Murph

R.I.P.

Rest In Peace Jens. Regards, Murph

Jim, I assumed it was the comm cord, but I've never seen a life support shop let one go out the door hanging that loosely. Regards, Murph

Forgot to mention is that the first thing every fighter pilot did when getting issued a new flight suit was to rip or cut off the survival knife pocket on the left leg (because there was one on the G-suit) and then cut off the flap on the left sleeve (which was only there for a short time) covering the pen pocket. Because. Regards, Murph

As somebody that was flying for the USAF at the time, there are a couple of things I would point out. What is the cable going from the left side of the helmet to the oxygen mask? BTW, if you're going back to the 80's and 90's, the the older style oxygen mask was still being used frequently. The other points are that it was typical to fly with a survival vest in peacetime, and mandatory in combat and the figure is missing the SEAWARS around the neck which was fitted the vast majority of the time on any unit that had to fly over the water. Regards, Murph

Yes. It was utterly useless; fortunately, it didn't last long. Regards, Murph

The HUD on the A through D models basically stayed the same. The only minor change was adding the mount on the right side for the "Eagle Eye" scope in the 80s. Regards, Murph

Good to see they finally released it. Regards, Murph

No idea, but the thread is 5 years old, and AFAIK he only did them in 1/48 scale. You could always send him a PM. Regards, Murph

There is no scale but 1/72. 😁 Pictures here: LINK. And a previous thread on ARC about scratch building one: ANOTHER LINK. While I would certainly purchase some, I was really making a general observation. The ALE-2 was widely used during the Cold War, and I don't know of any kit that includes it. Regards, Murph.

You might consider doing an AN/ALE-2 chaff pod too. LINK Regards, Murph

Looks good, are there any color call outs or decals for them? Regards, Murph

I think they would have been better served by starting with an episode focusing on their training in the States, especially considering the number of fatalities the USAAF suffered during training. I suspect the show creators felt that was too much of a cliche though, due to Band of Brothers. LINK

Chris, They are flush or even slightly recessed: If you look at a high-res version of that picture, the reason some of them look black is that all of the expendables in those canisters have been dispensed, so what you're seeing there are empty dispensers. Regards, Murph