WWII aircraft - in the Land of the Giants #1 by goodoleboy
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Captured back on 10/29/07, at the 6th Annual Wings Wheels Rotors & Expo, held at the beautiful Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in beautiful Los Alamitos, California.
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These labor-of-love models are capable of flight, and did so, noisily performing aerobatics, such as loop-the-loops and aerial combat with each other. Along with the models themselves, the owners had brought along tons of auxiliary gear to the event.
For some reason, some of the models shown with two bladed propellers should have four bladed props, at least for the sake of accuracy.
I almost identified the Sea Fury as a Hawker Tempest, but then checked it out and discovered the tail dorsal section on the model shown didn't match the one on the Tempest. A most fortunate find. debbielove, bmac62, and other RR aviation mavens would have had a field day at my expense if I had goofed on that ID.
And, those are real live veteran Lilliputian pilots at the controls.
Toodles, thankx for climbing aboard, and for any comments and/or faves.
Comments (17)
Those are some serious hobbyists...and some serious models...great shots Harry..
Love to watch these little models in fly. Fascinating painting on the 2nd plane in the row...cool. Excelent collage Harry.
Very nice shots :) these model planes are larger than I expected. Nice work!
some great models there, thanks for sharing.
Those are so cool, Harry. I'd love to see them in flight.
OK now these are totally awesome...excellent buggers these are Harry. Its been forever since I've seen one of these in action...cool...thx for sharing.
Neat pictures! Lots of work here!
wow this is super cool. I just watch on youtube a guy put a troy bilt weed eater motor on his plane like this and it works lol this is wonderful to see. bet they play with them on week ends all the time
Soooooooo cool!
Super collage Harry. Each of these photos could stand alone. Great looking planes. Dana
you have to be an enthusiast to do the work and put them together until they fly... some great shots, Harry
Wow, that's a lot of work...I worry about the ones represented by the white crosses on the bottom one! Great collage!
Wonderful shots!
Fabulous captures Harry, I love model aircraft. These look awesome!
Nice pics Harry, I recognise the Mustang..P-51D 'Ridge Runner III' serial 44-72308, flewn by Pierce Mckennon. I did this paint job for ThunderR's P-51. Rob will love the Sea Fury. Thanks for sharing.
Wish I was there with you at this show. Everytime I see radio controlled models I am enamored with the detail, the size and realism. I've even seen a B-29 on YouTube that was almost as big as a small Cessna...just amazing. Thanks for these Harry.
Ah yes! I knew I saw a Thunderbolt and P-51 but I DID miss out that fantastic looking Sea Fury.. Hawker always did make super cool looking aircraft... Great shots Harry! Rob