I'm in a modeling mood today, but unfortunately away from home and unable to get my styrene fix...so instead I thought I'd post some of my old builds on here for the folks who dont know me from other boards...anyhoo, here is a bit of the whiffery I've engaged in for the past few years.
First an oldie...one of my first builds when I got back into modeling around 2005...USAAF P-77 Vampire Bat. This is a parasite fighter designed to be carried by USAAF bombers in the last days of WW2 in 1946.
Next is a BAES Firestorm FG.1 flying from HMS Queen Elizabeth c. 2020. This design was developed from the BAE Replica program following the collapse of the F-35.
Monogram 1/48 Skyraider as a North Carolina Forestry Service "Fireraider" fire bomber. This was built for a "Secret Santa GB" on another forum. Floats are scratchbuilt from balsa and lots of red putty.
Nice straightforward decal-only whif of a RAAF F-100 serving in Vietnam.
ESCI 1/72 F.27 as an RAF Guardian AC.1A gunship serving in Afghanistan c.2008
AMT A-7E as a RN Corsair "Sea Eagle" trials aircraft as seen when deployed during the "Red October" crisis of 1984.
Hase X-29 modified into an RAFG F-29A (Scorpion FG.1) in the mid 90s.
Old build Monogram AV-8B restored as an IDF AV-8B Cherev, deployed to a FOB in the Negev on the eve of Desert Storm.
Hase 1/72 Tornado F.3 with F-18 wings as a Tornado FG.5
RN Sea Jaguar FRS.1, South Atlantic SEAD mission load, May 1982
1/48 Hase A-4E as a RN Skyhawk FG.5, Kosovo campaign, 1999.
British Army Comanche AH.1, Falklands Garrison
1/144 RoG Rafale as RN Tempest FG.1
Old Fujimi 1/72 F-16 rebuilt with Rafale wing as an alternate F-16 in service with CAF in Germany, early 90s. B-62 nuke under the left wing.
RoG Hunter F.6 as a RAF 74 Sqn Hunter FG.15, late 90s.
1/48 Academy Hunter F.6 as JASDF Ryoushi (Hunter)
Monogram 1/72 SR-71, shortened and modified as Lockheed F-13A Raven ASAT, Groom Lake, early 1970s.
RoG Su25 as an RAF Raven GR.1 modified by BAE with RB.199 engines, and UK avionics.
Monogram 1/48 F/A-18 as RN Hornet FG.1
1/72 Fujimi Mig21 as a defected Czech machine in service with Empire Test Pilot's School, Boscombe Down.
RoG 1/72 Hunter F.6 as RAF SEAC Hunter F.12, serving in South Vietnam as Canberra escort, c.1969
Fujimi 1/72 Phantom FGR.2, RAF SEAC, serving in Vietnam, c.1972
Hase 1/48 F-104G as RAF Starfighter F.1, RAF 74 Sqn, First Tiger Meet, 1961