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  1. Thank you Kursad, that's great to know! A few fellow modelers on FB said the same thing. I will cross that off the list. Thank you!
  2. Thank you Scoob, Rich. Here are the final photos. Rather than start a critique corner entry, I've decided to post everything here. So this is a CF-104 from the Diyarbakir 8. AJU around the 1980s. It was a surprisingly enjoyable build, with a reasonable number of parts, good fit, and good surface detail. The MLG legs were a bit fiddly compared to the rest, but no major complaints. If you plan to build this kit, beware of the wing tank alignment. The horizontal winglets should be aligned with the main wings but if you don’t take the time to adjust (sanding, carving etc.), the tanks
  3. I totally see what you mean, makes a lot of sense. Thank you very much. Awesome photos and memories that go with them. Reminds me of me and my dad perching outside of the Eskisehir AFB watching Saratoga F-14s, A-6s and F-18s rolling down the runway at the age of 13. Here are a few more shots before I take the final photos.
  4. Just seeing this thread, it's interesting to me also. I am in for an F-4D and a late F-4E, but I don't have either kit yet. I had a ZM F-4D. When Tamiya F-4B came out, I sold it away thinking that Tamiya would release a D soon after (still waiting). Unfortunately, I am losing hope, and think we will not see a Tamiya D, just like we have not seen an F-16D. Anyway, I now have a renewed interest in ZM D. The engine bulge is weird in that if it was not pointed out, I would not have noticed it, but now I cannot unsee it. So a ZM kit would mean I have to fix that section. That fix, toge
  5. I'd never seen that before, thank you. The smallest size looks a bit larger than what I would normally use this for, but there might be smaller versions of this too.
  6. Thank you. I hope to finish it soon and plan to share more pics then. I think you are right about the seat. I started this with no real background in CF-104s, and in my references could to tell what type of seat it uses. But recently I came across a pic of CF-104 62-786 where the red headrest and no pull handles, which tells me it uses the Lockheed style seat. I am passed the point of fixing it as I use the ejection rail already, but you are right.
  7. Thank you all. A small update on where it is. Fellow modelers reminded me that only the top left and bottom right wings had the roundels, so I had to remove two: Getting ready for the pitot, and wing tanks:
  8. Thank you. It's a single wire, 26ga. A picture is up earlier. I paint the two sides of the wire in two colors, then twist it slowly using the drill. I've never liked the braided appearance of two parallel wires twisted together. I got the idea from here: Yes. Chipping is a concern. I tried enamels, acrylics, dipping them in future etc. They all eventually crack once you start making the small loops. I have not tried lacquer paint, that will likely work best. Also, next time I do it, I will work the bare wire a bit by twisting back and forth, looping, bending, stretching p
  9. It's been a while since I updated this thread, but I am onto painting and weathering now. I can summarize it as: Surfacer 1200, Gunze stainless steel, airbrush hairspray, draw camo lines, spray the lines with Tamiya Nato black, free-hand the base colors, marble the base colors with lighter and darker tones, start light chipping to give it a weathered look.
  10. I am not hung up on Tamiya or GWH or whatever, but I still don't get your point. I think you are trying to say that GWH nose is wrong, no offense but I don't think you are doing a good job illustrating your point. The photos are out of focus. You are too close to the models creating a strong perspective. If this is a phone, better to move the camera back, take a photo in the highest resolution, then crop it to make it as close as possible to an orthographic projection. If you are contending dimensional inaccuracies that can be measured, best to measure them and share here rather than ask every
  11. thank you both, that's great to know!
  12. Hello, my question is about the Tomcat shown here: https://www.airliners.net/photo/USA-Navy/Grumman-F-14B-Tomcat/139422/L This is a VF-74 F-14A+, in 1990. I have the Tamiya late A kit. If I wanted make the above A+ for that time frame, my understanding is as follows: - I will use all the late A cockpit parts (fishbowl TID for the RIO) including the seats. I will not use the PTID or the lantirn side stick. - I will use the B/D engine shrouds / fairing that come with the kit - I will need to get GE F-110 exhausts from somewhere - I wil
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