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FW-190 A-8 Restoration488 viewsThis is an FW-190A-8 being rebuilt by a guy in Baton Rouge, LA The craft is being restored an airframe recovered in the early 90's in Rome, France. Engine run-up is scheduled for April/May time frame. No date set for the first
test flight.
Photographs by Bruce Jenkins Houma-Thibodaux Scale Modelers
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Soviet T-18 Light Tank488 viewsAER 1/35 kit built straight out-of-the-box.
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P-51D QP-B "Julie"487 viewsP-51D QP-B "Julie" was assigned to pilot Capt. Joe M. Randerson of the 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, 306 Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force in Madna, Italy, December 1944.
The aircraft was named after the Crew Chief's sweetheart Miss Julie Curtis who happened to also be the daughter of Major Bob Curtis, the CO of same 2nd Fighter Squadron.
Prior to receiving this assigned aircraft, Capt. Randerson had been shot down in a P-51B Mustang on September 3, 1944. The P-51B was downed by ground fire while he was straffing a locomotive.
Capt. Randerson crashed in a river bed and was severely burned on the arms, legs, and face. He was rescued by two Serbian farmers. He had his burns tended to for two weeks while he was hidden in a barn, and he was eventually smuggled back to Italy and a hospital where he continued his recovery. He continued to fly and completed forty-nine combat missions when the war ended in Europe. He arrived back in Austin on June 19, 1945.
Special thanks to Milton Bell for creating the custom decals for this aircraft.
Bob King presented the model to Capt. Randerson. Joe Dale Morris, Capt. Randerson's nephew and namesake, also attended the presentation at King's Hobby.
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AC-119K (1/48)485 views
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Chinese PLA Type 69-II Medium Tank (Trumpeter 1/35)484 viewsBox stock White Elephant gift from Xmas Party
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F-82 Twin Mustang, McGuire AFB Circa 1950 (Hasegawa's boxing of Monogram's Kit)483 views
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Z-25 German Destroyer (Trumpeter 1/350)476 views
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P-51K PE-L, Flying Ginny472 viewsThe P-51K was named Flying Ginny after his sweetheart and soon to be wife from Austin, TX.
Lt. Taylor had this aircraft assigned to him after returning from being shot down in another Mustang over France.
He had been on an escort mission to Germany when his aircraft developed engine trouble. As he was returning to England, he was attacked by two German ME-109 fighters. Taylor tried to hide from them in clouds, but they flushed him out. He dove his Mustang to the deck and tried to fly so low that the ME-109s could not get a clean shot at him. Unfortunately, Lt. Taylor hit a man on a bicycle while evading the enemy aircraft. This resulted in severe wing damage which forced Taylor to gain altitude so that he could bail out. The ME-109s then finished off his aircraft. Taylor rushed his exit from the stricken P-51K and was hit by the tail of the aircraft. His parachute opened barely in time for him to survive bailing out. The injured Taylor evaded capture and walked back to Allied lines. His Texas accent convinced Allied soldiers that he wasn't a spy as he passed into their lines. He now resides in Austin, TX.
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Challenger 1 Mk3 (Tamiya 1/35)472 viewsThis is the Tamiya Challenger 1 Mk3. The decals are from Echelon. The tank depicts a unit of the King's Royal Hussars circa 1999 in Kosovo.
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1937 Packard Chassis (Entex 1/16)471 viewsThis is a 1/16th scale Entex kit of a 1937 Packard chassis. Some (a
lot, actually) of scratch-built detail has been added. Everything from
leaf springs to numerous rivets and wiring.
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WWII German Ersatz M10 (DML 1/35)470 viewsDML 1/35 Ersatz M10 built straight out-of-the-box. In preparations for the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944, ten Panther Gs were converted to resemble US M10 tank destroyer for the purpose of capturing the bridges over the Meuse River. These 'Ersatz M10s' were part of SS-Standartenfuehrer Otto Skorzeny's Panzer Brigade 150, and they fought around the Warche Bridge area, SW of Malmedy.
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P-40E Warhawk469 viewsThis P40E, "Bob's Robin", #94, was flown by Lt. Robert H. Vaught, 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, Australia, Summer 1942.
Lt. Vaught flew from a jungle air strip. On one mission, he was bitten shortly after takeoff by a snake that had crawled into his cockpit. He managed to land the aircraft and survived the venomous bite.
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