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HI Tom, We are still here. Hopefully you have heard back from me by now. David

Hello, He does plan to be at the Nats in Vegas. I will be sharing one of his three tables. I know he is working on new things, he showed them off at a show in San Diego in June. David Muroc Models

Hello, The T-2 was used by the United States Army Air Service in the first non-stop Coast to coast flight across America. The flight occurred in 1923, from New York to San Diego. The Army converted a Fokker F. IV airliner into the T-2 to carry out long distance flights. Additional fuel tanks and a second pilot’s station were added. The Liberty engine was offset to the right, as the open cockpit was just to the left of the engine. The T-2 is part of the Smithsonian collection. The Smithsonian NASM site has panoramic views of cockpit and of the cabin.

Muroc Models continues to to come out with new kits without telling anyone about them. That way I can spend more time working on new projects and less time casting old projects. The latest kit is a 1/144th NC-4/NC-3, first aircraft to sucessfully complete a flight between North America and Europe. I am nearly done with a 1/144th Fokker T-2. I continue to work on a couple of 1/72 projects related to the B-24 and the YB-49. When I complete the T-2, I can start some 1/48th projects. You can follow these projects on the "Muroc Models" Facebook page. David

Hello, I finally finished the second test build for the C-87. Took some photos this morning with the Mojave Desert as the background. The C-87 has a metal finish using Tamiya spray and Alclad. There are many B&W photos of this aircraft, as it was featured in a Life photo essay. The rudders may have been some color other than olive drab. The national insignia have a darker blue outline. The cargo doors have been cut out and a floor and bulkheads scratch-built. To make sure it would not be a tail sitter, I added lots of shot to the nose and a scale tripod under the cargo d

Hello, Here is a conversion of the Academy/Minicraft 1/144 B-24J into an early C-87. The C-87 was a cargo/troop version of the B-24D. It had a rather poor reputation, in part due to numerous crashes while flying “the Hump”. The nose art is “Hump Happy”. The decals are ALPS printed. The olive drab/neutral gray paint is Mr. Color lacquer. The conversion required modifying the nose to a shorter solid piece and adding many side windows. The small windows were done with Kristal Klear and decal film. The gun turrets are gone. The tail has been modified and corrected.

Hello All, I recently finished an Anigrand XB-46. This is the first Anigrand kit I have built. Here are a couple of photos of the model at the Century Circle of the AFFTC Museum (Edwards AFB).. The kit appears accurate in shape. The larger parts were slightly distorted (think banana). This was overcome by gluing in sections. The nose glass is too small. The fuselage needed lots of putty above the wing, as this was indented, and should be flat. The model was donated to the the "First Flights Wall" at the Edwards AFB Museum. Several of the Museum's Century Fighters show up i

Hello, They built two, and they will soon restart flight testing on the second one. The first one made flights with a normal wing, but crashed on take off when flexible wings were installed. David

Hello, Here is a scratch-built X-56A MUTT. The X-56A is a small unmanned Flying Wing which was built to test ways to overcome wing flutter. This model was built to be part of the First Flights Wall display at the AFFTC Museum at Edwards AFB. The model was carved from sheet polystyrene and the decals are ALPS printed. The paints are Testors and Tamiya. David Muroc Models

No problems, just hope everyone enjoys the YRB. I tried to shot a taped together YB-49 next to a B-17, but I did not like the photos. I will post more photos at some point. David

Hello, The XB-35/YB-49 are the same wing span as a B-2. They are 30 feet greater in wingspan than a B-29 and 60 feet less than a B-36. The model went to the museum shortly after I finished it. It will be a few months before I can get to the Museum for more photos. Thanks to everyone for looking. David

Hello, I finally finished the YRB-49A for the Museum at Edwards AFB. It is a large model with a 2 1/2 foot span. It will be displayed on the "First Flights Wall", which is a 1/72 collection intended to include everything which made its first flight at Edwards. These are all built with blue painted canopies and gear up. The kit started out as a YB-49 by AMT. The conversion replaces the intakes, exhausts, canopy and other parts, while adding the engine pods. The resin set (with decals and vacuformed clear parts) is available for $59 plus postage. The decals are ALPS printed. P

Hello, Muroc models can be purchased from me directly. You can email me at "newmanispwest" at "yahoo.com". Thank You, David Muroc Models

