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  • America’s First WW2 Ace

    Spitfire IIa, P7308/XR-D, 71 “Eagle” Squadron, 27 August 1941 There were a lot of firsts with this kit.  It was my first Airfix new tooling Spitfire Mk I, my first attempt at Spitfire IFF aerials and my first 3D-Kits upgrade.  Well, I guess all that is not really very special, but I approached this build…

  • Frog Blackburn Shark ASR Mk I

    I originally picked up this kit at a swap meet, not because of the subject but because of the floats and torpedo. At the time my thinking was I could probably put the floats on an ancient Airfix Swordfish in my stash; and the torpedo could be used on one of the torpedo bombers I…