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Korean War Group Build – North American LT-6G Texan FAC

by Jaime Carreon on October 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

This one started as a decal sheet. Friend Tom Bebout had some decals left over from his T-6 build and he kindly sent me the markings for a second airplane, an FAC bird named "Night Train". I didn't have the model yet, so I [...]

Forgotten War Group Build – Special Hobby 1/48 Fairey Firefly F.R.1, HMS Triumph, 1950

by Tom Cleaver on December 11, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

You can see the WIP for this model at the Forgotten War Group Build. History: The Fleet Air Arm was the only carrier air arm to carry on with the development and operation of the two-seat carrier fighter past the early 1930s. Both the [...]

Forgotten War Group Build – night-fighting F4U-5N Corsairs

by Tom Cleaver on December 7, 2020 · in Aviation · 5 ≡

The F4U-5 was the ultimate Navy development of the Corsair series as a fleet defense fighter. The first prototype took to the skies December 21, 1945. It differed from previous Corsairs by having an even longer nose, a raised cockpit, and [...]

Monogram F4U-5

by Scott Nelson on September 12, 2020 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

Stopped in Hobby Lobby after visiting with my dad one day and decided to pick up this old Monogram Corsair as a bit of a nostalgia build. The age of the molds (1963 © on the belly) showed as I had to spend a lot of time cleaning up flash [...]

Cleaver’s Inspiration

by Scott Nelson on August 3, 2020 · in Aviation · 16 ≡

While working on the two armor kits I recently posted I listened to the Audible version of Tom Cleaver’s Holding the Line, a Book about the naval air war in Korea. The book was very enjoyable and inspired me to build a Korean War [...]

Korea – The Forgotten War GB. North American F-82G Twin Mustang

by Jaime Carreon on July 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

The F-82 was originally intended as a long range escort fighter, intended to shepherd B-29 raids to Japan beyond the range of the P-51 Mustang or P-38 Lightning. That role went out the window with the end of WWII, and those F-82's that [...]

Korea – The Forgotten War GB. Brubaker’s ride, McDonnell F2H Banshee

by Jaime Carreon on June 25, 2020 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

Talk about timing. This one got finished this morning, the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean Conflict. Louis sent the invite to join the group this morning as well, so I guess I'll kick off the forgotten war group build with [...]

Review: 1/700 scale Dragon USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 "Korean War" - Review

by Mee Wan on June 14, 2020 · in Reviews · 5 ≡

Greetings all, This is another unboxing review which is a quite unique subject a Korean War era aircraft carrier. Dragon models to date is the only manufacturer so far to release few Korean War era carriers which is ideal for collectors [...]

A tribute to my Father-in-Law Republic F-84E Thunderjet, Korea 1952

by Gary Brantley on June 9, 2020 · in Aviation · 38 ≡

My father-in-law, Jack Terhune of Springfield, Missouri, was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He joined in March of 1950, after turning down several scholarships to play college football. He always said he joined to see the world and never got [...]