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I've been an avid modeler since I was 9 years old. My Father was in the US Air Force so I have always been addicted to aircraft. My first kit was a Hasegawa 1/72 T-38A. I remember getting glue everywhere and not painting it. My skills have improved over the years but to me not to contest level. I dropped out of modeling for about a year after I was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy. But I couldnt stay out long. Now I'm back in and love it. Starting to build up a nice collection of Jets right now, but will also do WWII and newer prop jobs. I mainly build 1/48 scale but will go 1/72 for larger aircraft...My holy grail airplane would be the old Aurora 1/108 scale C-141A Starlifter. My dad built me one of those when I was a kid and wish I still had it.
This is the last of my car posts until I get pics of my Batmobile. This is another highly detailed Tamiya 1/12 formula 1 kit built straight from the box. I believe this one is also piloted by Mario Andretti. These kits are not for the [...]
Still going with the automotive kits for a bit..This is Tamiya's 1/12 Lotus MkIII driven by Mario Andretti in I believe 1974..this kit is built straight from the box. These kits are fantastic but very expensive now.. I think I only paid [...]
I just love the old Revell 1/16 scale funny car kits. I remember when this kit came out. I was about 9 years old and being in north Texas we are not too far from Gene Snow's shop in Ft Worth. Anyway, there was a store kinda like Wal-Mart [...]
I used the Tamiya P-51D mustang kit in 1/48 scale for this one. This started out to be a pain in the you know where build. I started out with Loon Models no cut conversion. It is 2 complete fuselage halves made out of resin and a separate [...]
This aircraft depicts "City of Sherman" Piloted by Lt. Paul H. Phillips of Sherman Texas, my home town. "City of Sherman" was with the 323BG/456BS. The kit was built straight from the box except True Detail wheels and [...]
as mentioned in my P-47 article here is the P-51D with same name..This one was kind of unusual. It has 2 VHF antanaes on the top behind the canopy and one on the bottom just forward of the main gear. I also saw a color profile of this [...]
This kit is the Tamiya P-47D Bubble Top. Built straight out of the box, except Super Scale decals. True story, thats real funny. The reason I chose to do this aircraft is my mother-in-law. She is a sweet lady, I love her to death. She is a [...]
