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This one is a long time coming and a long time building. I haven’t had much time for building as of late and I actually started this to knock some rust off…last November. A text message from Mr. Gardner lit the fire to finish it. I see [...]
The resin madness continues. I want thank everyone that followed along with the build, I really appreciate the kind words. This conversion was pretty straight forward. The 354th Fighter Group website was an invaluable resource as was the [...]
Tamiya 1/48th Scale, straight out of the box fun build. Back in the 80’s Don Davidson used to venture to a few airshows near Ohio from his New England base in his restored version of Double Trouble. The paint scheme always stood out. I [...]
Back around 2014 we started looking at getting a replacement for Betty Jane on the Wings of Freedom Tour. About that time Mark Timken was looking to sell off several of his projects, including a TF, and a few FW-190s. A deal was struck and [...]
This is my interpretation of the Junkers D.1. 5188/18 as entered in the Idflieg fighter trials of October 1918.
I built this one straight from the box except for the minimal rigging.
The Spandaus and seat belts are the supplied kit items [...]
Salem Representative...Ralph Hofer had a way too short but storied history with the 8th. If you have any interest in Ralph Hofer I highly recommend Troy White's book "Last of the Screwball Aces". On July 2nd 1944, 23 year old [...]
Major Harry Crim of the 21st group's 531st squadron was a veteran pilot with 2,200 hours total time, & had logged 35 in the P-51. It was enough to become well acquainted with the Mustang's characteristics, though Crim still favored the [...]
Hello iModeler! Here is my Airfix Mustang, OOB with Kits World decals, I only added fuel lines to the external tanks and wiring to the radios behind the pilot seat. Kits World decals included the checker boards but not the stripes on the [...]
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