F-15/F-16 builds from 50 years ago

plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 8:20 AM

That's great Mississippi and hand painted too. Yes
My oldest builds are the Esci 1/9 BMW and Bandai 1/25 Jagdpanther going back to about 1975. I've sold the rest on eBay to make room for current builds.

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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mississippivol

Member since
November 2003
From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 7:28 AM

Thanks, y'all! It's neat that he still has them after all these years. He has others, some good memories.

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stikpusher

Member since
July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 1:05 PM

Those look great! I love the Air Superiority Blue schemes! Built both of those back then as well, but gave them to my kids when they were little and they did not survive.... Good memories...

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

- Plankton

LSM

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keavdog

Member since
April 2003
From: USA

Posted by keavdog on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 12:58 PM

Cool - survivors!

Thanks,

John

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modelcrazy

Member since
July 2014

Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 12:42 PM

Oh wow, fantastic work. The glue has held all this time too.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

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Mopar Madness

Member since
April 2015

Posted by Mopar Madness on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 11:46 AM

Those look great! Hand painted and all!

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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mississippivol

Member since
November 2003
From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

F-15/F-16 builds from 50 years ago

Posted by mississippivol on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 11:45 AM

I was visiting my dad yesterday, and took a couple of pics of these planes he built nearly 50 years ago. I think they're both Revell kits in 1.72 scale. The Eagle has the prototype short air brake, and the engines pull out from the back. It has a lot of recessed panel lines, though they have a trough effect to them. The 16 is really cool, flew a lot of sorties with it when I was a buck! All hand painted.