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Pan Am Lockheed L-1049 Constellation
Pan Am had a fleet of more than 30 L-049s and L-749s, it also leased a few of these L-1049s from Eastern Airlines
Pan Am Douglas DC-3
Not my best work, I could have done the wing and tail boots, it was just so small.
Pan Am Douglas DC-4 Clipper
The first trans-oceanic landplane after WWII.
1/16 Minicraft Jaguar SS100 1938
1/16 Minicraft Jaguar SS100 1938
For some alleged personal sins I build (or try to build) vintage kits? I just put some effort into improving them a bit without the time required to re engineer the old tech. Of course the wire wheels are [...]
1/3 Minicraft Honda 750 4 Display Engine
1/3 Minicraft Honda 750 4 Display Engine
Great kit with super parts detailing. Added sliding display section. Looks like Floquil Old
Silver but the actual paint, which made this work, I forgot as that was the last of it?
Great kit with [...]
Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Another from 35 years ago when I worked at Pan Am. The paint has faded a bit, looks great.
1/144 Minicraft C-54/DC-4 in Early SAS Colors
I don't normally build airliners, and I never build anything that has a natural metal finish, but I wanted to do something for the SAS 75th Anniversary Group. I had the Minicraft C-54 kit lurking around, and I was able to find some decals [...]
F6F-3 Hellcat – 1/72 Minicraft/Academy
Calling it done. Lt. Alex Vraciu’s F6F-3 Hellcat with VF-6 on USS Intrepid (CV-11) in June 1944. Minicraft/Academy 1/72 scale kit with aftermarket resin/photoetch cockpit by Aires and decals by PrintScale. Only at the last minute did I [...]
What-If Build: Grumman F5F-2 – 1/48 Minicraft
Fresh off the workbench is Minicraft's gem-of-a-kit, that is, their Long-Nose XF5F... schemed-out in a what-if 1943 Tri-tone Blue. This is my third Navy whiffer and I can say I'm happy with the slightly esoteric and (for me anyway) [...]
Academy Minicraft LB-30 Liberator
QANTAS obtained 4 EX-RAF Consolidated LB-30 Liberators from BOAC in 1944 to supplement the Catalinas servicing the Kangaroo Route (or Double Sunrise route) to Colombo in Ceylon. They did the trip 5 hours faster and could carry 4 times the [...]
