Cazzie
SOH-CM-2024
When my two boys were younger and I was at home more often, I constructed scale plastic models, mostly aircraft, mostly 1/72 scale. Sadly, that hobby had to take a back burner in 2008 and I simply have not had enough time allotted to return, using my paint skills for FS9 and FSX to whet my addiction to aircraft.
I call these two Mutt & Jeff. Both are 1/72 scale and manufactured by Hasegawa of Japan. The FM-1 (Mutt) Wildcat is the designation given by Eastern Aircraft, the aircraft division of General Motors, who were given license by Grumman to build Wildcats and Avengers for the Atlantic campaign against German U-Boats. Similar is the TBM-1C Avenger, which was built by Eastern Aircraft. Both aircraft carry the Atlantic campaign color scheme of Dark Gull Gray over White, paints were all Polly Scale acrylics. The Avenger carries the markings (58-C-26) of the first aircraft for the U.S. Navy to sink a U-Boat by use of rockets. It is another one of my IPMS National winners.
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I call these two Mutt & Jeff. Both are 1/72 scale and manufactured by Hasegawa of Japan. The FM-1 (Mutt) Wildcat is the designation given by Eastern Aircraft, the aircraft division of General Motors, who were given license by Grumman to build Wildcats and Avengers for the Atlantic campaign against German U-Boats. Similar is the TBM-1C Avenger, which was built by Eastern Aircraft. Both aircraft carry the Atlantic campaign color scheme of Dark Gull Gray over White, paints were all Polly Scale acrylics. The Avenger carries the markings (58-C-26) of the first aircraft for the U.S. Navy to sink a U-Boat by use of rockets. It is another one of my IPMS National winners.
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