Warbird Information Exchange

Afternoon Gents,

This is a project I undertook earlier this year. This kit belonged to my father when he was little. I found it in a box full of his old toys and I decided to do what I could with what I had to restore it. The landing gear I modified from a set of landing gear off of a F-84. The nose gear yoke is on the wrong side but the rest fit it pretty well.

I chose a basic non-descript P-80C to recreate. One that looked good and represented the P-80C family well.

This is the P-80C I chose to recreate.


This kit is an OLD Revell kit. So, without further adue the restoration...



















*Note: Part of the tail is missing due an incident which resulted in me dropping the kit and the tip broke off... of which I swept the entire area where I dropped it and the piece had vanished int thin air... I was unable to locate it.

Nevertheless, here it is until I find the piece.

Any and all criticisms and or critiques are welcome.

Regards,
Laggin' Dragon

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Sgt. James Dunigan, III
U.S. 509th Composite Group
U.S. 393rd Bombardment Squadron
U.S. 20th Army Air Force
Tinian Is., The Marianas

Nice job on the rescue! Odd markings on the plane in the photo - was this P-80 transferred to the Navy?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Honestly, I don't know... I truly couldn't find any information on this particular P-80C.

Regards,
Laggin' Dragon

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Sgt. James Dunigan, III
U.S. 509th Composite Group
U.S. 393rd Bombardment Squadron
U.S. 20th Army Air Force
Tinian Is., The Marianas

Is that kit the very very old, very crude and rude LINDBERG kit from about 300 years ago, about 1/72nd-ish scale?

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No this is a 1950's 1/48 scale P-80C...

Regards,
Laggin' Dragon

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Sgt. James Dunigan, III
U.S. 509th Composite Group
U.S. 393rd Bombardment Squadron
U.S. 20th Army Air Force
Tinian Is., The Marianas

The photo is most assuredly that of a NAVY P-80 , I believe it was the TV-1 or asomething like that .

Pull up a chair,
50 P-80's Xfrd to USN, 25 to NAS North Island with VF-52, 16 to Marines VMF-31 @ El Toro. As TO-1/TV-1
4485005 P-80A-1-LO became b/n 29668
4485235 b/n 29689
47218/47224 P-80C-1-LO b/n33821/33827
47601/47604 b/n33829/33832
471380/471411 b/n 33833/33849
48376/48381 b/n33865/33870
48382 b/n 33848
And I'm sure there are a few onesie/twosie's in the mix

The MoF has one that used to be a playground 'climb on' when NAS Sand Point was still an active NAS that's partially restored @ the restoration facility @ KPAE

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-