An AVG Flying Tiger

rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, February 7, 2004 9:18 AM

Thanks all for the kind words.

AJACKETSFAN: The decals are from AeroMaster, their AVG special #SP 48-07. Comes with a booklet containing a concise history of the Flying Tigers, detailed painting guides, and enough decals for several birds. I think it's OOP, but if you can find one it"s very worthwhile.

Rick

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djmodels1999

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December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, February 6, 2004 1:57 AM

Looks real nice! Well done..!

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DaveB.inVa

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September 2003

Posted by DaveB.inVa on Thursday, February 5, 2004 11:12 PM

That looks sweet. Ive got one of the Monogram P-40Bs made up with the exact same decals as you have as well as the exact same RAF color scheme. They truly are beautiful aircraft! Great Job!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2004 11:07 PM

nice job

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Keyworth

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January 2003
From: NE Georgia

Posted by Keyworth on Thursday, February 5, 2004 9:56 PM

Nice Tiger, AJACKETSFAN. Do you plan on building the Trumpeter kit?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2004 9:22 PM

Great looking bird...err...tiger! You really did a great job on the paint... what brand of decals did you use?

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jay12472

Member since
July 2003
From: Pennsylvania

Posted by jay12472 on Thursday, February 5, 2004 7:46 PM

very nice rick. I'll take a build like that anytime JAson

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, February 5, 2004 6:48 PM

Pix, Thanks, Iv'e admired your work posted here and on Hyperscale. I don't have a digital camera (yet) so these were scanned from 4x6 prints off 35mm negs. I am real new to imaging on the net and haven't quite figured out the size thing. I may be limited because of the scan but I am still fooling around with it.

Rick

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 5, 2004 6:20 PM

I like it !
Nice clean build. Great paint job. Nice panel lines. Good work on the wing roots. (I just wish the pics were larger !)

Looking forward to seeing you post more !

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

An AVG Flying Tiger

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, February 5, 2004 6:01 PM

With Trumpeter's pending release of a 1/48 Curtiss P-40-B, thought I better build some of the Hobbycraft kits on my storage shelf before they become totally obsolete. This is a 1/48 Hobbycraft P-40-B built OOB, except I used a True Details resin cockpit interior and aftermarket decals. These are the first Pics I've been able to post on the Forum, so be gentle.

Rick