ghodges Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 I have a few... 1/48 Testors/Hawk OV-10, done in CA Forestry markings with Draw decals. Scratched most of the interior. Hardest part was cutting the canopy pieces apart. VERY brittle clear styrene! "Iron Maiden" Boeing 757, 1/144. Built this one just 'cause it's cool! 1/48 Academy P-38F civilian race plane "White Lightning", with home made markings. Built this one for my dad. FYI: This plane is still flying, but is now the beautiful Red Bull Lightning with a polished NMF! I have a couple of more airliners, but need to take pics of them. Cheers! GIL
Mark Deliduka Posted April 6, 2013 Report Posted April 6, 2013 Sweet! Those rock Gil! Man, I'm still trying to get such a clean white coat. You've given me incentive to keep trying; your white coats are such a joy to look at!
ghodges Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Posted April 6, 2013 Thanks for the kind words Duke! I use Model Master gloss white, thinned with lacquer thinner, and almost always put it on over a primer coat of aluminum or silver of some kind. It usually takes 2-3 wet coats to get the color density I like. GIL
WildBill50 Posted April 11, 2013 Report Posted April 11, 2013 Gil, nice work on the Bronco, cool fire bird. Not a big Iron Maiden fan but the jet rocks. Was the P-38 part of the CAF? I saw theirs fly when the were still the Confedrate Air Force, almost the same markings. Bill
ghodges Posted April 11, 2013 Author Report Posted April 11, 2013 Not sure of the history of the White Lightning. My dad had a pic of it on an aviation calendar and asked me to build it for him. GIL
ipmsusa2 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Posted April 20, 2013 Gil, nice job on all of them...especially the OV-10. As for White Lightning, it was part of the CAF. Then Red Bull bought it. I believe I recall hearing that White Lightning crashed, suffering substantial damage, which is how Red Bull got their hands on it. They bought it and restored it. Anyone know differently?
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