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My 1/72 scale aircraft

Also I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I am on vacation the rest of the year, and hope to find time to continue my aircraft builds, however I have family time and chores that will be competing with my hobby time! ;) As you know, hobby time always loses. But it will always be waiting for me and you!
So the best to you all and I hope your hobby time will continue to reward you when you have time for it!

Finally, I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite builds this year in each category…

First from WW2 was a P-39Q Airacobra, an excellent kit by Arma Hobby with amazing detail at 1/72 scale!
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Second from WW1, a Fokker D.VII by Eduard that I decided to use a unique scheme on. It’s an Eduard kit, so we know it has PE parts and excellent decals, etc.
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And finally from the Jets category, my recent build of a F-86D Sabre Dog by Hasegawa, which had very nice detail, as to be expected from a top manufacturer. I covered this one with Bare-Metal aluminum for a more realistic look. What’s more real than actual metal? ;)
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Well that’s my top 3 picks for builds this year!

Hopefully 2026 brings many more rewarding builds. Who knows, I may finish the F9F this year?

See ya next time…
 
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Dean62 said:
Also I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I am on vacation the rest of the year, and hope to find time to continue my aircraft builds, however I have family time and chores that will be competing with my hobby time! ;) As you know, hobby time always loses. But it will always be waiting for me and you! So the best to you all and I hope your hobby time will continue to reward you when you have time for it!

Finally, I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite builds this year…

First was a P-39Q Airacobra, an excellent kit by Arma Hobby with amazing detail at 1/72 scale!
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Next a Fokker D.VII by Eduard that I decided to use a unique scheme on. It’s an Eduard kit, so we know it has PE parts and excellent decals, etc.
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And finally my recent build of a F-86D Sabre Dog by Hasegawa, which had very nice detail, as to be expected from a top manufacturer. I covered this one with Bare-Metal aluminum for a more realistic look. What’s more real than actual metal? ;)
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Well that’s my top 3 picks for builds this year!

Hopefully 2026 brings many more rewarding builds. Who knows, I may finish the F9F this year?

See ya next time…
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Merry Christmas my friend ! I hope you and your family have a happy and safe holiday and the new year to come !
 
Dean, F9F Panther

In today’s Wall Street Journal there was a column on the Opinion page about Royce Williams. Flying an F9F Panther from the carrier Oriskany in November 1952 near the Korean Chinese border Williams engaged seven MiG-15’s with Soviet markings. He downed four and managed to land his damaged plane back aboard the carrier.

The “incident” was apparently buried by the US Govt as Soviet pilots officially were not involved in Korea. Williams is now 100 years old and there is a move afoot in Congress to award him the Medal of Honor. The article was advocating for Congress to do so.

Roger
 
Roger Pellett said:
Dean, F9F Panther

In today’s Wall Street Journal there was a column on the Opinion page about Royce Williams. Flying an F9F Panther from the carrier Oriskany in November 1952 near the Korean Chinese border Williams engaged seven MiG-15’s with Soviet markings. He downed four and managed to land his damaged plane back aboard the carrier.

The “incident” was apparently buried by the US Govt as Soviet pilots officially were not involved in Korea. Williams is now 100 years old and there is a move afoot in Congress to award him the Medal of Honor. The article was advocating for Congress to do so.

Roger
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I’d say he deserves it! ;)
 
Some pics from the Lonestar Air Museum…
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Interesting view looking out of the turret.


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BT-13 Valiant …the type I flew in…

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Inside of the A-7 cockpit…

To be continued…

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Museum cont’d…
Aircraft carrier model, approximately 8 feet long! Represents the DooLittle raid…

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They should have put lights in the lower deck, which was full of aircraft models! ;)


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Wish the canopy was not covered and the wings were down…sigh!


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Odd aircraft I wasn’t familiar with.


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Well that’s it for now. Enjoyed my time at the museum and got a P-51 mustang t-shirt. ;)

There was a lot to see and too many things to photograph. So hope you enjoyed a small glimpse.
 
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