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  1. DO IT! This aircraft is very popular and the kit would be much more popular if somebody fixed the width of the canopy parts, which is a major big time flaw. I bet you wouldn't be able to keep up with orders if you marketed a good product. Mark me down for your first sale if you do, since I have another kit. Cheers, Chuck
  2. Excellent job on a "Weird" kit as you mentioned. I spent over a year on the same kit, so I know all the flaws and your final product is exceptional. Congrat's! Cheers, Chuck
  3. As a 1/32 guy, I rarely look at 1/48 models and never 1/72. I'm, glad I did this time. This Tomcat is fantastic at any scale, but at 1/72 even more so. Big time "Wow! -and Congrat's for the close up pics to reveal any flaws, which are minimal. You should be very proud of this F-14 and you should be. Cheers, Chuck
  4. Thank you sir. I started modeling about 13 years ago and like everybody else, was not very good to start, but I still enjoyed the hobby immensely. Over time and practice- again like everybody else- I got better and better as I made every mistake possible. I still strive to make each model better than my last, but I'm starting to hit a bit of a wall now that I'm 65 years old and my sight and dexterity are not what they used to be. Here is my first model posted here at ARC in 2007 or so. Orange peel paint, silvered decals and likely crooked landing gear, but I was very proud of it. We all
  5. Curiously, the Alley Cat canopy is not corrected for width and from what I've seen, is thicker and not as clear as the kit parts, so I have no idea why one would buy it. Cheers, Chuck
  6. Yup. More pics here: The Display Case Cheers, Chuck
  7. Thanks Guys! Me too. This Hanger Queen is pretty clean these days. I also like dirty, when the subject should be dirty. Cheers, Chuck
  8. April 15/20 After about 4 ½ months of work, which is an a record short time for me, I’ve finished the Kitty Hawk T-6 Texan kit into a Canadian Harvard. This pandemic we find ourselves in provides plenty of motivation to model, especially when the weather is crappy outside, so I got a lot done the past 2 weeks. This Harvard Mk 4 is a museum bird that lives at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum near Hamilton, Ontario and as far as I know, it stills flies now and then. It was built at Canadian Car and Foundry in 1951 and served RCAF flying schools until it was purchased by a pri
  9. Thank you everyone for your kind and encouraging responses. As I do at the end of every build, I write a magazine article on what I’d did directly from my WIP thread, which is one of the major reasons I do them in the first place. Reviewing this build from start to finish confirms that this kit is a real challenge to just put together and even more so to correct many panel lines and other details. Still, I’m pretty happy with the end result, which could never have been done with the old Hasegawa kit, so we modellers should be happy that this kit exists at all as a good platform to create a
  10. Thanks Guys! Thanks Dan, Although a struggle at times, the models I am most proud of are the difficult ones, like my Trumpeter A-10, P38, and now this Kitty Hawk kit. That’s also why you don’t see them very often! Since I always alternate between jets and props, my next challenge will be this one, slightly modified into a Canadian Harvard in yellow. This will be my first non-combat model ever, although it is obviously associated with same in its training role. I have already ordered a few after market kits and it’s my plan to super detail it.
  11. Thank you everyone! Generally speaking me neither. Having said that, this bird needed to be kept clean, as shown below. Thanks, Chuck
  12. DONE! I have posted pics of the finished model in the Display Case Forum here: 1/32 Kitty Hawk F-5E/N: "Kicked Up a Notch" Thank you everyone for your continued interest in this build. I really appreciate your comments and feedback over the past 9 months. Cheers, Chuck
  13. October 3/19 After “only” 9 months, which is a record for me, I have finally finished this model. For step by step details on how I did it, I have a fairly long build thread here: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/78413-132-kitty-hawk-f-5e-kicked-up-a-notch-sept-2419-final-details/ This kit is a real challenge if you want to make it as accurate as possible, with a random mix of highly detailed parts and parts that don’t fit at all. There are inaccuracies all over the place which I tried to fix, with some panel lines deleted, others
  14. Guys, I have been having trouble posting here lately so quite frankly I just gave up. If any body wants to see the end of this build they can view it over at LSP here: 1/32 Kitty Hawk F-5E Build Thank you, Chuck
  15. Obituary is here: https://calgaryherald.remembering.ca/obituary/donald-mackie-1075652210 RIP Bruce Chuck
  16. Bruce Mackie has passed away.  His Obituary is here:

     

    https://calgaryherald.remembering.ca/obituary/donald-mackie-1075652210

     

    RIP Bruce

  17. In a word, No. 3 things are holding me back: 1) I started the decals and realized that I didn't have any US Insignia decals in red. Nobody makes them in 1/32 scale either, so I had to order Maketar paint masks which will take a few weeks to arrive. 2) I screwed up a big decal (more on that later) so I had to order a replacement. Same delivery time as above. 3) It's finally summer, so vacation and other summer-like activities are taking up most of my time. I might have an update on the two wing-tip pods before then, so we'll see.
  18. Thanks Yuri! It looks like some acrylic X-22 should go down first, followed by the Tamiya lacquer. Cheers, Chuck
  19. July 26/19 Inching along towards the finish line. One major addition is the big center line fuel tank, which my subject usually has strapped on. In many pics of modern F-5E/N’s, the vertical fin has been removed, leaving the base attachment, so I cut mine off. Something missing is a fuel cap, because you’ve got to get the fuel in there somehow! I used another spare PE brass disk that I also used on the top of the fuselage when I moved the fuel caps from the starboard side to the port side. Painti
  20. Nothing special. Other than good overhead light within my paint booth, I have a couple of small desk lamps on the sides that I can move into position to allow reflections off the surface of the model I'm painting. You need reflected light to show how wet (or not) your paint is being applied. Cheers, Chuck
  21. Thanks Steve, Yes I have and have used them before as shown below, but most of the placards are way too tiny for masks. If I'm going to use some decals, I may as well use all decals, but I have a plan to make the edges of them disappear- or at least be less noticeable. Cheers, Chuck
  22. I was asked at LSP what my painting procedure is, so here it is again in sort of chronological order. As with all good paint jobs, the most important thing is to have a smooth and clean surface to begin with. You can’t spend too much time sanding and smoothing the plastic. I bet many of you guys thought I was nuts with all the fairly deep and prominent rivets that I re-punched and scribed all over the place, because it was sort of looking like an overdone Trumpeter kit. I overdid this detail on purpose, because after a few coats of paint it gets filled by at le
  23. Thanks Guys. Well, I thought I did. Here's the fuselage join before paint. The join is behind clear CA glue, so it's very difficult to see what is totally removed and what is partially removed. Also, without making excuses, 90% of these seams would not have shown up on a regular flat finish. The gloss black magnifies everything like 5X magnifying reading glasses. Cheers, Chuck
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