◀ BILL ROBERTS
NICEVILLE, FLORIDA Building Special Hobby’s 1/48 scale T-2C Buckeye out of the box allowed Bill to focus on painting it in the colors the trainer wore while assigned to VT-43 at NAS Oceana in the 1980s. He applied AK Interactive enamel primer, then airbrushed the camouflage freehand with Mr. Paint acrylic lacquers. ▶ THOMAS M. LORE
GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA To build a better Corsair, Thomas modified HobbyBoss’ 1/72 scale F4U-4 with parts from other kits, including a propeller from an Italeri P-47D, fuel tanks and pylons from a Tamiya F4U-1, and a Tamiya P-47 gunsight. He cannibalized an Italeri F4U-5N for exhaust pipes, wheels, and landing gear struts. Sheet styrene filled gaps between the cowl flaps, and lenses from M.V. Products and CMK filled the lights. Flevo decals marked the fighter for an aircraft assigned to USS Boxer off Korea in 1951. ◀ DAN KING
POWAY, CALIFORNIA “It’s a car I would love to own,” says Dan of the Lotus Super Seven. Building Tamiya’s 1/24 scale kit, he plumbed and wired the engine, upholstered the seats and the tonneau cover with real leather, and replaced the plastic hood with aluminum. The body color is Testors Model Master metallic British green. FSM
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