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Blackbird Bizjet (version 1)

by Bruce Craig on January 27, 2015 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Lockheed L-1271-6 "what-if" six-passenger bizjet in Evergreen Aviation scheme. The idea for this came from a gab session with one of my fellow model club members circa 1991. I commenced to build it, finished it mid-1993. It is [...]

F-12B ORANG "What-if"

by Bruce Craig on January 27, 2015 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

F-12B-1-LO 62-12387 as an Oregon ANG "what-if" build. Build is based on a Testors YF-12A 48th kit modified to the proposed F-12B. Lockheed proposed a follow on the the YF-12A that got no further than the drawing table, though a [...]

F-84E in Korea

by Bruce Craig on January 27, 2015 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

F-84E-15-RE 49-2428, Taegu, Korea, 1951. Tamiya 48th kit, built mostly from the box. The canopy bracing is done with strips cut from a white decal sheet. Paint is various Testors Metalizers and Testors Enamels. I mistakenly IDs this s/n [...]

F-84F Belgian Air Demo 052 1966

by Bruce Craig on January 27, 2015 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

F-84F-56-RE 52-7216 Belgian 052 air demo aircraft 1966. My model is kitbashed based on the Hobby Boss 48th kit. The HB kit is quite good externally, albeit with a few pooched features, the most notable of which is the spurious refueling [...]

F-84F Hobby Boss

by Bruce Craig on January 27, 2015 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

F-84F-45-RE 52-6675 USAF, Hobby Boss 48th built from-the-box. I obtained an advance kit and, by arrangement with SAMI, did a first-build article which was published in their Feb 2014 issue. There were problems with the nose and vertical [...]

Tip-Tow Project

by Bruce Craig on January 27, 2015 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

The Tip-Tow project, MX-1016, a contract with Republic Aviation, was one of a number of experiments undertaken during the late 1940s and into the 1950s. The object of the experiments was to find some method of increasing the notoriously [...]

1/35 FT-17

by Dennis Meyers on January 27, 2015 · in Armor · 6 ≡

Great kit from Meng! "the world's first modern tank." Was the precursor for modern standard tank design--– crew compartment in the front, engine in the back, and main armament in a fully revolving turret on top. Great kit from [...]

F-84C Kitbash

by Bruce Craig on January 26, 2015 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

F-84C-11-RE 47-1531 in Oregon ANG service. This is a model of the only Thunderjet to serve, albeit very shortly, with the ORANG. Fuselage and canopy are Tamiya 48th F-84G shortened 15" in scale. I made the masters for the early wings [...]

Academy+CMK conversion AH-6J "Little Bird" 1/48

by Nguyen Huy Hoang on January 26, 2015 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Hi guys, This is my first converion, using CMK AH-6J conversion, the base kit is the cheap Academy OH-6 kit. The fit of the CMK is perfect. I also srachtbuild the engine bay base on pics I found on the net. Weathering black bird is so [...]

1936 Ford Street Rod

by AL HOFFMAN on January 25, 2015 · in Automotive · 36 ≡

AMT 1936 Ford. 1/25th. Kit from the 60's that has recently been rereleased. Latest release version has globs of molded plastic on the bottom side like a resin slush mold that needed clean up before any building could start. a couple days [...]