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Hasegawa 1/48 F6F-3 with a twist
stm
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 07:11 PM UTC
Here is Hase's quarter scale F6F-3 Hellcat in (then) LTJG Alex Vraciu's markings. I did a fair amount of work on this one, principally in the cockpit, engine and cowling and tailwheel well. The twist is Alex signed the starboard wing for me! I left off all the breakable fiddly bits and mailed it to his home just outside of San Francisco. He signed it and mailed it back to me, at which point I attached the prop, gear, antenna's and wires and the canopy.





WingTzun
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Illinois, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 09:14 AM UTC
Nice job on the Hellcat and that is really a cool idea having him sign it.
goldstandard
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California, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 09:23 AM UTC
Hmm, pilots signing plastic models, I wonder if this could be the start of a new trend...

stm
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Florida, United States
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 09:52 PM UTC

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Hmm, pilots signing plastic models, I wonder if this could be the start of a new trend...



Kind of goes hand in hand with my signed rookie card of Frank Thomas!!!
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