Models & Musings
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Mk VIII, A58-464, CR-C, 80 Group, RAAF, 1944
Group Captain Clive R. Caldwell’s personal aircraft Always a subject I wanted on my shelf, G/C Caldwell is the leading RAAF ace with 27.5 victories (some sources say 28.5). When I decided to make 2013 a Spitfire year and July’s challenge was a subject from “down under” necessity met opportunity. The Subject A58-464 is a…
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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…
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Progress, even if just a little bit, is still progress
Well, that sounds cynical when I say it out loud. My shipment showed up at the end of April and I finally got my kits out, the ones I’d started last year and packed up for the shipment across the pond. Everything arrived in good shape, and other than some key supplies like masking fluid…