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If you are looking for a chrome look, you can't do better than a coat of either Alclad2 Black Gloss Coat, or your favorite Smooth-laying Black Gloss enamel, followed by a very thin coat of Alclad2 #105 Polished Chrome. It is a dead ringer for the real thing, unlike the chrome on plastic car...

Sounds great, wonder if they would print up others in God's Own One True Scale... (1/72)...:) Ed

Not an easy project, but fills a gap in the collection. For those interested, the gory details of the "build" are HERE. And now, the rather poor pics. Sorry about that!! Many have claimed that the NA-73X Mustang was built to...

A few pics of the North American NA-73X, in her very first configuration, that is to say, before the crash. The original NA-73X flew only 15 hours or so before crashing, due to a fuel problem. After the crash, the NA-73X was rebuilt, with several detailed changes. Even later, two of the...

Hello, sorry to be late summarizing last years' efforts, but here they are, finally: First off, the Anigrand Curtis XP-60: A few more pics HERE.. Followed by a P-47B Double Twister conversion, using the 1/72 Academy P-47D kit: For those interested, the build thread is HERE.. Then, a...

Hopefully, everyone here is aware that official US govt and military photos cannot be copyrighted by anyone. They are all public domain, unless classified. It used to be common practice in the early 50's for sure, and perhaps earlier, for aviation fans or modelers to write to the various...

Very nice builds all round! Ed

And that's after two or three applications of Walther's decal setting solution, a coat of Aquagloss and a coat of matt topcoat! Ed

Also, they were trying in various ways to harness and transmit all the power of the newer, large radial engines. You can only swing so large a prop without hitting the ground. The bent=wing F4U Corsair was another approach, which actually turned out great, because having the wings attach...

Hello again. For a long time, I had considered building the old Lindberg 1/72 P-47B, in 1/72 scale. I had acquired various parts, cowling, engine, cockpit, vertical stabilizer/rudder, main gear, wheels, prop and so forth to bring the kit closer to today's' standards. In the end, I...

Thanks Grant! More on the way... Ed

For those interested in the how-to, the build thread is HERE

Hello, as promised over on the build thread HERE I am posting a few more pictures of this odd P-47B variant, the "Double Twister": Thanks for looking. Ed

or my first completion of the New Year, may I present my rendition of the Anigrand 1/72 scale resin XP-60. While Anigrand provides the simple necessities for the XP-60C and E variants, sadly, they did not offer items to build the XP-60A, B, or D versions, all of which I think are more unusual...

A little late, but here it is! Not so many this year as last, but some that I really wanted in the collection, For those interested, the build threads offer detailed instruction about how the models were built, so that others could, if desired, build these often rare models themselves...