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The Bf 109F is a full scale replica.

Most of the aircraft are in flying condition. I believe he said the A6M3 is currently not being flown, as it needs some work and I believe it's rarity may also be a factor. I know they did fly it a few years ago, when they first took possession of it. Thanks! John

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Hello, all! I've been away from the forum for a while, as well as taking a break from modeling, in general, due to even more health issues this spring/summer (ruptured appendix, abscess in my abdomen and removal of 10 inches of my colon. YUCK!). However, even though the recovery has been long, I'm much better now and finally starting to feel like a person again. However, that's not the point of this thread. The reason I wanted to post, is that I was able to visit the Fagen Fighters Museum a couple of weeks ago and got a bunch of pics that I thought some of you might be interested in. I have the luxury of living but a mere 45 minutes' drive from the museum and it's not uncommon to see warbirds flying over the countryside where I live. However, with the recent completion of their Helldiver, I had to go see it close up. So, my family and a friend made a visit and were lucky in that Ron Fagen happened to be at the entrance, when we arrived. He was in the process of starting a private tour for some friends of his and invited us to tag along. We were allowed into some areas where the general public usually isn't (namely, the maintenance hanger, where the F6F-5 was being worked on and there's also another Mustang restoration in the works). Another friend also just notified me that they're doing an exhibition flight with the Hellcat and Helldiver, as posted on their FB page. Here are just some of the photos I took, while visiting. I may have to spread these into multiple posts. Please forgive me if some of them show up sideways. I really struggled in getting these cropped/rotated. Not sure why some of them didn't want to cooperate!

Fantastic work! John

Looking great, Tolga! Hoping this will inspire me to get back to my own build. Just haven't been feeling it the last few weeks. John

Outstanding! Very subtle weathering used to excellent effect and so clean at the same time. John

A bout of random dyslexia had me expecting a Cobra helicopter when I opened this thread, but this is even better! Great work, Tim! John

Very nice job, so far! That IP looks better than the Eduard "Look" example I purchased for my D-5. I may end up going the same route as you, when the time comes. Great result! John

The interior work is just... John

Excellent work! Good choice on riveting the surfaces. These Hasegawa kits are just begging for it. John

Very nice! I like that scheme and markings. Not a plane you see modeled alot. John

Freakin' awesome! John

Very nice, Shoggz! Nothing to be shy about. John

Well, you don't see that every day. Great job! John