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H-21 Flying Banana
SgtRam
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Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 12:10 AM UTC



Grant Berry showed off a great looking build of the 1/72 Italeri model of a USAF Piasecki H-21 Workhorse (a.k.a "Flying Banana") on Facebook and I knew I had to show some shots of the build here.

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Thanks!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 02:24 AM UTC
Very nice. He did a great job on it.

Added the linked pic for you too.
Kevlar06
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Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 02:49 AM UTC
That's one cool looking banana! The H21 is one of my favorite aircraft, and this is one beautiful model!
VR, Russ
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Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 04:53 AM UTC

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Very nice. He did a great job on it.

Added the linked pic for you too.


Gino - THANKS!
chrispap
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Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 06:18 AM UTC
Hi Kevin, that's a real masterpiece! Thank you for sharing. Christos.
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Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 07:21 AM UTC

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Hi Kevin, that's a real masterpiece! Thank you for sharing. Christos.


The thanks should go to Grant, I agree amazing build, and thanks to Grant for providing me the images and short story.
joepanzer
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Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 11:29 AM UTC
BEAUTIFUL Work!!!
ardon2
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Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 01:16 PM UTC
All I can say is Wow! Masterful modeling.
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Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019 - 12:50 PM UTC
Kevin,

My compliments on an absolutely stunning piece of work. Well done!
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