This is the second build of this set, which are a rebox of the old Hawk kits. I built the Okha back in December 2015.
I actually built the V-1 not too long afterward, but never painted it. So yesterday while I was going thru moving boxes of my model stuff, I came upon this old kit and pulled it out to finish up. I knew that I would be airbrushing another project, so figured that I would airbrush this one too afterwards.
I used Tamiya colors with Mr Levelling Thinner and did and finished this up in a short few sessions with a bit of masking to replicate sub assemblies painted at different locations.
The kit even comes with a translucent orange piece of “flame” to represent the jet exhaust…
So I had to pose it outside against a sky backdrop… and a graphic artist friend edited away the stand for a couple “in flight” images
I remember seeing a bunch of the V-1s on concrete pads while I was in basic training at Lackland A.F.B. bacck in 1970. They had them paint A.F. blue, the same as most A.F. vehicles.
I haven’t seen that kit in a ling time and will be looking fo rit at the next modelpalooza contest in October. It’s good to see they kept the flame piece as a option. Didn’t the Hawk kit of the ME-163 also have that option?
They must have moved those V-1s somewhere else. When I was at Lackland for my sons graduation from Basic Training in May 2016 I saw no such thing on the base. Although there was just about every type of aircraft flown by the Air Force on pads displayed along the major streets, at the museum, and on the parade field.
As far as the Hawk Komet kit goes, I can’t say about the jet flame pieces. Never bought or built that one. I do have the more recent Testors boxing in my stash, but I don’t recall if it has those parts or not.
I also built that kit, but modded it to the piloted version. I had the Monogram Aviation book on the V-weapons, so I did my best to correct as many faults as I could. When I brought the finished model to a meeting, some guys looked at it and said “Oh, is that the new Tamiya kit?” I was so sad that a brand new kit had just come out. BUT, I did enjoy reworking the Hawk kit, which is what modeling should be all about.
Stikpusher, when I was in basic they moved a F-105 to our barracks and every so ofter we had to go out and polish the aluminum.
They also had a C-119 and a F-89 at the police school near the gate that led to the Medina annex:
There were also several F-84Fs near the school, mostly for use as training aids for the security section.
There’s no telling where those V-1s went. I know they had a snark missile over at the police training areas at Medina as well as a couple other odd wing things.
During myh occasional walks around Lackland sometimes I might find a helicopter sitting behind some building or other, you could never tell what you could find if you had the time. If you were going through your career field training courses there, and you had no money to go to San Antonio, especially at the pay level, you had off duty time.
