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This is work already in progress as I was finishing the MiniArt kit the Tamyia F-84G . ;)
 

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That came out way better than mine. Is that the MPC kit?
Oops I read the print after ogling the pretty picture. I loves me my YT-1300s.
 
First venture out with the airbrush in 2 years... 2 Hasegawa 1:72 TA-4J Skyhawks for the kids.

Not a great success, with more issues than progress. Need to work out if it's the acrylic paints, the airbrush itself, or just me. Never had so many problems with the enamels.
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Although some of the members know I build controlline models, I thought I would bore you with a mystery I may have solved.
About four years ago an older modeller contacted our club wanting to sell out his years of stuff. I bought most of his things and began to finish many of his partially built planes and repair the others as needed. Two weeks ago, needing a short piece of balsa, I went through his scrap box and discovered parts of an unbuilt kit. Laying out the parts I realised I had all formers, both fuselage sides and other parts never separated from the die cut balsa sheets, including the wing ribs. While it was an unusual construction and design, it appeared a plane could be built, as it was well engineered. Something not seen before was tabs on the former sides which matched holes die cut into the fuselage sides. After glueing fuselage and wing and looking to mount an engine, it was obvious the requirement was for a narrow fitting engine that needed good enough power to fly a 36 inch span plane. Turned out it was perfect for a popular Ohlsson & Rice engine from the early 1950s. The mystery of what kit it was may have been solved looking through ads in my old model mags. After several days of nastalgia,
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the closest I can find to the midwing, slab side plane for an O & R is shown below, found in April 1948 Model Airplane News
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Thanks for looking at the mystery
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