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My Tamiya 1/48 F2A-2 Brewster Buffalo. It's an oldie from the 70s but still nice. The front antenna mast broke when I was removing it from the sprue, reminds me of Tamiya's old A6M2a Zeros where the canopy mast always broke when I tried removing it no matter what method I used. I am not sure if I dare rig the antenna wire, a shame as I drilled a hole in the rear fuselage for the wire to enter. A Tamiya kit with Tamiya glue and Tamiya paint.  jon

Added some pictures of it with antenna wire rigged. jon

 

 

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10 hours ago, jonwinn said:

Wow! Thats one nice beast! Obviously box scale from the 60s? Right up my alley. John

Thank you John!
Yes, one of the old 60's kits. Mine had a 1983 stamp on the underwing, as it was in the History Makers boxing. 

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1 hour ago, ST0RM said:

F-5N Tiger II from VMFT-401. 

1/72 Hobbyboss F-5E, modified with the larger LERX and duckbill nose, plus scratch built instrument panel. 

Thanks for looking. 

-Jeff

 

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Nice. The USMC 05 who shares my office was a Sniper for 10+ years. He loved flying the F-5. 
 

Cheers

Collin

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9 hours ago, Collin said:

Nice. The USMC 05 who shares my office was a Sniper for 10+ years. He loved flying the F-5. 
 

Cheers

Collin

Thanks Collin. It was a fun build.

And I too love the F-5. I visited VMFT-401 back in 2018 and learned allot about their unique mission. 

-Jeff

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On 12/9/2021 at 6:15 AM, ST0RM said:

On Sunday, I finished the Revell 1/118 PBM Mariner. Much nicer than when I built it at the age of 10. 

 

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Fond, fond memories of my mom and I building one back in '64 when I was seven.  Stationed at Clinton-Sherman AFB, OK.  Dad would have helped but he was on 12 hour shifts busting his knuckles fixing B-52s, so model building fell to my great mom.  Our PBM was unpainted and covered in glue finger prints, but what fun.  

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On 1/3/2022 at 5:18 PM, AD-4N said:

 

Fond, fond memories of my mom and I building one back in '64 when I was seven.  Stationed at Clinton-Sherman AFB, OK.  Dad would have helped but he was on 12 hour shifts busting his knuckles fixing B-52s, so model building fell to my great mom.  Our PBM was unpainted and covered in glue finger prints, but what fun.  

LOL, sounds like my first one as well!!

Clinton-Sherman... I've done many approaches at that field during my time at Altus as an Instructor. Great to hear a bit of it's history and connection with people. 
Glad you liked the build and it could bring back a fond memory. 

 

-Jeff

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