ARIA Model - Keith Kossow
ARIA 60-0374 Lives Anew As Scale Model
The ARIA aircraft pictured is a 1/72 scale AMtech model built by Keith Kossow of Metropolis, Illinois. Keith spent approximately four months building the aircraft as 60-0374, which in real life sits on the tarmac at the National Museum of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, awaiting restoration in 2011.
The photos were taken by Keith’s wife Donna at the local Metropolis airport on June 20, 2009, at 6:45 AM. The photo shoot took close to two hours as real-life aircraft had priority on the runways.
Many details not included in the original kit for this model were “scratch-built” by Keith. The completed model and its diorama were based upon 75-100 photos taken of 60-0374 at the Museum over the last three years. The diorama itself is a replication of the area surrounding 60-0374 as it awaits restoration.
Keith served on the ARIA project as an Airman at Patrick AFB in the late 1960’s.
Music by the
United States Air Force Band
and Singing Sergeants
