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Jim Sullivan Memorial Group: F9F-2 Panther
I was looking in one of Jim Sullivan's books, entitled "Bent and Battered Wings", and came across an interesting series of photos of an F9F-2 Panther that came to grief in 1952. Apparently the returning Panther failed to catch a [...]
1/48 Hobby Boss A-6A – “Flight of the Intruder”
This build was using the 1/48 Hobby Boss A-6A and building as the aircraft portrayed in the 1991 Viet Nam era movie “The Flight of the Intruder. The model itself was detailed using Eduard’s “BigEd” photo etch set as well as self [...]
T-6G Texan FAE; Hobby Boss 1/72
Beautifull kit; this is the Hobby Boss 1/72 Texan, one on my lates builds during this year, highly recommended for beginners; i decided to use aftermarket decals from Ralf Models, and build a replica of one of the Texans from de ecuadorian [...]
Blohm and Voss Bv141. 1/48 Hobbyboss.
This is an aircraft that has fascinated me since I first saw the 1/72nd Airfix kit, which I think was first released in the early 70's.
The Hobbyboss offering has few issues other than the poor representation of the engine and wrong handed [...]
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 [...]
Oldies but Goodies
Here are some of my builds from 2013-15 era before we left Louisiana and moved to Minnesota. Sadly none of these build made it on the trek North and were either sold or given away. The kits pictured are as I recall:
1/350 Hobbyboss USS [...]
1/35 Hobbyboss Olifant Mk.2 MBT
Here is my recently completed 1/35 Olfant Mk.2 MBT as developed for and used by the South African National Defence Force.
Kit used is the Hobbyboss Olifant Mk.1B MBT which box is is incorrectly labelled as it is the Mk.2.
Paints used are [...]
Cenepa War...1/48 Embraer EMB-312 Tucano, Fuerza Aérea del Perú
My dad finished another Latin American subject.
Hobby Boss kit built OOB. As usual, HB has some accuracy issues, for example they mixed up the landing gear with their EMB-314 kit. Did a minor correction to the outer main landing gear doors [...]
IDF Merkava Mk.IV (1/72)
This is one of my first finished projects in 1/72nd scale.
For this project i've used the HobbyBoss Merkava Mk.IV (82915).
A nice kit with good details.
I removed the fan and exhaust grills and changed them through PE grills.
I also [...]
