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Actually, both the Air force & the Navy are buying the same 5th-generation fighter, their second project in both cases (this being the F-35). The Air Force just happened to have a previous 5th-gen project make it to production while the Navy had been concentrating on replacing their far more obsolescent strike platforms with the A-12 which was cancelled. Remember the Super Hornet program got started as a stop-gap replacement for the A-6 fleet to fill the hole created by the cancellation of the A-12, the SH buy was simply expanded when the Navy decided to retire the F-14 rather than to purs

Very nice build, and that Connie in the background looks gorgeous!

Note the primary difference in sound is due to the exhaust ducting. A straight exhaust, as used in most pure supercharger applications, is louder and sounds different from a ducted exhaust as used in most turbo applications. You probably wouldn't even hear the turbo whine (which is audible on a car mostly because the exhaust noise is effectively muffled).

The planned releases, but not the tooled B-25, the WingXL B-25 is a C/D, the WingScale was a late model B-25. WingXL is what WingScale became after their falling out with their Chinese tooling/molding partner (who apparently decided they wanted to keep the B-25 molds to themselves)

The only real problem with the kit is one set of decals is incorrect for the kit(IIRC it's False Courage), the one with the Bombing Through Overcast radar is a late G with offset waist guns and a Cheyenne tail and the kit is an early G with symmetrical waist guns (that said, it does come with the correct radar housing to replace the ball turret). That said, it's a nice kit and about a third cheaper than the RoG boxing. I quite happily picked one up last week. Ironically the plastic is the same colour as the RoG Lanc, but different from the RoG boxing of the B-17G.

Yeah, it's a great little kit with only a couple weaknesses. The prop is fiddly and the canopy lousy. But otherwise it goes together beautifully and is quite accurate in shape (no D wing fillets and it's got the right ejector slots as well, those being the usual two mistakes on P-51B/C kits).

Heh, true although that's not primer as this aircraft's in RAF colours so the underside is a nice shade of Medium Sea Grey.

The engines are mounted and almost all the gaps are filled: Heller Bloch 174 A3 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Next up is a little touch-up before I start painting the main scheme.

And now I'm laying paint: Revell Mustang III 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

The primary use in aircraft is to maintain power output at higher altitudes. The increase in air density from the supercharger or turbo offsets the decrease in air density from altitude (up to a certain altitude). This is why two-speed superchargers were such a big deal for higher-altitude performance as it allowed an aircraft to have a supercharger optimized for both low altitude and high altitude use. The lack of a two-speed supercharger was the main reason the Allison V-12's were generally unsuccessful in single-engine fighters (In multi-engine aircraft the Allisons were paired with turbos

Wings and stabs are on, and the intakes & bomb pylons mounted. Revell Mustang III 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Revell Mustang III 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr As it turns out a little filler is needed at the wing roots and I'm out of Mr Surfacer 500. Will need to pick some up on monday.

The major structure is together, just need to fill at the wing roots: Heller Bloch 174 A3 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr And the engines are in their cowls. One of these went together beautifully but the other had one side of the cowl warped and will need some fettling once the cement is dry. Heller Bloch 174 A3 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

Got the seams cleaned up and the wings on. Good fit on this one, may not need filler at the wing roots Revell Mustang III 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Revell Mustang III 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

That's coming along beautifully. Love the work you've done on the engine and prop.

That's coming along quite nicely!

I'm think the dark blue grey is actually correct for the Bloch 174 as well, or at least most builds I've found went with that. I decided to go with the kit callouts anyways for a strict OOB experience.

And the first section of interior painting is done: Revell Mustang III 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Next up are the aluminum sections in the rear fuselage as well as the black anti-skid floor and some detail painting in the cockpit. Also stuck the wings together after painting the landing light interior Chrome Silver. Revell Mustang III 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

Thanks, I did manage to track down all the Humbrol callouts and have them translated to Tamiya and Vallejo, my paints of choice. Looks like it'll be mostly Tamiya as I've got all but 2 of the required colours in Tamiya (one is Vallejo, the other I need to pick up from my local pusher) I've painted the interior and gear wells as per the Heller callouts and assembled the wings: Heller Bloch 174 A3 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Heller Bloch 174 A3 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Heller Bloch 174 A3 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr Very basic interior, I wonder if anyone does an aftermark

I'm doing RoG's sweet little Mustang III kit, as the Polish Squadron's SZ*H DSC00376 by mawz_models, on Flickr

This is the old Heller kit in 1/72. DSC00375 by mawz_models, on Flickr First order of business is to go over the instructions and translate all the Humbrol callouts into something intelligible.

I'm in with a Heller 1/72 Bloch 174 A3, markings are for the Battle of France.

Minor external differences only, mostly in different access panels between the mkIV and the E/F. The mkIV used the GE engine, same as the NAA-built versions, not the Orenda engine that was the calling card of Canadair. The mkIII, mkV, and mkVI used the Orenda engine.

They had a pair of each, albeit at different times.

Airbus had little to do with finding a market, the development of the A400M started long before Airbus got involved (it was originally Aerospatiale, MBB, BAE and Lockheed looking at the C-130 and C-160 replacements). It only ended up being an Airbus project after Lockheed dropped out due to requirement mismatches in the late 80's and Alenia and CASA joining (which formed Euroflag as the development consortium). Euroflag ended up getting folded into Airbus as Airbus Military. Fundamentally it exists because Germany and France were unwilling to buy a tactical or strategic transporter they weren

Frankly, it's yet another attempt to replace the C-130 which is going to fail outside of a few countries that need both strategic and tactical airlift but can't afford 2 platforms (or can't buy from the US, or are funding EADS). However the A400M can only offer C-130 performance when carrying C-130 payloads (or less, given the aircraft is 12000kg overweight) s o it's no better a tactical lifter than the C-130. And while it can offer more performance when restricted to hard runways than the C-130, it's still well below the capability of a true strategic airlifter like a C-17. And it's essential