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Wow! What a beautiful model of an unusual subject. And you did a fantastic job. Love it and thanks for sharing. Harry Lutz, FL

That is just underhanded enough to appear to all my baser instincts. Well played! Bravo Zulu!!! Harry Lutz, FL

Jost, So much fun watching this come together. I saw my first one about a month ago..I have no idea what it was doing in the McDill traffic pattern, but I was out on the Bay and one of those babies went right over head.Lovely. Good work. Harry Lutz, FL

Say something snarky to the seller. First, politely question the authenticity of the patch, get him/her/it on record as confirming the legitimacy, THEN say something snarky. Something cutting, then report them to E-Bay. Or report them to E-Bay without saying a word. If you know it is fraud, and it flicks you that hard -and I don't blame you one bit - absolutely call it out. Absolutely. Most of us have things we cherish, real things, with real memories associated with them. Shoddy fakes devalue those things in a shabby way. On the positive side, that is one sweet display of patches

Oh, that's a really cool picture of the PRANG F-104C. That harsh sun just beats the shine right off SEA camo, doesn't it? And I love the rocket pod. Very unique and thanks for sharing. Slightly off topic, but PRANG is unfortunate, isn't it? I mean, I like FANG, like DANG and although I personally don't like WANG I know folks that do. But PRANG just sounds...unfortunate. Thanks for sharing the cool picture. Harry Lutz, FL

Gentlemen, this is fratricide. It will lead to unfortunate feelings among people who share many, many things. I have read none of the posts since the first three pages, just watched in dismay the notifications and first lines in my email. They were enough. I have had so much fun over the years, learned so many things, enjoyed so many photos and gained so much here on the ARC Forums. Met several members here in person, swapped models with many, bought and sold and never had an unpleasant experience. That is so .... much. In a world where we all have electricity and disposable income enough

BIg. Scary. Impressive. I'm going to enjoy this. Thanks for sharing. Harry Lutz, FL

Going to be following this one avidly. Good luck and happy modeling. It sure looks cool. Harry Lutz, FL

The Have Glass scheme is wicked. Great work on the cockpit. Harry Lutz, FL

I feel you, brother! I had the exact same reaction (even the same words!) when I opened the GWH 1/72 F-15I. Woof! I mean, I build an okay model, and I know a junk kit or a quality kit when I see one. But an intimidating kit? A kit that just had me going....okay, that's A LOT of parts for 1/72.....what cool weapons...look at that canopy....oh, my....this is.....something? I look forward to getting around to it eventually, but I have held off on an F-14B until I tackle the kit I have. The new era kits (CAD design, etc...) are amazing. To go from Matchbox, Frog and Lindbe

There was a rumor, just whispers, really, about a blurry Polaroid shot of the cockpit interior, and a pilots head....but that was classified years ago. Harry Lutz, FL

Avanti! Harry Lutz, FL

That's beautiful model. Harry Lutz, FL

I would LOVE a Quinta studios 3D set for the cockpit, I have used aftermarket seats to trick out the interiors, but with that wide open cockpit and canopy, some updates would be nice. Love that kit, one of my go-to kits to get going after a tough or frustrating build. ESCI was making great models 40 years ago...without CAD design, photo-etch and 3D printing. Astounding! Of course, we walked on the moon 50 years ago without 3d printing so....😀 Harry Lutz, FL PS. If you were building an F-5E in 1/72 scale, where would you start? Italeri, Dream Model,Hobby Boss? I ha

The Trumpeter 1/72 kit comes with two flasher pods, Trumpeter flash pods, so I can't speak for the accuracy. But I hung one anyway. It fit. Harry Lutz, FL