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old stuff update
Hi All;
For those of you who patiently check in from time to time here are a couple of strange birds. Before you say "What the hell is that?" yes the first one is a real aircraft. It was Russia's closest thing to a useful heavy bomber, the Yermolaev YER-2. There weren't very many, but were heavily used during World War II. It is 1/72 scale by a company, of which I've never heard. The other plane is a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura. What is unusual, is that it is a 1/48th scale Koster vacuform kit. Not too many were sold and fewer were built. Bill Kosters kits were not for the faint of heart and if you didn't follow the instructions carefully, you were inviting a lot of trouble. The good news is that they were very well researched and by far the most accurate representations of the subject aircraft. Bill was frequently frustrated to see a build-up of his kit on the cover of injection molded kits, which he did not design. He was a real gentleman and never pursued such issues.
Regards, rjccjr
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