As some of you know, I recently undertook an epic road trip with my son to Florida....via Chino. Stopped in to spend an afternoon at the Planes of Fame Museum, and as part of that was pleasantly surprised to see several of the air race models that I donated over the years still on display. The first one went there in the late '80's at some point, and the last one went there in the mid-90's...and this was the first time I had seen most of them since I had given them to my buddy Ed Maloney.
Not all the pictures are in focus, and I look at some of these models today and think how much better I could build them if I could do them over again...but they made me smile. A couple of them have had parts broken off over the years, unfortunately. Almost all of them were modified and hand-painted (as this was before specialty racer kits came out). I think only the Hall Bulldog and the Hoover Mustang were 'kits' for those specific aircraft. Hope you'll enjoy a selection of them too.
Not all the pictures are in focus, and I look at some of these models today and think how much better I could build them if I could do them over again...but they made me smile. A couple of them have had parts broken off over the years, unfortunately. Almost all of them were modified and hand-painted (as this was before specialty racer kits came out). I think only the Hall Bulldog and the Hoover Mustang were 'kits' for those specific aircraft. Hope you'll enjoy a selection of them too.
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