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    1/48 Hasegawa A-4 Skyhawks

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    @ Gunny - there are more differences with the A-4B/C from the later Skyhawks than just the nose.  So I guess the answer is "it all depends how accurate do you want it and how far are you willing to go to make it accurate?"

     

    Other than just the nose, the other visual difference is the intakes.  The A-4E and later Skyhawks have a splitter plate that results in a small gap between the intake and fuselage.  The intakes on the earlier Skyhawks had a simpler arrangement without the splitter plate and the fuselage to the intake being a continuous surface.  

     

    The Hobbycraft A-4 has recessed panel lines, but when put side-by-side with the Hasegawa parts they look "different".

     

    Another approach might be to obtain a Hobbycraft A-4B/C kit and dress it up with Hasegawa A-4 parts to your satisfaction.

     

    (In case you're wondering, I did TRY to mate the Hobbycraft A-4C forward fuselage with the Hasegawa A-4 rear fuselage.  I made the cut right where the fuselage "breaks" for engine maintenance.  Let's just say "there is a reason why I never posted any pictures".☠️)

    Super newbie F-4 question

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted · Edited by John B

    Short answer - No.  Get a 1/48 F-4C/D kit instead of kit-bashing from 2 F-4 kits.

     

    Long answer - Not without some degree of work.  If you overlay the Hasegawa F-4B and F-4E wings, you'll see that the dimensions of the parts are slightly different.  This is noticeable at the wingroots where the intakes, wings, and AIM-7 wells all come together.  If you do mind the mix of raised and recessed panel lines, you'd end up rescribing the F-4B wings to make them match. Rather than kit-bash them, it would be a shorter path to trade both the kits you have for a 1/48 F-4C/D kit.  Hasegawa F-4C/D and Monogram F-4C/D kits are commanding much lower prices on the second-hand market now that there are newer kits.   If you are someone who prefers recessed panel lines and don't mind buying aftermarket engines & cockpit parts, the old ESCI F-4C/D is also an alternative.

     

    There are plenty of folks in this forum with experience building F-4C/D kits from the different manufacturers, I'm sure they can chime in on specific questions for each kit.  Don't hesitate to ask.  I'm sure other have many of the same questions you would have.

     

    Good luck, be safe and keep building!

     

    Tamiya 1/48th F-4B Phantom II (item#61121)

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    8 hours ago, phantom said:

     

     

    Well,....you "could" but you need to be standing on a chair and have very good timing as the plane flies over you. Might not have a hand after but the ladder would be up.

     

    So afterwards you'd be called "Lefty" and the event would be forever known as "Lefty's Push"?

    S-3B Viking Low Viz Color

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted · Edited by John B

    I know the OP asked about the color, but just passing along some info.  The airframe is now on display on the former-USS Midway so there are plenty of pics of it that can be found on-line.   The last time I saw it, it still retained the ES-3A doors on one side and the extra antennas.  Due to COVID restrictions, the museum is currently not open.

    Another image of the jet with those markings are on this page -> LINK   and the jet was definitely painted in one overall color when it  had those markings.

     

    Kit prices

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by John B

    Here's another way to look at it.  When we were younger, a $50 kit wasn't something we could NOT afford with our weekly allowance/ paper route money/ grass-cutting profits.   Now that we're older, a $50 kit now more easily attainable.  (Don't get me wrong, $50 is still $50 and ain't exactly pocket change.)   Instead of saving up to buy $50 kits, we're saving up a paper route/ weekly allowance/ grass-cutting profits to buy more expensive kits that we can't buy right away.   If we try to put ourselves into the mindset of "your inner child getting a reward" instead of "I gotta work how many hours for this?", MAYBE our wallets won't scream as loud and our inner child will scream in glee when we attain the kit we couldn't normally just buy?

     

    (At least that's what I'm always trying to convince myself when I see the prices of new kits and the voice of my inner child is saying "Oooooooh.  I want it. I want it!)

     

    Squadron

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Just a "thought exercise"...

    The masters/molds for couple of aftermarket lines were acquired/purchased and sold under the "True Details" brand.  Off the top of my head, KMC and Just Plane Stuff are 2 examples.   True Details also detail sets that originated with them. (Examples being the F4U-4 cockpit for the Academy Corsair and the F-14A cockpit for the Monogram kit.)

     

    If "True Details" = "Squadron", I wonder what happens to that old True Details aftermarket?  Are we likely to see them sold off and someone else pick them up?   If D-Rob had the desire and resources, those things would certainly stuff that fit into the Steel Beach line.

    Great trader Shawn "phantom" Weiler!

    in Good Trader Alert

    Posted · Edited by John B

    I can't say it any better than ReccePhreak did a few posts down -

    "Just completed a flawless trade with Shawn "phantom" Weiler. A distinct pleasure to work with him. :thumbsup:

    Larry"

     

    Count me as another person who has a good experience trading with phantom!

     

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