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Classic Revell 1/32 P-38J Rescue Kit

by David Garcia on July 25, 2021 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

This kit was going into the dumpster and the hobby shop owner asked if I wanted it. It had been started with tube glue. The cockpit and nose guns were firmly glued in place. Yet I took this and another 1/32 kit home. Having never built [...]

Classic Airfix Typhoon (1959) Tweaked Just a bit

by David Garcia on July 22, 2021 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

On this kit I used a replacement Falcon vacu-form canopy, a prop and wheels from the Academy kit. Paint by Tamiya. Even thought it is over 60 years old it does scale well on a Bentley plan. This was a simple and fun build.

Classis Kit: Original Airfix 1/72 Defiant (1960)

by David Garcia on July 20, 2021 · in Aviation · 14 ≡

When I looked at the kit I knew there was something wrong with the nose outline so I sat aside. Later at a show in a sale box there a resin nose by DB Productions for the Airfix Defiant for $1. I remembered my Airfix kit so I bought and [...]

Classic Kit: Hasegawa 1/72 B-17G

by David Garcia on July 18, 2021 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Here's the vintage Hasegawa that is still being sold today. I finished it in April and on this one I photographed it outside using a Nikon film camera. An Eduard mask made it so much easier in painting the model. I did correct the [...]

Classic Kit: Revell 1/40 Skyraider (1958)

by David Garcia on July 16, 2021 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

This is another one of my out of the box builds. It is the 1/40 Skyraider. Note, It is not a box scale kit. Revell issued other models in this scale including all their armor kits from the era. I tried to post the building process but [...]

Classic Kit: Revell 1/72 B-26 H-111 (1966)

by David Garcia on July 15, 2021 · in Aviation · 9 ≡

The box art on Revell's early 1960s kits was top notch including this one. Most of us kids learned of Flak Bait and it's exploits from the small blurb on the instruction sheet. On this kit I did some minor updates since I had extra [...]

Classic Kit: Airfix Do217 (1960)

by David Garcia on July 13, 2021 · in Aviation · 26 ≡

This is the Airfix Do217 first issued in 1960. It came packaged in a small box and molded in light blue plastic. The model is built as the instructions indicated without alterations and painted with the paints recommended by Airfix. The [...]

Classic Kit: Airfix 1/72 Me-262 Kit # 110 (1960)

by David Garcia on July 12, 2021 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

When Airfix issued their new Me-262 kit I decided to build the original kit for a fun comparison. The original early kit is built out of the box and I used the second set of markings from the new kit. As most early kits from that era the [...]

Classic Kit: Monogram 1/48 P-38 First Edition (1964)

by David Garcia on July 11, 2021 · in Aviation · 32 ≡

Here is Monogram's P-38 built out of the box. This is an original first edition, kit PA97-200, and as the code shows it was priced at $2.00. Later boxings of the kit showed yellow cowlings, but on this one I painted it as the [...]

Vintage Monogram 1/72 F-105B (1958)

by David Garcia on July 10, 2021 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

First issued in the late 1950s Monograms F-105B included moving parts and a pilot that could be ejected. This is a later version without those features and showed an F-105B in Vietnam. The first time I built this kit was in 1973 and [...]