After dealing with PhotoRansom's treachery (only took 27days) I thought I'd add a couple more from the "past"
Grumman F9F-2 Panther 1-72 Hasegawa kit D11/D011:500.
Finished 15Dec1981 OOB as a US Navy F9F-2 Panther 307/D/123534 of VF123 during the Korean War.
Avery good kit, far better than the Matchbox kit in the same scale, just a very rewarding build to produce one of the best models I've ever done IMHO.
The only prob being that the Hasegawa decals are "yellowing" slightly now, a very common fault with their decals
DSC06328 1. 307-Ds by
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DSC06329 2. 307-Ds by
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DSC06332 5. 307-Ds by
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DSC06340 13. 307-Ds by
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DSC06346 19. 307-Ds by
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DSC06350 23. 307-Ds by
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Grumman F9F-8 Cougar 1-72 Hasegawa kit D12.
Hasegawa kit D12/D012:500. Finished OOB 16Oct1982 as a US Navy F9F-8 Cougar 103/D/141036 of VF81 approx 1960. An excellent kit that helped me produce one of the best models I've ever built. A very rewarding and fun build. Only problem now is that the Hasegawa decals are "yellowing" slightly now.
DSC06351 1. 103-Ds by
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DSC06365 15. 103-Ds by
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DSC06354 4. 103-Ds by
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DSC06356 6. 307-Ds by
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DSC06358 8. 103-Ds by
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DSC06363 13. 103-Ds by
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DSC06364 14. 103-Ds by
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And finally, the last winged thing I can show,
Here's one I didn't know I had
Certainly not a new build and I did say I'd post 'warts and all'
Airfix 1/72 scale Angel Interceptor A_737 kit No. 02026-8 a rebox released from 1973.
Just a note, the Airfix model is UNDERSCALE for 1/72scale. It is based on one of the original studio models that were made in 1/87th, that's European/American model train HO 3.5mm=1ft scale.
A HUGE blast from the past found by my 13 year old son in box of broken models totally covered in dust with a spider living in the cockpit!!!
He thought it was odd that it appeared to be intact in a box full of ". . . to be repaired" models and it reminded him of a plane "in one of those old TV shows you watch".
So I went to my model box/build scrap books and found it.
Built OOB when I was 12 years old in 1974, my second Angel as the first one was a play loss
. Just starting to develop my painting skills at the time, the model was painted with
Airfix's own paints, G1 Post Office Red, G3 White, G8 Silver, M6 Black with the pilot painted (badly) M12 Crimson, no varnishes were used. I'd read in a kid's mag around this time that the model builder's for the show had hi-lighted the panel lines, so I tried to do this on mine with pencil, but with not a lot of success.
The Airfix gloss white has yellowed somewhat and so have the decals.
I've scrubbed the model thoroughly to remove dirt, repaired some of the markings with a fine tip marker and removed the canopy carefully to evict what was left of the spider and its' home and polish the canopy, the build and paintwork is exactly as I finished it
41 years ago. So please be gentle I was only
12 DSC08661 A-737 1974s by
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DSC08663 A-737 1974s by
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DSC08665 A-737 1974s by
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DSC08650 A-737 1974s by
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Funnily enough I've ended with a WHIFF
Cheers all
Neil