Kim Sheldon
Pensacola, Florida
Flying in with a Grumman-Columbia Aircraft OA-12 "Duck," Kim built the 1/72 scale Airfix kit, but needed to get dirty and make some modifications to the plastic. He sanded off over-scale rivets, substituted a vacuum-formed canopy for the kit plastic, installed a True Details resin pilot's seat, and ran rigging. Ultimately, Kim's model represents an Air Rescue Service aircraft flow out of Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska between 1949-1950.