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Retired transit worker from NYCT. ,phormer phantom phixer f4j, low tech,low budget modeler. mostly a/c.
I was contemplating reviewing my builds I've shared with you this past year but I've realized between the old builds, rebuilds and strictly new builds that I've posted a lot, maybe to much, and I've only been on the site for one year. Any [...]
First up Airfix's Rommel converted to USS Richard E Byrd 1/600 scale. Both were of the Charles Adams class DDG, with differences in radar and mast layout.
Second- Zvezda's November class nuclear submarine.1/350 scale
Third- Revell's [...]
Some shots I took on Kennedy CV-67, in the late eighties. and a view of a F-4 you don't want to see in your rear view mirror.
Not knowing what was in the Kitech kit ,it was supposed to have reactive armor per the USMC [ it did not] it also was a motorized kit, which made the running gear less accurate than the snaptite kits. I decided to try to make it represent [...]
I was trying to revive this old kit but fell short, I didn't get the colors right . The kit represents the prototype with squared off wing tips, of which I rounded off. I used super scale decals of the 49th FIS out of Langley AFB. I think [...]
Airfix's venerable Me 262 in US Navy scheme, did a few year's back.
Revells' 727 done in the livery of Southern Air Transport airline as a 727C cargo version. They supposedly did air cargo drops out the rear air stairs. I believe they are out of business now, but I do remember seeing their C-130s back in [...]
The ultimate Phantom, a Salty sea dog? and a faded April fools day flight schedule.
This is the latest and greatest hi- tech model of the F-4, a rivet counter's dream,it's very accurate, goes together easily, requiring no filling of seams, minimum flash, instruction's are easy to follow and an excellent decal sheet. [...]
