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Got me 2 also!!

I'm certainly no expert on the plane but it looks like the airframe is essentially the same. The satcom antennas on the aft spine are slightly different between the two and the MV is missing what I think are DIRCM antennas near the cockpit windows which the CV does in-fact have. So, I'm confused as to why the update set is marked MV when I can't find any reference pics of the MV with these antennas installed. It seems as though this is more of a CV-22B update set?

Now that Metallic Details offers an antenna suite for the MV-22, would anything in the set help achieve a marginally accurate CV-22? It's meant for the Hobbyboss kit but looks like it could be adapted to the Italeri easily enough. MDR48218 Bell MV-22 Osprey. Exterior (HobbyBoss) (metallicdetails.com)

Holy smokes, that's the nicest little bird I've ever seen! Well done, Bud!

Congratulations Kursad! That's something to be extremely proud of👍

If you know anyone that 3D prints, you can download these. I’ve got a buddy at work who downloaded some F-15C exhausts and printed them for me. Depending on the designer and the printer your mileage may vary from product to product but my exhausts were great! https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/uhf-satcom-antenna-av2090-4-x-wing

If you look closely at the picture you provided, they're using a "Q-tip" and clevis attached to the cargo hook. It something like 6-8 feet long and around 4-6 inches in diameter. That is attached to 4 braided slings about 2 inches in diameter ending with chains to each of the four blackhawk tie downs. The rear slings are utilizing a spreader bar to distance the slings from the blackhawk fuselage. The chains are adjusted accordingly to give the "load" a slight nose down attitude when flying. The ends of the chains are then taped to avoid flapping. The picture is a bit deceiving in that it look

I can't really comment on where to get the figures, but I'd absolutely follow Oliver's advice. He's probably the best Dio modeler on this site, IMHO. Obviously in 1/144, you won't be able to make any of this out but if anyone refers back to this post in the future, it'll be here so here goes. You should have a crew chief looking out over the right cabin door observing the load and clearing the aircraft and a flight engineer laying in "the hole" calling the load. He would be positioned with just his head poking over the aft right corner of the hole. Left hand holding hi

The comment you made about starting the Has F-14 for nostalgia reasons stuck out to me. THIS is the only reason I'm still building Revell and Monogram kits. A co-worker asked me why I was still building all those trash Century series Revell kits since there are newer more detailed, better fitting kits on the market and that's the main reason why. Anything that can connect me with my youth I'm a huge fan of. As for your original question, I suspect that resin casting will eventually go the way of the dodo, replaced by 3D printed details. The writing is on the wall. It's only

Now that's sexy!

Order sent!! I had planned on waiting to place a big order when the P-3 sheet was released but my OCD wouldn't let me😂

The way you laid out those walkways will make things a million times easier! Well done Kursad!

Oliver, I can look at these pictures a hundred times and I always find another detail you've added that I hadn't noticed before! You're truly an artiste, Bravo

Earlier in my life I'd build with everything opened up and spend a bunch of time detailing everything but the last few years I've been building mostly OOB with the exception of adding cockpit sets. I felt like the overly complicated, time consuming builds were really sapping my motivation, I'd get bogged down and procrastinate. These days I'm building to complete collections. I can usually wrap up a build in 6-8 weeks by keeping it simple then move on to the next subject. The days of super detailing with everything wide open are probably behind me, unfortunately.

Found, Thanks everyone