Model Airplane Monday: Mid Year Review.

2025 has definitely been a year of change for me. From health issues, losing my senior kitty, adopting two new little ones, new romance, and pretty serious health issues, I've managed to complete 2, yes 2, model kits so far this year.

The first I actually finished back in February before things started going crazy. It's a vintage Hasegawa P-51 D, early version without the tail fillet. It's mostly out of box, I did use the nose checkers from a Tamiya Mustang because the kit decals were old and brittle. Cool little kit, I mostly just wanted that variant.

The second kit I've been stringing along for the past 4 months. It's the old Revell/ Monogram Miss America kit. I built this one, idk, 30 years ago? This year I wanted to rebuild the two Mustangs that I had been missing from my collection from when I was younger. Miss America was one of those two. I hadn't built this Monogram Mustang since the 90's, and, well, it's ok. I hate the way the canopy glass goes on. This kit also had me trimming the gun ports and hard points off, and filling and sealing and sanding. The wings split during painting which let some colors bleed, but I'm kind of over this one. Pretty livery, I was trying to have it done in time for the fourth.

Synopsis: In ancient Israel, soon after Nessa is of marriageable age, her father gives her to a wealthy widowed friend, capitalizing on her beauty to bring in the highest bride-price he can find. Nessa is devastated, as she had begged to marry Lavi, who returned her love and saw more in her beyond her appearance. But Nessa’s betrothal leads to Lavi’s departure, compounding her grief, and she can…