1/72 Philippine Air Force Prop Kits

by Glenn (wingnut) Bontigao 

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Here's a collection of finished projects for my on-going Philippine Air Force subject.
1/72 Kitech L-20 (DHC-2) Beaver
This ex-Vietnam aircraft was used by the PAF during the early 70s and was extensively used in various roles like transport, medical/emergency, postal and even bombing roles.  I decided to do a medical/emergency version of this PAF bird.

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1/72 Hasegawa T-34 Mentor
A trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Bonanza civilian plane which was used by the PAF in it's training squadrons during the 1960s.  The base kit for this project was the 1/72 Hasegawa T-3 Fuji trainer kit.  Not much mods on this project, though I did use some lead counterweights as this kit was a tailsitter...and there's the three blade prop to two and engine intake mods...

 

 

1/72 Academy T-6G Texan

My first aircraft kit in decades. Another vintage trainer used by the PAF during the 1950s.

Painting for these was done with a combination of Alclad II aluminum and Gunze Mr. Metal Alumnium and Gunze acrylics with oil wash, oil pastel and Mr Hobby pigment powder finishing. PAF diamond decals are from Scalenutz and the rest are homemade from white and clear BJ decal paper, which I'm doing for the first time which took a few tries and experimentation on how to seal it down properly, specially the white background decal paper.

Glenn

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Photos and text © by Glenn (wingnut) Bontigao