Tag: Lockheed Shooting Star
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Lockheed RT 33 – Part One – An Unexpected Delight
In 2019 I visited a model exhibition in Melbourne and scoured the secondhand tables for bargains. I think I did pretty well in the decal files – the RCAF Lancaster decals were found as well as a $ 5.00 set of commemorative ones for the Lockheed CT-133. This was the Canadian version of the T-33…
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Lockheed F80C Shooting Star – Part Three – O Amigo Da Onça
” You are looking very well today, Senora…” And if you are old enough to know the joke to which that is the punch line, you may keep reading. If you know who Amigo Da Onca is, you may sit right down here with me and we’ll share a bottle of cachaca. You may wonder…
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Lockheed F80C Shooting Star – Part Two – The Smooth Bullfrog
No, it’s not a Frog model – it’s still the bargain Airfix kit. But the more I look at the basic shape of the Lockheed F80C in the grey primer, the more I’m reminded of an amphibian. You have to admire Clarence Kelly and his designers for making such a sleek thing using an engine…
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Lockheed F80C Shooting Star – Part One – When Men Were Men…
And boys were boys…and kit manufacturers were not afraid to put silver colour into the plastic models. This old Airfix Shooting Star was in the $ 10 rack at the Sandown Park model show and as it was complete, I couldn’t resist. Even if it did not strike my main chord as a jet ,…
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