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Forgot about that, they would have been modified though as they would not have come from the factory that way as the USAF didn't deploy Sidewinders until the F-4 entered service. Ironically the RCAF didn't use Sidewinders on their Mk 6's either, despite them being technically Sidewinder-capable.
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The MK 6 was also the best performing Sabre (with the CAC Sabre Mk 32 close behind) due to the more powerful engine and the late wing. F-86F-40's were the best dogfighters of the NAA-built Sabres but was underpowered compared to the later Canadair and CAC Sabres (which had ~7500lb thrust to the F-86F's 5900lb). Overall I'd take the CAC Sabre Mk 32 as the best variant in a fight, as it had a much more powerful armament (2x30mm cannon + Sidewinders) vs the Canadair Mk 6's 6x.50 guns + Sidewinders. The NAA-built Sabres couldn't use Sidewinders.
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Testors bought Hawk, lock stock & barrel. They were branded as Testors Hawk for a while before the Hawk name went away. They got all of the old Hawk molds along with the company.
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Correct, but the US Government _CAN_ Trademark and enforce said trademarks. Which is what they're doing here. Different set of laws entirely.
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That looks like an RLM 70/71 over 65 splinter scheme. In Tamiya: RLM65: XF-23 RLM70: XF-27 RLM71: XF-61 INteriors (gear bays, etc) should be RLM 02 which is XF-22. Cockpit may be RLM 02 for an early-war machine or RLM66 for later machines. There isn't a good Tamiya match for RLM66 (you could go with XF-63 which is not too far off).
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CanMilAir has a bunch of Catalina/Canso decals available for a variatey of Canadian schemes. The Canso is a PBV-1A, Canadian-built PBY-5A.
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IIRC the Bays should be underside colour. The legs & doors may vary.
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Built from the Hasegawa 1/72nd kit. Painted to Hasegawa's (incorrect) callout of RLM02 uppers. Thanks to Big Kohona for pointing me towards a set of good decals after the kit decals proved to have expired Condor Legion Bf109E by Mawz, on Flickr Condor Legion Bf109E by Mawz, on Flickr Condor Legion Bf109E by Mawz, on Flickr
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I suspect he meant the other way around. A T-28 can be had for $300k and performs a lot more like a P-51 than it does like a T-6. Hopefully I'll be experiencing that next week, should be getting a ride in a T-28.
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One of the interesting things about the Finnish Hurricanes is that during the Continuation War there was also an ex-RAF mkIIB operated by the Finns, it was one of four repairable machines that the Finns captured and became HC-452. It also served in one of the RCAF squadrons before being handed over to the VVF so one of these days I'm going to build all 3 schemes that machine wore.
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Thanks, ordered the Rising Decal sheet from that eBay seller. Word of advice, avoid the Hasegawa kit you mention, it's an older kit and the decals will self-destruct which is how I got into the situation in the first place. I've yet to have a sheet of older Hasegawa decals not fall apart. The model itself builds VERY nicely though.
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As someone who builds exactly what you're looking for in 1/72, I'd recommend the following. Italiari F-51D (can be built as a WW2 P-51D as well). Most of their 1/72 warbirds look good, but I've only built the F-51D. Revell Hurricane Hasegawa A6M Zero's and Bf109's. Pretty much anything Tamiya. Airfix stuff can be fun, but most of the tooling is very old for the simpler 1/72 models (early 60's to late 70's) and many of these models end up being exercises in filling seams with putty and filing down rivets. Not complex, but not the easiest builds if you want something good looking at the end
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Does anyone know of a good source for 1/72 Condor Legion decals? I'm building the Hasegawa Condor Legion 109E but the old decals in the box self-destructed and I'm having a heck of a time finding another set online.
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I'd bloody well love a good T-28. If only so I could build my Dad's real-world WHIF Trojan (T-28B in RCN paint)
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I';m not sure if the Italieri F-51D kit is their own or a rebox, but it's a very nice build and looks great. Decal options are nice with Korean-era USAF, Korean-era RNZAF and WW2 RAF markings plus rockets, bombs and tanks.
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Does anybody know if there's either a kit or a conversion set to model a 214B BigLifter?
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And both Tamiya XF-71 and XF-76 are close, the MM version seems to be about half-way between the two Tamiya's.
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Nope, Navy, the XB-24K (original single-tail testbed with the B-23 tail) was a result of the Navy's testing of the B-24 for maritime patrol, they were unsatisfied with the stability of the B-24D and wanted a larger single tail instead and that resulted in the order for the B-24N (with a C-54 tail rather than a B-23 tail) that the AAF also liked. The order for ~5000 B-24N's was cancelled due to switchover delays and the Navy ended up with standard B-24D's instead as the PB4Y-1 (albeit with a different nose turret). The Privateer is esentially a stretched B-24N to fit the extra station and bal
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The RY-3 is based on the Privateer and thus has the additional 8' stretch in the fuselage over a B-24J, the length is essentially identical to a Privateer aside from the slight changes from swapping the turrets for nose/tail cones. Also the Navy considered the original tail of the B-24 to be insufficient for stability, they wanted the large tail even on their Liberators (but never got it as the B-24N never went into production).
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The Phantom II started off as the Super Demon, a heavily upgraded Demon, they added the second engine partway through the development (along with the second seat, the Phantom II went through a lot of design variations before the first XF4H flew)
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Sounds like a bad sheet. I was doing a C6N1 today with the Techmod sheet, they're a little thick but adhere ok and settle down with a little Solvaset. Absolutely no issues with breaking up or flaking (unlike the Aoshima markings I was also using, had to trash the flap outlining).
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I'm using the Techmod sheet with no troubles as of yet. A lot better than the stock decals in my experience, although I do tend to build old kits so my experience is mostly with old decals which were crap when new.
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They don't do it anymore, but for 60's and 70's molds it's usually there.
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No Camo on the FAA Corsairs used in the Pacific though, they used the same paint scheme as the US did, just with the Pacific-style FAA roundels and clipped wingtips. The Atlantic Fleet got all the cool paintjobs.