Mark S.
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Interesting disscussion. In a compressor you compress air and raise the speed of sound. It's been a long time but isn't the speed of sound in any media directly related to density? The tips of a blade revolving in compressed air won't be supersonic if the speed of sound in that density of air is above the tip speed. Right? Mark
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Gents: Other than E-BAy are there any Hobby Shops that specialize in Out-Of-Production decals. I'm looking for SuperScale 72-280. Specifically the A-20B decals contained on it. Thanks in Advance Mark
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John: I'll get right on it! Is tough to find time to model let alone do the diorama. Hopefully I'll wrap-it-up this fall. Yep, 1981, back when I was a young pup. Great forum by the way. I'll post when I have my layout design complete for my WW II diorama. Mark
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scalephantomphixer: Everything is in 1/72 scale. The open revetment is Verlinden and yes it's too small for an A-10. The shelters are scratch built using rolled sheet metal, balsa, corrugated paper and hardboard. Mark
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Final Pic. Inside the incomplete shelter. Mark
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A sunshade with a pair of F-15's
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A view of the apron with F-16's
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Another view of the revetment.
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I repainted the concrete but haven't weathered it yet. Here is a Verlinden revetment.
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Gents: Back in '81 I started to build the shelter area diorama shown in the following pictures. I have yet to add all of the doors and detail the shelters. It's done on a 4 x 8 sheet of particle board. Beyond it is an apron with F-16's though I did about 3 years ago. I rather display my aircraft in this setting than on shelves. Mark
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Gents: Most hangers like those used for fighters I've seen are pre-engineered buildings. There are several manufacturers who have websites with photos and sometimes dimensions of their products. Last year I designed a basic pre-engineered hanger model and have started to cut-out the sheet plastic to make the bents. It's not that difficult. When I have time and it won't be soon I'll post a scan or if possible the .dwg file of the hanger bent template. If you have questions ask. My backround is structural engineering. Mark
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John: I've had dioramas since starting modeling in the 60's. I used my former train board 4' x 8' as my first. I have several now including one 4 x 8 with TABV shelters and revetments from the cold war era. Additionally I routinely build hangers or sunshades for my display. Currently I'm trying to get reference marterial for two WW II displays. One an 8th airfield to display bombers and fighters the other a Pacific island scheme for B-29's, B-24's and Marine Corps. fighters. I'll post pics soon of some of my existing work although it's never finished. Questions I have: Size of a B-1
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eddygrantham: I measured the Flightpath 1/72 scale T56-A-15 engine nacelles. They are 35mm or 1 3/8 inches long. The Italeri 1/72 ones are 29mm or 1 1/8 inches long. In 1/72 scale this is a 1/4" increase in length. Multiplying by 1.5 for 1/48 scale your increase in length should be 3/8 inches or 9.5mm Mark
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Dave: Great Pics. Mark
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I have the 1/72 scale modified nacelles from Flightpath. I'll measure them convert to 1/48 scale an post the dimension. If the tank is the same 3000 gal. one as used in the KC-130F's I'm sure there are pictures around. Mark
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Having not built a Special Hobby kit what are they like? Sure would like to see an A-26C instead. Mark
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Gents: If you are using brake fluid be careful. Having industrial experience with it I'd say you need plenty of ventilation and avoid eye contact. Additionally it ready goes bad if there's humidity. They are glycol based fluids that attract water. You can tell if this happens because they become milky. MArk
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Dave: How many firm pre-orders would you need to have to do them in 1/72? Mark
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Gents: From a nameless C-5 maintainer I heard the following: If you have two C-5's sitting on jacks and one parked next to them do you know what it means? They ran out of jacks! Mark
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Dervishd: You can measure air pressure both when the circuit is running and when it's off. I think that your regulator may not be calibrated. Either that or you don't have enough flow thru the regulator to hold the pressure. Do you have a tank or are you running directly from the compressor? The best is to just measure the pressure as close to the airbrush as you can get with a pressure gauge. Mark
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Jake: Great shots!! Know if the decal guys would only get the hint. Mark
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I'll be there. I just don't know yet which day. Mark from the Youngstown area
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Gentlemen: I see on the Great Models Website that Golden Dragon has released the B-52 Heavy Stores Adapter Beams for both the AMT an R-M B-52 kits. I've looked at the review sections of both HS and MM and can't dind any reviews. Has anyone bought these kits? If so, are they accurate and what is the casting quality like? Thanks in advance. Mark
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Eagledriver That 600 cfm is driven by the typical solvent load in the old days in the auto industry. The amount of solvent we modelers use is far less. 200 cfm should be adequate as it gives you about 14 air changes of the volume per minute. With an airbrush your not putting much into the air. Mark
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