In a few days it will be 2025 so here is my 2024 year in review. I started the year off with a 1/48 Revell A-26B. The second build of the year was for the 2024 the International Plastic Modelers Society (IPMS) held their National Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. This was only a couple of hour drive from my home. I used Academy's 1/48 CH-46A/D – U.S. Marines –Vietnam kit. The third build was the 1/48 Hobbyboss YF-23 ATF nicknamed Black Widow II. The fourth build was the first commission build of the year. This build used the Hasegawa 1/72 P-3C Orion. The scheme is for VP-8 “Flying Tigers” based out of NAS Brunswick during the early 1980's. The fifth build was the second commission build. This commission build used the Academy 1/72 A-10A “Operation Iraqi Freedom” of the 75th fighter squadron in 2003. The sixth build and third commission build was Academy's 1/48 A-10C “75th FS Flying Tigers” kit. The scheme is how this aircraft looked in 2014. The last build of 2024 and the last commission build utilized the Kinetic 1/48 scale Mirage 2000C. It was detailed with a resin ejection seat and 3D decals for the cockpit.

This past year was fun. During Christmas my Wife got me an awesome kit. It is the Titan Models 1/48 scale B-2A! This is a huge kit (over 40" wingspan!) with a thick vacu-form fuselage and all the rest of the details are resin. I plan on tackling this kit later in 2025. As for the rest of 2025 I am currently working on the first build of 2025 which is Academy's 1/48 PBJ-1D (B-25D Mitchell). I do have two commission builds scheduled and since I missed my “Movie Night” build in 2024 I will make sure I have one in 2025.

In terms of decals, I have a couple of Air Wing decal sets which will be released in the spring and I am finishing the final touches on the Forrestal Class carriers Hangar Bay decals in both 1/350 and 1/700-1/720 scale. I should have these up and available for purchase by the first weekend in 2025.

You can see photos and links to each of the build logs in my blog post at https://davidsscalemodels.com/2024/12/28/happy-new-year-the-year-in-review/

Thank you all for following my builds in 2024 and look forward to having you follow along in 2025!

Happy New Year and Happy Modeling,

Dave

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