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  1. Nothing started as yet on the A-7D . Hopefully in about a weeks time I can start cutting parts from the sprue , I need to finish the HH-3E builds during the course of the next few days . John .
  2. Hi Spectre ; I can't believe it's been 5 weeks since my last post . Anyway I have overcome my wrist injury and I should be back into the build in the next day or so . I'm looking forward to getting both HH-3E builds finished so I can move onto other Reserve builds . John .
  3. My apologies for the slow progress of late on my HH-3E builds . I injured my arm a couple of weeks back , thankfully nothing too serious but it's kept me away from the hobby bench . Everything is on the mend so hopefully I'll be back at it in a week or so . John .
  4. Thank's for the interest ; Unfortunately there's been no new progress on these or my other helicopter builds these past two and a half weeks . I slipped going down the stairs and hurt my wrist and elbow but thankfully I didn't break any bones just a lot of swealing . Hopefully in a week or so I can get back to the bench . I'm starting to have plastic with-drawl issue's John
  5. I'm still plugging away on the HH-3E builds . The New York Air Guard helo is finally ready to mask for painting . I made some more cabin seats for the California ANG HH-3E and I decided to paint those red . One small thing that has been a little frustrating is I have had to make three rear cabin floor pieces as the first two pieces cracked ; One when filing the edges smooth after cutting and the next one when I pulled the masking tape off after spraying the non slip black down the center . Unfortunatly the third one just cracked now , near the end when I tried to take the slight bow in the
  6. I suppose we are only guessing as to what Gallery might have in mind for the external tank for future issue's I also thought the bracket was a bit too long as well Here's a pic from my files I got off the net Here's some others of the rocket pods
  7. Thank you kindly for the additional pic's of the external fuel tank and bracket . I also like the tie down look on the H-34 with those ropes coming from the rotor tips and going back to the fuselage . A couple more images of the main rotor mechanism are from my 4+ publication on the Westland Wessex I decided to have a closer look at my 1/48 Gallery kit sprue frames Sprue frame 'L' seems to have most of the parts for the external brackets , it's interesting looking at the size and diameter of the round plastic strip Gallery have used . I probably would have used the same size for my
  8. I'm happy to help flypaper . The only other two images I had of the main rotor assembly were these two without much plumbing or wiring attached I see that there is now a white metal straight (V-style) landing gear available to replace the 1/48 Gallery kit supplied ones . I just wish someone would do a white metal 1/72 version . I have been banging on for years on how cruel Italeri are for not giving modellers the option of both types of landing gear . I've been forced to buy the 1/72 Revell H-34G versions from seller on ebay and pay ridicules prices for those kits . As a last resort I h
  9. This is a really great topic and thread . I'm a huge fan of the H-34 (S-58) series helicopter . I have quite a few 1/72 H-34 and Wessex builds going on , kind of a never ending one man group build . I also have a lot of pic's from the net of different variants , I have this pic in my files of the rotor head another modeller sent me the link some time ago Although I build mostly in 1/72 scale , I did back order the Gallery 1/48 H-34 USMC and Navy kits from Tower Hobbies there in the U.S. The Marine Corps H-34 arrived on the front porch this morning and I have just had a quick look throug
  10. I was browsing Hannants web site and saw as a 'future release' the 1/72 Revell F-101B Voodoo . This is great news for us 1/72 scale modellers , as it has been years since this kit was on the hobby store shelves . I did pick up the Revell kit a few years ago , second hand , but their so rare and I was afraid of messing mine up , I've kept mine hidden away in the stash What I did try to build was the 1/72 Matchbox F-101B/RF-101B Voodoo The build has been languishing in the bottom of the spares box for quite a few years as it is extremely basic with an almost non-existent cockpit and
  11. I'm making steady progress on the replacement HH-3E I just need to sand a little more putty around the engine intake piece and a small section on the nose , then I'll glue the canopy on . I also started fixing the first HH-3E build and cut a new piece of plastic for the cabin floor and a second cockpit bulkhead/instrument rack . I was trying to decide what colour scheme to do for the original build and looked through Squadrons H-3 Sea king book and saw this pic It's a bit hard to see at first but there is the California Air Guard stencilling on the external fuel tank . I then decided
  12. Spectre , you posted a pic of an SC AH-64 Apache in the inspirational thread and I was going through my stash and spied this 1/72 Hasegawa AH-64A Apache 'Iraqi Freedom' The box still had the shrink wrap on but I decided to take a peek inside and saw that the kit has markings for the South Carolina Army National Guard , October 2004 , Iraq Would this be a suitable entry ? With an all back cockpit and instrument decals this does appear to be an easy build OOB .
