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Post by HotRodTom on Mar 12, 2023 16:58:49 GMT -5
Found this at my local Salvation Army Thrift Store, saw the price, and quickly snatched it up when I opened the box and saw the plastic still not opened from the parts trees and the decals (uncut, un-yellowed). And... Two Dollars and Ninety-Nine CENTS?!!!! MINE!  |
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Post by HotRodTom on Mar 12, 2023 17:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by HotRodTom on Mar 12, 2023 17:03:09 GMT -5
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Post by HotRodTom on Mar 12, 2023 17:04:56 GMT -5
More coming soon. Until then, stay frosty......
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Post by HotRodTom on Apr 9, 2023 13:29:25 GMT -5
Wow! Almost a month and no updates. I have been busy! Celebrating Resurrection Day today. I had to change materials in order to accomplish what I wanted. MAN THIS THING IS SMALL! A little background on this bird: I modelled an AC-47 from the Vietnam war, Douglas Aircraft serial number 45-1120.It was an AC-47D with the installation of the GAU cannons. It went by the callsign "Spooky 21" and was stationed at Da Nang Airbase for it's last mission was on December 24th, 1965. It was last heard transmitting "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Spooky 21" at about 1050 hrs before being presumed MIA. All 6 crewmembers were reported MIA, and were not reported KIA until 2011, when an expedition to locate the missing service members at a crash site in Ban Salou, Laos identified them and returned the remains to the United States. The servicemembers lost were: Pilot - Maj Derrell Blackburn Jeffords CoPilot- 1LT Dennis Lee Eilers Navigator - Maj Joseph Christiano Flight Engineer - TSG William Kevin Colwell Aerial Gunner - MSG Larry C Thornton Aerial Gunner - SSG Arden Keith Hassenger Sleep well faithful soldiers. You are not forgotten.      I used some nail salon liner tape and created the "light" in the nav-lights.  And more nail line tape for the landing lights  It took me about 15 minutes to lay down the lettering on this side of the fuselage  The block tail numbers were accomplished with Tamiya masking tape. The yellow tail numbers came from the kit and were carefully sliced and placed. Each number was approximately the size of a grain of sand.  And here are the "dragon's tongues" of the mighty "Puff the Magic Dragon" gunship.  An American Quarter coin for size comparison.  |
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Post by 41chevy on Apr 17, 2023 11:40:36 GMT -5
Tiny!! Will done detail and S.E.A. camo and weathering.
Watched one make a 360 at night in '70 tracer cone was a beautiful sight to see, for us anyway
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Post by HotRodTom on Apr 22, 2023 11:40:56 GMT -5
Thanks Paul! I marched by a DC-3 (the base model aircraft for the AC-47 series) every morning and afternoon when I was stationed at Ft.Lee, Virginia in the late 80's for AIT. I knew about "Puff" then and could only imagine seeing one in action. Then, I had the opportunity to see a couple Hercules gunships in action in the desert. Yes, talk about "spooky"!
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Post by 41chevy on Apr 24, 2023 12:20:42 GMT -5
Thanks Paul! I marched by a DC-3 (the base model aircraft for the AC-47 series) every morning and afternoon when I was stationed at Ft.Lee, Virginia in the late 80's for AIT. I knew about "Puff" then and could only imagine seeing one in action. Then, I had the opportunity to see a couple Hercules gunships in action in the desert. Yes, talk about "spooky"! Saw the AC130H specials when they replaced the AC119G Shadows that the 17st SOS used, but not in action. Special had 20mm rotary and 40mm Bofors and no 105 |
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Post by TooOld on May 3, 2023 7:14:24 GMT -5
Excellent work on such a small airplane ! And thanks for the history !  |
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Post by Faust on Jul 8, 2023 11:37:44 GMT -5
Oh man, what a find, and what a build!
Nice work! Wish my thrift stores had that kind of stuff.
Congrats on a great piece of work!
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