Box Scale Revell B-58

This is my extended fuselage B58 with canard's added. I used two revell box scale kits. The weapons are from the spares pile. I am retired from the Air Force and actually worked on B-58A's in the 60's.

1/72 Sword Vultee P-66

This was a delightful kit to work on, nicely molded and good fit for the most part. The one big glitch was the landing gear struts, the only parts I had to manufacture on my own. The struts supplied would not accommodate the wheels or the brass accessory doors, so I made my struts out of copper wire and soldered the parts together, gear doors and all. Two nice canopies were supplied in case one was ruined but the one I used fit well enough. Except for the gear the model is almost an "out-of-box" job. The decals were easy to apply too, with a choice of American, British, and Chinese markings.

Dick Montgomery
San Antonio, TX

Revell Lacrosse Missile (Original Release)

The model was found already assembled and in a state of disrepair in an estate sale. The paint and decals were stripped off; the model was disassembled and cleaned up, and then reassembled.

Research is important since more often than not one must complete the project without the benefit of instructions or decals. I've found that I often receive assistance from other IPMS members by asking for images of the decal sheets and instructions on the IPMS Forum. I enjoy restoring such kits, giving classic models another lease on life, as it were.

1/72 Airfix Bristol Beaufighter

A very old and basic kit. I hollowed out the landing and position lights and filled them with clear sprue. The radar aerials are short pieces of fine wire. This is a real oldie but goodie from Airfix. Done in the markings of the 416th Night Fighter Squadron, Italy, late 1943.

1/72 Hobbyboss MiG-15 bis

I have always wanted to model the MiG-15 bis flown to South Korea by Lt. No Kum-Sok in 1953. Both the F-86 and the MiG-15 are such elegant aircraft. Unfortunately, until recently the only choices in 1/72 were the Dragon/Hobbycraft kits with inaccurate wings and the ancient Kopro kit cast in brittle Cold War plastic.

This model is the new HobbyBoss kit with the Pavla aftermarket resin nose/gunbay. The cockpit is also a Pavla after-market item. The HobbyBoss kit is very well done. My only fault is the speed brakes can only be displayed in the open position and require major surgery to close them. The finish is various shades of Alclad II and the markings are from the OOP Cutting Edge sheet CED72017.