Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
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1/48 RNLAF T-33A (GWH4819)
Hi all,
Here’s my rendition of a T-33A of the Royal Netherlands Airforce (RNLAF).
First a bit of history of the T-bird in Dutch service …
The T-33s became operational as from in 1953 with RNLAF mainly for flight training. The aircraft [...]
T-33; Portuguese Air Force
In 1953, the first 15 T-33A planes arrived in Portugal, coming from the United States. They were placed at Base Aérea N° 2 (BA2), Ota, and integrated into Squadron 20 – equipped with F-84G Thunderjets – constituting the 'No [...]
T2V-1 Seastar, US Marines El Toro 1962. 1/72 Sword
To make the TV-2[T-33] carrier suitable, Lockheed added an elevated instructor's seat,strenghened undercarriage, tail hook and catapult hookup and leading-edge flaps were improvements made to what became known as the T2V-1[T-1A] Seastar. [...]
Trainer: Lockheed T-33A "T-Bird" – Hobbycraft 1/48
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 [...]
Lockheed T-33A
Old model Academy .Cocpit Verlinden-set + Eduard PE
Classic Kit: Hawk 1/48 Lockheed T-33
This is the HAWK which was first issue in 1958 and Testors last issued it in 1989. It is marked with Caracal decals for a Langley AFB hack. The cheat line should be blue and not black, but that's what Caracal provided, and like many [...]
Hasegawa 1/72 T-33A Shooting Star “6th Wing Last Flight”
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 [...]
Academy 1/48 T-33 Shooting Star
Hello,
This is my T-33 in the colors of the 1/14 Aviation Group, Canoas AFB, Brazilian Air Force. They were replaced by F-5E in the early seventies.
Kit was just fine, no issues at all, although it could have more details. Everything OOB, [...]
1/48 Academy Lockheed T-33A USAF Jet Trainer
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 Hobbycraft T-33/TV-2D Naval T-bird
My last build was an extensive reworking and upgrading of the 1/48 Monogram F-8E Crusader. The kit fought me the entire time, plus I made a lot of frustrating mistakes. So this time, I wanted a quick, relaxing, trouble-free build, before [...]
