Military trainer aircraft Group build 2020

Build logbook:

Mach71 T-38 from the 82 FTW Williams AFB Wolfpack or Trumpeter

sickdude 1/50 Academy/Minicraft T-38A

keavdog 1/48 Trumpeter T-38A, T-34 Mentor, T-45C Goshawk

lewbud Academy 1/72 T-6

bish 1/72 Hasegawa Me262B-1 and MPM Bf109G-12

tempestjohnny 1/72 Airfix Fouga Magister

1st to finish!

mawright TBD Maybe a T-43 or T-37 

Modelcrazy    TBD maybe a Tigermoth

freem  T-6 

crown r n7  TBD

Falconmod Tumpeter T-38 Thunderbird Revelle 1/72 BEe Hawk T.1

oortiz10 SR-71B

jeaton01 1/48 Planet models Fairchild PT-19

Build 2. Monogram 1/48 T-6

Build 2 done!

B-36Andy Stearman N2S 

Looking good mach. Jeaton did a great job on the avatar, thumbs up to him. Put me down for Academy/Minicraft 1/50 T-38A Talon. In what markings I don't know yet. I hope to get a few external aftermarket details for it too (resin wheels, landing gear, pilot tube, ect.). A pile of stores were included with it, so I got that area covered. Fun fun fun!

I'm in

I'm in. Academy's 1/72 T-6. Most likely in Guatemalan markings.

I'm in. I had 2 trainers i was planning on doing in the next year or so anyway, so this is perfect. Both in 72nd scale, first one will be the Hasegawa Me 262B-1a and that will be followed by the MPM Bf 109G-12.

I'm very glad to have everyone on board with the GB!

mawright20

Anybody know of any T-43 Navigator trainer kits out there? Or I may have to find a T-37 Tweet

 

The T-43 was basically a 737-200 modified with only 9(?) windows a side. I'm sure aftermarket decals are available for it.

mawright20

Anybody know of any T-43 Navigator trainer kits out there? Or I may have to find a T-37 Tweet

 

Yup. You've got the Airfix and Eastern Express kits in 1/144 with Draw Decals for the markings.  If 1/144 is too small for you, you've got a choice of the venerable Aurora/Monogram 737-200 or new player in the form of Big Plane Kits with a modern kit of the 737-200.  Draw Decals https://www.shopdrawdecal.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=44%2D737%2D100 and https://www.shopdrawdecal.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=72%2D737%2D100 and https://www.shopdrawdecal.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=72%2D737%2D101  All of the kits I mentioned are or should be available on Evilbay.

Hi Mach,

I think I have a Tigermoth of something for newb pilots. Let me look around.

Put me on the list.  I know I have a couple of T-6s in the stash and a Stearman.  If I dig deep enough I may have a T-38 somewhere.

For inspiration - my fledgling trainer collection

modelcrazy

Hi Mach,

I think I have a Tigermoth of something for newb pilots. Let me look around.

 

Cool! Welcome aboard!

keavdog

For inspiration - my fledgling trainer collection

 

Beautiful Texan 2 and Trojan!

tempestjohnny, Great choice! I got to see a few of these in Europe in the '80s. It's a very different design.

I'm in .I don't know yet ..

Welcome to the GB crown r n7!

Bish,

Both great choices! I'm looking forward to seeing your builds.

While in my LHS today I was looking at the Me262B-1, it looks like a nice kit.

freem and lewbud, are your T-6's the original or the new T-6? 

Either would be great! Just wondering.

Today I dug out my old wood T-38 model I got in the AirForce back in 1983!

The pitot tube is bent and the front a bit chipped. The problems of being in storage and moved a bunch. 

2 beautiful planes Mr. Keav . Hope I can do half as nice a job on my T-38, that would make me happy .

Like what was before hand, going to be built stob. I'm painting the canopy solid black, and focusing on painting/decaling. Should be much fun :). Lucky for me, it's Minicrafts kit from the 80's, not the ancient Fujimi one . Still nopit detail to speak of, but very good fits, and nice surface detail, all recessed . Another nice bonus is i got a full sprue of stores for it, all very nice. I'm doing it in regular training config, so i'll save all the stores for another kit. All in all, a great build for beginners, like me . 

mach71

Bish,

 

Both great choices! I'm looking forward to seeing your builds.

While in my LHS today I was looking at the Me262B-1, it looks like a nice kit.

 

Ye, doesn't look to bad. I have built one of the Hase single seaters before, it went together well. I have 2 of these two seater kits so i can do the Nightfighter as well.

To hold us over before the official start:

RAF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuwwzfKxf40

USAF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsp-DW1DKl0

mach71

freem and lewbud, are your T-6's the original or the new T-6? 

Either would be great! Just wondering.

 

The original.

mach71

To hold us over before the official start...

To late mach, I started building 1am yesterday and went non-stop for 14 hours... I couldn't help myself!  

I know, i blew the start date well outa the water, least you have the satifaction of knowing that my cfs and fm weren't very happy afterword, to say the least. Well deserved punishment . At least i have the satifaction of enjoying the build, and seeing it come together quite well. Excellent kit for me IMHO, goes together excellent for being old molds. Any problems i've incountered are my own fault, especially dealing with the wings. Really messed up the surfaces on them, own fault again . But in a way, it's good that i kinda did some bad things on it, being a 7 1/5 buck kit, makes for an excellent learner model, can't recommend it high enough, for that reason alone. Much better then learning on a state of the art, 1,000+ piece, several hunderd $, modern super model. Especially those large scale ships, those truly scare me . Any way, i'm finally getting through the wings, and making some serious progress. Not really build progress photos, got so caught up in it that i forgot to take pics along the way, sorry again .

I'm a bad boy and got a well deserved spanking on this one .

Willy  

Ha!  Supposed to wait until st paddy's day.  Looks good.  Fun to watch all the t-38s builds.

I went a bit crazy and ordered a t34, t6 and t2.  I've got a year to build them all

BTW anyone know the color used for the yellow trainers?  Looks a touch orange.

Just plain old Chrome Yellow, I'm pretty sure, John.  With a green antiglare panels.

Bad, bad, bad sickdude!

Looks like a nice build so far, I guess it's March so all is good.

Pretty air plane.

EDIT: The goal is to have fun and it looks like you are having fun!

Thank you mates  Yes, i'm having a ball. But even then, you can get burnt out having fun . I'm getting a bad case of "Sanding Syndrome" from this build, and my build of polar lights 1:1000 refit enterprise. Boy I've done a pile of sanding as of late! Time to take a break with an Tamiya shake n' bake motorcycle. I guess I've gotten to the point on the talon that I can safely put her on hold, at least till the true start date . I have the decals picked out, nice big sheet from bna. Other then that, I guess i'll check back in on the 15th.