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  1. This profesion is also a high stress job which leads many to smoking. When I used to work on night shift we would have cookouts around 2 in morning with brats, steaks, burgers etc... When the manager comes in the morning, he would bring us trays of dougnuts and coffee. Coupled with all the shop supplies we use are pretty much hazmat. Anyone who has ever had to take off floor boards and change landing gears will have to deal with Mastinox. This tube of good stuff comes with a skull and bones warning on the box itself just to reminds us how toxic it is. So I would say the combination of the life style and the toxic stuff we use to maintain airplanes does contribute to a better chance of getting cancer if heart attacks doesn't get us first.

  2. I was just wondering if anyone was having trouble with odering from Nazca Decals lately. I put in an order for US Airways Express CRJ 900 1/144 decals in May and I never got them. I keep getting excuse after excuse. The decals were supposedly sent out twice and I have never received them.

    Paypal refunded me my money, but I would much rather have the decals instead. Does anyone knows of any other decal manufacturer that would make the CRJ 900 in US Airways Express colors please let me know.

    7-18-13

    Update- Got them today. Thank you Gaston, I'll paypal you the payment.

  3. I'[ve been having issues odering from him also. He wasn't able to fill an order and he kept promising that it will be available next month ( that went on for 4 months) until I cancelled the order and sourced it alternatively. Week after that he still failed to give me my refund. I've ordered from Russ before and it was ok, I guess he must been having some sort of problem in his life.

  4. Rich,

    i tried PMing you but your mail box is full. Can you please give a quote for the 777-200 United Pre Merger Livery shipping to USA 60504. Are they printed to a high degree of resolution and is there any pixalation?

    Two more i just finished this weekend

    United 777-200 Premerger livery available in 1:144 scale and 1:200 scale

    UNITED777old.jpg

    Another flight of fantasy for the 747-8 United 1980s livery ( one of my favorite UA liveries)

    United1980slivery747-8i.jpg

    Coming soon for the 747-8

    Delta

    Lufthansa Cargo

    Northwest Final livery

    Brtish Airways

    Star Alliance logo jet

    Eva Air

    JAL

    Richard

  5. I discovered this by mistake, I placed a old model kit in a bag (it was a anti static bag used for avionics) and sprayed non toxic oven cleaner in there and placed it in the garage. Well I forgot all about it and it sat there all winter long. When I got to it not only did the paint strip after brushing it away, the model literally came apart at all the glue joints!!!! I was so amazed that I used this method several times to take apart old model kits. It came apart with very little damage or none at all sometimes.

    It won't just fall apart, mate...you've got to 'encourage' it. Once it comes out of the freezer, start twisting it gently this way and that, until you feel some of the joints start to give. Once you've opened up a crack here and there, you can start using various tools to pry things apart a bit more. The last model I tried it on came apart in about 10 minutes, with only one (very minor) area of damage.

    Kev

  6. Thank you for the encouragement. I am thinking that the mould for the bubble canopy would have to be a 3 piece mould. I was suprised that this model survived this much after so many years I left home. I was thinking that perhapS I could cast resin copies of the fuselage, but I really suck at that. I am only guessing that the Singaporean Skyhawks cockpits look very much like the NZ Kahus.

    Good going, Philip! Glad you're still on this :thumbsup:

    I think you're one of the few brave enough to try building this "Uniquely Singaporean" bird. Do take note of the rear canopy's intricacies. It's unlike any other I've seen & I'm certainly curious how you intend to pull that off.

    From your facebook pics, the last couple of pics are interesting.... with the sharkmouth still visible :lol:

    Keep up the great work, friend :cheers:

  7. Jackman!

    I have some progress on the TA-4SU project. I used a Fujimi 1/48 TA-4 Skyhawk I built 20 years ago and I manage to salvage some parts to proceed with the build. If anyone needs dimensions please feel free to PM me. Progress pics are at the following link;

    http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2690791745539.141335.1128843353&type=3&l=f7fb139cf6

    I'll try to make the master for the rear canopy and see if anyone on the forum can vacuum for it for me. I'll keep you posted.

  8. For any of you interested in any of these decals listed on here they are available to anybody please P.M. for any info you need

    Thanks Richard

    Rich,I tried PMing you but your inbox is full. Can you plz give me a qoute on the Singapore 777-300 decals. Also, would you be able to modify it to include the registration number as 9V-SWE. The nose door would be WE.

    Are these like drawdecal where I have to trim to fit??

  9. I used two Revell Monogram A-4E Skyhawk 1/48 for the build. Cost was the primary factor. The E had a diffren nose than the Bs and Cs. I used a KMC resin nose for the conversion. Everything went very well until the last step when I used rubber bands to bing the fuselage together. The multiple cuts I have made did not hold up to the pressure and it splintered. It is too broken to salvage. I will need two fresh kits to start over. It should go rather quickly one I start as I know where to make the cuts now. If anyone has two kits to sell me PM me plz. :)

    I visited the RSAF museum last August and carefully examined the TA-4S. I can only guess that the TA-4SU has the cockpit upgraded to include MFDs like the F-5Es that Singapore flies.

    The intakes should also be another challenge, but I have a Hasegawa kit to pattern after so I'll deal with it when I cross that road. I will definately keep the interested guys posted once I have this nailed down.

    Philip, you're off to a great start! I'll be watching this one earnestly, bro! You should post this in the In-Progress forum so that more folks can follow your build :thumbsup:

    Btw, your last pic mentioned that you need to resin cast the different noses? Are you building an earlier A-4S ( ex-A-4B) too? 'Cos I thought all the 2-seaters were modded from A-4Cs. ( I could be wrong though as my knowledge of the type is based only on whatever little scraps I've read on the 'net, especially given how tight-lipped people are about these unique birds)

  10. HI! guys,

    I am still trying to scratchbuild this model. I have some rough test fits. I know the aft canopy is pretty bulbous and I'll deal with it when I get to it but in the mean time here's a link to my progress.

    http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2690791745539.141335.1128843353&type=3&l=f7fb139cf6

    Hi all,

    I wonder if there is some garage company that produces TA-4SU 1/48 conversion for Hase kit. I know mainstream resin companies didn't make any...and I find Singapore double canopy Scooters really interesting.

    Thanks

    P

  11. If anyone has 2 Revell A-4E Skyhawk 1/48 builder kits available, I will be happy to buy or trade. Condition of box does not matter. I am building a TA-4SU Skyhawk operated by the RSAF. My almost completed model got damaged during a move. Back to the drawing board again, but since I know where the cuts are supposed to occur, the second round should be much faster and smoother. Thanks for looking.

  12. Phewwwwitttt! that looks gorgeous.

    Last weeks I have been busy painting the belly blue and applying most of the decals. A large decal job such as this one is always a challenge but they went on very well as you can see. I applied a layer of Dreamliner Pearlescent Varnish (Enamel paint released by DACO specially for the Dreamliner colour scheme) on the fuselage. It gave the fuselage a beautiful pearlescent shine when viewed from a distance. Up close the separate glitter particles are quite notable giving it a slight Disco effect :P but I quite like it though I might have applied a bit too much of it..

    More photos and text later on.

    767decals.jpg

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