AMT model kits
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I'm posting this today, on December 31st, having just finished this project last week. After seeing all the articles on what folks have built this past year, I wanted to get the article finished so I can get "credit" for a [...]
I bought several of the AMT kits when they were released, they molded an early G, but not an early H. I decided to convert a late H to early, not so hard to do, slight remodelling of the nose and removal of ecm bumps here and there. The [...]
In October 1940, upon USAAC’s feeling a need for long-range fighters more than attack bombers, a decision was taken to convert sixty of the production run of A-20s to night fighter status, all delivered by September 1942. The so called [...]
After the last build of a Beechcraft Model 18, why not a Beechcraft G-17S Staggerwing?
The Staggerwing is, of course, one of those aircraft that just screams "Golden Age of Aviation", especially when in the air (as I've chosen [...]
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a semi-retired American single-seat, twin-engine stealth attack aircraft that was developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works division and operated solely by the USAF. It was the first operational aircraft [...]
After I finished building my Massey Ferguson puller modification to the old Ertl 1155 kit, I really wanted to build a truly Modified puller tractor. I assumed there were no kits available since I had not run across one, and so would have [...]
This is AMT/Round 2 1970 Ford Galaxie Police car. Decals are from Aftermath graphics. This is the scheme of the cars you'd see up in New York in the sixties and early seventies. The last two photos from that time period show the condition [...]
Unser qualified this car 18 mph faster than the previous year's record, really set the race world on fire.
This was based on the 1974 AMT kit and I modified it with a 1972 wing and other additions with after market decals.