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Camus272

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  1. Brushing lacquer over it, would in my estimation, be dangerous. You can spray lacquer over in light coats, but touching it to the surface may be difficult, try it carefully.
  2. Right, this is public knowledge - the Post Office is required by law to pre-fund retirement up to 2056 at $5 billion per year. No other agency, or anyone else, has to do this - it's insane. And, yeah, with no one sending actual mail, packages are all that's left. But, I don't understand why there's no one with competitive pricing.
  3. It seems to be working. I get what people are saying, I keep checking it but no one is posting about modeling. I looked last night and there really hasn't been any posts this year. There are areas there that I won't venture into, but I would guess they are the only areas still active.
  4. There's also a Topgun one on that Fightertown sheet.
  5. If you go to view page info (it's under tools in Firefox) the info box shows all the links on the page. You can just copy and paste them back into your browser to see each photo. It looks like his albums are set to private, so I couldn't find a link that shows the whole album.
  6. ^ these, it's called the Asia Minor scheme.
  7. I recently got a batch - they have a nice range of colors with several rare ones. I've only done some test work, but to my eye (and what Brian from Fightertown has posted) the colors are close but not-quite accurate. They are similar to MR Paint, but not quite as friendly as they are a bit thick and need thinning for airbrushing. They also don't have the fast drying time as MRP. I hope to get more use out of them soon, as I'm looking for replacements for Model Master.
  8. Cool! It seems the articles I have read have neglected some of you. You would then have a better perspective on this than anyone- perhaps the movie isn't so much of a stretch.
  9. Didn't Doug Master die in the first five minutes of Iron Eagle II? (although I did see him fly at at the Sioux Falls airshow a few years back).
  10. Well, any time since Super Hornet were introduced anyway. But, the trailer has a scene where the length of his career is discussed, and presumably they have some answer for this. Cruise is 57, the oldest actual Navy pilot was 54 as far as I know. It's a stretch , but only by a little and I wonder if that might change in the future- Reince Priebus just joined the Navy at age 46.
  11. Here's one I made out of an AIm-9, just took a few minutes.
  12. Darren, I just read your F-14 article where you drew on the panel lines, that is a pretty impressive result (it also is inspiring me to finish a Monogram F-14). It is an interesting conundrum. Building an F-16 aggressor this summer, I stared at the real thing to gauge the ratio of color scheme to lines, and while I could see the panel lines they never really broke through the color scheme either. I suppose one possibility to be the most accurate is to draw them on, and spray really thin color coat over them
  13. Interesting, I haven't seen that before, for a second I thought I was looking at the XL #2
  14. Here's a thread over at Z5 that shows Viperbite's process for doing it: https://www.zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=10619
  15. Apparently several ADF units still held the dual role, such as the 182nd and the 156th Fighter Wings.
  16. Good question. In my personal estimation, I would guess that many of them are simply grey paint. Some, like Tamiya's fine or Mr Surfacer probably have finer quality and maybe better adhesion. I don't prime as I don't see a need for it, and it's just extra layers of paint build-up. In areas that have had major modification work, I'll cover it with a few good coats, but I'll usually use the specific color it is anyway. I do like to have an enamel or lacquer base before I use acrylics, but I don't always do this either. If I'm low on top color (as I probably will be in the future with my Tes
  17. With some fictional test plane, and no Top Gun.
  18. I think there's only about 7 block 30 squadrons left. But I know that the 149th in Texas has got the repaint this month, so it looks like all F-16s are eventually getting it.
  19. That probably is it. Nice, thanks. You're probably right. I've seen 52 mentioned as a Ferris scheme in other threads, so I was expecting a straight-line scheme. Looks like I'll just go with 56. Thanks everyone
  20. Thanks, I do have that sheet, but it appears to have 52 in the same scheme as 56. I know I've seen a completed build of the Ferris scheme, but its driving me nuts that I can't find it again.
  21. I'm still in need of the forward windscreen canopy part for the 1/48 Hasegawa F-15, if anyone has one in the box. Thanks.
  22. Thanks for the suggestion, I do have that sheet, which has #56 in what I assume are the same colors but in a soft-edge pattern.
  23. Does anyone have any reference material on the Top Gun A-4 #52 in the Ferris Scheme? Any diagrams? I'm positive I've seen a completed build of it here, but I can't find it at all now. Thanks, Brian
  24. Even considering that a percentage of our plastic in the box is left over and discarded, how does that compare to something as common as single-use plastic tableware? Think of how many millions of sets of that are given out each day (often not even used - I hate it when I get some and don't need, and I try to save to for later, resulting in a large pile of the stuff). Given the declining popularity of our hobby (more specialized audience?), even taking time to consider the impact of plastic models seems silly in relation to the other 99.999% of disposable plastic. I suppose you could keep all
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