Why I like Gee Bee's



Something about throwing Axis decals and big props from other kits

 

^^^
they look like some early war Soviet fighter that I can't put a name to right of the top of my head...

 

Churchill

 

Some are rubber, some plastic. Most got sanded to look like a real tire. The blue dirt modified has 2 piece plastic wheels, that had to be glued and sanded to look like one piece.

 

V2 rocket cut away

 

I'm surprised the rubber ones have held up & not attacked the plastic by now...

 

bewb intermission to cut into the alt.nerd.obsession

 

That would be IL-16. Not many kits out there last time I checked

 

This box is actually full of Tires.. I built the kit for my Uncle (giant Ford fan) who still has it. He had a 66 GT-350, and to piss him off I put a 1/25 Hemi under the hood and the interior from a Super Bee. He was pretty cool about in until he opened the hood and saw a Hemi.

 

I-16