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Camouflage & Markings: Grumman F8F Bearcat

by Rick Kent on December 21, 2014 · in Reference · 6 ≡

Too late to see service in WW II, the Bearcat operated with the US Navy's frontline fighter squadrons from 1946 to 1950 as their last piston-engined fighter, alongside late marks of the F4U Corsair. It fitted very neatly into the period of [...]

USS Buchanan in 1:350

by Ulf Lundberg on December 21, 2014 · in Ships · 23 ≡

The USS Buchanan was one of 66 Gleaves Class destroyers, a typical representative of the destroyers the US built during the years before the war. She served in the Pacific during most of the war, starting with the battles around [...]

Well seeing it is about Christmas time. I was asked a favor from a friend……………

by California Steve on December 21, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

My friend Dave has a eight year old who is in to helicopters. Not quite old enough to pilot a expensive RC model. But wants something that works. Dave brought me over the latest New Ray S.W.A.T. flat black Agusta Westland NH-500 [...]

F-4 J PHANTOM 1/48 hasegawa (VF-191)

by millo lucian on December 20, 2014 · in Uncategorized · 26 ≡

Originally, the kit was the F-4B variant which I upgraded to represent an accurate J version. All the details were re-scribed.

C-130H “Damien” – 40th Airlift Squadron “Screaming Eagles” – 1/72 Italeri E to H conversion

by Steve E on December 19, 2014 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Here is a in-flight depiction of one the C-130H models (74-1666 -"Damien") that I worked on while I was assigned to the 40th Airlift Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas. All wing, squadron, nose art and tail numbers were all custom [...]