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Mark S.

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  1. I'll have to build it if its Murph's old jet! Now if we could get Mr. Sanchez to consider doing those T-38 sheets in 1/72 scale. Mark
  2. The cost of the C-5 mod will probably go up now as there will be no competition. If the C-17 had remained in production it would force better pricing on the C-5 mod and visa versa. Another reason to maintain the production of the C-17 is its good short field perfoemance hauling 3 times the load into the same runway as a C-130. Doesn't make sense to me. Mark
  3. Just a thought. There are several questions that come up repeatedly usually pertaining to loadout configurations and paint colors. Just a suggestion: Have a thread or a link to the ARC website that has this information in a searchable database format. Maybe with graphics for the loadouts as at the F-15E website. I know it's much work but It would relieve the gracious professionals from the task of responding repeatedly. Mark
  4. Gentlemen: Thanks for the complements, but the only difficult part is the dark color. You mix the aluminum with it to have two pigments in the same coat. This helps in the sheen and helps change the "look" of the color based on the angle of incidence and amount of light. You need to spray it on before the base aluminum color thoroughly drys. The key is to thin it down and not fully coat the areas with it. Keep shaking the jar while doing it as well. For the clear coat tint color you can use 36176 the darker of the mod eagle colors, 36257 the dark grey on EA-6B's. On my next attempt I
  5. Joe Hegedus: Understand, but the same applies for autos as well. Load paths on a convertible hughly different than on the other models. It's in the design. Varying the areas of varoius sections (section modulus) to keep the stresses in the allowable range yet retaining common surfaces for mating is what the auto industry does. Also the prototypes are built to the stress and fatigue requirements of the production vehicle. Don't think the X-35's were. As for testing alot's done for vehicles as well. Including rounds of crash tests. In the past convertibles rarely met requirements on t
  6. Gents: Having worked for one of the big three automakers and working as a consultant in the industry my opinion is that aerospace firms have never gotten a grip on how to build model variants. The cost between the two versions should be minimal if they had a modular construction plan from day one. The cost difference should be just the cost of the different components used and the incremental differences in labor. I've been part of engineering efforts that planned engineered and constructed an auto plant that built station wagons, two door coupes and four door sedans along with convertib
  7. Raptor Supporter: They are in 1/72 scale. I'll build them up with the doors and canopy open. Mark
  8. Gents: I've posted pics of my latest attempt of capturing the colors on my 1/72 scale Raptors over on the "In Progress" forum. By the way speaking from experience as an engineer in auto industry paint shops you can't get there from here for an exact match! Mark
  9. Here's just a plan view picture. The colors I used were MM graphite lightend by 25% aluminum and aluminum darkened by 20% graphite. The trick is to thin the darker color and apply it while the lighter color has skinned over but not dried. Don't build it up too thick. Keep it marginally translucent. Mark
  10. A picture of a F-22 with the tinted clearcoat before I apply decals. This one will be in the markings of one of the 43rd FS, 325th FW. I used MM arcylic FS35237 to tint MM acrylic glosscoat.
  11. A picture comparing the F-22 paint to the Mod Eagle scheme used on the first F-22.
  12. Gents: Here are photos of the two F-22's I'm working on. The first photo. A pic of an F-22 highlighting the difference of the perceived color between the lit and unlit vertical tails.
  13. Gents: I found that Testors MM graphite lightened with aluminum and vice versa works as base coats. Next apply a tinted clear coat with the clear tinted with Gunze smoke or a grey ink. Follow this with your decals and a top coat of flat clear. Don't think any modeler will ever get it exactly right but only close. Mark
  14. Kursad: What's your policy on selling custom sheets to other interested modelers? I am interested in that Wisconsin f-16 and the Ohio KC-135R. Mark
  15. Gents: Thanks everyone. Mark
  16. Gents: Been looking all over including the net iie: fas.org and globalsecurity.org for a picture of a SUU-25 flare dispenser. All I could find is a suspect unit in a picture in Don Logan's book. Found the flares and even the quantity and pylon locations but no pod. Can I assume it's close in size to the 4-round rocket pod. Is the nose bullet shaped, semi-circular or blunt? Would the 4-round 2.75 in. rocket pod in the Hasegawa 1/72 weapons set be close? Thanks in Advance Mark P.S. Wouldn't be nice if we could get a new weapons set with this pod, the 7 round 2.75 pod of the AFACS and
  17. Rick: The easiest is to look for the lighting supplies and controllers in the Walther's HO Model Train catalog or online. There is a company that makes the circuitry for flashing lights, strobes an such. The kits include the lights or LED's. If not find a friendly electronics technician or engineer to design you the circuits. Mark
  18. Got to agree with snowman. I'd like to see VF-14 F-4B's and J's. I have never seen them done in any scale! Mark
  19. I'd be interested in an Air Wing sheet if it included S-3's, and E-2's. Been a long time since these aircraft were done. Maybe even try a ES-3. Of course in 1/72 Mark
  20. Ken: Great Pics. You and Jake serious need to consider doing coffee table books! It seems BRAC is increasing not decreasing costs. Our local airlift wing (910th) survived but it's still unclear how many aircraft they'll have and the unit 70 miles away is losing it's planes yet the base remains open. So what is the criteria for maintaining unit lineage? Does the 104th FW have a longer and more distinqushed lineage than the 102nd FW? How's that to work? Mark
  21. Neil: You don't need dimensions. Just get close. Many of us would like this pod and I'll take 3 in 1/72. Mark
  22. Kursad & Chappie: I'd like some of those markings if done in 1/72. How about the ASAT eagles at Edwards? The idea of a resin conversion kit with decals is something I'd like to see. Mark
  23. Gents: Here's a link: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm43.htm Mark
  24. Gents: Back in the 80's a there was a program to replace the SRAM with a new missile. Included in the effort was the design of a tactical varient. I forget which manufacturers were competing but one went as far as drop tests on the B-1B before the program was stopped at the end of the cold war. I think the shape shown was known as the SRAM2-T. You can see photos of the SRAM2 in Don Logan's B-1 book. Mark
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