Models 1 48 scale

[j.kirn]

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[dieseldawg142]

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[j.kirn]

trying to post some new pics but wont allow

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I have been working on this for the last 2 months almost done

[dieseldawg142]

B-25D1, looks awesome!
the Air Apaches (345th BG), were'nt the Falcons from the 498 sqd?
i have a couple pics where they would spin & lock the top turret to fire forward too-ten .50 cals!
nice job on the aluminum!

[j.kirn]

Actually this is a B-25J of the 345th BG

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[j.kirn]

[QUOTE=dieseldawg142;6579521]B-25D1, looks awesome!
the Air Apaches (345th BG), were'nt the Falcons from the 498 sqd?
i have a couple pics where they would spin & lock the top turret to fire forward too-ten .50 cals!
nice job on the aluminum![/Q Thanks, and yes they were from the498th

[dieseldawg142]

yup, you are right, it's a "J". didnt notice the side packs-other than military people, i don't think anyone REALLY understands what it's like to be on the recieving end of fourteen .50 cals. yay 1940's technology!
looks good! very nice work on the details
did you drybrush your gauges? also like the "leather" around the yokes

[j.kirn]

Yes I dry brushed gauges, this j model had 18 50 calibers

[j.kirn]

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...79469033_n.jpg

[dieseldawg142]

where's the other 2 guns going? waist positions? i see 12 on the strafer conversion, & the top & tail turrets.
VERY impressive collection j.kirn! like your P-38

used to have hundreds of these as a kid, not so many now, nothing like your set-up. some of them

[j.kirn]

I c you like planes to

[j.kirn]

this is a truck I am adding to a diorama I am making

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http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...psg8pppfai.jpg

[dieseldawg142]

nice stuff j. kirn!
looks like you have the makings of a diorama happening there...

[j.kirn]

that's what im doing a diorama

[kingstrider]

That is a superb collection of scale aircraft, thank you for sharing. Reminds me of when I was a kid and used to spend a lot of time at my grandparent's house building WWII era tanks and aircraft on the kitchen table. My grandfather would tell me stories about when he was in Europe during WWII as a M16 half track commander, the one with the quad 50 caliber Browning gun platform. One time I was building a Me-109 and he pulled out one of his two Purple Heart medals to tell me the story about how one came in on a strafing run. It shot him in the head and killed the gunner but he said if the trajectory had been a little greater then it would have killed him as well. The truck later blew up over a land mine somewhere in Italy which earned a second medal, I think it killed one or two others in the crew. He had several other near-misses as well but I remember those stories the most. The funny thing is my uncles tell me that he didn't talk about the war with them much, I guess it was our way of bonding. He was perhaps my greatest hero and the main reason I joined the military.

[j.kirn]

glad you enjoyed the pics