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Great build! Is the IP cover scratch built, or did you use some aftermarket? It looks fantastic! Cheers, Markus

The pilot also received kneeboards: The black areas on the underside of the forward fuselage were painted, and then the intake was attached and the gear doors were glued in. Again, everything fit without hassle. Next I glued in the cockpit and attached the upper fuselage. In the first step just the kit parts without the resin spine. This allows me to check the position of the in-flight mounting socket. The plane will be mounted on a 15mm acrylic rod, which will be inserted through the exhaust. 15mm

That looks awesome! Cheers, Markus

I made some slow but steady progress over the last weeks: Capt. Stefan "Stitch" Hutton - or at least the model of him - is ready toboard the plane: It is the Thunderbirds pilot figure with the standard helmet. The helmet was sanded smooth. The helmet is painted using Mr. Paint colors specifically for this jet, and the markings are self printed decals, as are the shoulder patches The original helmet has a pinstriped lion on the orange part, but that is too delicate to replicate. I also painted the in

This is available from Furball Decals in their "Sundowners Anthology", and is sized for the Tamiya kit: Markus

Hi! It is the kit beavertail, but with the Steel Beach RWR antenna from the Block 125 update Cheers, Markus

Thank you. Do you speak of the 12th AF pilot? Cheers, Markus

That looks great! Is this kind of flight gear also suitable for a Pacific based USAAF pilot? If so, that is exactly what I was waiting for to complement my P-51. Markus

And are quotes of the according Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_20 So it seems Daniel is right with August 20th. Cheers, Markus

Thank you! Cheers, Markus

Hi, It is a long time since I built my Hasegawa 1/72 Viper, so maybe the answer doesn't help you that much ;-) As far as I remember, the thicker part is the bottom of the part. It doesn't look like a short shot. Another help is the shape of the engine fairing. On the bottom of the fuselage the edge of the fairing is curved. Cheers, markus

Thank you all! Cheers, Markus

Thank you! Cheers, Markus

Work continues in amsall steps. here is another picture of a dry fit, with the forward fuselage attached and dry fitted to the lower fuselage: The next step was the air intake. to get a seamless intake, I used the proven method of mating the forward and rear parts of the intake, getting rid of the lateral seams, and then gluing upper and lower halfes together. I glued a piece of styrene to the rear wall of the front wheel well on which the gear door will rest. Here a dry fit to see if it will work:

Thank you! Cheers, Markus

Thank you all once again for your help. The finished model can be ssen here: Cheers, Markus

Hi Folks, Here is my recently finished Tamiya Tomcat depicting "Miss Molly", a Tomcat of the VF-111 Sundowners as it was painted in 1989. It is the 1/48 Tamiya kit with decals from Furball Aero Sesign (Sundowners Anthology) I used some aftermarket to bring the cat to block 125 standard: Steel Beach vinyl tail stiffeners Steel Beach RWR antennas Quickboost TCS chinpod Eduard Brassin late wheels Eduard Brassin ejection seats Eduard Brassin AIM-7E + AIM-9L I had to do the painting and decals twice. because of a bad reaction in

Hi Folks, I finally began to tackle a kit, which is on my todo list for some time now. It will be the F-16AM of the Solo Display Team of the Netherland Air Force in its stunning orange/black livery. I will build it as an in-flight model, using the Syhart decals. As I didn't want to wrestle with the Kinetic kit, I decide to go the route of using the Tamiya kit and the Kasl Hobby conversion kit, which includes a rear fuselage sectian and a tail apropriate for an AM Viper. Further aftermarket accessoirs I intend to use: Tamiya stiffener plates a

Hi once again! I am now at the finishing stages. However, i have some questions regarding the stenceling, especially about the "No Step" stencils. The pictures I found of Miss Molly show it from the sides. the forward fuselage and the vertical stabs seem to be freshly painted, with hardly any stencils at all . http://www.lockonaviation.net/html/showphoto.php?id=7524 http://www.lockonaviation.net/html/showphoto.php?id=7526 http://www.lockonaviation.net/html/showphoto.php?id=7525 Would this also mean that there will be no "No Step"

Thanks again for all the Information! I now ordered a Brassin AIM-7M set. I will post pictures once the model is completed. Cheers, Markus

Thanks for all the Information. And I just found out, that I completely forgot the Sparrow. Seems I have to get AIM-7Ms as well. If I reserched correctly, the AIM-7E wasn't used anymore. Well, for now, I will put the already finished AIM-7Es on the model, maybe I will add the correct missiles later. Cheers, Markus

Thanks a lot for this picture! Markus

Thank you! Yes the kit provides also seeker heads for AIM-9L/M. And I will use the decals, without the red/green markings for the arming key. Cheers, Markus

Thank you very much! So I could just use the kit parts for the AIM-9M, and also the decals, since there were no external arming keys on the early AIM-9Ms, correct? Cheers, Markus

Hi again! I am in the middle of the build, and was just assembling the Sidewinders, when I thought about which variant of Sidewinders would be on the Tomcat in 1989. Would it still be AIM-9H, or already a newer variant (L/M)? Thanks again, Markus