pjman792

I recently completed an extensive reworking of an old classic, the 1/72 Monogram HU-16D Albatross. Among the many upgrades were a scratch built cockpit and rear crew compartment, and new metal gear struts. I finished it in the markings of a Navy search and rescue plane based at Midway Island in the mid-1960's.

I just completed the 1/48 Hobby Boss FJ-4 Fury. Fit and surface detail are good, but it has some accuracy issues. Still, it looks the part when finished. I used decals from my spares catalog to depict a Reserve jet from NAS Memphis in 1962.

I just finished an extensive upgrade to the old 1/72 Monogram HU-16. One of my references from that project, 'GRUMMAN ALBATROSS - A HISTORY OF THE LEGENDARY SEAPLANE', By Wayne Mutza, has a number of photos of UF-1's, but no interior shots. All the information I have indicated that the interior for all versions of the Albatross were painted an interior green color. I used Tamiya NATO Green for the cockpit and crew cabin on my model. According to photo captions, very early UF-1's were painted externally overall Gloss Sea Blue. Most UF-1's however, were painted overall Navy Gloss Grey, (aka Se

Hi - I'm looking for a set of decals that came in the Revell boxing of the 1/48 Monogram F9F-5P Panther. It's the markings for VU-1. If anyone has these markings, I'll be glad to buy them from you. Attached is a scan of the Revell instruction sheet showing the markings I need. You contact me here: pjman792@yahoo.com Thanks!