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  2. Instructions and comments. There are a couple of things to note. The actual aircraft depicted is JB-57B 52-1497. It was a test machine its entire life. A similar aircraft, JB-57B 51-1493, had large areas of International Orange applied to the nose, rear fuselage and wing tips. The Canberra parts are pretty straight forward and have been covered before. The BOMARC appears to be a straight pantograph at 50% from the SOVA-M 1/72 scale kit. The parts layout is the same; the launcher raising hydra
  3. I recently received from Hannants a package including the new SOVA-M Kit No. SVM-14013, 1/144 B-57E & CIM-10A BOMARC. The box is reminiscent of the AModel B-57 box in size and material. The kit includes a re-release of the AModel 1/144 B-57B/C kit with one extra sprue containing a new forward fuselage (with grafted on BOMARC nose section. There is also the new 1/144 scale moldings for the CIM-10A BOMARC surface-to-air missile (SAM). These parts are merely pantographed down from their 1/72 scale kit. The same pieces are represented or omitted. Lastly there is an eight page assembly booklet
  4. Bryan, I should have clarified my nitpicking by noting that the 10th F4H-1 with the Stanley seat was BuNo 145310 (#11), which made its first flight on 29 August 1959, while BuNo 145309 (#10) didn't fly until 19 February 1960, delayed by the availability of the first Raytheon Airborne Missile Control System, so strictly speaking, the first 10 F4H-1s to fly had Stanley seats.
  5. Hello all, One thing I learn while doing research on the camo schemess is that there no 2 planes with exact camo patterns. They may look familiar in shape and sizes but not identical like British WW2 planes. This led me to believe the paint shop is given a master illustration then it is up to the painter to make it as close as possible. Dai
  6. I’ve heard through a few people that Tamiya won’t be doing a “C”
  7. Do any of the Chinese manufacturers have “premium” customer service? Not that I’ve heard anything about.
  8. Hey Gwen, I presume you've actually tried, and failed, to get replacement parts for your GWH models? I'm sure we've discussed this before, just can't recall. I've not had a need...YET...for any replacements for my numerous GWH kits. But you would think, given the premium price that their models command, their customer service ought to match. However, unfortunately, this is not always the case. Hope all is well! I'm sure I owe you a PM or two! 😊
  9. Thanks for the link. Great pictures of most of (all?) the parts. Now...WHEN CAN I GET ONE??!?!?!?!?!
  10. At the risk of being called names by certain members of this community (you know who you are), I’m still going to say I’d be shocked beyond belief if Tamiya ever does an F-35C. There would be almost nothing in common with either of the other two kits beyond the ejection seat, so basically a completely new kit. Just don’t see it happening. If you disagree with me on that, that’s wonderful for you. Adults can have divergent opinions on things, and don’t need to call people names because of it.
  11. Nice, crisp, painting. Very much like that it has the crew guys.
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  13. 122 photos of the kit: https://www.hyperscale.com/2024/reviews/kits/gwhl4829previewjh_1.htm Looks pretty nice from what I can see there.
  14. I'm looking to start my RC-135 with the Combat Kits set. How did you keep your engine nacelles off of the deck? Chris
  15. The OzMods nacelle exhausts are a straight hole, I am cutting black dog exhausts down to fit. Here are a couple of pics with the nacelles on. Will post some more photos next week after I install the Black Dog exhausts.
  16. There are more units now. VFA-147 VFA-97 VFA-86 VMFA-314 VMFA-311 Unfortunately, there is still the Kitty Hawk kit, which is OOP. C'mon Tamiya.
  17. That's a neat story. The individual I am building the model for said he took a tour of the Wisconsin by himself and got lost below decks 🙂 Bob
  18. OzMods C-130A conversion, Italeri/Testers & Airfix C-130E/H. One of the biggest stumbling blocks to doing an early DC-130 is they were DC-130A’s. The challenge was the engines and aft nacelles on the bottom of the wing, let alone three bladed props. OzMods initial offering was only the props and what represented as tanks, but were really electronic pods. A number of years ago I ventured to the NSA (yeah, THAT Intel Agency) in Maryland to shoot reference shots of the C-130a on display at their aircraft display area. When we pulled in there was no one in sight. 45
  19. What frightens me the most about GWH is not the price but the utter and sheer lack of Customer Service care whenever you need spares. All the more so if you dwell in South America.
  20. Me too...!!! 😄 Dunno whether or not Origin still exist today, but it would be completely awesome to have that game with the level of graphics on DCS. Never got to fly all the missions in the game, but I recall that you could buy an F-22 late in the game? Also, the mission on which the Wildcats have to escort a LearJet; I flew that mission twice to see if I could shoot down Mrs Paige's F-16 before she'd shoot down the executive jet, but it seems that the plot makes it impossible. Does Gule-Gule ever appear on the plot? Stern gets killed early in the game (on a C-130 cargo, IIRC). Bil
  21. GWH has never been cheap. Right now, Lucky Model has a 25% off coupon, which drops the price to about $54. Shipping is $34 by Lucky Air.
  22. So I ordered a decal sheet from Kitlinx back in December. According to the tracking info, delivery was "attempted" but sent back to the local post office. I scheduled a redelivery and it failed once again, so it was returned to sender. I emailed to ask about it and they said they would respond when they get the item back in order to determine what happened. Two months and 5 emails later, I haven't received any response from them. I called a customer service number in their newsletter and got a weird voicemail greeting.
  23. Not another G-4, but I am looking for a G-6. I picked up this sheet of captured G-6's at a hobby show for a nice price! It has several options that look awesome.
  24. Oh, I wish so badly someone would redo the game with current graphics. I would buy it immediately. It was such a well done game, great story line, plot, characters, etc.
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