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When I used them I cut the model using silhouette-cut vinyl masks to get it right but it was still pretty painful. If I were to do it again I would just sand the bottom of the parts as much as I dare and glue them on the plastic part directly. Arnaud

I'm having a Pod day at BAM, 20% off all our pods using coupon code BAMPODS until July 12th 🙂 https://bam-models.com/product-tag/pod Arnaud

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. I've never seen such variability between two injection molding kits, presumably with the same molds (but then maybe not!)

Enjoy your well-deserved break Kursad! Arnaud

Very strange indeed. The first picture I shared shows the top and bottom parts. The only thing I remember to have removed on the top part is the locating pins: they are clearly in the way and if you did not remove them that's the solution.

That's annoying, here are pictures of mine, maybe it helps see where I cleaned up the plastic parts to obtain a good fit: Dry fit with no tape or anything:

Great job! It is definitely safer to cut the plastic and fit the bay as soon as possible to protect the long edges 🙂 I'm surprised the bay is too wide, if you remove the kit pins it should fit without problem (it did on mine and I tested numerous prints). Arnaud

No idea what the USPS rules are - in France if it's less than 3cm thick (about 1in) it goes as letter/mail, no problem.

NASA is a public institution. Boeing most likely acquired all rights on the McDonnell-Douglas logo along with the company.

Not at this time as the Academy kit is pretty hard to find 😕 I might do it if I can get my hands on one though 😄

Sprue Brothers seem to have it in stock, if that helps 😉 https://spruebrothers.com/hbs80349-1-48-hobby-boss-f-111c-australian-pig-aardvark/?utm_source=scalemates&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=marketplace

Thanks. I was asking if you had non-public references, I already explored public sources quite a lot to develop the intakes 😉

Thanks for the offer. I'm not sure if I want to go there as it would probably be a huge investment (pipes and cables are a pain in the neck to replicate in 3D) but let's have a look! Would you please share your references on a shared folder? Thanks, Arnaud

This explains a lot, thanks for the clarification!

The TPII intakes are a WIP, coming soon 🙂 What do you mean? The intakes as designed fit with no kit surgery required 😉

I've been busy ever since I received the Hobby Boss F-111C kit last month, and I'm now very excited to release the first two sets for it! Triple Plow I seamless intakes for the F-111A, EF-111A, F-111C and RF-111C (plus one FB-111A!): RF-111C recce pack (pre-cut clear windows will be included of course): Here is the link for the Ardvaark fans https://bam-models.com/product-category/f-111/ Thanks for looking, Arnaud

Beautiful work, now I have one more project I want to do thank you 😅😱 Arnaud

I quite agree with Jeffrey: if existing resin parts are not to today's standards it makes sense to do better, but in this case I don't see the value-add and would rather spend time developing new, exciting subjects 😉

And the winner is, by quite a wide margin, the Tomcat 21! I will work on it as my main project for the coming weeks, expect a release by end of June The other ideas did not fall on a deaf man's ear, expect to see a few of them pop up in the BAM release stream soon too

Either they're getting greedy or they're hit by the sanctions on Russia, or a mix of both!

Does Eduard not already make these? I'd say 2-3 months, I put them in the development pipeline which was already quite busy 😉

Definitely! Tonight 🙂

I agree with Bill on this one. Is it overdone? Yes. Does it help get a final look close to the original more easily than if it were smooth? Definitely!

Totally agree with your analysis Bill, it's a very fun kit to build. Yes it has some shortcomings, which either don't bother me or are pretty easy to fix with affordable aftermarket. Arnaud

Easier to do in 1/48 😉