Like thousands of other B-17s, The Swoose was caught in the rush to disarm, ending up at the extensive War Assets Administration facility at Kingman, Arizona, slated to be melted down for its aluminium. At this point, March 1946, Colonel Frank Kurtz persuaded the City of Los Angeles to retrieve the bomber for use as a war memorial, with the bomber arriving at Los Angeles Municipal Airport on 6 April 1946. Kurtz piloted the aircraft on what was at the time described as her last flight.[4] Three years later, however, the city still had not found an ap ..read more

 New photos take at Chu Lai. Great photos for a Phantom modeler ..read more

 The A4 is being sent back to the state for repairs.  This why it looks like crap...lol ..read more

 As we all know Barry is the expert on buildings and creating amazing 1/72 scale BF-109s/ Here is his build comments on the Eduard BF109F 1. Painting the exterior of the gun troughs with the camo color before assembling the fuselage halves. This allows you to paint the guns before inserting them (with the unusual two part contraption that is the Eduard solution to gun alignment). I'm being a bit harsh here; I had a rather difficult time with the first 109 F I built, but these three were much easier. I even used the Eduard 3D. printed guns on one of the models. Although time saving and fo ..read more

 Eduard has already done quite a few versions of this kit. As the resident "Crazy Old Fw 190 Guy" in the hood, I have of course procured most of them! I thought a guide might be useful for normal people (i.e., those who have NOT obsessed over this aircraft since grade school) who perhaps have a particular 190 in mind, and wonder which version of the kit is most suitable. Eduard gives each sprue in these kits the number 70110, followed by a suffix letter. With the release of the F-8 kits, they have completed the sequence of sprues from A through J. The sprues' suffix letter ..read more

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Profits before quality ..read more