Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star
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1/72 Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star
Here's my build of a Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star in 1/72 scale with markings as during the Korean War.
The kit used was the vintage Airfix kit from 1974. Panel lines were re-scribed and rivets added. The cockpit and seat were re-done with [...]
F-80 Shooting Star Airfix 1/72
Hi all,
after long time i finally managed to finish one model (somehow getting older i have less and less time for this hobby, spending more time on the work 🙁 .
Airfix F-80 Shooting Star, model i first built some 40+ year ago. Now [...]
Monogram 1/48 F-80 "The Beer City Special" – 36th FBS, 8th FBW, Korea 1951
The technological revolution in aircraft design and operation that resulted from the successful development of jet engines brought about more technological change in the five years between the end of World War II and the Korean War than [...]
Hobby Boss 1/48 scale F-80C Shooting Star (Kit #81725)
This was a very enjoyable kit and renewed my faith in HobbyBoss products.
One thing I learned in researching this project is that the first jet fighters (and the F-80 was America’s first active duty fighter) were real gas guzzlers! Of [...]
Korean War GB: Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star – Monogram 1/48
This kit has been on the cusp of completion for a few months. With little time or energy to do much building recently, I primarily needed to clean and organize my work area, which had gotten a bit out of hand.. when the dust settled, this [...]
Hobbyboss F-80 C Shooting Star “Saggin Dragon”
Although serving in small numbers towards the end of World War II, Lockheed’s pugnacious fighter made a name for itself as a fighter and strike bomber during the Korean War. To commemorate the start of the Korean War 70 years ago and to [...]
1/48 Academy Lockheed T-33A USAF Jet Trainer
Always loved the early jets, especially the F-80/T-33 family of jets from the famed Kelly Johnson's SKunk Works team and facility. So when a customer requested a T-33 build I was happy to oblige! When I asked the reason he wanted this [...]
1/48 F-80's
I know these aren't exactly accurate, but it was fun to build and play around with markings, colors etc.
019 is the Monogram kit, 014 is the Lindberg one.
I hope you like 🙂
F-80C Shooting Star (Hobby Boss, Eduard, 1:48)
Dear imodeller-community,
here is one of my recently builded NFMs...its the first time that I have used the new xtreme-metal colours from AMK. It worked very well, and I am happy with the result. Unfortunately due to wrong [...]
Czech Model 1/32 Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star
By mid-1943, it was obvious that the Bell P-59A Airacomet, the first U.S. jet fighter was a failure, being far too heavy and unable to give a higher performance than either the P-47 or P-51, with little opportunity for further development [...]
