Andre

Nice! What paints did you use, especially for the FS30140? Cheers, Andre

Ah, glad to hear that... I recently saw an impeccable model of this bird, with a great finish and detailing inside and out... and the wrong kit intake. I didn't have the heart to tell the fella... Cheers, Andre

Be advised - this aircraft is a Block 30F and should therefore thve the Big Mouth inlet, which is not included in the kit even though Hasegawa already had the 'CJ and 'CG kits with the correct sprues out at the time of the release of this boxing! HTH... Andre

Excellent! Cheers, Andre

What spine antennae would you need? I probably have some Hasegawa leftovers. Cheers, Andre

Great, thanks! Cheers, Andre

Last reports here suggest that it crashed on approach to its airbase in the United Arab Emirates... those U-2's are quite a handful to land, I've heard. Andre

Just in: Let's hope the pilot is allright.... Andre

Hi there, did the F-14 prototypes, and specifically the very first Tomcat (BuNo 157980), use the GRU-7 seat? Or another type? TIA! Cheers, Andre

What kit are you using? And: did I read correctly that you're converting a plain 'C in a recce version..? Cheers, Andre

Hasegawa included a white metal probe in their Israeli Phantom boxing. It's OOP, but perhaps you can track one down. Cheers, Andre

Yup, I have one to spare. Drop me a message with your address. Cheers, Andre

Alright, thanks for the clarification - I should have one of those to spare from one of my Fujimi kits. Cheers, Andre

Yup, it's a recent repop by Italeri. Cheers, Andre

Well, as the 'B used the same pods as the A, I have even more of those... after all, every Hasegawa and Fujimi kit has several different types of those. What style are you looking for? Cheers, Andre

Oh well, that only goes to show Canadian beer is pretty good. 8) Cheers, Andre

RCAFFAN, I don't think Revell reboxed the Esci kit - you're describing what looks like the Italeri reboxing. This is the Revell kit. Cheers, Andre

Hi there, do you still need the 'D chin pod? I may have an extra Fujimi one. Cheers, Andre

Revell has had a Huey kit for years; from the top of my head it appears to be inspired by the Hase mold, but recent boxings include extra sprues with seats, stretchers and other Medevac gear. The Esci kit, recently reboxed by Italeri, looks better, IMHO. HTH, Andre

One other reason for the odd colors of the F-4J(UK)s was that the US paints were applied over a particular vivid yellow primer. This combined with the blue hues of the paints gave a somewhat sickly greenish tone to the scheme. I've seen shots of those aircraft that look almost turquoise! Cheers, Andre

Nope - all C/D models had the short cans, the vast majority of F-4Js (an exception that comes to mind are early Blue Angels aircraft) used the longer type of exhaust. HTH, Andre

By all means, avoid this kit: it looks like a shrunken Chinese pirate copy of the Italeri kit. Do yourself a favor and go with the (by no means perfect, but a lot better than this) Italeri. HTH, Andre

If you're interested, I have a couple of the newer release of Hasegawa's new 1/72nd tool F-4E with the 5000th Phantom markings. I could be persuaded to trade for one of the new kit decal sheets. Cheers, Andre

This weekend I've treated myself to the new Airdoc RAF Germany Phantoms sheet, three Fujimi Phantoms to go with it (a FG.1 and two FGR.2's), and I couldn't resist two Hasegawa F-111D/F kits (quite reasonably priced, too). All 1/72nd. Cheers, Andre

Rats, sold out... oh well... Cheers, Andre