1/48 Curtiss R3C-2 - From WW1 to WW2 GB (1 Viewer)

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meatloaf109

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Jan 1, 2012
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User Name, Meatloaf109
Name, Paul
Catagory, Intermediate
Scale, 1/48
Manufacturer, Testors, (Hawk)
Model Type, Curtiss R3C-2
Aftermarket, All the bits of wire and crap off the desk that the F3F-1 doesn't need, and more!

I think I paid $5.00 for this Testors boxing of the old Hawk mold, and it shows it's age. Raised decal locators on the top and bottom of the wings, no cockpit, and the "pilot" has a serious hole in him that I have never noticed in any of the pictures of Jimmy Doolittle. This one will get the full treatment, scratch-built cockpit, overstated wing radiators toned down, flying wires, the works. (The pilot is going in the scrap bucket, however.)

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I built that one years ago too Paul. Loads of room for scratch building. Will be interesting watching what you do with it.
 
Ah, yes! The great Jimmy Doolittle. There are several pictures of the racer, most in the lighter scheme, identified as a blue. The Smithsonian has the plane in black with a number "3" on the side. It wore this scheme when Doolittle won the Schneider in1925.
Thursday is modeling day for me, I may get a start on this one!
 

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