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SouthViper

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  1. "Taking the Windows development history, the F16, Mirage 2000, E2C were windows 1.0, the Kfir, Mirage IIIE, Harrier FA2, Fouga are 2.0, the AMX and SuE are 3.0" By the way Mr. Raymond, when does Kinetic will revisit the F-16 molds to bringing they to actual standards? SouthViper
  2. http://www.topedge.com/alley/squadron/pac/vf2hist.htm SouthViper
  3. Dear Jim, certainly I would go with the ZM kit to do the conversion you want. The best kit for Your best masterpiece. It really is necessary to sand off the armor plates for the Korean version, I believe they were AD-3s that time. I highly recommend the Skyraider book series In Action (Squadron Signal Pu.) that brings good designs pointing out the differences between versions. To uniformly sanding the shielding plates there is a technique : making a small caliber hole in the wing or fuselage section which DOES NOT have the shield, measuring the thickness with a piece of wire/sprue.
  4. I believe You will have to scratch that platform, maybe a Google search on the manufacturer of the original ones can bring You some nice pics or sketches. Also near the B-58 were this platform : It is not what You wish but it is some beginning SouthViper
  5. I have some feelings for "X" and "Y" aircraft projects. The TSR-2 would be a BIG project and looking around I did not found the Airfix kit itself but I do found some resin sets.... 173,10 Euros... not counting some PE sets... nor decals ... SouthViper
  6. Liam The Academy 1/48 kit is NSI , so PW engines/exhaust. I believe Seamless Suckers (SS) in too long out of business and theirs resin set was for Hasegawa F-16's, but since the Academy's F-16 is almost a Xerox from the Hasegawa kit it would works. Take a look at CMK : http://www.cmkkits.com/en/detail-sets-accessories/index.php?fSort=3&fSeries=0&fScale=16&fNationality=0&fEra=0&fMaker=0&from=170 Some of the NEW Tamiya F-16 kits have both inlets in the box so I think it will not difficult some another modeler negotiate the parts You need. SouthViper
  7. Well, there are some offers in 1/48 of the T-38 Talon. I would like to know What is the best 1/48 kit of the T-38 Talon A,B,or C, specially regarding the accurate dimensions and "area rule" correctly shaped. I saw some time ago that one of these kits would have wrong dimensions and fuselage/canopy sills wrong angled so I am trying to find the best kit. Thanks SouthViper
  8. What is that on the ground next Opel Blitz ? looks like some rests of a pterodactyl ? SouthViper
  9. Still better to begin with the HASEGAWA 1/48 ones . SouthViper
  10. Thanks guys I have received this topic to clear my questions : http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal3/2301-2400/Gal2336_TF-102_Hawkey/00.shtm Mario
  11. I am building the TF-102A using the Monogram F-102A kit and the C&H Aero Miniatures conversion kit http://www.candhaerominiatures.com/catalog/tf102.htm The real F-102A was 68' 1,8" including Pitot which means 43,28 Centimeters in 1/48, which is absolutely correct for the Monogram kit. The real TF-102A was 63' 5,7" including Pitot which means 40,30 Centimeters in 1/48. * The F-102 Detail & Scale book, By Bert Kinzey, page 41. And here is my doubt, because adapting the resin C&H front to the rear Monogram fuselage my measurement goes for 41,7 Centimeters. (with Pitot) S
  12. Thank You all for the tips. I think this would be a very expensive project. SouthViper
  13. I am going to build the Trumpeter 1/48 Sukhoi Su-24M Fencer D, and I am wondering if I could to use the fantastic Aires resin exhausts that are made for the MiG-23 ? If not any other options. SouthViper
  14. I would like to know if it would be correct and possible to use the excellent Aires turbines for 1/48 MiG-23 for the Su-24 Fencer, both from Trumpeter ? SouthViper
  15. I would like to know if Academy Inc. has some direct e-mail regarding to ask for replacement kit parts ? Thank You all SouthViper
  16. unbelievable ... when you think you've seen it all ....! SouthViper
  17. ... hey John , and it looks like a lot with an F-4 hein ? SouthViper
  18. since the angles of the wings and elevators are measured from a longitudinal axis of an aircraft, I wonder what is the correct angle for the F-4 Phantom II installation of the MLGs? Comparing the MLG bays of the F-4s 1/48, from Monogram X Academy X Hasegawa, I was surprised to see great differences between the two firsts kits and the latter. SouthViper
  19. McDonnell Phantom FGR.2 exhaust nozzles (designed to be used with Hasegawa kits) 1/48 Aires AIRE4361 from Hannants website. SouthViper
  20. quote: Jennings Posted 17 February 2014 - 05:45 PM Looks like that's part of the tooling, not just a case of poor molding. The tool was made incorrectly for whatever reason, and nobody seems to have caught it. I was affraid that would be the case but taking a closer look overall the F-4C Academy kit, I have confirmed that mainly the Vertical Tail, both inner wing pylons and both outer wing panels (maily at the hinges) are ALSO ruined by malformation caused by bad plastic injection. Somebody at Academy forgot to adjust the machines... SouthViper
  21. I think yes, since I was surprised when many guys asked me about "wavy" ( ondulado, in portuguese). SouthViper
  22. Nice work. Congrats SouthViper reproduced here under fair use of images and illustration purpose only.
  23. Thanks for Your efforts guys, the problem I have trying explain is fully discovered now. Great pics JeffreyK , I was considering taking some pics too to show here for clarification for what point I was referring, and Your two firsts photos show the problem very well. Ben Brown , sorry for Your disappointment and Your statement "You can feel them if you run your finger along the underside of the wing" is exactly I was about to say. Now I have doubts if that "wavy" is caused by injected plastic malformation in some kits because NOW it looks to be more a bad engineering of that part, an
  24. Thanks for Your efforts guys, the problem I have trying explain is fully discovered now. Great pics JeffreyK , I was considering taking some pics too to show here for clarification for what point I was referring, and Your two firsts photos show the problem very well. Ben Brown , sorry for Your disappointment and Your statement "You can feel them if you run your finger along the underside of the wing" is exactly I was about to say. Now I have doubts if that "wavy" is caused by injected plastic malformation in some kits because NOW it looks to be more a bad engineering of that part, an
  25. Fine, hope they continue goin'on... SouthViper
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