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  1. Cool Hand
    I'm sure glad I didn't throw away my Academy Bombcat.
  2. Cool Hand
    Congrats on having your models displayed with the Vermont ANG. What an honor.
  3. Cool Hand
    Fantastic build.
  4. Cool Hand
    I was looking a several examples on this page https://www.reddog1944.com/340th Bomb Group Unknown BS and SN PLANES.htm It definitely looks like the dark paint was applied over the lighter shade. So I presume that the 340th BG received many aircraft in factory desert paint. Not sure if it would be sand or pink, but it's definitely light.
  5. Cool Hand
    Are you modelling that specific aircraft? It looks to me that the darker paint was added after.
  6. Cool Hand
    Fantastic job on the pilot figure. Rest of the build is nice as well.
  7. Cool Hand
    That site does have a LOT of mistakes in the photo captions on other pages, but the 2.(H)/14 page is fine.
  8. Cool Hand
    I can't seem to find the build, but the aircraft is a Bf 109E-7/trop operated by 2.(H)/14 {2./Aufklärungsgruppe 14}, a reconnaissance unit in North Arfica. You can find several photos of this squadron's aircraft, including #10, here: https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/H14.html
  9. Cool Hand
    Are you looking for information on the aircraft depicted in the build or info on the build itself?
  10. Cool Hand
    Fantastic build. Truly stunning.
  11. Cool Hand
    How is the Italeri kit? I remember seeing sprue shots when it was first released a few years ago. Looked pretty impressive.
  12. Cool Hand
    Cool. That doesn't seem so bad. I might have to get one of these.
  13. Cool Hand
    Lovely build. How hard was it to close up the gear bays?
  14. Cool Hand
    That's 1/72? Superb job on this bird.
  15. Cool Hand
    Looks great!
  16. Cool Hand
    I can't see the photos either.
  17. Cool Hand
    Beautiful job, Dai.
  18. Cool Hand
    If you look closely at the image I sent earlier about the Erla wing pattern, you'll see that the cross does not meet the panel line it's positioned slightly outboard. Your decals are close to what I see in references.
  19. Cool Hand
    The shape of the vertical fin is accurate. It was designed as an airfoil to counteract the effect of engine torque while in flight. The fuselage wants to twist to the left at the nose and right at the tail, so a an airfoil that pulls the tail to the left will keep things stable.
  20. Cool Hand
    Looking real nice. Shame that the EagleCals are not reacting well with the decal solutions. Also not very good that the Eduard color is so far off.
  21. Cool Hand
    This will seem tedious, but your best bet will to be create a new layer and trace over the image with the paint brush tool. Just use a color that's not black initially (I like red) so you can tell what you've drawn from what you haven't. You can make the new layer black when you are done. For the finer lines, you may need to scale down the smallest brush size 50%. How many pixels tall is the Eagle?
  22. Cool Hand
    That looks great.
  23. Cool Hand
    Try GIMP. It's a free image editor similar to Photoshop.
  24. Cool Hand
    From looking at the decal sheets there are indeed a few definite MTT built 109's and a few possible ones. Here are the definite MTT 109's: Top three schemes on EagleCals #27 (Yellow 6, White 1, and White 12) Middle two schemes on EagleCals #42 (Yellow 16 and Yellow 6) Note that Yellow 16's rudder was not actually white - reference photo clearly shows it was just an illusion caused by the rudder being deflected to the right, making it look lighter in the sunlight. Possible MTT 109's Middle two schemes from EagleCals #171 (Red 11 and Blue 14) T
  25. Cool Hand
    Yes. It's always a good idea to search for reference photos and other information. In some cases, you won't find all the information in one place and will need to piece it together. But it's not likely you will find a Werknummer unless you can find a source that can link a plane to a pilot or to an incident report. If a basic google search for the aircraft or pilot doesn't result in the answer being found in short order, then the Werknummer is probably unknown. In most cases, it's probably not worth much more effort than to find a photo pf the plane.
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