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#4412917 - 03/26/18 06:21 PM My other models (or what's left of them)  
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After posting my recent A-10 project, I thought I’d post some pics of the few remaining models I have from the dozen (or more) I built during my childhood and teens. These happen to be the ones done in my late teens (15-20 years ago) and are definitely some of my better workmanship. The only one that’s still around that isn’t pictured here is a 1/48 Memphis Belle, that’s still on display somewhere at my parent’s house, it was also done later and is one of my better looking projects.

I remember that this F7F sat around in a box in the closet for a long time before I got around to putting it together. I’m not sure why I went with yellow instead of a combat scheme, but I think it was because I happened to have a rattle can of yellow handy at the time I built it. And then it was painted without decals for even longer (up until about 6 months ago!). I found the decals when my parents were cleaning out their house and decided to slap them on.

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I don’t remember how I ended up with an AD-4W. I LOVE me some Skyraiders, but this variant is totally unappealing to me. No weapons, and it looks like a bloated fish. The paint scheme is very unexciting as well, and seems to hide detail. But it still looks nice.

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One of the last Christmases we spent I my grandparents’ house, they got me these two models. Being the very sociable teenager I was, I decided to spend the entire time we were at their house painting and assembling these instead of visiting. These two both have quite a bit of dust on them at the moment.

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Of course there were several others that didn’t look very good and got thrown away at some point. Off the top of my head a B-52, USS Arizona, MiG-29, UH-1, F-4, B-25, B-24, P-51, P-47, F4U, PBY… Probably some others I’m forgetting. They were all thrown out a while back.


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#4412957 - 03/26/18 08:06 PM Re: My other models (or what's left of them) [Re: malibu43]  
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Nice.


When I was a kid I have very good eyesight, good hand eye coordination and most of all I had PATIENCE, at least when it came to model building. I had my room full of model aircraft and ships. 1/48 F-86 (Mig Mad Marine, IE John Glenn) hanging from the ceiling diving after a MiG-15, and a 1/48 B-29 (named "Thumper") nearby. There was also an F-4E loaded with bombs, an A-10 with bombs and Mavericks and several more. More on my dresser and shelves.


And I don't know what became of them frown


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#4412959 - 03/26/18 08:07 PM Re: My other models (or what's left of them) [Re: malibu43]  
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Cool, I like the Skyraider.


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Gareth

UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing.
OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing.
HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall.
TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you.

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