Shooting Star Database

The Shooting Star Database at iModeler

Items tagged with Shooting Star
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Lockheed T-33A "T-Bird" – Hobbycraft 1/48

by Andrew H on June 25, 2022 · in Aviation — 17 Comments

I'm presenting today another short article for another 50's jet that is now on display in my cabinet. I had no idea I would be on such a 50's jet kick of late, but please bear with me for one more before sharing another prop plane in the [...]

Korean War GB: Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star – Monogram 1/48

by Andrew H on May 21, 2022 · in Aviation — 24 Comments

This kit has been on the cusp of completion for a few months. With little time or energy to do much building recently, I primarily needed to clean and organize my work area, which had gotten a bit out of hand.. when the dust settled, this [...]

Korean War GB: Lockheed T-33A – Hobbycraft 1/48

by Andrew H on November 7, 2021 · in Aviation — 24 Comments

While browsing the LHS a few months back, I came across two Hobbycraft T-33A's. One was a later variant with the integrated wing fuel tanks, but the other was an early version with the drop tanks hung below the wings, just like an F-80. In [...]

Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star Airfix 1/72

by George Schembri on December 6, 2020 · in Aviation — 15 Comments

This is Airfix Kit 02043-3 Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star belonging to the 25th Fighter Squadron (Fall 1951) another build for the ‘Korea : The Forgotten War……’ GB. This kit was finished in about a week. I had the kit for a LONG [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 T-33A Shooting Star “6th Wing Last Flight”

by Tommy Killander on July 8, 2020 · in Aviation — 22 Comments

This was supposed to be a quick build to restore mojo and get something finished off my bench. It turned out that the tooling is from 1969 so there were quite some work to complete the build of this bird... The kit is from 2001 with [...]

Old School Modeling: Monogram 1/48 F-80C Shooting Star

by Tom Cleaver on September 13, 2019 · in Aviation — 9 Comments

History The technological revolution in aircraft design and operation that resulted from the successful development of jet engines brought about more technological change in the five years between the end of World War II and the Korean War [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]