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Lucky You!!! Found some OLD pitchers….

by Bill Koppos on September 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

from '05, a Hasegawa 1/48 T-Bolt I put together back in the day. This boxing featured the great post-war "braggin" scheme" of the 56th FG, and I hadda do it. Sorry about the photo quality, this was before I knew what i was [...]

1/48 Hobbycraft P-40

by Joe Caputo on September 6, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Standing alone, the Hobbycraft version doesn't look bad. Sitting next to all the other P-40's on my shelf, doesn't improve the looks. The landing gear is the give away. It could stand to be raised about an 1/8th of an inch. The tail [...]

Video: Big Waffle, Little Spitfire.

by MakingModelsAgain on September 5, 2013 · in Aviation

That annoying noise you here is me. The other annoying noise is a neighbour using a machine that makes an annoying noise.

1/48 Monogram T-28A Trojan

by Joe Caputo on September 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

I don't know which version Monogram did first, the A or B, but I completed the B, before I came upon this one. The only difference I can see is the cowl and the two bladed prop. Boxing in the wheel wells took as much time as building [...]

1/72 Cyber Hobby SB2C3 Helldiver

by Mike Wood on September 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Just finished this. The kit looked lovely in the box, especially the interior, but was plagued by poor instructions, ill fitting parts (dive brakes, open canopy). The engine cylinders are configured wrong. 2 of the canopy pieces snapped in [...]

1/32 Dragon Bf-110C-7

by Tom Cleaver on September 5, 2013 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

This was a review in 2009 when the Dragon Bf-110C-7 was first released. Overall, this kit is an ill-fitting pain in the posterior which, if you persist with it, will turn into a very good-looking model in the end. The trick with this [...]

1/48 Academy F-16

by Joe Caputo on September 3, 2013 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

This Academy kit has been around 15-20 years. It's still available, and is one of the less expensive F-16 kits. I had a set of Florida ANG for an F-16, which was why I got the kit. I ended up with a simple kit, simple decals, and a [...]

1/48 Monogram P-40

by Joe Caputo on September 2, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Back to basics. Straight out-of-box. I think this one has been around as long as the "Flying Tigers" themselves ! When I finally got around to building it, I discovered it wasn't a bad kit at all, for it's day. They're [...]

Monogram Superkits

by Frank Cronin on September 2, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

In the mid to late Fifties, Monogram came out with a series of balsa wood and plastic airplanes called "Superkits". There were six total, P-51, F-84, P-40, Mig15, F-86, and the F4U. They were all in 1/72 scale. It was sort of the [...]

When the US Air Force had a Navy!

by Mike Maynard on September 2, 2013 · in Ships · 14 ≡

This is my rendition of the old (and I do mean OLD) Lindberg Models 1950's era USAF air/sea rescue boat. I built a similar model as a youngster and couldn't figure why it didn't include torpedo tubes like my Revell PT boat. It was a [...]