Aircraft Models Crux

Country: United States Air Force
Aircraft: A-10A Thunderbolt II (492nd FS, 48th FW)
Scale: 1:144
Manufacturer: Can Do Pocket Army (Dragon Models)
Date Bought: December 21, 2006
Price: Php 285.00 (discounted from Php 319.75)

Time to revive this stagnant blog! Contrary to what my recent posting frequency shows, I’m still very active in collecting airplane miniatures, and my collection has now reached 18 models (with 5 more en route from the U.S.).

Today’s model is the so-called “Warthog”, the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The Warthog is a close air support attack aircraft that has been oft-referred to as ‘an airborne tank’ due to its toughness. View all the pictures »

Country: United States Air Force
Aircraft: Rockwell International Boeing B-1B Lancer
Scale: approx. 1:144
Manufacturer: Corgi
Date Bought: December 8, 2006
Price: Php 300.00

The B-1 Lancer, along with WWII ace Dick Bong’s P-38 Lightning, are the first military planes of my budding hobby. Very much unlike the P-38, the B-1 is a modern plane, with 67 planes still in active service as of this writing.

Aside from being my only model with movable parts (the wings), this plane blended quite well with the colors of my bedsheet. In fact, it blended so well that I almost sat upon it!

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Country: United States Air Force
Aircraft: Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Scale: approx.1:144
Manufacturer: Corgi
Date Bought: December 8, 2006
Price: Php 300.00

This WWII-era plane, along with a B-1 Bomber model, are the first military planes in my collection. I bought them on the same day I received my writer’s copy of the Literary Apprentice Lite 2006; think of them as a self-reward for having been published.

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