Pear Pimple Thoughts.

[zenrat]

Some of the old Frog boxes can stir the nostalgia bugs into life, but then at one point they did have a tie in with Hasegawa ? Someting similar anyway.

Yes.  I have both Frog and Hasegawa Me 410  boxings of the same 1966 moulds.  And I have the Frog Vigilante which is the 1968 Hasegawa moulds in a huge box with great box art.
North American RA-5C Vigilante by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Me 410 Hornet by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[scooter]

Yes.  I have both Frog and Hasegawa Me 410  boxings of the same 1966 moulds.  And I have the Frog Vigilante which is the 1968 Hasegawa moulds in a huge box with great box art.
North American RA-5C Vigilante

I swear with the amount of smoke that carrier is giving off, you'd think she's on fire...or the Kuznetsov

[HarryPhishnuts]

Yes.  I have both Frog and Hasegawa Me 410  boxings of the same 1966 moulds.  And I have the Frog Vigilante which is the 1968 Hasegawa moulds in a huge box with great box art.
North American RA-5C Vigilante

I swear with the amount of smoke that carrier is giving off, you'd think she's on fire...or the Kuznetsov

That or could be the USS ForestFire (aka USS Forrestal)

[PR19_Kit]

Oh yes, Hasegawa and FROG had quite a large common catalogue, the B-47, Neptune, Phantom and Voodoo being just a few that come to mind right off.

[NARSES2]

I've never seen that Frog Vigilante box before. If I had I might still be building jets 

Ta for that mate 

[Rheged]

Yes.  I have both Frog and Hasegawa Me 410  boxings of the same 1966 moulds.  And I have the Frog Vigilante which is the 1968 Hasegawa moulds in a huge box with great box art.
North American RA-5C Vigilante

I swear with the amount of smoke that carrier is giving off, you'd think she's on fire...or the Kuznetsov

That or could be the USS ForestFire (aka USS Forrestal)

It's a calm day and the chief engineer has been told to arrange maximum  umph from the engines  to provide sufficient wind over the deck..

Unfortunately one of his minions has turned on too many boiler fuel sprayers too quickly and the result is a cloud of partially combusted fuel oil!

[HarryPhishnuts]

Thought I'd take a group shot of my Jolly Rogers collection so far. Next on the list is the Sword FJ-3 Fury. Never built a Sword kit before. From a couple of videos I've seen could be a challenging kit.  Probably get to it sometime next year. Next on the bench will be a new Whiff. 😁

[Old Wombat]

That's a nice array of aircraft! 

[NARSES2]

That's a nice array of aircraft! 

It is indeed 

With Sword kits it tends to depend on how old the kit is. Some of the earlier ones can certainly be "challenging", some of the more recent ones less so. They are like most limited run kits and just need a little care and attention. Afraid I've not built the Fury so can't comment directly.

[HarryPhishnuts]

So I finished up a little side project I've been working on this summer. I'd posted a bit back on my Phaux Phantom squadron of 1/72 Warbirds done in F-4 Phantom paint schemes. I wanted to do something with them as a group so I decided to try and create some hangable, picture frame dioramas. While I had lofty ambitions at the start, they were quickly overcome by realities of my skills and patience. So end the end I bought the bases, painted and/or weathered and then fancied them up with additional stuff like bushes, trees, and other airfield bric-n-brac. So I guess you could call it semi-homemade. Now let's just hope the CA glue holds when I hang them on the wall. 

[George the Cat]

Istr the intake on the FJ3 was horrendous to build.

[HarryPhishnuts]

Ok on to the next adventure. Not a whiff, just a Hobby 2000 A-1H which I believe is a redbox of a Hasagawa kit. Was going to be an OOB build but then I remembered I had bought an Eduard PE kit for it. Though my last PE outing was mainly just frustration, going to give it another shot, cause I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. Wish me Luck.

[Rick Lowe]

I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. Wish me Luck.

From one G-f-P to another, "Y'all have fun w'dat, Y'heah?"   

[zenrat]

Luck.

 

[HarryPhishnuts]

On today's episode of "Details no one will see but me" Harry drills out A-1H exhaust pipes.  🤪