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Regarding the canopy is it one piece or two? I have no issues cutting it apart, just curious (in fact, I'd prefer to cut it apart... more precise edges that way. Also, how do the inside canopy frame bits fit? Where they were shaped for the kit canopy, do they need modifying to fit the thinner, correct shape vac-form one? Thanks...

Barracuda Studios has alreday announced several resin sets for this kit with more to follow. I suspect Roy's offerings will be mostly cockpit enhancements and new wheels in the three tread patterns (diamond, block and oval). Don't know if he would tackle the wheel bay... that's more up Aires' alley.

Not that I could see, at least not a stand alone set. They do make a set for the He-111 and Ju-88 (QB48270, QB48251) which I believe are MG 15s, but they are the barrels only, with the dust boots moulded on and no sights. Oddly enough, Master Model makes very nice brass turned MG 15 barrels, but only in 1/32 scale... none in 1/48... yet.

Whaaaat?? That's just crazy talk! ;) How else are we to keep the aftermarket machine rolling?

Vector make a nice set of MG 15s.

As Jennings said, that bit of criticism is a tad exaggerated. The vast majority of these ejector pin marks are hidden under the ribs when they are glued in place. The remainder should be fairly easy to clean up.

Here's a scenario for you: A piece of equipment is delivered to the military and painted colour "X" by the factory. It is assigned to a person in Command that oversees all the technical requirements of said equipment. Meanwhile down the hall in Command, another person is in charge of paint and colour specifications and he says "that equipment must be painted colour "Y" in accordance with my spec". Tech guy: "Hell with you, it stays colour X, it's my equipment". Paint guy: "No, Y!" Tech guy: " No, X!" and on and on the bun fight goes... This, BTW folks, is a true story and I deal with thi

If your canopy is shut and there are four Focke Wulfs bearing down on you, blazing away... your seat might still get wet ;)

Nice. A lot of options for a 1/72 scale kit (more than the Eduard 1/48!). I'm not normally a 1/72 scale modeler, but this kit is tempting...

The kit comes with LASTE mods and post Gulf War mods (GPS antenna, warts on tail planes, etc, etc.). In fact, if you want to do an earlier Gulf War bird, there's some sanding and filling to do to remove molded in details. I was lucky and got my kit early on when Cutting Edge was still in business, so got a boat load of their stuff for the kit.

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I think they burn people at the stake for doing that, don't they? ;) :lol:

To add to what Christian said, some other small but missing details: - When the K-14 gun sight was installed, there was a small bracket for spare lamp bulbs fitted under the right side instrument coaming. - The floor mounted fuel gauges have no dial decal provided for them, likewise with the fuselage fuel tank (part D15). - No heaters (type J-1 or J-4) are represented on the .50 cal machine guns. - As has been stated before, the NAA logos and "Depress Pedal To Release Parking Brake" mouldings are missing from the rudder pedals. - Locking lever for ammo tray cover is missing (if displayin

Roger that.

You're welcome. There definately were -25NA birds (44-72627 to 44-74226) late in the VLR role. Kagero's new sheet shows a couple of these; "The Enchantress", 44-72671 and "Fighting Lady", 44-72570... both from the 457th FS/506th FG, Iwo Jima ~June '45.

This is the best picture I could find of the IFF antenna installation: Based on this, the panel details of the Mustang and kit, and from what I've read (it was common to try to utilize existing inspection and removalbe panels to mount equipment to), here is my "best guess" for the location (small circular inspection panel): The antenna itself was around 15"-16" long, so that works out to about 0.5" in 1/32 scale. Colour was probably silver/aluminum. You should note that Tamiya has given no clue as to it's location by way of any indents on the inside of the wing to drill out as we've see

So, are you saying this is NOT the radio box that the VLR Mustangs would have used? I ask because many of the VLR Mustangs were -25NA builds.

Jennings, Been scouring the net and here is what I eventually found: First up is the SCR-695 radio box (same as parts D51 and D52 in the new Tamiya kit), the control box for the cockpit and just visible is the small IFF rod antenna that goes just behind the Stbd wheel well all mounted in a bench test setup: Next up is a B&W picture of the cockpit control box: This is a color picture of the control box (slightly different config) and I believe should reflect the colours used in USAAF Mustangs: Last is a photo of the control box installed in the cockpit: So, not the image you w

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As was stated, depends what Mk. you are interested in. Now, if you are of the "I just want to build a Spitfire" camp and are not concerned about any particular Mk, I would suggest the 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.Vb. Very nice kit, good detail, easy to build and an abundence of available markings and extra for it, if that's your thing.

Other way 'round. Transformers start: 1984. Gundam start: 1979. So if anything, Transformers ripped off Gundam (God I'm such a geek!)

Smart man...

Well you said '89 so a Shallow ALQ-131 would be a "safe" choice. The ALQ-184 was no doubt used at some point in '89 or after, but you're going to need hard evidence on that. I get where you're going with this; you want to mount the '184, but need confirmation that it would be accurate. I wonder if Jake Melampy's book might have the answer? Or, as the title suggests, the "modern" hog guide may preclude much info for late '80s/ early '90s.

In your case, I'm pretty sure it would have been the Shallow ALQ-131. That's what overseas Hogs were provisioned with. Very unlikely that it would have been the ALQ-184. This quote from World Air Power Journal, Vol. 16 (Spring 1994) in the A-10 feature article: "During the time frame of Desert Storm, US-based aircraft normally carried an ALQ-119(V)-15 pod, while Shallow ALQ-131s were carried on overseas-based aircraft. The ALQ-184(V)-1 and Deep ALQ-131 are also authorized, although they do not appear to have been used during the war." HTH

Interesting. Hadn't heard of that reason. I was always led to believe that they were removed/ deleted due to maintenace issues... I thought with the cuff itself, but possibly the maintenance issue was what you described.