Howdy Guys,
Well, its been a while since my last posting and almost as long since I have been on the computer.
But, i am getting a few models built, one of my more recent ones was a 1:48 scale model of a Douglas Skyrocket.....a mid 50's rocket plane similar to the Bell X 2. Another was a "Zero" floatplaneand yet another was a P 47 Thunderbolt done in "Arkansas Blitz" livery.
I am currently so "swamped" with models that I have them everywhere in my house it seems, not just completed kits, but ones that are still in the boxes too.
Just estimating that every four kits cost me approx $100, (and thats a really low estimate since I am looking at 1:48th scale models of a B 29, B 25, B 17 as well as a 1:48th scale C 130 hercules which all cost closer to $50 on up to $80), I am figuring i am looking at somewhere around $3000 worth of kits now. And this doesnt even include the three airbrushes and all the paint bottles, spray cans and air compressors...... I think I may be addicted lol.
Anyway, thats not what I am writing about. I know I may sound like a really slow person when I say this, but, it just dawned on me while looking at my kits...... The A 10 "Warthog" Thunderbolt II, has to have been modeled in part on the German Heinkel "Salamander" or "Volksjagger" (peoples jet, or something like that).
Anyway, like I said, I was looking at the models and should have seen this a long time ago, I reckon I am just not noticing things like i should. But, have a lokk at the pics below and feel free to comment on them.
And, while you are at it, if you can think of other aircraft based on earlier aircraft, lets discuss them too.....I know that the Mig 15 and the wwII German "Huckbein" were very similar, but I know there has to be others as well.
Have a good day,
Greg
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Well, its been a while since my last posting and almost as long since I have been on the computer.
But, i am getting a few models built, one of my more recent ones was a 1:48 scale model of a Douglas Skyrocket.....a mid 50's rocket plane similar to the Bell X 2. Another was a "Zero" floatplaneand yet another was a P 47 Thunderbolt done in "Arkansas Blitz" livery.
I am currently so "swamped" with models that I have them everywhere in my house it seems, not just completed kits, but ones that are still in the boxes too.
Just estimating that every four kits cost me approx $100, (and thats a really low estimate since I am looking at 1:48th scale models of a B 29, B 25, B 17 as well as a 1:48th scale C 130 hercules which all cost closer to $50 on up to $80), I am figuring i am looking at somewhere around $3000 worth of kits now. And this doesnt even include the three airbrushes and all the paint bottles, spray cans and air compressors...... I think I may be addicted lol.
Anyway, thats not what I am writing about. I know I may sound like a really slow person when I say this, but, it just dawned on me while looking at my kits...... The A 10 "Warthog" Thunderbolt II, has to have been modeled in part on the German Heinkel "Salamander" or "Volksjagger" (peoples jet, or something like that).
Anyway, like I said, I was looking at the models and should have seen this a long time ago, I reckon I am just not noticing things like i should. But, have a lokk at the pics below and feel free to comment on them.
And, while you are at it, if you can think of other aircraft based on earlier aircraft, lets discuss them too.....I know that the Mig 15 and the wwII German "Huckbein" were very similar, but I know there has to be others as well.
Have a good day,
Greg
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