The Shooting Star Channel at iModeler (6 articles)

The Shooting Star Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with Shooting Star
6 articles
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Lindberg 1/48 scale P-80 C Shooting Star unexpected gift

by Ferry Dierckxsens on January 20, 2019
in Uncategorized — 10 Comments

Suprises can come to you from a very unsuspected source... As it happened I visited a model train fair yesterday together with a longterm modelmaker friend. He spotted between all scale trains an old Revell 1/32 scale Spitfire, one of the earlie[...]

1/48 Academy Lockheed T-33A USAF Jet Trainer

by paul teixeira on May 23, 2018
in Aviation — 9 Comments

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 particul[...]

1/48 GWH Italian T-33A Shooting Star

by Michal Walusz on March 14, 2018
in Aviation — 13 Comments

Hello Folks My last completed build in 2017. This time T-33A Shooting Star from Great Wall Hobby. The kit goes together rather it was built straight out of the box. For this kit, I used Montex masks for a canopy and also some decals for this pa[...]

P-80 Shooting Star

by Frank Cronin on March 9, 2018
in Aviation — 18 Comments

I was commissioned to build this and was given a colored plate showing the exact A/C he wanted. The plate described the P-80 as being with the 26th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Kimpo Airfield, Korea in November of 1950. the kit is the 1/48 F-[...]

1/48th Monogram P-80

by Craig Abrahamson on June 23, 2014
in Aviation — 19 Comments

Had this old Monogram "Shooting Star" in the pile and hadn't done anything NMF lately, so I figured I'd kill a weekend and throw one together real quick. The Monogram engineering shone through as usual and the gear doors fit like a glove, so I [...]

Czech Model 1/32 Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star

by Tom Cleaver on April 11, 2014
in Aviation — 7 Comments

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 witho[...]