  13. That's great work extending the rear stabilizers , Spectre I have this reference book in my library It's the same one I have been using for my HH-3E build . There is also lots of F-16 photo's ; You might like this one ,
  14. I have several A-7 Corsair II books in my library and I was looking through the David F Brown book lats night and saw a list of Naval and Air Force Squadrons using the A-7 Someone mentioned earlier about VAQ-34 and according to the book it's listed as a 'Support Unit'. However while looking at photo's in the book some of the markings looked familar so I went and checked through my stash of A-7 kits and found a 1/72 Fujimi A-7A with VA-305 decals My reference book lists this as a Reserve Squadron , so I guess I could do an A-7A along side the A-7D build I'm about to start shortly . S
  15. If it was just one minor issue with the paint finish I probably wouldn't have changed anything . In the end , I just wasn't happy with the camouflage patten and the wrong shade of grey was the tipping point . I'm more embarrassed than upset ; I would rather do things over than keep going and not like the finished model . Yesterday I cut open the side cabin door and added some plastic strip to the opening as I did with the first build . I also added some plastic strip to the bottom edge of the sponsons and glued the landing gear struts in place I decided to use some spare lindberg main rot
  16. Umm , well today has been a bit of a mini disaster After several light coats of paint using the H-305 , I wasn't completely happy with the finish as I could still see the remains of the camouflage patten outlines from earlier . So I decided for a quick but gentle paint strip back using some Mr Muscle I left the lid on the plastic box for about twenty minutes and then using an old tooth brush I started to gentle scrub the paint off . This was working quite well until the helo slipped from my grasp and hit the floor , with one of the sponsons coming off . Sooooo, now I've decided to g
  17. Thank's tiger331 , After looking at photo's of the CH-3E/HH-3E over at airlinners.net , I've suddenly realised that the colour grey I was using was too dark So I have decided to start again with the painting. I have started over spraying with Gunze H-305 (FS36118) , I mistakenly used H-301 (FS36081) which I believe was unique for F-4 Phantoms . Only a minor set back but I'll endevour to do a better job matching the camouflage patten to what's in my reference book this time around.
  18. I forgot I had this link pasted in my browser ; http://yolo.net/~jeaton/Helicopters/hh3/hh3.htm I fellow modeller over at FSM posted in the helicopter section some time ago and looking at this particular HH-3E , there appears to be a lot more green than grey . So I'm feeling a little more confident mine is not a total screw-up . Great walk around pic's none the less .
  19. Hi Ray ; Thank's for the encouragment . I did notice a few times that the patten didn't line up when going from the side of the fuselage to underneath when I looked closely at the spec diagram. But I did make a couple of small errors here and there myself . However I won't fret too much I suppose , especially hearing from someone like yourself with first hand knowlage of varying camo schemes between similar aircraft . Once all the masks are removed from the canopy and windows later on it may not be so noticable about my slightly alternate camo scheme ..... I hope !
  20. WOW , that's a sharp looking F-4G Spectre ... Sadly I'm not overlly excited about my efforts with the euro one scheme . Everything seemed to look okay while masking but now I have removed all the masks , she doesn't quite look like the camo patten specs I was using as a guide Perhaps I should have looked more closer at the photo's in the reference book I had in the begining There appears to be more grey on the real life bird , mine seems to have a lot more light green . I guess it will have to do , I've airbrushed the euro one scheme before on other builds and have been quite h
  21. Just a quick update ; I sprayed the mid green , Gunze (FS.34102) colour first and once dry I like to use Blu-Tack rolled into strips of spaghetti to make the camouflage patten I then cut small pieces of masking tape to cover the inside area which I want to leave mid green and airbrush the rest of the helicopter with green (FS.34092) First thing tomorrow I'll do the same process and cover the darker green area's and spray some gray FS.36081 Hopfully I'll be looking at finishing this build by Friday .
  22. Those are great pic's you posted over FSM Ray . It's quite interesting looking at the main rotors as the helicopter hovers . I've always wondered how much blurring would be needed if I was to try and ever make an in-flight dio Great reference pic's , I have a set of 1/72 NASA Huey markings in my decal stash for another future build
  23. Thank's Lancer , It also appears in the photo od the New Mexico A-7D that there are no fuselage side missile rails fitted either .
  24. Thank you kindly for the help on the missile launcher and weapons I have some of those Hasegawa weapons sets and box number four seems to have what I need ; In the pic I posted earlier , it's hard to tell if one or two Mavericks are fitted ? This will be my second Fujimi A-7 build , the first was an A-7B "Ban Owls" with bicentennial markings . I'm looking forward to starting this one .
  25. This will be my second build for the National Reserve GB . Fujimi's 1/72 A-7D Corsair II with Microscale New Mexico ANG Bicentennial , Spirit of 76 markings Looking at a photo from my A-7 SLUF reference book by David F Brown, ther are some different types of missile's on the underwing weapons rack ? Could any help in identifying what type they are .
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