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  • RAAF P-40N Cleopatra III

    P-40N A29-629, Geoffrey C Atherton, 80 Squadron, RAAF, New Guinea, 1943 This model sat on the shelf of doom for years…and all it needed were the kit decals! To be fair I completed the construction around 2002 just before we moved from California and only last winter did I finally open the box it was…

  • Mk Vc, VF-R, 5th FS, 52nd FG, February 1944

    Back in late 2004 I wanted to model a Mk Vc, but unfortunately nobody made one.  Okay, to be fair, Airfix provided their Mk Vc(t) which was their Vb with that atrociously thick blob of a wing.  I actually attempted that kit and the result was pretty poor, as expected. Earlier that year I’d begun…

  • French Air Force F8F-1B Bearcat

    Originally completed back in June of 2010, this was for a club challenge to build something related to the Vietnam War.  Since I don’t do modern(-ish) jets, I decided to go back to the ’50’s and make something I’ve always wanted on my shelf:  A French Air Force F8F-1 Bearcat. The Subject French Indochina, what…