Fantastic Plastic

A menagerie of the miniature works that keep my fragile mind sane and my nimble fingers nimble - welcome to the gallery of my perpetual childhood! Now remember, its not about the kits or subjects. Its about the story behind each and every one of them. Enjoy!

10.5.07

Rolling Thunder!




Finally done: the classic, old Revell 1/72 scale Blue Angels set with four F-4Js in classic 'Nam markings. One bird representing each:
• CAG bird from VF-111 "Sundowners" from USS Coral Sea
• CAG bird from VF-11 "Red Rippers" from USS Forrestal
• Bird 108 from VF-102 "Diamondbacks" from USS Enterprise and...
• Fictional bird from VF-41 "Black Aces" from USS America! Its fictional because its got serial number 007 (Aug 7) for my birthday and tactical number 019 for my wife's birthday (May 19)!
And that is that! The shape of the noses were the worst part to fix (right after the raised panel lines and the bazillion rivets), but I think I'm happy with them. And don't look under them!!! I'll keep them shiny for now, and I shan't do any panel washes, for obvious reasons. But it was fun, fun, fun till my daddy took my sanity away! Enjoy... and I'm going to take a break from classic Revell for now...

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