Blue Angels Database

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Fonderie Miniature F11F-1 Tiger

by Pip Moss on December 10, 2024 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Knowing the reputation of Fonderie Miniature kits, I probably would never have gotten around to building this one had it not been for my club's annual build theme of "Blue." The kit epitomizes short-run multi-media: rough [...]

Review: Monogram 1/48 F9F-5 Panther – Blue Angels

by Tom Cleaver on November 8, 2024 · in Reviews · 17 ≡

The Blue Angels and the F9F Panther: The Grumman Panther, being the first fully-operational carrier based jet fighter in the Navy, was quickly adopted by the Blue Angels, who first used the F9F-2 Panther for the 1949 season, performing [...]

A day at NAS Pensacola – Random photos.

by John Healy on October 24, 2023 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

I spent the day attending the Blue Angels practice and visiting the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola today. The SBD-2 is the only known survivor of both the Pearl Harbor attack and the Battle of Midway. The plane was delivered in the [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 TA-4J Blue Angels "Casper"

by Dan DeSilva on August 24, 2022 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Here is my 1/48 TA-4J Blue Angels "Casper"- a replacement aircraft that served in an all white scheme during 1981 Winter Training. One thing to keep in mind when building the Hasegawa 1/48 TA-4J, is to ensure you use the vent [...]

1:48 HobbyBoss F8F-1 Bearcat “Beetle Bomb” Blue Angels

by Eric Berg on July 30, 2019 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

Here’s my grimy looking Blue Angels’ F8F-1 “Beetle Bomb” Bearcat circa late 1949 as it might have looked after a hard weekend working an airshow. Note the attached photo of the actual plane. By early 1948 the Blue Angels were [...]

Monogram A-4 Skyhawk

by Chris Plum on February 3, 2019 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

I have always wanted a Blue Angels' bird in my hangar, and finally settled on the Skyhawk. I used CAM decals on it and some Eduard photo etch. I know she is not as shiny as it should be, but I didn't want the airframe too shiny so I [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 “Year of the Cat” F6F-5 Hellcat, the first U.S. Navy Blue Angels plane

by Louis Gardner on January 7, 2018 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

Tonight's presentation is hot of the work bench. It is the second completed build for this year, (but most of the work was done last year...). I have been building a set of four Hasegawa F6F Hellcats as part of our current "Year of [...]

F/A-18A “Blue Angels”, 1/72 Academy

by Hongseob CHOI on November 26, 2017 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

These shiny acrobatic team aircraft suddenly took my attention after I finished Red Arrows Hawk. and This is my recent build, US Navy's Blue Angels Hornet. I brushed all with Tamiya's acrylic blue. just because I wanted to try brushpaint [...]

Here kitty kitty! F-11A Tiger, Blue Angel

by Robert Royes on July 5, 2017 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This is a F-11A as a Blue Angel at The Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island N.Y. Meow.

Hobbycraft 1/48 Grumman F8F Bearcat Blue Angels “Beetle Bomb”

by Louis Gardner on November 20, 2016 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

Here are some photos of my version of the "Beetle Bomb" Blue Angels plane. The original "Beetle Bomb" was a North American SNJ that was painted to resemble a Japanese Zero. Beetle Bomb was incorporated into the Blue [...]