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Hi all, I'm currently building the Czech Model T-34C, which I'm finishing in Moroccan markings. The kit comes with 4 rocket pods, but I can't find a single picture of one armed this way (or even armed at all). Does anyone have a reference for the armament of the T-34 in Moroccan service? Alternatives to rockets would be nice as one of my pods is damaged. Many thanks for any help.

Kit, printed by Cartograf for Hasegawa.

Hi all, Has anyone else seen this problem? You can see the stains I am having problems with near the circular panels, and at the leading and trailing edge of the walkway lines. The stains are actually underneath the clear areas of decal. I have changed the brush I apply Micro set and sol with, and opened new bottles of each product, but I'm still getting the staining. The paint underneath is Tamiya grey primer, Tamiya flat black pre-shading, Mr. Hobby H308 (thinned with cellulose thinners and a drop or two of flow improver in the colour cup) then Tamiya X-22 Clear, thinned with cellulos

That is excellent information Omega One. I am building 808 so it's very useful to confirm that the stripes were not carried on the under side. I'll drop you a PM. Thanks again, Gareth

Thanks Armando, nice collection your friend has there! For completeness, overnight I received a PM from Victor Manuel with a colour 3 view that indicates stripes were not on the under side of the wings. This is the only evidence I have for either choice so I'll go with that, rather than my assumption. I only had half an hour modelling time last night, so luckily not enough time to commit paint to the masking I applied! Thanks everyone, Gareth

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Hi Jay, The fairing on the front of the fin is pretty straight forward. I just found a piece of plastic card of thickness to match the fin, then used a profile guage to mark the shape. Cut, file to a better shape, glue, fill a panel line and some rivets on the fin, and sand smooth is about all it needs. Cheers, Gareth

Hi both, Thanks for the replies, and links. From what I can tell this is a machine operating in the aggressor role. I'm going to work on the assumption that the red stripes are specific to that role, and identify the aircraft as an aggressor. You would therefore need to see them if you were looking at the underside of the aircraft only, and so they would be present. Thanks again, Gareth

Hi all, I'm doing this scheme on my AFV Club F-5E. Does anyone have any other pics of this aircraft in this scheme? I'm looking for something that might indicate whether it carries the red stripes on the under side of the wings as well. Thanks for any help, Gareth

Thanks for the very generous comments. I'm especially pleased to read the positive remarks about the RBF tags as they reflect what I originally intended to depict, so I must be getting it right! KursadA - I'd be very pleased for you to use the photos. They should be public at my Picasa page. If not drop me a line and I'll send some on. Cheers all, Gareth

Very nice model, with great finish and detailling.

That's a beauty Vitor. I'd never have guessed it was so small until the last image.

All very nice, but I love the Forger. I'm very excited about this release, but waiting to see a few reviews before I buy to avoid a repeat of my disappointment with the HB Tornado.

looks great in orange! It makes it a very striking model.

Just got this one finished (with some very gracious help from EDWMatt). A lovely kit I've added a little basic scratch building to. I detailed the sensor turret, added brake discs and calipers to the main wheels. I also made a new torque link to replace the clunky one-piece moulded affair on the nose leg. I roughed out some chocks for the wheels too. Short build thread here. I made some FOD covers for the intake and exhaust and some protection for the pitot tubes. I also drilled out holes for the pilot's view ports in the nose near the main pitot tube and glazed them with some small discs m

Hi all, I'm doing the Skunkworks 1/48 Reaper, and despite my resolution to build it from the box I'm scratching and replacing stuff. I want to improve the simplified nose wheel detail and need a wheel to replace this: The hub is largely flat, with no details. OD is 7.6mm, so 36.4cm actual size. Can anyone point at a wheel on another type that looks the same and is a suitable size? I can then cast around for the cheapest way of obtaining the wheel. Cheers, Gareth

I'm just comparing the picture you provided with the Skunkworks prop and can see how to fix it now. The blades need taking off at the root and rotating perhaps 30 degrees. Due to the curve of the blades it still doesn't look 100% but noone will ever notice. Many thanks for your help with this, I really appreciate it. Gareth

Many thanks for those photos, they are very helpful. The question of the prop is still taxing me. Which way does it rotate when viewed from behind? It looks like anti-clockwise but I can't be sure due to the black colour hiding the contour of the prop blade a bit.

Hi everyone, I'm doing the Skunkworks Reaper, and have two questions: Does anyone have any references for the main wheel brake calipers? Are they the same units as the Predator? Is the propellor of the kit 'wrong'? Looking at it, if it rotates in the direction the shape of the prop blades seem to indicate it would drag the aircraft backwards. Any thoughts? Cheers, Gareth

Fantastic work! I've got two in the stash, and one of the wingfold sets too, so your photos are quite inspiring.

Thanks guys. I also have a 339 in my stash kurnass so I'll be doing one of those too.

Thanks everyone for the help. I hadn't seen those pictures Joe, despite some determined googling. Glad to hear I don't have to worry about the rotodome, and the description of the flaps and ailerons is perfect Spongebob. Thanks, Gareth

That's lovely, it really captures the spindly nature of the Storch.

Hi all, I finished this off over the weekend. It's a cracking little kit, with some issues such as faint panel lines on the underside and soft plastic. I've added the NeoMega cockpit set (furnished with Mike Grant jet instrument decals), and dropped the flaps and airbrakes to show a typical 326 at rest. Markings are from the box, representing 1st Esquadrilla de Ataque of the Argentine Navy in 1970. I have to thank Giorgio N at Britmodeller for lots of help with references for the cockpit, and helping to try and work out just where some of the NeoMega stuff fits! Build thread I hope you lik

Hi all, I'm just starting the Kinetic Hawkeye, and have a couple of questions, if you'd be so kind. I have seen a drawing in the Squadron Signal walkaround that shows the rotodome in two positions; 'retracted' and 'extended'. There is a quoted 2 feet of difference in the height. However, I can't find any pictures of the mount professing to be in the retracted position. What was the normal operating procedure when the aircraft was parked? (and if it's 'retracted' does anyone have any pics of the mount and how it looks in that configuration?) Outboard flaps on the wings - I've seen many shots