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Couple older kits no longer languishing in my stash. Built OOB just to get the modeling juices flowing again.

Old kits need love too!! GREAT job!!!

That is impressive....AND big!! Nice job.

WOW, that is the Revell kit? That is stunning. Heck, the canopy alone is a work of art. WELL DONE!!!

WOW! THAT is one kit you don't see built much. Love that scheme, WELL DONE!!

I never met Jim Sullivan but I still call him a friend. We first got in contact with each other back in 2012 due to a question I asked about F4U-1's (Go figure, Jim answering a question about Corsairs!) in GSB. He also helped me in picking up one of these -5's in a trade (For a Hasegawa P2V7 he was going to convert to a P2V5)....then proceded to ask what unit & markings I was going to do. Of course he had almost every pic. I could hope for. We kept in touch due to him answering WAY too many of my questions and not just about F4U's but also my PBY, AD-6, SBD among others. We both swore to never build another Monogram 1/48 PBY and yet, strangely enough, we both had another in the stash! I was informed that Jim passed away on Friday the 12th and to say I was shocked is an understatement. A few pics I'd like share are the three Hasegawa F4U's Jim helped me with...if only I could build like him, they would look better. You will be missed, rest in peace my friend. F4U-5N F4U-5NL F4U AU-1 This is Jim's 48th PBY....unique marking scheme. And Jim's 32nd Matchbox SBD that he scratched out an interior!

Just finished this one up for the Review Corps. Very nice kit of one of my favorite aircraft.

WOW! Well done!

I believe Corsairs in Korea and Phantoms in Vietnam. 313 kept the F-4's till 1983 or 84 I think.

Looking good!!

Nice job on a strange looking beast!

Nice!!! THAT is a kit you don't see much. Well done!!

Finished up the old Revell 1/72 A6M Zero (old kits need love too!), Airfix 1/48 Javelin (I never realized just how big this aircraft was....and I still have the 1/48 Sea Vixen to build!) and the Special Hobby 1/72 Ju 87D. (Re-pop of th Academy kit with some new parts, PE and nice decal options.

I have decanted the Tamiya lacquers for a while now and love them. They airbrush quite nicely. I have used the new Tamiya lacquers in the bottles and they also spray nicely when thinned right. The colors on the PBY & Buffalo's are AS-12 'BARE METAL SILVER' which is a synthetic acrylic lacquer and TS-34 'CAMEL YELLOW' which is a synthetic lacquer.

Carlos.....THAT IS STUNNING! Well done!!!

WOW! Great job as usual Gil but 1/32???? Must be enough plastic in that to make a whole squadron of 72nd B-24's!! 😁

Latest Squadron delivery.... Goes well with this one......

NICE!!

Some pics to help you. BTW....some were a bit "weathered" by the time of the raid.

Nicely done!

That is an AWESOME build!! Well done!

Very nice and very big! Love that finish.

Eduard's new F4F-3 kit and it's pretty nice. Not too many fit issues and almost all the options to build any -3. The biggest issue I had, understanding that I'm an average modeler, was the engine to fuselage. There are just two tabs, one left and one right, and when you attach the engine it tends to swivel up & down. I added a third tab to help me out. The landing gear is a bit fragile so be careful removing it from the sprue. The windscreen did not fit right and needed some filing. If you plan on doing the 'Yellow wings' version you'll need to fill the two panel lines on either side of the cowl and scribe a line, one on each side, midway down the cowl. I'm kind of surprised Eduard missed that as they do give you the clips, in photo etch, for that cowl. I'm not a fan of Eduards new decals but what are ya gonna do. I used a mix of Eduard, CAM and YellowWings decals and Tamiya paints for the finish. All in all it's a great kit and since the F4F-3 is one of my favorites.....I picked up 3 more.

I doubt it, as they are the ones who did the 1/35 Ju-87G1/G2 Stuka recently. I understand the Stuka as the armor kits are 1/35 also. Maybe this means a 1/35 scale ship kit!!! 😁😁😁

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