Hello, The HS-2L is ready for sell. The kit is $79 plus postage. Here is a photo of the HS-2L with the HS-1L. The HS-1L is available separately from Muroc Models. I have added a Davis gun to the nose of the HS-2L. The HS-2L was used to test the Davis gun, but the makings are incorrect for a HS-2L with this weapon. Thank You, David Muroc Models

Hello, Muroc Models has just finished a 1/72 scale kit of the Curtis HS-1L. This was a submarine patrol flying boat used in America and France during 1918. The completed model has a 10 inch wingspan and a length of 6 inches. ALPS-printed decals shown in the test build are included with the kit. The kit is $76 plus postage. A kit of the HS-2L will follow before much longer. The aircraft was powered by a V-12 Liberty engine. Roden was kind enough to supply me with a number of trees for the Liberty engine from their injected H-16 kit. A sp

Merry Christmas to all. Sorry for the delayed response, we have been off visiting family. Thank you to everyone for their kind comments. Muroc Models does 1/72nd (Academy F-8E) and 1/144th (Platz) conversions for NASA's F-8A SCW. The 1/72nd kit represents the early configuration without the "Area Rule" bulges on the fuselage. This was painted several shades of white and off-white as shown on the box above. The 1/144th set gives the better known later configuration with "Area Rule" bulges and a blue and white paint scheme. The kits are based on period photos, photos of the aircraft as cu

Thanks for the comments everyone. The scale is 1/72. I have done a little work on a 1/144 version. There are more pictures over on Hyperscale's 1/72 group build page. David

The HS-2L was a member of the Curtiss H series of flying Boats. This series included the larger twin-engine H-12 and H-16. Though little known today, over 1,000 HS-1s and HS-2Ls were built toward the end of WW1. The Navy used them for anti-submarine patrols and training. They were used in several other countries as airliners, bush planes and rum runners. According to some numbers I have come across, it took more than 150,000 “man hours” to build a HS-2L compared to 2700 for a P-51 or 35,000 for a B-17. The airfoils were cut down from larger surfaces. The rib detail was sanded off these do

Hi Nick, The 1/72 F-8C conversion and most other kits and conversions from Muroc Models are still available. David Muroc Models

Hello, One of the new releases by Muroc Models is a resin 1/48th AQM-37 target drone. Also available are several variants of the pylon (LAU-24) used for the AQM-37. There is an "early" pylon, a "late" pylon and a pylon used by the F-16. The F-16 pylon was done in cooperation with Sierra Hotel Models. Also available is a 1/200th resin conversion to turn the 8 engined YB-49 into the 6 engined YRB-49A. Other projects are underway, such as a 1/72 YRB-49A. I can be contacted by email (newmanispwest). I am a well known yahoo. David Muroc Models

Hello, Here are a couple of photos of of a 1/72nd HP O/400 from the 1st Provisional Air Brigade. It was converted to the US version with resin engine pods, props and a Mk. 1 bomb. There are more pictures over on HyperScale's Airfix page. David Muroc Models

Hello, I don't have a dedicated website. I figure that if I do a terrible job of advertising, I can spend more time on new subjects and less time casting. Here is the current list. 1/48TH SCALE RD7 4801 M2F1 Polyurethane resin unassembled kit $75.00 RD4 4802 F-8C Digital Fly By Wire Resin conversion (Hasegawa) $40.00 Use RD4 4802 with decal D 4805 RD4 4803 F-8C MAX Resin conversion (Hasegawa) $36.00 RD4 4804 F-8C BASIC Resin conversion (Hasegawa) $19.00 RD4 4805 F-8A (F8U-1) MAX Resin conversion (Hasegawa) $36.00 R1 4806 Early F-8 seat Resin conversion

Hi Tom, Here is the seat. David

Hello, Muroc Models is pleased to announce that our resin conversion to turn a Hasegawa 1/48 F-8E into a F-8A (F8U-1) is available. The first image shows the larger parts such as the nose halves, wing center section and intake. The middle image contains the smaller parts, such as the early wheels. The third image shows the vacuformed clear parts and the canopy framing. They are available for $36 each plus postage. You can email me at my yahoo address. My email address starts with newmanispwest I need to finish some artwork for F8U-1 markings and use my ALPS to print them up. A

Hello, I often get asked what is in the F-8C BASIC set. Here is a photo- The smaller parts are the stick, pitot tube and AOA vanes. The MAX set is shown earlier in this thread. The MAX set has a lot more detail, but some of that detail is a lot of work to install. David Muroc Models