Hasegawa model kits
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Remembering General Robert Scott
Several years ago I stopped at the Warner Robbins Museum in Georgia and had the opportunity to meet General Robert Scott. I had read his book God Is My Co-Pilot while in my teens and this was a very special moment for me. Of all the models [...]
F4U-5N Corsair, Flown by Lt. Guy Bordelon USNR, The only Navy Ace during the Korean War.
Guy Bordelon was born on 2/1/22 in Ruston LA. He received his wings and his commission in 1943. after a period of time as an instructor he was sent to the Pacific in May of 1944 assigned to VC-87 aboard USS Corregidor. At the outbreak of [...]
F4U-4 of VF-32, Flown by Lt. Frank J. Cronin USN, 1950
I first saw a mention of Lt Frank Cronin on page 24 of the Osprey book "F4U Corsair Units of the Korean War". Considering we had the same name I sought to try to locate him to say hello. I did locate him and wrote him a letter. [...]
Pilot: Oblt Hans Zweiacker Swiss Air Force
This Messerschmitt 109 G-6 J-713 with the pilot Oblt Hans Zweiacker
accident on 29 May 1946 at Piz di Rod, the Messerschmitt with the pilot was not until seven years later found by a hiker. On 4 September 1953 reported Felice Ressighini [...]
Late war JG 26 Bf-109K-4 (1/32 Hasegawa)
This 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109K-4 is done as an airplane flown by Georg Genth of III/JG 26 around the time of Operation Bodenplatte. Genth was the son of a WW1 German aviator who flew Gotha bombers, and joined the Luftwaffe as a [...]
Hasegawa’s 1/72 A-1H Skyraider, USN Vietnam
This was one of those kits that you really enjoy building. Just enough detail to really not need any AM bits other than a choice of decals. Other than the aforementioned decals, it was OOB. Something different as there are a few [...]
Hasegawa 1/32 P-40K
I searched for this kit at a certain price and every place I looked it was way out of reach for me.
It was when I took a moderate vacation off to go see my son in Chicago t5hat I found a little hobby shop that was out of the way in a [...]
Hasegawa FW 190-A8 132
My grand kids keep saying that they keep getting better and betterer,well that's the same for me in this case. All of my builds are improvements over the subsequent builds which means that I have a lot to learn. One of my many faults is [...]
Hasegawa's 1/48 Airacobra
This is the original-release kit from late 2006, a P-400. The kit is solely a P-400 in terms of the visible items (exhaust stacks and nose gun) so the alternatives are a P-39D, a P-39F or a P-39N, which all had similar exhausts. My [...]
Cobras? We got snakes on a desk here
This is Hasegawa's 1/48 Airacobra as a P-39Q, built when released in 2007.
The Bell P-39 "Airacobra" has mostly gotten a bad rap for events beyond its control, all stemming from the completely-idiotic decision by the Army Air [...]
