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Republic F-105 Thunderchief, one of the greatest airplanes ever...

by Robert Bausch on January 5, 2014 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

I always have liked the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. Designed to do a clean, precision, tactical nuclear attack, back in the Cold War days. And then never doing that, but saddled with a grunt job of delivering conventional ordnance at low [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 : mitshubishi A6M5 /52, ZERO. ” Saipan Island” June 1944.,

by makete-primorska on January 3, 2014 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Made out of the box with Eduard belts, painted with WEM colocoats.

Seversky S2 Racer, Flown by Frank Fuller, 1939 Bendix Race

by Frank Cronin on January 1, 2014 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

First, let me say that this is a classic example for the motto of my Club "I Know Where the Mistakes Are and I'm Not Going to Tell You Where They Are" second, this is the very old Hobbycraft 1/48 kit of the Seversky S2 Racer [...]

Mitsubishi F1M2 “Pete

by Frank Cronin on December 31, 2013 · in Aviation · 8 ≡

This is another right out of the box build even using the kit decals. It is of a "Pete" that was in the Solomon Islands about January 1943. I have no information on the specific Senti but the kit lists the crewmen. They were NAP [...]

Nakajima KI-84 Frank

by Frank Cronin on December 31, 2013 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This is the Otaki KI-84 Frank built strictly out of the box. I did nothing more than add seat belts. I built it for a gentleman and he wanted it as clean as possible. I did put a few exhaust stains on it but that is about it. I used the [...]

Monogram 1/48 Messerschmitt Me 109E

by Joe Caputo on December 31, 2013 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

Copyright 1962... This "Me 109" has to be one of the oldest kits on my shelf. Even the instructions show it's age, beginning with the title "Me 109 E", and then explaining that the "Me" was the popular [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc RAF WWII

by Chuck A. Villanueva on December 31, 2013 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

Spitfires and Typhoons Oh my! Since we are on the WWII RAF mode, I will toss in with the Hurricane Mk.IIc, this is the original boxing from Hasegawa when it first appeared in the early 90's. One of those kits which did not go straight [...]

Portuguese Zero, I dont know if this is going to work and if It does I will tell you the story.

by Geoffrey Abreu on December 31, 2013 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

Ah Yes it worked, well the story is is that a very good friend of mine, Antonio Sobral from Portugal came here to California on business and I met him and we went to a hobby shop when they were having a sale. We Both saw these cheap Tamiya [...]

Trumpeter 1/48 Spiteful.

by Geoffrey Abreu on December 31, 2013 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Well, here are the photos of my Tumpeter 1/48 Spiteful. I finished it months ago, but had some life issues and have now only now posted them. I did add the air intake on the cowling, drilled out the exhaust and cannon, added a whip [...]

Airfix 1/48 scale Canberra PR 9 by Tony Prince

by Tony Prince on December 30, 2013 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

This was one of the many Canberra variants produced by Airfix when they turned over a new leaf & started making their much improved kits. Not perfect but well worth building. I was lucky enough to pick it up at our local IPMS club for [...]