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"This was one of my most elaborate efforts, by adding distinguising details, such as rivet patterns on the fuselage, discernable flight instruments and flight controls in the cockpit ... and the "Felix" fighter squadron symbol. This fighter was a favorite in the 1930s of a Navy Captain (later, Admiral) I knew at Naval Air Station, San Diego." - Huntly
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"This F4U model turned out to have the most pleasing and recognizable lines ...I looked at it this way, its not a challenging puzzle to solve if its clean and simple. Sometimes the rewards are greater when the details are tougher to figure out." -Huntly
"On this, one of my favorite biplanes, I was finally able to fashion a more realisitc engine cowling from actual aluminium (not supplied with kit). The very thin sheet aluminium used in pastry tray packaging turned out to be the perfect material I needed." - Huntly
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"This has always been my favorite biplane....To me it seemed to have just the right balance of aesthetically correct proportions and was colorfully decorated. It was the predecessor to the famous P-40 War Hawk of Flying Tigers fame." -Huntly
"Except for capturing the sweeping lines of the vertical tail fin in paper, this Curtiss racer was one of the easiest biplanes to make....I reflected back on my Navy experience in WW2 as an Aviation Metalsmith, creating some curvy shapes in .024 ST aluminum sheet metal.... Its hard to believe that in 1926 this R3C-1 racer was the fastest airplane in the world." -Huntly
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"These last two planes forced me to expand my skills in making paper airplanes. To get all the landing gear, wing flaps and dive brake flaps opening up out of the wing, I had to develop a new approach with a set of four pages that would be printed on both sides of two sheets." -Huntly
"I've always been fond of this plane and it was one of the more enjoyable and colorful models to develop. The Nieuport 17 was a Model A Ford of the skies, if you will. However the two very different machine guns and round cowling required some new intricate paper construction manipulations. Its unique boat-like rudder was a challenge to get just right. It was my pleasure to add the name, and personal emblem, of the famous French Ace Lt. Georges Guynemer to the cockpit." -Huntly
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"I wanted to include it with the nine other models, but its unusual belly radiator, positioned below the wing, presented a tough design challenge. It was finally resolved by radically departing from my established folding formula..." -Huntly
"Once I developed a successful formula that would allow me to make other, different biplanes, I sought out biplanes that would offer new challenges for more detail and decoration. Adding an external gun, engine details and ways to view them, as well as drawing the squadron symbols and adding bullet holes to the fabric covering are a few examples." -Huntly
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"This is a model of the famous Sopwith Camel that Charles Schulz's Snoopy imagines he flies in dogfights with the Red Baron." -Huntly
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