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That's a great and thoughtful idea, Brandon. Welcome to the GB!

mostrich wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 4:29 am That's a great and thoughtful idea, Brandon. Welcome to the GB!

Agree -- Great and thoughtful Idea!

Apparently John liked these aircraft the most , based on the number of kits he has in his stash..
Makes me want to rethink my choice...

P-51 Mustang 57
Spitfire 56
P-47 Thunderbolt 42
F-4 Phantom II 39
P-40 Warhawk 38
A-4 Skyhawk 26
F4U Corsair 31
B-17 Flying Fortress 27
B-25 Mitchell 23
Fw-190 Wurger 33
F-8 Crusader 23
A-1 Skyraider 21

Wow, John had A LOT of kits. I can't wait to see what you guys do with them.

I have the frame and quick change rear axle ready to print for John's 32. I also set up some coil over shocks as well. Next I'll work on the engine and trans for this and get some exhaust parts ready as well. The wheels are printed and I also have the tires ready to print. That will be most of the printing for this kit. I'll chop the top soon.

32 frame by Brandon Kelly, on Flickr

Wow Brandon. That is impressive. Did you design that yourself?

No, Sir. I bought the files for my other 32 that I am also starting on and figured I'd use that frame and rear end for Johns as well. This will give it the stance I want for both. I don't have the talent for 3D modeling, but that would be super cool to do.
I spend a great deal of time setting these files up for printing. You almost never get files that are ready to print. I spend far more time setting them up like you see than clean up and installation combined. It takes quite a while to do this part.

I think I'll use the P-47D I'm building as my entry into this one. He had this kit in his stash list.

cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:56 am Apparently John liked these aircraft the most , based on the number of kits he has in his stash..
Makes me want to rethink my choice...

P-51 Mustang 57
Spitfire 56
P-47 Thunderbolt 42
F-4 Phantom II 39
P-40 Warhawk 38
A-4 Skyhawk 26
F4U Corsair 31
B-17 Flying Fortress 27
B-25 Mitchell 23
Fw-190 Wurger 33
F-8 Crusader 23
A-1 Skyraider 21

Yeah… he had a lot of those. But 27 B-17 Flying Fortresses…. That’s like half of the bombers heading to Schweinfurt on Black Thursday.

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 5:19 pm (...) But 27 B-17 Flying Fortresses…. That’s like half of the bombers heading to Schweinfurt on Black Thursday.

Damn, that's a statement!

Brandons_Iron wrote: ↑Sat Jan 24, 2026 11:18 am Wow, John had A LOT of kits. I can't wait to see what you guys do with them.

I have the frame and quick change rear axle ready to print for John's 32. I also set up some coil over shocks as well. Next I'll work on the engine and trans for this and get some exhaust parts ready as well. The wheels are printed and I also have the tires ready to print. That will be most of the printing for this kit. I'll chop the top soon.

32 frame by Brandon Kelly, on Flickr

Cool Looking forward to seeing where this goes!