CMR Seafire FR.47 Vickers-Supermarine Seafire FR.47, VP459, 179/P, 800 Squadron, HMS Triumph, 1950 Introduction I’d longed for a Seafire FR.47 for years; I was tempted to get the old vacform by Rareplanes but kept putting it off. Mainly due to cost as it was a rare kit to find but also because the other Rareplanes […]
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Focke-Wulf Ta-183T Huckebein Träger, 3rd generation carrier based fighter 1/JG(T) 77, KM Manfred Richtofen, North Atlantic Fleet, 1947 Introduction “What if…” In this case Germany is not vanquished in 1945 but is still going and has not only created the KMS Graf Zeppelin but has at least another aircraft carrier, my imagination says this is actually
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Last year was a very good year for me. Besides a transition from one career (US Navy) to another I was able to expand my hobby of building model aircraft and ships from a solitary function in my basement to a club and network centric hobby. I am a very active member of my local
Okay, 2011 was a very good year for me. Nine Spitfires/Seafires completed! I’ve got an ambitious 2012 planned as I’ve indicated over on my other blog; but only 5 Spitfires/Seafires are in the mix: CMR Seafire XV Airfix Spitfire Va (new tooling) Airfix Spitfire II LR (new tooling) Airfix Spitfire IXc (new tooling) Sword Spitfire
This year I kept better track of my builds and which theme(s) they were associated with. I also was able to achieve a few other goals for my hobby: I started a blog of my Spitfire builds; I participated in 2 Group Builds; I completed 9 Spitfires/Seafires; my goal was 10 and I expected to
