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That sounds great! Thanks! Also, since i have your attention, just a small request, how about new actuators for flaps, for Academy 1/32 F/A-18 Hornet? Here is example about the problem: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/196766-132-academy-f-18d-to-cf-18b-kicked-up-a-notch/&do=findComment&comment=2080791 Then again, that link has good diy instructions.. 🤔 Jussi

Not to forget Iran which operated five Boeing 747-2J9C tankers and command posts during the Iran-Iraq war which started in 1980. One was still in service as a KC-747 until June this year, reportedly destroyed by the Israelis in a strike on Mashhad Airport. Michael

The Cockpits was generally painted in Aircraft Interior Black, to reduce glare while using NVG's. The backend was kept in Dark Gull gray. The change over started in the late 70's early 80's with the increased use of NVG's.

Actually, Operation Prime Chance was the modification of the OH-58D from a passive to armed configuration. At least according to the OH-58D community. This was done to replace the 160th assets as they could not be padlocked to the Gulf for the duration of Operation Ernist will. The modification process took 90 days. After the accelerated modifications, the Prime Chance AH-58D's replaced the 160th assets, and continued to cover the Operation Ernest Will Mission as part of TF-118. This unit was eventually redesignated to the 4/17th CAV at Ft Bragg NC. The m

Yes, dual chaff/flare bucket fairings are coming at the end of this month, or early December.

I was quite sure I'd post a followup on the next day. The cockpit in the Fujimi kit is indeed quite basic. I don't like the clear part IP, especially since I did forgot to prime it with black. Some comparison pics between the Eduard kit and the Fujimi. Fujimi is obviously the one in light gray. I'll take another pic once the models are finished, to compare silhouettes. I'd say the fuselages are more or less the same lenghth, but the Fujimi kit is wider. The spines are somewhat different. The Fujimi kit ap

Recall EH-60A Quick Fix helos, and 'maybe' the EH-60L Advanced Quick Fix years ago.....do they still exist? ...I watch FligthRadar24 around us in the DC area, and see EH-60's on the radar out of NAS Pax River. So, are the EH-60's Quick Fix still in service? What are the EH-60's out of Pax River? Appreciate thoughts. Thanks, Mike

Well done! Looking forward to see the Huey-project commence! HAJO

On the Revell kit, I removed the engine fairings from the rectangles I'd earlier removed from the bottom of the first stage. Thought it might be easier to remove the fairings this way. It wasn't. But once the fairings were removed, I reattached the remaining sections of stringers to the new backing. Since the new fairings will completely hide where the old fairings once were, and the part seems quite strong with just the new .040 inner wrap, I'm debating whether I want to fill the fairing gaps with a top layer. In the meantime, keeping one step ahead on the Airfix, I added New Ware

Hey Dave, any chance of making dual chaff buckets for (1/48) Hasegawa C/D Hornets? MAW decals use to make some, but they are shut down indefinitely. Nose sections look fantastic, will buy couple sets for Finnish Hornets, just need dual chaff buckets also for them. Thank you. Jussi

Completed with the Luftwaffe scheme. Just realized I forgot to add the metal finish to the leading edges, so sending it back the bench to finish. 😆

It's a position light, similar to the ones on the inboard side of the pylon on stations 1 and 11. It gets painted gray and the back part of your "yellow"area I'd use silver to represent the lens. Steve

Et voila! Opinions? It's not perfect, but considering it will only be 7mm wide on a 1/72 Huey's nose:

And then came the morning of the show on Saturday. Early start with 8AM to be followed by a very long day. For the start removing all the covers, hanging the art-works on the board and getting out all the other parts for the show. Of the ejection seats for this particular KM-1M seat this was the very first chance to see it. It is as complete as possible, about 98%. From the missing 2% one is (of course) the complete absence of any initiators and rocket motor fuel. This is now a museum piece and not a working ejection seat. The other missing 1% is the pilots parachute, there was simply no point

I posted the above here yesterday after having emailed the US Army Transportation Museum (the M-29 pic is from their site) and an hour later receiving an auto-reply to the effect that 'research requests currently can't be accommodated due to staffing shortages'... ....so I was pleasantly surprised to find a further email this morning, from the Museum Curator's office, stating that the insignia is that of TREOG (US Army Transportation Environmental Operations Group), and with an attached image: This matches perfectly with the one seen on the ground equipment - but I hadn't previ

Hellcat Update Part 5: Senior management arrived to check up on the project. I think this was because of middle managements report. Once satisfied, senior management decided to observe the project and then take a power nap. Now this is my favorite part of the build....the airbrushing!!! 1) I started by airbrushing Black Stynylrez using my Badger Renegade thinned with my mixture formula. If you use my formula mixture, the primer will be ready to in an hou

Hi guys, Added that bulbous thingy. A question is - what it stands for and what colour to paint it?

Copy, thanks Bob

Looking in another spot. Just letting you know. -Jeff

Disregard. I just saw your FB post. Good comms.

I was working at LM-FW during the early-mid 90s when B50-B52 production was underway, IIRC the jets were rolling off the line with the fold-down pitots.

Can anyone identify - and/or possibly provide a clear image of - the badge/crest carried on Army equipment used in the Antarctic 'Deep Freeze' operations in the early 1960's? As per the examples below on the nose of a UH-1B, and on an M-29 Weasel: I have a Max Decals 'Antarctic Helicopters' sheet on the way, and intend to build one of the UH-1Bs which made the first helicopter landing at the South Pole in 1963, but the sheet surprisingly lacks this badge/crest, which photographs indicate was carried on all the Hueys - for accuracy, I'm endeavouring to identify it so I can

Okay, spent the last six weeks on govt furlough, so knocked out this Aoshima kit. I've built one before, and they go together pretty good, with just a few fiddly seam areas underneath. Had to use some filler as I may not have seated the cargo floor inside in it's proper alignment. Is what it is. The one thing you will see is I didn't do the three color camo scheme. I tried mixing some colors but couldn't get it where I liked it, so decided to go with the lower color all over. I wish the C-2 did the woodland camo like the did on the C-1. Kit decals were excellent. Have a look. Chris

This morning I tackled the hold-downs. New Ware proviced templates for cutting out the recesses, and a piece of etch for the backing. At least, that's what I'm assuming you're supposed to do. And I did that. But I wasn't happy with the inside edges of the recesses. So I used the New Ware backing pieces as backs and .030 strip as the outside edges and inside "ladder" steps. It worked a whole lot easier than trying to remove plastic just perfectly, and looks a lot better than my first attempt. I'm not worried about the mess I've made of the bottom of the 1st stage, as I'm going to smooth the who

This may be a little late to the party... Just got back from a month long trip into the S Pacific and two week in Australia shooting birds. This shots were taken in early 1990 at Chanute AFB. Chanute hosted the USAF EGRESS school. Either ACES II seat will work as they have the nothc in the front of the seat. The only question would be if they seat had the pop out air data sensors or not. Check the references and photos of the bird you want to do. Enjoy Bryan