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P-400 Airacobra
Bell P-400 Airacobra, BW156/12, 35th FG, New Guinea, 1942 This is another “shelf of doom” build. When I started this kit, my choices for a P-39 variant were the old Heller P-39Q or the Revell P-39D, neither of which are as accurate as I’d prefer today. I got as far as the paint scheme and…
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Air-Sea Rescue Defiant
Boulton-Paul Defiant ASR Mk I, V1121/BA*O, 277 Squadron, RAF, August 1942 The Subject The Defiant was expected to intercept bombers and with it’s 4x .303 Brownings easily get close enough to…oh who am I kidding. It was a really dumb idea regardless what it was designed for. Strap a heavy turret onto a fighter and…
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Aussie Kittyhawk IIA
Curtiss Kittyhawk Ia, serial unknown/U, Sqn Ldr Richard Cresswell, 77th Squadron RAAF, New Guinea, 1942 This is another one of those “started over a decade ago, not sure when, but pulled off the shelf and finished!” Completed in December 2018. The Subject Before knowing Squadron Leader Cresswell’s history, I chose to model this subject because…