Shooting Star Database

The Shooting Star Database at iModeler

Items tagged with Shooting Star
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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 [...]

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 [...]

Monogram F-80C Shooting Star “Salty Dog”

by Gary Brantley on September 8, 2013
in Aviation — 17 Comments

I thought I had posted these pics before but it seems that I haven't. With that in mind, Tom Cleaver's generous compliments in the "Monograms at the airport" thread" moved me to show the few pics that I do have of this [...]