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Bernd Korte (centuryfan)
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F-80C finished model and in progress shots

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35 7 April 2012, 19:37
Bernd Korte
Finally I managed to finish the old Airfix kit 🙂 Airwaves PE parts and a Falcon canopy were used.
29 April 2012, 09:31
Holger Kranich
Wow Bernd, that must have been a hard way! Exellent result!😢
29 April 2012, 10:12
Bernd Korte
Thanks! Yes, it was not the easiest build but I enjoyed it. Started it before the new Sword Shooting Star was announced, so I had to finish it.
29 April 2012, 16:50
Luc B
excellent work Bernd, love your shooting star!
29 April 2012, 19:22
Tim Vereecke
nice Shooting Star Bernd, nice work!
29 April 2012, 19:26
Bernd Korte
Thanks guys!
30 April 2012, 06:08
Wilfried Bogaerts
Impressive work Bernd!
30 April 2012, 07:43
Lionel Marco
Well, just like the others: your Shooting Star is beautiful.

Are the decals from the box, or did you use some aftermarket stuff?

Lionel
30 April 2012, 08:24
stefan natus
Great build.
30 April 2012, 10:37
Bernd Korte
Thanks for your kind words! @Lionel: Most decals are from the box. Only the stars and bars are from another sheet (Microscale I guess).
30 April 2012, 16:27
Pierre-Christian Baudru
Nice to see that airwaves PE parts had improved a lot the cockpit. Even using old (and basic) PE parts you did a great job ! Cheers.
31 July 2015, 13:42
Łukasz Gliński
Very nice result with that old kit - as abovementioned: the PE stuff improved it a lot
31 July 2015, 19:46
Calvin Gifford
Great looking Shooting Star!
4 April 2021, 22:12
John Thomas
Nice work
5 April 2021, 00:29
Nathan Dempsey
Oh wow! You've polished this old kit into a diamond Bernd!
5 April 2021, 01:08
Bernd Korte
Thanks for your kind comments! From time to time I love to work on an old kit and bring it more or less to current standards. Perhaps that's only because I have so many old kits in my stash and don't know what to do with them if not build them 😄
5 April 2021, 07:40
Mark K
Beautiful! And very encouraging for me because " because I have so many old kits in my stash and don't know what to do with them if not build them" also is an exact description of my situation...
20 April 2021, 06:54
Eric Lamare
Starting from the airfix kit, that's a a real great achievement. Thumbs up??
20 April 2021, 17:11
Christoph Schnarr
Great model 👍
20 April 2021, 17:37
Cuajete
Wow... fantastic result for this old kit. Are you sure that is not the one in Platz?? 😛
Congrats!
20 April 2021, 19:57
Rui S
Very Nice work indeed 👍
20 April 2021, 21:04
Bernd Korte
Thanks for all your kind words! I didn't expect to get so much feedback for this old kit. That's great motivation to spend my modelling time on some "vintage" plastic again in the future! However I have to confess that - when a newer kit is available - I tend to take the easy road, too. On the other hand - why buy something "new" that you already have in your stash 😄
24 April 2021, 06:36
Maciej Bellos
That's an airfix?!!! Whoa! Marvelous little thing! Well done Bernd!
24 April 2021, 08:49
Rui S
I'm with you and Mark. I think it's also more rewarding to bring this oldies to today standarts, than do one new kit OOB.
Great work on this beauty 👍
24 April 2021, 13:05
Juergen Klinglhuber
A real shooting star - it looks great Bernd!
24 April 2021, 20:17
Bernd Korte
The "nice" thing is - some modern kits are as demanding as these old gems 😄 For example Sword's Gannet AEW.3 that I'm currently working on. It's a good kit in and of itself. But still much room for improvement.
25 April 2021, 06:04
Cuajete
I agree with Bernd 👍
25 April 2021, 19:39

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Completed
1:72 Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star (Airfix 02043)1:72 F-80C Shooting Star (Airwaves AC72-194)

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