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Hasegawa 1/48 A-7E Corsair II
Here is my Hasegawa 1/48 A-7E 'Valions' .
I had started this one back in '06 or '07 and when I got to the LE flaps I sort of ran out of steam with it so it sat on the shelf of doom until last year when I finally dusted it off and decided [...]
Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair – Ike Kepford
The kit itself is built OOB other than seat belts. The decals came from Cutting Edge and Aeromaster. I always find it suprising that airplanes as well-documented as VF-17's leading ace Ike Kepford's is keep turning up done wrong. [...]
Tamiya McClaren M8
Built shortly before I moved not a great kit, but fun and looks ok once done. Curbside for sure not much detail.
AFV’s 1/48 F-5E Aggressor
A truly superb kit! AFV's F-5E is a joy to build. The only real tedious part was closing up the gun bay. I just took my time and carefully glued all the doors. Fortunately they fit really well. You just have to make sure you fully remove [...]
1/48 P-51B Mustang
Continuing the iModeler Mustang theme I present my Tamiya P-51B, with a Verlinden cockpit and a set of Aeromaster decals added.
This build is from the late 90s and was the first project where I used a double-action airbrush for painting [...]
North American P-51 B-10NA "Mustang" Schweizer Luftwaffe
North American P-51NA „Mustang“
North American P-51 B-10NA "Mustang"At the 1944 19.Juli the American pilot 1LT Curtis Simpson of the 4th FG of the US air force had to make an emergency landing with his "Mustang" [...]
Two famous P-51Bs – Tamiya 1/48 kit
Don Gentile's "Shangri-La" and James O. Howard's "Ding Hao." Both pretty much OOB other than p-e seatbelts and Aeromaster decals. Both done some 12 years ago.
Don Gentile was perhaps one of the most controversial aces [...]
Kitten with bite...a Red Tail
Tuskegee P-51B flown by Major Charles McGee, veteran of 3 wars. Tamiya 1/48 kit, Warbird decals. Alclad finish. Poor pictures. Sorry, all I have right now.
1/48 Tamiya P-51B Mustang "Berlin Express"
Supporting force for the rescue unit.
This is P-51B Mustang finished with the markings of “Berlin Express” (43-24823) which was flown by Lt. William B. Overstreet of 363rd FS (357 FG)
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Cockpit floor has corrected by adding a plastic [...]
And another swoops in - "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd" – 1/48 Tamiya
Another 1/48 Tamiya P-51D modified to a P-51D-5 (it's really not that hard and you don't really need that expensive hunk of aftermarket resin).
George Preddy's "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd" as she appeared in early August 1944 after his [...]
