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  1. Just a note. Nearly impossible to find a clear picture of one mounted. It seems that in most instances it was not installed and a cover plate was in place where the Peil should be.
  2. I believe that type , PeilG 6, was used on the Ju 88 and the He 219.
  3. It is the Peil G 4 radio direction finder. Framed lear cover.
  4. Yes, it is the 1/48 Gavia. Here is another review. Seems it cannot be an accurate Finnish Lizzie. http://www.rollmodels.net/nreviews/airplanes/lizzie/lizzie.php
  5. The best to date has been recently released. A must. Focke-Wulf FW190: Volume One 1938-1943; by Smith and Creek. http://www.amazon.com/Focke-Wulf-FW190-1938-1943-Richard-Smith/dp/1906537291/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331128545&sr=8-1 Realized you are in OZ. Here is one at a reasonable price: http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Focke-Wulf-FW190-Volume-1-Richard-Smith-Eddie-J-Creek/9781906537296?cf=3&rid=1471686678&i=1&keywords=Fw+190 Here is local, but seems they want blood money. http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/book/focke-wulf-fw190-volume-1-1938-43-volume-1/24977515/
  6. Do you not know by now that on modeling forums it is a bigger sin to criticize a crappy kit than to produce a crappy kit. There also seems to be a direct relationship between high prices and acceptance. If they can charge that much, it must be better. If GW keeps raising the price of the TBD, it will eventually be perfect!
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    Cockpit Help

    The pictures are of the cockpit of a Bf 110D-0 coded S9+CK. Shot down during the Battle of Britain. The cockpit is in RLM 66 Dark Gray. The transition to dark gray occurred in the late 110C to early 110D production. Dates, for the most part, have little to do with the color of the cockpit. While it was officially changed in November 1941, it more depended on who made the aircraft. Fw 190 from the A-1 on had a dark gray cockpit. Some 109Es had 66 cockpits and some 109Fs had 02 cockpits.
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    Ju 87B-1

    Big difference: Saved from an old HS post- Basically, the B-1 had straight exhaust pipes, non-operable radiator flaps and the radiator was shallower on the early B-1s, an open starter crank port, the landing gear had a slightly different angle as it was slightly more vertical and shorter than the B-2. Overheating was a problem as were nose-overs. As for the sirens on the spats, the earliest B-1 appear not to have them, but B-1s did have the stubs on the spats, although the sirens may not have been mounted in the Polish Campaign. The top of the radiator/underside of the cowl (where the lowe
  9. It was Dull Dark Green. Either a mix of Medium Green and Black, or a lightened RLM 70. 34092 would be close.
  10. Joe Paterno Dies In Hospital; Doctors Promise To Tell Their Superiors First Thing Tomorrow The Onion
  11. He was a one and only great one. But if Joe Pa taught us anything, it is get out while the getting is good and while on top. He stayed far too long. Far too long. And he paid for it in many ways. As soon as he was confined to the upper box, he should have had one hell of a good by party.
  12. This is the biggest load of Hogwash I have seen yet. Matching random crap chips to photographs of which we have no knowledge of any of the variables. There has to be some relationship between what we know from documents and records and things we observe. And here, perhaps taken in the late afternoon sun, it looks like it is a near sea green, which also was an available color.
  13. Jennings, Jennings, Jennings. Misleading people once again.
  14. The color cards for 70 and 71 were introduced February 1937 and became the standard finish on the Bf 109B-1 in Germany by the Summer of 1937. The He 70s were repainted in Spain, generally in early 1938. Thus, 70 or 71 could be available. After all it was used on other aircraft sent to Spain, including the Ju 87B-1. Not saying either color was actually used, just saying.
  15. Not seen a reference to the 20mm. It was a 12.7mm machine gun of different design from the earlier ones. It just looked big.
  16. The dome was made of plexiglass. A clear dome was used only on one pre-production YP-61. In production models, the dome was frosted or painted an off-white to reduce the effect of heat on the plexiglass. The shape of the dome portion of the nose, where it meets the metal frame, on the GW kit is wrong. Monogram got it correctly. If you are going to do an off-white painted dome, use the Monogram nose. Mike West of lone Star Models has made an accurate frosted nose, and a frosted nose with the sheet metal cover over the lower portion of the plexiglass dome.
  17. The original poster seems to have tied the issue to the USA. I quote: "One guy puts his dreams in a box comes to the US, legally with his family, sets up shop and sees his dreams go under due to piracy... Just great. This is not what he thought the American dream was." Russian pirates, Somali pirates, Pittsburgh Pirates? Seems he was a US resin company, based on the facts presented. He should have talked to Mike of Two Mikes or Mike West of Lone Star about making a living from resin. Perhaps, resin does not become gold in the USA. Love to know the details, rather than empty allegations.
  18. And the basis for the allegation? I have not come across pirated D Mold stuff. Perhaps he expected more from the US economy than should have been. But then again, I remember accusations about the same person making money off coming up short on a mold he did for a company and then coming up with a correction. Odd that no other US based resin company has made similar accusations about piracy. Just wondering in the absence of facts.
  19. Problem far from resolved. Seems some have received the kit with the B nose and are getting a run around. Perhaps Mid-Tenn has resolved it for its customers.
  20. Based on all the discussion at HS, it looks as if GW really did a bait and switch or screwed the pooch. The nose is not A and it is not B. Unless B stands for bastardized. Then there are other issues. And I was so looking forward to getting a nice P-61 without a fit fight. But all things to be considered, I'm putting away my credit card.
  21. From the nose through the radio room, the metal was painted DDG and covered in fabric insulation that was green. It may or may not have matched the DDG. Aft of the radio room the interior was unpainted, this was all models of the B-17. The bomb bay was neutral gray until camouflage was discontinued.
  22. Right, but it's a joke son, get it. A joke. But, there seems to be no rubber mats laying about and there was not even "hard masks" for the national markings. But they did mask for marking, even if homemade. They didn't appear to have access to Eduard or Montex masks. Also, the camouflaged aircraft clearly has a very soft demarcation.
  23. First, if you don't like licorice, you will not like Absinth. It's closest cousins are Pernod and Ricard. The French generically refer to this type as Pastis. Liqueurs of similar taste are the Greek Ouzo and Turkish Raki. Absinth can be drunk with or without ice cube, and always with a bit of water to turn it cloudy, as it should be. Given the herbal base of Absinth, it may turn more a yellowish / greenish color, reflecting the color of the liqueur. Sugar was used because it help hide the bad taste of crappy, cheap absinth. It has become a fashion statement based solely on ignorance and pre
  24. A lot of misinformation being spread here. Of course the Aussies used masks. That is only if someone remembered to bring in yesterday's papers. How do you say "soft edge" in your country.
  25. Based on the information at Hyper Scale, looks like both are no good. Need both sets to do one aircraft. http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1315336483/32nd+He111P+AM+decal+question-Aims+v.+Xtradecal
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