Warbird Makeover Magic
’ve always loved airplanes. My interest has always been with scale RC models, particularly warbirds. It wasn’t long after I started building and flying RC warbirds that I was drawn to scale competition. While I was competing, I started measuring my work against other modelers and friends, and over time, I learned techniques to accomplish that “real” look. There are many ARFs on the market today that make great starting points for producing competition-worthy planes. The models shown in this article are my MiG-3 and Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Thunderbolt), both built from the ESM ARFs (unfortunately, they are longer available). Being a bit out of the ordinary, these planes aren’t modeled very often—always a good thing for scale competition. This article highlights some of the ways that I’ve learned to enhance the looks of your average scale
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