Boeing 100 Paul Mantz completed

Finally completed: 1/72 scale model of the Boeing 100 owned by Paul Mantz; made with the RarePlane’s RareBits (Gordon Stevens) vac fuselage conversion and the Monogram F4B-4 kit, both generously and kindly passed along by PugetMeister Jim Schubert.

The plane performed in many movies and events, and had a smoke-generating apparatus.

It went through a few changes during its very long life; it is portrayed here in one of its several configurations.

Thanks to Gordon and Jim, both modeling icons.

The complete step-by-step building article is in this same blog here:

http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2013/09/172-rareplane-rarebits-p-12b-conversion.html