Some of the 4th FG and a lot of A-2s

[Smithy]

Thanks for that Greg. it looks awesome!

I'm really looking forward to the build. The Tamiya razorback is a really awesome kit, one of the best I have seen. I'll post some pics of my progress in the scale modelling thread once I get underway ;-)

 

[Brettafett]

I wish I could get back into this with you guys! Just don't have the space or time. Very much looking forward to progress Smithy.
p.s. Has anyone done a build/ paint commission? Do any of the 1/48 kist come with a display stand, for a wheels up, in flight display.

 

[Smithy]

I wish I could get back into this with you guys! Just don't have the space or time. Very much looking forward to progress Smithy.
p.s. Has anyone done a build/ paint commission? Do any of the 1/48 kist come with a display stand, for a wheels up, in flight display.

The highly engineered kits like Tamiya, Hasegawa, Eduard, etc, etc don't come with display stands Brett, although you do see a lot of diorama builds where modellers will build them wheels up and fabricate a stand, some of these are highly imaginative with bases showing a blurred landscape to give an impression of speed.

I'll be building this wheels down with the canopy open - that's why I've splashed out on some very realistic, micro fabric seat harnesses. If I build with the canopy closed I usually make my own.

You can really see just how big the Jug was/is from holding the 1/48 scale kit pieces alongside a Spit or P-51 in the same scale. She's a big, brutal (but beautiful in my eyes too) kite!

 

[Brettafett]

I know, I have looked at so many... I used to build some dioramas... Loved the crash-landed scenes...
I recall my first Jug model placed beside a B-17... I thought, "Hell, this cant be right, they got the scale wrong!" hahaha

 

[Greg Gale]

No jackets, but I really love this painting. The Kid in action:

 

[B-Man2]

Very cool work of art .
Looks great

 

[Smithy]

You have to get Troy White's biography of him Greg ;-)

 

[Smithy]

Dude of the Day...

Capt Doug Groshong of 336

 

[Greg Gale]

Found some nice colorizations. (Not by me)

 

[Smithy]

Those are pretty well done.

For those who may not know, from top to bottom that's: Emerson; Blakeslee; and Tussey.

 

[Smithy]

Seeing as Greg brought him up, let's have Bob Tussey of 336 as today's Dude of the Day...

 

[Cocker]

No jackets, but I really love this painting. The Kid in action:

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Whoah!! Would you have this one in higher resolution? That'd be a neat wallpaper for the computer!!

 

[Smithy]

Specially for Greg and Cédric, today's Dude of the Day is The Kidd.

Not a huge image but I love it. The Kidd getting a light from one of the ground crew after returning from a mission.

 

[Cocker]

Thanks Smithy! I really have to get the book on the Kidd, but it's damn expansive!

 

[Smithy]

Dude of the Day is a bit of a big wig...

Lt Col Harry Dayhuff of the HQ Sqn, 4th FG

 

[ausreenactor]

Love the colour pics. Catch-22 and Cold Blue were a treat to watch.

 

[Greg Gale]

The Kid

 

[B-Man2]

These are some pretty cool photos, I bet the people in them never thought that their photos would live on long after they were gone.!

 

[ausreenactor]

I think that many 'Millennial' types should be pondering that their posts on their social media accounts are there in perpetuity.

 

[B-Man2]

That stuff comes back at the most inconvenient time and can cause some real heartburn.