Max Kohnke
Jacksonville, Florida
“Vintage Aurora kit, approximately 1/72 scale C-119G,” writes Max, who used Testors buffing aluminum and Tamiya acrylics, but warns, “Caution, they react poorly. Be sure to put a clear coat between them.” He modeled the plane after the one on display at Ft. Campbell, where he was based in the 1970s and ’80s. “The actual museum display aircraft is a former USMC ship painted in USAF markings,” he says.