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The guy who built the lighted Eagle on display at this year's Nats sure seems to have gotten the lights right - any of you get a load of it? I felt is was one of the highlights.
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I too have splashed/spilled solvents on models and parts before. I found a fairly good solution to this by putting all work in progress on a higher surface on my bench (an upside down wooden box, ~15-20 cm thick). I did this to improve the ergonomics by bringing the work closer to eye level. I found the added safety benefit to the model by mixing paint, having open decal solutions, etc. down on the main bench surface.
Hope this helps someone.
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I have some good photos in a book of A model hornets in the 80's with one HARM and a Harpoon (it said for balance) or two Harpoons. Unfortunately I am on vacation and can't get to it right now to get you the details. IIRC the asym load was on a leatherneck bird while the 2x AGM-86 was on a Navy one.
Best of luck - I look forward to seeing posts once this is done!
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Makes me want to finally use those Two Bobs Katrina decals.
Beautiful photos - thanks for passing them along!
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Darius-
Thank you for sharing these. I'm so glad that people on your side of the pond are willing to put the work in to keep some of these proud birds flying for us to see and remember those who built, worked on and flew them. British birds have so much character, and to see them in their native environment (air) must be thrilling!
Thanks again,
Ben
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Boman-
The IDF Eagles did use A2G weapons on their F-15s for the 1985 strike on PLO headquarters in Tunis. I saw a color profile in a book (didn't buy it, so I can't refer you to it) with a MER worth of Mk. 82s on the C/L. Can't recall if it was an A or B.
Ben
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TwoBobs Iron City Apaches decals (1/48). Putting these on a Revellogram Alpha kit; not the most accurate, but I'm going for OOB. Most likely will do 89-0256 from A company; this has the sharks mouth and the Steelers logo on the bottom.
With nine (9!) different birds to choose from on this sheet, this is a tough choice. Each company on the sheet (A, B and C) has something interesting about it. So many models, so little time.
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Dez-
Did you ever work out the decal situation? I know Wolfpack does a 1/48 MC-130 Iranian Hostage rescue bird, but that might not be the era you are looking for.
Best of luck, and keep up the excellent work on this project!
Ben
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Fleet Fort
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I had the distinct pleasure of seeing one of these in person before. I believe it was from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum up near Hamilton. My first thought was "What the %( is THAT!"
The kind pilot told me all about it.rcaf, if you build it, I'd love to take a look.
Ben
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Kudos, Andrew - she looks great! :)
One of these days I'll finish the Italeri E model that's been moldering partially assembled in my box of doom for 20 years. Watching this thread had given me some inspiration!
Ben
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Ken-
Thanks for bringing us this. The A-10 is not usually a colorful bird, but this takes it down a notch. Could they at least put on a colored fin cap? I think this unit is red, or I remember seeing some red on the Trident from the old F-16s. :)
Ben
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Thank you for sharing these great shots. I love gold on a classic Hornet. This is MUCH better than the Charlie that the USN repainted in the prototype scheme, and I thought that was pretty snazzy. My first Hornet model was the Revell quarter scale prototype A model. I was probably nine, and left the plastic white and painted the blue and gold with Testor's enamel. Haven't been the same since. Now I'm thinking it's time to take off for the Great White North...
A retrospective of Canadian demo Hornets would be a great group build for a big show. Has it been done?
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I'm excited to see a few shots of one of these in gloss light gull gray. I hope they put big, colorful unit marks on at least a few. Some of the P-3's I've seen lately are so vanilla they leave me cold.
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Back in the '70s there was a USAF model display in one of the terminals in O'Hare. I clearly remember an F-111 with a psychotic number (36 or 48) of what I believe were M117s on the wings. Since I was just a kid I can't say for sure if these were 750s or 500s, but I do remember they looked fat. I was starting to build models at the time so I may have seen some decent representations of each to make a judgement. At least a few people in the AF had a vision in their head of a slow but deadly Aardvark.
There were many types of aircraft in the case, but this one stands out in my mind 30 years later.
Ben
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Pittsburgh!
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That may be the best C-130 scheme the National Guard has ever put on a bird. Any nibbles from the decal people?
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Randy-
Thanks for sharing. These are really top-notch! The Red Bull P-38 may be one of the best looking warbirds out there; I feel like buying some Alclad II now.
Again, very inspiring work.
Ben
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I'll need to buy a new shelf to fit all these models. I don't know how I can choose just one!
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John-
Regarding the decals - US Air Force Reserve was known as AFRES until June '93, I believe, at which point it was known as AFRC (Air Force Reserve Command). What date is your bird from?
Best of luck on making the stub pylon look good. I think you are off to a good start. I've got one of these in the stash and the pylon was just one of the items keeping me from starting. I'd rather have the nine-bracket pylon for JDAMs, etc. over Afghanistan. The other was the bizarre framing on the windshield. How are you dealing with yours?
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I saw this on Navy.mil earlier today. It caught my eye because the Ordie is from Erie, where I grew up. Also because it is a good pic!
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Jake-
Thanks for sharing these spectacular shots! A lot of inspiration for modeling there.
A question on the BUFFs: Was it just the light, or does the one closer to the camera (60-0008) look like a lighter shade of gray? Looks almost like the AMC Gray on the -135s farther down the page.
Thanks again for sharing!
-Ben