William G

Hey I.E. What link? William G

Well I have begun the process of gathering information and details to begin my next viper. I am going to do the Squadron bird for the 421st in Desert Storm. I have plenty of pics as well as parts for my Block 40 kit, But I am missing two very important items 1. HL code and 421 TFS with white shadow. 2. 421st Badge Any one know who produces these or if there are any people who can scratch up a set of them in 1/72nd? Let me know William G.

Why does this seem familiar? Didn't Lockheed use a spectral paint on the F-5 (P-38 Recon) in W.W.II? As to the additives for the paint, that were asked about in Automotive paints. I have a few jars of the powder that is mixed with a clear coat to provide the color shift. They are made by Rupert Gibbon & Spider inc. as well as a few others I buy them at a few art supply shops. (Pearl here in Tampa as well as AOE) I have used the Duo Red-Blue and the Duo Blue-Green on model cars. They work best over a gloss black surface as the black absorbs the light that is not reflected. I test sh

Well thats cool enough for me will come in handy when I have a few torches to put out. Hmmm Like when the villagers start chasing me for meddeling where mankind was not meant to meddle, or is that modeling where mankind was not meant to model? William G

Hmmm 13th Shaw and the delectable Ms M as well... Hope school going well. William G

Clark was fun to visit too Cope T 88-1 Come for the jets stay for the bar fines... Actually my favorite thing was the sheer beauty of the place. one of the most fun places I ever visited. That and getting a chance to turn wrenches with the RAAF's avionics people. Had a blast learning more about the bug. William G

On Shaw birds as well as other subjects that aint no lie my friend... How ya been Keith? William G

Well House of Hobbies here in New Port Richie had a couple of packs of the 1/72nd scale ACES II , so I bought them got 7 seats, and go to find out... THEY DONT FIT THE HASE COCKPITS!!! :lol: Oh well, I took out the trusty dremel, snaded down the sides and bases of the seats on two of them, then fitted them into the cockpit tub. Next I took a cockpit for one of my kits that is in the future build pile and did a little grinding inside the tub and Well now the seat fits. Has anyone else had this problem? William G

True the idea of an Elevator into space is a great idea, which I am hopeful will see development soon. The websiteTethers Unlimited has a great explanation of them as does the book Time Master by Robert L Forward (R.I.P Bob).

No joy on the www.spunk-model-building.tk website yet Spunk-Y Any news? I am looking for the Head on shot of the Dish Array. Nothing else got plenty of other reference pics but nothing that is a head on shot... William G B)

Very true Bad Cop the larger the diameter the lower the coriolis Hence RINGWORLD!!!!!!!! However even it has its flaws... William G (and not I am not a Pak Protector in disguise)

Hey guys, I am looking to add an F-86 to my builds soon and wanted to do it of the F-86 Tow Target jets that Flight Systems Inc had used at Nellis in the Mid 1980's Anyone have any pix of these sweet machines? Thanks William G

I have had good results with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. I know that you might want to do what I have done in the past I add a single drop of "Dawn" detergent into each bottle I use for brush painting, ( only use a few for brush painting so I dont have to duplicate too much) this breaks down the surface tension and allows it to go on a little smoother the other thing I do is I use denatured alchohol for the thinner. I also try to keep three sets of brushes One for acrylics One for Enamels and a third for Lacquers. I try to not mix the brushes as I have had some cross contamination from

EPU Safing pin aft of the intake Right side behind the Nav light below the Total Temp Probe. Sidewinder Proximity Fuse covers as well as some units have them on the HUD cover Seat Cover or Seat Pitot Covers RBF on the Pins in the Cockpit for the Canopy Jettison Saftey Pin, and the Two safing Pins on the ACESII... OBTW I knew a Pilot who used to have one on his keys, thought that was pretty funny actually. We were going to give him a t-shirt with RBF on it.. never happened... Oh well... You have them also on the Pylons for any external stores Not to mention on the back of the TER if sto

Same ones I have already Ken First place I went was Google then Lycos, then Ask, ad nauseum Every pic always shows the radar in the Stowed position. Looking for a single front shot of the dish so I can make one in styrene dont want to fork out the $$ just to get a PE part . Thanks tho my friend William G

Yeah But, Mike the USS Los Angeles, is not being subjected to the same stress in the water as, say a drop from 1 mile if the engine conks out on an atomic rocket. Nor is the reactor in the same league as the Nuke motor would be to propel a payload into orbit. Lets just build on the Moon... my 2c worth there... As to the structure for a Wheeled station It is a giant Suspension bridge with no endpoints when it is built. the larger the ship the easier it is to offset the weight/mass for movement and equipment. Water tanks built into the floors and walls to counter the weight imbalance and

Hey guys Looking for a few pics of the APG-66 Radar Dish from the front so I can scratch build it for a few of my kits. Thanks William G

Jake I had to take scans of the badges and make my own Oh well not a bad thing Gonna make a block 25 and Block 30 for the 72nd and 61st as well Making one from each block and squadron I worked... Lots of fun... Andy Yep gonna add the radar too gotta get some good side views of the mount and the whole gimbal/radar waveguide as well as a good head on shot of the dish to scratch build one... William G

how about a shot of my D and B?

Almost done Need to add the Pitot, Side Mount Air Data Probe , Lower UHF antenna, and the RTWS Teardrops.

another pic

Hey guys I am working on my second family model What ya think? I know I got a lot of work in store for touchup paint as well as a few other areas Adding the decals today and will hit a coat of clear after they set fully shading weathering and some more sealing... William G

Last one for now Gotta decide on the tail pipe cover We used those vinyl/canvas ones that slipped over the turkeyfeathers But I do like plugs too Hmmm hard to decide

Lower Tacan for now... more detailing and accurizing with the pics Bjorn is forwarding.

# 3 Dunno if you can see it well or not Intake cover