Bonehammer73

Not exactly what you're looking for, but an Italian pilot managed to get lost big time in an F-84F. During a training mission near the Austrian border involving a simulated dogfight, the F-84F "6-37" 53-6642 flew east, throughout Austria, and descended through the clouds over Prague. He was intercepted by a couple of MiGs and 'persuaded' to land at Hradec Kralové. The pilot was returned after a few weeks, the airplane was returned after several months, in such a condition (missing equipment, panels opened and reattached) that it never flew again; indeed, it was searched for "bugs" and stored

An update: the seller contacted me on August 12th, apologising for the delay. The manufacturer has been remastering the parts and obtaining them took him longer than anticipated. Parcel is now on its way. I will alter the original post once I get hold of the items.

That would be the one, yeah.

Hello, I got hold of a 2nd hand Shackleton but it comes without some bits: main flaps, undercarriage doors, two propellers. I might scratchbuild the main flaps but the rest is beyond my capabilities. Anyone with a trashed kit is able to come to the rescue? Thanks in advance, Bone

In fact, my idea is that you either ban both or allow both. Banning is stupid, it creates a storm in a teacup and the staff must enforce the ban. As if schools weren't bad enough already, teachers now must search the lunch boxes and watch the dress code on top of everything else. Uniforms could just possibly maybe be a solution, except buying the uniform is an extra expense that some families can't afford. Choices, choices. I can't see the government issuing school uniforms unless in order to get rid of the digi camo stocks. Diff'rent strokes, LOL. To me, "fishnet" conjures up images of th

First of all, I searched for Hello Kitty fishnet stockings and couldn't find them. I would have liked to see how they are, to make sure I'm on the same page as the OP. Pity. Second, I know I'm merging two different posts by different authors, but geez, look what you're saying: On one hand it's a shame that boys can't bring toy guns at school, they're toys and will not turn the kids into school snipers. (Hey, I agree with that, too. I remember my toy guns fondly, myself) But on the other hand it's a shame that girls are dressed inappropriately for school because inappropriate dresses will ca

Thanks to everyone for the replies, and yes indeed the post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek (and I have another weird thread coming, musta been something I ate). Perhaps I should have explained myself better - I meant for kits to be returned to the manufacturer, same as you can return a car after you drive it for a couple years. So the manufacturer can put the sprues in a new box if the old one got chafed or reseal the sprues in bags, change the decals if they're yellowed, and re-issue the thing just like new. Of course if parts have been already cut from the sprues the whole gig is up, but

I've been hearing some talks about the new sharing economy and think it could make sense, as long as people are willing to rearrange their minds about a few issues, but I digress... Would anyone be interested in a sharing economy for model kits? I mean, seeing as how we've all been wanting to buy that kit that everyone is talking about, then, after staring in awe at the sprues for a while, the project takes a backseat and does not get built within our lifetime. I know I'm guilty of it. I blame my short attention span. So how about "borrowing" a kit instead of actually buying? You can retur

Bought it 20 years ago in combination with the MiG-25. Time flies, huh? Did not recognize shape issues when compared to Monogram's F-15. Surface detail is fine raised lines which seem to be in the right places. What brings this kit down is the undercarriage and cockpit, looks like the masters were made from Silly Putty. Perfect for an in--flight model.

I hope this sentence was there just to make up length: "fuselages, the large, central portions of planes that hold passengers." What kind of people read the news and need that word explained to them? "Fins: the tall portion of planes that have the airline logo on them." "Elevators: the flat things that stick out from the rear of a plane." "Engines: those round doodads that let the air in and the noise out."

This works if the fuselage is split horizontally: 1) Dry-fit the fuselage halves together. VERY accurately. Keep them taped together. 2) Glue the wings on (or the upper halves if the wing is split). Again, take LOTS of care with the alignment. 3) Once the glue has dried, open the fuselage halves; drill from the interior towards the wing and add the pin(s) of your choice, working on one half at a time. 3b)If you want, you can provide for the pins to slide into a tube in the fuselage, but usually I don't find it is necessary unless the plastic is very flexible. 4) Proceed with the build. I

You don't often see this finished, and to such a high standard. Otlishtny(sp?)!

Well if the A-style logo isn't meant to be that way, I'll eat my hat. This one is the most infamous... It's a pagoda with the sun shining behind it. Get it? Me neither. This one is an institutional office, which makes it soo much worse... It seems just bland till you nod off and your head tilts to the left. To me, the most unfortunate is still the 2012 Olympics logo. I don't want to tell you what it reminds me of, because it cannot be unseen, and I don't want to ruin anyone's childhood...

Good point. I had an online discussion once where, for the sake of arguing, I stated that Spider-Man 'exists'. That went over everybody's head and someone spent the rest of the evening calling me deluded... Back to the original topic: a full-size airplane and hangar are portrayed in this picture.

I bought a decal sheet from them, not on eBay bur through their website. Smooth transaction - in spite of me using Google translator to communicate - and cheap shipping fare. Now they seem to be on eBay too. Buy with confidence!

Problem solved, mods delete at will.

This summer I'll be doing a treehouse out of EPALs. That may be too small for your purposes - my daughter is six and an only child. You could try and disassemble them and use the single planks. The material is available for free or next to free.

Looks legit enough to me. Propaganda, yeah. Photoshopped, no.

Jennings, We have something like that in the paint shop. They're PETC funnels with a fine metal mesh in the middle and are used for filtering particles that might clog the spraying nozzles. They're also used in the food industry but I don't know of any retailer selling to the general public. Before stumbling upon these filters, we regularly used pantyhoses, 40 DEN, to strain the paint. Some people still prefer them because "they can squeeze the paint out". Perverts, I say. The whole lot of them. I literally tread upon one of my favourite scratchbuilding materials... a foot-long bit of cable

You will realise there is something odd with the concept of your freedom being granted by another country's soldiers? Soldiers who are trained, armed, fed, cured and buried at the other country's expense, while you have ample resources from not having to mantain an army of your own. Looks like a free meal. Except... You bet there is a price for that "protection". It could be a military base built next door to your house, making you a potential target in wars you'd otherwise never be involved. It could be your industry strangled by cheaper imported goods. It could be your country's resource

Greetings, I have seen several types wearing the dark grey over blue scheme, but not the MiG-29. Did it escape the heinous fate for some reason? Or I just didn't search hard enough? TIA, Bone

First thing first, tell them to make sure the vent valves are open when they empty them... after that they should be fine.

I think most crashes are caused by this... the relevant ones that spring to mind are: Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashed because of a combination of overload (due to the usage of official, but wrong, estimates of passenger and baggage weights), and an improper maintenance carried out on the elevators (the problem would've been spotted if the final check hadn't been skipped). The crash of a sightseeing flight into Mt. Erebus in Antartica was caused by discrepancies between the flight plan, the coordinates entered into the flight computer, and the instructions received by the crew, compounded wit

Thank you for your replies! The process sounds very familiar, down to the superficial 'refreshing' of a worn coat... Here's hoping the guys involved are all issued the appropriate PPEs and wear them. Some people at my place have this odd concept that "a filter is a filter is a filter".

Not surprising for someone who, like me, grew up on a steady diet of Japanese robots... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvyS-pORrc Thanks to everyone for your replies!