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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Hobbycraft P-35 1/48

« on: October 09, 2020, 01:09:00 PM »

Thanks, my friend!

I'm waiting with great expectation to see if a new Dora Wings 1/48 Seversky is actually produced. I hope so, because I would dearly like to build a NMF J-9 in the future. The old Hobbycraft kit is really inaccurate in so many ways that it looks better with camouflage paint....

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Hobbycraft P-35 1/48

« on: October 09, 2020, 12:15:05 AM »

Time to drag this old thread out of the archives so I can finish the story.

Way back when I first purchased the P-35 kit that begins this saga I also found a J-9/P-35A. It's lain in my "to do" pile for a LONG time until I could acquire the decals for a Swedish airplane. The Swedish J-9 has always been a favorite of mine and the camouflage scheme is very interesting.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Siai Marchetti SF260 (Heroes 1/144)

« on: October 06, 2020, 12:01:31 PM »

Good progress!

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Combat Warplanes / Re: MiG-29

« on: October 06, 2020, 11:59:54 AM »

49 years ago! This makes me really feel old, mate!!!!!! I still think of the MiG 29 as advanced.......(like my age, I guess).

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Belgian Mirage 5 (PJ 1/72)

« on: August 29, 2020, 10:28:20 PM »

Wonderful!

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Warplane Art / Re: Grumman Wildcat

« on: August 28, 2020, 04:48:02 PM »

Excellent profile!

Joe Foss was the governor of his home state, South Dakota, and the former Sioux Falls Army Airfield was named after him when it became the civilian airport.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Belgian Mirage 5 (PJ 1/72)

« on: August 28, 2020, 01:00:59 PM »

This is so good! (You are tempting me to find a 1/48 kit so I can build one of these.......!)

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Warplane Art / Re: Grumman Wildcat

« on: August 27, 2020, 12:14:42 PM »

Really looking good, mate!

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Pápa airfield

« on: August 25, 2020, 02:16:13 AM »

Thanks for those great photos!

I wish I had a way to transport one of those beauties into my back yard.......sad to see them in their resting place but happy that they are still intact.

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Belgian Mirage 5 (PJ 1/72)

« on: August 19, 2020, 12:10:24 PM »

Good to see you back!

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Warplane Art / Re: Grumman Wildcat

« on: August 19, 2020, 12:09:53 PM »

Looking great!

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

« on: July 12, 2020, 02:31:10 PM »

Thanks, my friends!

Now that I've finished this first prototype I probably have at least one airplane from every important variation with the exception of the H. Someday I'll do a "family photo".

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

« on: July 11, 2020, 10:10:12 PM »

The prototype is now ready to place on display. Now that it's complete it felt right to photograph the very first Bf 109 with one of its last siblings. Hard to believe this one design could stay in production for so many years!

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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

« on: June 29, 2020, 12:30:43 AM »

Shiny grey paint has finally found it's way onto the V1.....

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Ground Forces / Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)

« on: June 29, 2020, 12:26:13 AM »

Along my travels in model-building, I came across four military VW kits in an antique store. I think I paid about the price of a good bottle of beer for all four, two of which are Italeri and two are the oldest editions of Kubel and Schwimmer from Tamiya. None of the kits are really up to standard, but the two sand colored ones I just used to practice camo spraying and color selection for the Tiger that started this thread. I've never stopped researching Tiger 712 in the eight years since I started this thread, and it's pretty certain that a green/grey color was used along with the tan color on the early Tigers sent to Tunisia. With that in mind, I decided to mix up some color and spray different shades on the Kubel and Schwimmer. I'll study this some more and eventually will add the color I'm satisfied with on the Tiger.