The Duke's First Aircraft of 2013

[Duke Maddog]

Well, it's halfway through January and I finally have a couple of models to show as finished.

These are two Tamiya models I got from a friend of mine at St. Crispin's Hobby Day.

This first one is my Tamiya 1/72 scale F-4U Corsair. Built OOB and painted with Tamiya Navy Blue from the rattle can:

That tail looks crooked in the first pic, but it's an optical illusion. You can see it's straight in the second pic; and I also checked it in person so I know it's straight. Interesting though...


This next one is the Tamiya 1/72 scale F-84 Thunderjet that I had a lot of problems with. The canopy was scratched a bit and the decals in particular shattered and broke all over. You can see where they chipped and flaked off on the tail when I tried to clearcoat this. I'm so glad this PITA is done!

That's all I've got done in aircraft. More are coming down the pike, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, feel free to check out my latest Big Gun on rail cars that I also finished this week.

Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[Paulw]

Really nice builds

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Paul! That Thunderjet could've turned out better, but I'm pleased with it.

 

[Phil]

Both look great Duke! I'd call the shattered decals ''high speed paint lift'' - natural weathering!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Both look great Duke! I'd call the shattered decals ''high speed paint lift'' - natural weathering!

Hey, you know what? That's a BRILLIANT idea! I should have thought of that! Thanks Phil!