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    western NY shops

    in Hobby Shop Directory

    Posted

    Sorry for the necropost, but I figured this was better than starting a new thread. I stopped by Section 8 Hobbies in Buffalo recently, and they had a good selection of kits and supplies.

    Section 8 Hobbies

    2243 Seneca Street

    Buffalo NY 14210

    (716) 824-7049

    A-10 Loads

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted · Edited by bdt13

    Where have you taken those from ? Are there more of them ?

    The DoD metadata is there if you save the photos. For example, from the first one:

    A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron refuels a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II over Turkey in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Jan. 6, 2016. OIR is the coalition intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released)

    That and the image file name helped in the search for the originals. I could find them on DVIDS: Click here

    A-10 Loads

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    Thanks for sharing these! So many A-10 loads - so few really great A-10 kits to put them on. I'm hoping for someone like Meng or Tamiya to come out with a more accurate, modern A-10A+/C kit. :pray:

    F-16A Thailand

    in Far Out, Far East! GB

    Posted

    Thanks, yardbird. I believe I know the Revell kit you mean. If it's the one I'm thinking of it was more of a YF-16 than an F-16A. Built it twice as a kid! Loved the engine you could put on the stand. Still has a decent, basic tow tractor and bar.

    F-16A Thailand

    in Far Out, Far East! GB

    Posted

    RKic-

    Sorry, I already closed up all the gear bays. They have a moderate level of detail, but both Academy and Tamiya put more in their bays that Hasegawa did. The tool has to be 30 or more years old, so we are not talking about today's standards of modeling.

    Build 2 - BAE Hawk 1/32 Revel

    in Far Out, Far East! GB

    Posted

    The sidewall detail is an improvement! I usually figure that if I need to look too hard to figure out if the detail I'm adding is correct, most of the other modeler's won't know either. :whistle: It's often better to add a little spurious detail to suggest something is going on than to leave it blank.

    F-16A Thailand

    in Far Out, Far East! GB

    Posted

    This will be an in-flight display. The pilot is from Modern Hobbies.

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    IMG_0858_zpsdaknmdp1.jpg

    Arms will be added later; I want to make sure I get the alignment right to touch both stick and throttle.

    The seat is from a Tamiya F-16 that I am building in parallel. It is more detailed/accurate than the Hasegawa seat, but is meant to represent the later ACES II with pop-out pitot tubes on the headrest. I've added styrene card pitot horns, but still need to bend them down and do something about the parachute pack on top of the headrest.

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    Here are the intake parts. I sawed off the inner flat face of the intake so I can paint it white more easily. I'll then glue a black flat piece of plastic there to blank it off. The nose hear door has been glued in place. Time will tell how good the alignment is with the rest of the fuselage.

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    There are some minor gaps in the tail that I'm hoping some Mr. Surfacer 1000 is taking care of. I used Tamiya gray putty to fill the unneeded pylon holes in the wing. What that did not cover gets the Mr. Surfacer. I'm trying to minimize the amount of detail I wipe out with putty and sanding, so I've been wiping away the excess Mr. Surfacer while it is wet. This often takes away more than I need to, causing me to have to go back and put on more Mr. Surfacer later. I'm also deepening most of the panel lines, as the ones in the molded parts are somewhat soft.

    Thanks guys.

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    kellyF15-

    I have a family with some issues of its own (but don't we all in some way?). I also appreciate the spirit of ARC to learn, share, and sometimes, just to relax.

    Hang in there - best to you and your family.

    AIM-7E Wings - E vs. E2

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    AIM-7E2 wings are supposedly "clipped" when compared to the basic E models. I'm looking for a clear picture, photo or drawing, of the two wings. Ideally they would be together at the same scale for comparison. This way I can compare the picture to the available kit wings to help ensure I'm putting the right ones on my model.

    Any help is appreciated.

    F-16A Thailand

    in Far Out, Far East! GB

    Posted

    I'll join in with an F-16A. This is the venerable Hasegawa kit:

    IMG_0829_zpsunznylx4.jpg

    I'm using the Zotz decals to model an early scheme from the first production lot for Thailand. This is a "cloud" scheme of two ghost grays.

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    IMG_0841_zpsia1zvhrs.jpg

    The stores load will be a single centerline tank and four AIM-9J/P (not sure which the USA was exporting at that time).

    LF Thai F-16 Early Colors

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    toadwbg-

    Thanks, Cybermodeler was one of of my first stops to look. The colors they list for Thailand are 36373, 36176, and 36081. I think I might believe this for this specially-painted aircraft flown by a prince, and maybe even for the more standard Hill-pattern birds, but not for the early two-color pattern.

    The prince's aircraft was in a scheme similar to this F-5:

    F-5E_Royal_Thai_AF_at_Korat_2000.JPEG

    Anyone who was at G-D / Lockheed back in the day when these were built, or even with the Thai Air Force?

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