Category: World War II
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Paint it Black
Douglas P-70 Havoc, 39-737/68, Training Unit, USA This was an unplanned completion. A neighbor who is 12 came over to build a model and I offered him a choice of Hobbyboss, Airfix, Revell or Matchbox…the latter three being of the older generation. He chose a Revell Havoc/Boston and and had lots of fun with his…
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Vengeance Dive Bomber
Vultee Vengeance II, AN709/DB*V, RAF, Khumbirgram, India, 1942This is from my shelf of doom. I started this at least 20 years ago, if not longer, when I was able to find the kit for a small sum…somewhere. As part of a “junkyard dogs” group build I finally finished it. The Subject The Vengeance was produced…
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Mk XIX for D-Day
Spitfire PR XIX, 541 Squadron, RAF, RM643/Z, 1944 This was part of a 2 kit build where I decided to take the two MPM PR XIX kits I had and build one as an early unpressurized type 389 and the other as the pressurized type 390. The Subject By 1944 high altitude PR missions flown…