North American T-6 Texan
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The short lived Portuguese company issued a 1/48th Texan, considered the best in the scale.
The Texan served in the IDF for just over a decade. Although it participated in combat missions, particularly during the Independence war the [...]
The origins of the T-6 can be traced as far back as 1935, where North American Aviation introduced their first trainer aircraft. Designated NA-16, it became the forerunner of a variety of single-engine, low-wing monoplanes with tandem [...]
I wanted to do one more model for the Sullivan Memorial Group, and a photo in Golden Wings of a US Navy SNJ-3 caught my eye. It was a very weathered SNJ-3 photographed at NAS Moffett Field in 1944. The camouflage seemed to be a cross [...]
Beautifull kit; this is the Hobby Boss 1/72 Texan, one on my lates builds during this year, highly recommended for beginners; i decided to use aftermarket decals from Ralf Models, and build a replica of one of the Texans from de ecuadorian [...]
Hi all,
This time not an RNLAF fighter, but an aircraft that was mainly used for training purposes.
However, this particular aircraft which flew with 306 Sqn at Deelen AFB was used for photo reconnaissance tasks from the late 50’s until [...]
Hi folks,
this is the lastest kit finished,although not a contest one,it was nice to build it.
It tries to represent a gunnery trainer for pilots and rear gunners.
Hope you miss the many flaws and like it!
Marcus
After the French Algerian War Texan, here´s my dad´s second T-6 for this year.
Used the 1998 Revell Germany boxing of the good old Monogram kit of 1979. The kit has only the football antenna and covered wheels, so my dad took the late [...]
My dad´s next addition to the French at war theme.
Italeri reboxing of the Ocidental kit, Eduard PE detailing set, painted with AK Xtreme Metal Aluminium.
All French combat Texans came with three rocket racks under each wing, the kit has [...]
This next completed build has been a work in progress for many months. The kit itself is the "Reno Racer" version of Monogram's venerable T-6 Texan. I found this kit for $6, and a set of Aeromaster decals for just a bit more, [...]
This one started as a decal sheet. Friend Tom Bebout had some decals left over from his T-6 build and he kindly sent me the markings for a second airplane, an FAC bird named "Night Train". I didn't have the model yet, so I [...]