The P-53 Sparrow Hawk & A63 Taipan

[kerick]

I think I still have a vacuform MB5 kit in the stash. It would take a bunch of extra parts to make something out of it as I recall.

[The Wooksta!]

There were two 72nd vacform MB5s, Airframe and Falcon.  I've got the latter and it's very good, although you need to provide bits yourself.  I got mine specifically for the wings to scratch the MB6 jet fighter. Falcon also did one in 48th.

Also kitted by - 72nd, obvs!

Czechmaster.  This is an odd one, as it's identical to the Pegasus, so one came first and the other copied it.  I suspect Czechmaster as the origin as Pegasus copied other Czech kits, the Balliol, Spiteful and Swift among them.

Pegasus.  This came out in 1985.  Bagged with decals.  Basic, but a nice build.  I've done quite a few, with one to finish and 4 more tucked away.

There was a French resin one at some point, but this may have been a copy.  I have one, plus another sans fuselage.

Skybirds.  Nicest to that point.  Cockpit a bit basic and the weight of the metal in the nose caused the white metal u/c to sag.  I've one tucked away and one to salvage.

Magna. Resin with white metal. Came out around 2001 and was really nice and one of his best.  Really enjoyed the one I did and have another 4 tucked away.
Magna also released an MB2 (see also Airframe, Dujin and Merlin) and an MB3 (as did Dujin).

AZ.  I had one, and the fictional crap they released on the back of it.  Disliked it, never built either and sold them off at a loss to be shot of them.

[NARSES2]

Looking good Alastair 

[Gondor]

I managed to get off my donkey today and put some decals on the P-53.







It still needs a final coat of varnish and a couple of bits touched up, but it is basically finished!

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

That does look amazingly 'American' Alastair. 

[DogfighterZen]

  

[comrade harps]

Looking like an out of whack P-51D. it!

[NARSES2]

It's certainly looking good 

[Gondor]

Looking like an out of whack P-51D. it!

That's the effect I was looking for

A second Gloss coat and a couple of little touch-ups and it's done.

Gondor

[frank2056]

It looks great! I love the "almost" P-51 look. It also has Skyraider vibes.

[Gondor]

A few more pictures to show where I am with this build, probably the last before Telford









Gondor

[kerick]

That looks so good! It makes me want to get the vac form one and try it. Trick is to get some parts to finish it.

I just checked. It's 1:72th scale by a company called Airframe.

[Gondor]

Looking back at this picture I realize that the exhausts are a little off. They had fallen off when I picked the model up so I had hurriedly reattached them for the photo.



So something else that needs done by the end of Thursday.

Gondor

[chrisonord]

That looks brilliant Alistair, it will certainly have a few people scratching their heads.

[Gondor]

That looks brilliant Alistair, it will certainly have a few people scratching their heads.

The color and markings were taken from one of the Tamyia P-51 boxings although I have changed the serial number and the individual aircraft code letter.

Gondor