sideshow Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 I have been very blessed to have a long career in aviation. I've been an air traffic controller for 27 years and I have been gathering kits from aircraft I have talked to on the radio. This includes U-2's, F-15's, KC-135's, every airliner and many others. I was fortunate to have a friend be even MORE into aviation than I was (we were controllers together) and he started Ace Maker aviation. I have been to many airshows with him flying in his T-33 that uses to perform. https://www.acemaker33.com He recently acquired his third T-33 and has a really cool video of a three ship formation on FB if you care to look. Long story longer, I want to get a kit to model as closely as possible one of the aircraft I've flown in. They all are actually Canadian CT-133's. I'm looking in 1/48 and I have seen the GWH and the Academy. I want to buy all the PE and metal landing gear parts I can now as these things seem to disappear over time. I will need to have the decals made or make them myself. Any recommendations you have for kits would be great. Also, if you are modeling a T-33 and need pictures of anything, please let me know.....I know a guy. Thanks in advance guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zerosystem Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Greg should love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sierrascale Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Great Wall T-33 is currently the best out there - - lots of beautiful detail and it builds easily. Pic of mine above. The Academy is a rebox of the Hobbycraft kit, which has an odd hump on the fuselage aft of the cockpit. Fin and rudder are oddly proportioned. Then there's the Testors, which is a rebox of the fifties-era Hawk kit. Shapewise, I much prefer it to the Hobbycraft, but there's no cockpit or wheel well detail. I used a True Details resin cockpit and force fit the Monogram P-80 wheel well into it but the latter was a lot of carving and sanding. Edited February 26, 2020 by sierrascale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sideshow Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thanks, gonna buy everything this weekend...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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