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    LF 1/35 Cobra Company UH-60A Open Exhausts

    in Helicopter Modeling

    Posted

    Title says it all. I know Lonestar re-popped them but the site is down currently.

    I’m working with the Academy kit to build an early A and it seems to have everything I need with the exemption of the open exhausts. Just wondering if anyone had a set they’d be willing to sell.

    I figured I’d get more traction here before posting in Buy/ Sell.

    Thanks in advance.

    Early B-52G/H radome

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking Nigel’s work, I’m totally onboard with his work and definitely ordering a couple of his noses.

    It’s just that I’m interested in all these variations which we all seem to be discovering on a nightly basis it seems.

    Early B-52G/H radome

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, Quixote74 said:

     

     

    Last image in post #6 of this thread shows the EVS/pre-Phase VI configuration.  Photos of this setup seem to be fairly rare, presumably because Phase VI was rolled out not long after the EVS updates.

     

    http://http//www.arcforums/com/air/index.php?/topic/313374-nose-contour-differences-b-52-gh-pre-and-post-evs/&do=findComment&comment=3008897

    Although this is only a rendering it shows it pretty well. I literally had no idea, I thought structural changes for EVS dictated the radome shape. 

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    Please delete

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    2 hours ago, mika14 said:

    Hi,

     

    So if I want to build an accurate OOB 1/48 F-111, regardless of version, which brand should give me the less work to make it accurate?

    Academy or Hobby Boss?

    Seems like there's no conclusion here.

     

    I recommend thumbing through Mr. Vark’s 29 page in depth report and try to come up with your own conclusion.

    I say that not to be snarky but rather it’s all subjective. The things that I found important made the HB kit the better kit. I’ve also read posts where Mr. Vark, who actually flew the jet, found the Academy kit the better choice.

    It really comes down to what details YOU find more important that’ll determine the best kit.

    Neither kit is anything close to a perfect Vark, 

    both have glaring issues, in different areas. But both have really nice aspects, in different areas.

    And both need a lot of work to make into an exact replica of the real jet.

    P.S. I bet that was the longest non-answer you’ve ever read!

    Please delete

    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    58 minutes ago, Nino_Belov said:

    Ok...Maybe some day GWH will make that kit. 🙂

    Now on drastic step,what about 1/72 scale offer?What we have there? IS there any decent F-111 in 1/72 scale?

    Hasegawa made a line of 1/72 F-111 kits 20 some odd years ago. They pop up on eBay regularly but are usually pricey.

    The Hase kits are very nice indeed.

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    in Jet Modeling

    Posted

    22 hours ago, Nino_Belov said:

    Hello friends,

     

    I have recently got myself a Hobby Boss F-111C 1/48, can someone please share bad sides of this model kit,and where is errors,what is need to be improved?So,that I can make correct "Pig"?

    Thank you.

     

     

    I built the HB FB-111A kit a couple years ago, which is essentially the same plastic.

    As Dave mentioned, the windscreen has a bulbous profile to it which throws off the look pretty drastically.
    The Squadron/Ozmods/Scaledown canopy fits fairly well with just a bit of work needed on the lower front edge to fair it in.

    The bomb bay doors are molded improperly. They molded them as two halves that swing open when in all actuality they’re two bi-folding pairs. If you plan to keep them closed then no problem but If you want them open you can get away with cutting each in half lengthwise and posing them properly. It won’t be exact but close enough. Check references and you’ll see what I’m saying. 

    There are other less noticeable issues with items such as wheels, wheel wells, intake spike, instrument panel, exhausts, pitot probe, drop tanks and Astro tracker hump but other than that........😉
    Some of those may be only relevant for the FB version but depending on which tail number you’re modeling it may apply since the Aussie’s bought a bunch of ex-SAC FB’s and neutered them to conventional C model standards.

     

     

     

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