September 3, 2007 · 1 Comment
The ES-3A Shadow came and went faster than probably any other U.S. Navy carrier jet with the possible exception of the F7U Cutlass or F-11F Tiger.
As for kits of this delightfully ugly twin jet, AMT-Ertl managed to issue a 1/48 scale kit based on the old ESCI 1/48 S-3A Viking before deciding that die cast John Deere and plastic car kits were their bread and butter. That was a crying shame, as most longtime modelers will attest, since AMT had come out with some really nice 1/48 and 1/72 aircraft models – both original moldings and repops – that were affordable and well detailed.
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It’s another Frontier venture, and one where I get to live out my alter ego of model builder. When I finally get the miniature lathe and the giant homemade vacuform done and running, then I’ll adopt the title ‘model maker.’
What you’ll probably see at first will be a lot of mini-articles on prototype subjects, or the real thing. I don’t get to build as much as I like, but I sneak some time here and there to collect photos, articles and web links for those unbuilt kits that someday may feel the cut of my X-acto and the cool petroleum goodness from my airbrush.
At any rate, please feel free to comment, add input or ask questions.
FM (and that’s not Fonderie Miniature)
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