Tag: USS Block Island

  • US Navy Night Ace in Korea

    F4U-5N NP-21, VC-3, K6 Korea, July 1953, Lt Guy Boredelon When this kit was first released I grabbed it and quickly started the build. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I finally had a -5N. It was much later that I found out it was “not quite right” in the aft fuselage, and until then I was…

  • A pair of Wildcats

    Our club’s theme for July is “Salute the General”, any model of a General Motors subject. My initial plan was to model the FM-2 Wildcat using the MPM kit, but once the Museum project kicked in I had to find something less challenging. Since Iwasn’t doing 1 FM-2, I decided to do 2 FM-1’s. A…