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 The first is a collection that Paul Boyer and members of the R.I. Bong Chapter of IPMS/USA (Milwaukee) put together for display in the Mitchell Gallery of Flight Museum at the Milwaukee airport. It shows the history of the Wisconsin Air National Guard at that field. Models are: Czech resin O-47 by Paul Boyer Hasegawa P-38 with F-5 resin nose from Carpena by John Plzak Hasegawa P-51D by Bill Gebhard Heller T-6 by Paul Boyer Airfix F-80A by David Anderson Fujimi F-86F converted (kinda) to an F-86A by Paul Boyer Hobbycraft F-89C by Dave Anderson Revell F-89D by Al Jones Italeri B-25J converted to TB-25 by Randy Dieck Rareplanes KC-97L by Paul Boyer AMT KC-135R by Paul Boyer |
 Here is a picture of the I.D. Models C-5. To give you an indication of its size. The tail is askew as it pivots on a brass rod and I didn't notice it during the photo shoot. |  A Hasegawa Voodoo converted to the fighter with a nose cut from the awful Matchbox B and decals by SuperScale. Finish is Metalizer of various flavors |
 This is a model of the first F-15A in the colors it first flew in in 1972. This model now resides in the "First Flights" case at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton. It was made from the original Monogram kit with modified tailplanes and Hasegawa decals. Paint is the old Polly S Air Superiority Blue and Model Master dayglo red-orange. |  This one is the B-26K that was featured in my book "Building and Displaying Scale Model Aircraft." It started out as a lowly Airfix kit, to which I added Paragon K conversion and flaps, Airwaves photoetched interior, Hasegawa bombs with daisy cutters, and small electric motors to drive the props and a Richmond Controls chip to work the nav lights and the "rotating" anticollision beacon on the fin. Also used a Falcon canopy and Carpena decals. Quite a mix. A still photo doesn't do justice because you don't get to see the lights and props working. |
 Here's a fun one: Imagine, if you will, that the Crusader and Phantom were flops and we had to go to war in Vietnam in the Cutlass! Well, here's what it might have looked like as a MiGcap two-seater in VF-111 markings. The model started life as a Fujimi kit, but I vacuum-formed the canopy, put in another cockpit and used the Fujimi A-6 crew figures. J-79 burner cans were inserted into enlarged openings in the rear. Splitter plates were added to the intakes, and an infrared seeker was applied under the nose. The fun part was installing the F-14 nose gear strut which puts a whole new slant (ouch) on the look of the Cutlass. Missiles came from the spares box, as did the decals. This will end up as a story in FSM (probably April), but I built the model back in 1988 I think. |  Here's one most of you have seen before, the Hasegawa F-111F that Paul built for review and which appeared last spring in the airbrush story. The camouflage was done with the "Soft Mask" technique. |
 Here's the Hobbycraft Beech 18 done up as the hack from VF(AW)-3. All the markings came from the spares box as this particular aircraft doesn't have an aftermarket decal dedicated to it yet. Tamiya F4D in the background. |  Here's my latest, the completely mediocre Interavia H-25 (HUP) chopper kit. The decals were so bad that I tossed them and made new ones on the Alps printer we played with for the November article. Paint is Model Master Engine Gray and dayglo red-orange. See the complete review in the December 1999 issue. |
 Here's another familiar one, Laven's F-100C converted from the Esci F-100D. |  Here's the Hasegawa kit done up with hand-masked markings and spares box decals. Made this one back in 1985, and I think the paint was Floquil with Crystal Cote clear gloss overall. |
 Here's another one from the book, the excellent Monogram F11C-2 Goshawk. Except for lack of interior, this kit is as good as any you can find today. Rigging is fishing line of two different weights. | I would like to thank Mr. Paul Boyer of Finescale Modeler for allowing me to post his models on my web site. I would also like to thank Jim Forbes for his excellent photographs. |