Shooting Star Database

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1/72 Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star

by Celliers on January 4, 2025 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Here's my build of a Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star in 1/72 scale with markings as during the Korean War. The kit used was the vintage Airfix kit from 1974. Panel lines were re-scribed and rivets added. The cockpit and seat were re-done with [...]

F-80 Shooting Star Airfix 1/72

by Djordje Starcevic on December 1, 2024 · in Aviation · 18 ≡

Hi all, after long time i finally managed to finish one model (somehow getting older i have less and less time for this hobby, spending more time on the work 🙁 . Airfix F-80 Shooting Star, model i first built some 40+ year ago. Now [...]

G.W.H. 1/48 T-33A Shooting Star

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on June 12, 2024 · in Aviation · 28 ≡

GWH's Shooting Star is a very nice kit. It featured finely recessed panel lines and is relatively simple to build. Some shape anomality was attributed to the tail unit. The front nose cover part requires sanding to fit with the rest of the [...]

Monogram 1/48 F-80 "The Beer City Special" – 36th FBS, 8th FBW, Korea 1951

by Tom Cleaver on October 28, 2023 · in Aviation · 29 ≡

The technological revolution in aircraft design and operation that resulted from the successful development of jet engines brought about more technological change in the five years between the end of World War II and the Korean War than [...]

Hobby Boss 1/48 scale F-80C Shooting Star (Kit #81725)

by Matt Dyer on April 19, 2023 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This was a very enjoyable kit and renewed my faith in HobbyBoss products. One thing I learned in researching this project is that the first jet fighters (and the F-80 was America’s first active duty fighter) were real gas guzzlers! Of [...]

Trainer: Lockheed T-33A "T-Bird" – Hobbycraft 1/48

by Andrew H on June 25, 2022 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

I'm presenting today another short article for another 50's jet that is now on display in my cabinet. I had no idea I would be on such a 50's jet kick of late, but please bear with me for one more before sharing another prop plane in the [...]

Korean War GB: Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star – Monogram 1/48

by Andrew H on May 21, 2022 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

This kit has been on the cusp of completion for a few months. With little time or energy to do much building recently, I primarily needed to clean and organize my work area, which had gotten a bit out of hand.. when the dust settled, this [...]

Korean War GB: Lockheed T-33A – Hobbycraft 1/48

by Andrew H on November 7, 2021 · in Aviation · 24 ≡

While browsing the LHS a few months back, I came across two Hobbycraft T-33A's. One was a later variant with the integrated wing fuel tanks, but the other was an early version with the drop tanks hung below the wings, just like an F-80. In [...]

Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star Airfix 1/72

by George Schembri on December 6, 2020 · in Aviation · 15 ≡

This is Airfix Kit 02043-3 Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star belonging to the 25th Fighter Squadron (Fall 1951) another build for the ‘Korea : The Forgotten War……’ GB. This kit was finished in about a week. I had the kit for a LONG [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 T-33A Shooting Star “6th Wing Last Flight”

by Tommy Killander on July 8, 2020 · in Aviation · 22 ≡

This was supposed to be a quick build to restore mojo and get something finished off my bench. It turned out that the tooling is from 1969 so there were quite some work to complete the build of this bird... The kit is from 2001 with [...]