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The twin engine, two crew North American Vigilante started its life as a supersonic carrier-based bomber, then maturing into a high speed reconnaissance aircraft. An effective but complex machine, it featured a high mounted swept wing with [...]
Trumpeter's Vigilante was never on my list due to reports on shape and fit issues related to the kit. Nonetheless, I received this model from a friend and promptly built it.
In spite of the bad reputation, it builds to an impressive [...]
Another case of buy the kit, then read the reviews just before building. Oh, my!
One of three kits that I didn't think would be available in the future due to their countries of origin, I purchased this and two other "gotta [...]
Greetings fellow modelers!
This time I brought to you what I think is my best aircraft to date!
I have a customer who loves weathered aircraft, and I've been working for him for some time making some minor aircraft (like the MiG-23 that [...]
Here are a pair of box scale oldies I recently completed, the A-5A Vigilante from Monogram and the A-3D Skywarrior from Revell, I tried tweaking both of them with a little detail. I used the kit decals from the A-5 as you can tell from the [...]
This is my first first attempt at building a Trumpeter kit and I chose a good one. This project started back in 2012 for the ARC 100th Anniversary USN Group Build. It was one of several projects that was started for that GB, this [...]