Unusual "Hollywood Air Force" addition....

[Allan31]

Deep in some rabbit hole the other day, for some reason I was watching a clip from a John Wayne movie, "They were Expendable".



We've all seen the ubiquitous AT-6 as Jap zeros before and this movie has them. Less seen are the Douglas Dauntlas as Jap aircraft and this movie has those as well.



I was just about to click off when the Duke comes under attack yet again but this time I was amazed at what was attacking.

"Wait a second, is that a...."



"Wow! It is, now THAT I've never seen before..."



A perfect candidate for the collection. It was about the only olde 1/48 Monogram I did'n have but Evilbay fixed that for $12.00 and free shipping.



Built as we did years ago, the "Hollywood Air Force" is strictly for quick fun. Assembled in about an hour and painted that night. Decals and weathering went on the next day. These old Monogram kits are a blast to put together, everything fell together perfectly.







I used some Vallejo 71.298, FS36357 that I just grabbed but seems to match IJN grey perfectly. I would not hesitate to use it on a serious Japanese build.
I don't know if I should build something more serious or jump onto the Glencoe Duck from "Murphy's War".

[Dirigible-Al]

Just a couple of days to put it together, that's amazing. A great idea too!
Alan.

[NigelR]

A great addition to the airforce, and a very neat build as well.

[Tim Mixon]

Really well done for such quick work!  Neat addition to your collection and attention to detail to the movie.
I would love to see the Murphy?s war aircraft modeled with the petrol bombs slung underneath.

[KiwiZac]

I love this and the other Hollywood Air Force models, it's right up my alley. Every one's a winner and I'm excited for the next one.

[gedmundson]

Really like your series of Movie & TV builds Allan - and this one is another winner. Nicely done indeed. I love those old box tops with terms like 1/4 Inch Scale, and Free Display Stand etc.

[RAGIII]

Your Hollywood builds are amazing! Have you ever done anything from Erroll Flynns Dive Bomber or Dawn Patrol?
RAGIII

[Allan31]

Thanks everyone,
The Hollywood builds are just another excuse to build models and have fun.

At the moment I have the Stampe from "The Blue Max" on the desk.




Rick, you had to go and say something. No, I haven't done anything but because you mentioned it, I've just spent 30 minutes downloading reference stills from the movie...



More soon...

[RAGIII]

AWESOME! There are some other really cool WW1 ish stuff from the Flynn remake and the original. Karen R. sent Me a file once, don't remember if I still have the print outs! Also some cool Stuff in Dive Bomber. Like the Low wing US Monoplane used as an "Advanced" RAF fighter :-) Perhaps a PT 23? Lindberg made one in 1/48th I think!
RAGIII

[Allan31]

Ryan ST-A



I have a book on Ryans here someplace. I'm sure I read that the radial cowling was done for some other movie to disguise it as a race plane or something.