While at the National Naval Aviation Museum last week for my TACAMO event (see my facebook page), we got a behind the scenes look at the restoration shops and I shot these photos of an F4U-1 “Birdcage” salvaged from Lake Michigan that is undergoing restoration. For those interested, the museum gift shop has a...
Mikr Mir 1/35 CSS Hunley – In Box Review
This kit comes from the Ukraine and I ordered it via eBay for around $40. It arrived in about a month. After looking at it, I went and ordered another as I intend to build this for my Charleston SC son-in-law who is a Civil War buff, and will need one for myself! It...
Minicraft T-34A in 1/48 scale – In Box Review
Back in the 60’s Hasegawa released it’s 1/72 scale kit of the T-34A “Mentor” used by both the US Air Force and US Navy as well as numerous other countries. Until recently, no kit in 1/48 scale has been available from anyone, save for the rather poor vacuform kit by Sanger. Earlier this year,...
John Alger’s “Old Work” part II
Next we have my very first commission build circa 1975. While serving runway duty with another instructor while in VT-24, he asked if I could build him a model of our aircraft and this is it. It is the Fujimi TA-4J that claims to be 1/48 but is really 1/50. More on that later....
John Alger’s “Old Work”
As most of you know, I have not been a prolific builder. This is mostly due to 1. time and 2. lack of place to build. So here I will post some of my old work which dates back to at least the early 70’s. Most of these are commissions I did for others....
John Alger
Name: John Alger Callsign: Bio: “Began modeling when received my first kit at a Cub Scout Christmas party – nearly 60 years ago! Main interest is USN aircraft and ships. Dabble in a bit of everything else – space, armor, cars. Last 20 years or so most of my work has been commissions for...