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Retired transit worker from NYCT. ,phormer phantom phixer f4j, low tech,low budget modeler. mostly a/c.

" I don't care who it belongs to, he's getting a ticket." 1970 NYPD Ford, AMT/ Round 2.

This is AMT/Round 2 1970 Ford Galaxie Police car. Decals are from Aftermath graphics. This is the scheme of the cars you'd see up in New York in the sixties and early seventies. The last two photos from that time period show the condition [...]

Donor kit, Airfix MRCA Panavia 200

This old kit donated various parts to other builds, First the swing wing assy. for a Phantom proposal. second ejection seat for COIN F7F whatifer, third seat/cockpit and exhaust for a Lindberg Mig21. and last the nose for the Matchbox [...]

Lightning T55,1/72 Matchbox

The T55 was a two seat export version of the English Electric Lightning, of which were sold to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. along with the single seat FMk53. in the early seventies. This an old school kit, but without the notorious Matchbox [...]

SA-2 Guideline{S-75} SAM, Airfix 1/76. A Thud Drivers worse nightmare.

SA-2 Gudeline or a Thud drivers worse nightmare. A few years ago I found this rare kit by chance in an old hobby shop called Dave's that since has closed. It's straight out of the box, I added a windshield using clear package material. The [...]

Photo inspired, Test pilots and astronauts.

A little quickie . Most of the figures are from Monograms 1/72 Phantom kits and one from their X-15 kit. I only had five, the other two are AWOL. lol.

The Invaders!

The Invaders: Alien beings from another planet. Their destination: The Earth. Their purpose: To make it their own. It began with a closed deserted diner and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with a craft from [...]

Space Shuttle Craft, Revell 1/189?

This reusable Shuttle concept is a design by Krafft A. Ehricke, a rocket scientist while working for Convair. It dates back to the late fifties, While the craft would never be built,he was correct in the concept, multiple stages for the [...]

F4F-3 Wildcat F-5, Coral Sea, USS Lexington. Academy 1/72

This is the aircraft of Lt. Noel Gayler, one of the pilots of VF-3 that transferred to VF-2 on the Lexington. Gayler had claimed two kills and two partial/shared kills before the battle of the Coral Sea, and had dropped 30lb bombs on a [...]

SBD Dauntless,VB-2, 10 Mar 1942, MPC/Airfix 1/72

This was crewed by Lt[jg] M.T. Whitter and RM2c F.G. Stanley in the area of New Guinea. This is the MPC boxing of the Airfix molds, it seems by this time the molds were a little worse for ware. The decals are from Starfighter USN Hit and [...]

TBD-1 Devastator VT-6, 1Feb 1941, Airfix 1/72

This was flown by LtCdr. Massey and RMC1c Grent, over the Kwajalein lagoon in Marshall Islands. Massey was later lost at Midway. The kit is an old boxing of the Airfix kit. Except for the crude clear parts, the kit was pretty clean. The [...]