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1:48 scale Hobby Boss F4F-3, “Wildcat”

by Frederick J Seitz III on March 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Remember that F4F-3 I saw in the hobby shop after I finished converting the Tamiya F4F-4 to a -3? Well, I bought one and decided to see how it stacked up against the Tamiya kit. In my opinion, Tamiya is the better kit. Even though Hobby [...]

It's another 1:48 scale Otaki F6F-3, "Hellcat"

by Frederick J Seitz III on March 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Hey folks, This is one of my very early efforts at building a model seriously. Otaki does make a really nice Hellcat, even for it's age. With all the posts of some of these older models, it kind of makes me want to do a little [...]

Another 78th FG P-47 – Frank Oiler’s “Eileen” – 1/32 hasegawa

by Tom Cleaver on March 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

With two other 78th FG P-47s up today, I might as well follow the theme. I've done a lot of studying this past year of these P-47s while writing "Aces of the 78th Fighter Group" (which Osprey will publish this coming [...]

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt “Okie”

by Gary Brantley on March 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

Well, yesterday was a busy day at the Cameron airport. I finally had an opportunity to spend a couple hours out there and photographed three more planes. These were the very first digital pics ever of this one, a Republic P-47D [...]

Pilot Presentation Model

by Larry J. Allen on March 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Some of our little East Texas Model Builders Club recently built a model to be presented to a friend of one of the members. The pilot flew 135 missions over North Vietnam, out of DaNang, way back when. Two of our guys were able to travel [...]

1/48 Tamiya P-47 D23 Thunderbolt

by Tolga ULGUR on March 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Here is a natural metal Razorback from my P-47 collection. This is 1/48 Tamiya P-47 D23 RA Thunderbolt with the markings of 82ndFS / 78 th FG / 8 th Air Force based in Duxford England during 1944. This natural metal machine was flown by [...]

1/48 HobbyBoss F/A 18C " Chippy Ho "

by Matt Mears on March 23, 2013 · in Aviation · 3 ≡

Hey Guys, have just finished up on this build, i love how it turned out ! and it certainly stands out ! alot of work went into this build, allot of weathering and masking for the green, Hope you like ! any comments welcome 🙂

Trumpeter 1.32 F4F-3 – Butch O’Hare

by Tom Cleaver on March 22, 2013 · in Aviation · 1 ≡

The F4F‑3 "Wildcat" was the outcome of a development process by Grumman in response to a 1938 U.S. Navy requirement for a replacement for the F3F series. The Navy - while desiring a monoplane fighter that would be close in [...]

Okay, ya forced my hand, here's my addtion to the Wildcat collection.

by Bill Bailey on March 22, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

I used the Tamiya kit with the Just Plane Stuff -3 conversion. Unlike some of them sold mine was in good shape with no major problems. I did sand down the flotation bag covers on the wings which stood a little to high. It's a pretty [...]

Tamiya F4F-4, converted to an F4F-3, “Wildcat”

by Frederick J Seitz III on March 22, 2013 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

Keeping the "Wildcat" thing going... I really wanted to add an F4F-3 to the collection and since there was none out there, finally decided to convert Tamiya's outstanding F4F-4. Overall it was not such a hard thing to [...]