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The preorder links for all November releases are active now: CD48223 - 1/48 F-111D Aardvark CD48028 - 1/48 ANG A-10C Warthog Part 1 (reprint) CD48034 - 1/48 ANG A-10C Warthog Part 2 (reprint) CD72146 - 1/72 C-130H "Black Lightning" CT ANG CD72147 - 1/72 F-111D Aardvark CD32025 - 1/32 F-16D "Mig Killer" CD144001 - 1/144 KC-135R Stratotanker (reprint)

Thanks for the amazing interest in this sheet - I really struggled to ship all of the preorders for this and the A-10 Early Years sheet. This is the first time that more than half of the print run was sold in the first five days of preorders.

the 1/72 version is identical and will be available preorder on the same day.

Preorders will be enabled later this week:

I am working on this and it will have comprehensive NF-104 markings as well.

There is an insert that I printed and added to the sheet. I will go ahead and the image of the insert to the product page.

I changed the release plan a little bit - October was absolutely brutal and you guys buried me under a mountain of preorders. I will be releasing the F-111D sheets this month (November) and a few reprints.

I am curious - why would the MQ-9 need a Litening pod? It already has a very capable sensor suite with laser designator, laser spot tracker, FLIR, GPS and satcom up the wazoo. What capability would the Litening bring to the table?

I enjoyed reading this one : https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fifty-years-finding-freedom-vietnam-vets-healing-journey-hanoi-180983052/

Almost done packing all the F-105 orders - the early A-10 sheet will take me a couple of more days. Thanks for your patience.

It doesn’t look good, sorry. I am a victim of my own success 🙂 When I clear the retail sales backlog this week and the wholesale orders next week, I will enable preorders for the next batch. The 1/35 AH-64 sheet brought a lot of new customers who typically don’t build airplanes and never ordered from me before. So there is also the additional burden of responding to 8-10 “what do you mean I can’t receive my decals in three days” emails a day. Wish me luck.

Not abandoned - it is on the printing list for the next batch.

Folks, just a quick note to let you know that I am swamped beyond belief this month - I expect to clear the backlog this weekend. If you have not received a tracking number, you will soon. If you have received it but see no movement, it is still here for a few more days. Thanks for your patience once again.

I am working on this and will announce a product number soon. Stay tuned - and hydrated (preferably with glacial water)

Still working on it, both in 1/72 and 1/144. Expect something very similar to the B-47 sheet in diversity. I took notes of your suggestions and will incorporate them into the sheet, it will be a super colorful sheet.

With most of the options on it covered in other products (from me or someone else), the sheet is largely obsolete. I know you guys are interested in test & development markings, and I am planning to put these on an "Early Years" sheet at some point.

I am doing an Early Years sheet - it just will take some time.

Sorry, really busy with shipping the latest batch of decals right now. i should be able to post profiles in a couple of weeks or so.

Yes - CDB48012 has some minor updates and refinements but it is essentially the same. CD48035 and CD48036 are being printed and will be released in November. My November releases will mostly be a bunch of reprints that are long overdue: 1/48 F-4C/D, A-10C, and 1/144 KC-135R among others.

The November batch of releases are: CD48223 - 1/48 F-111D Aardvark CD48028 - 1/48 ANG A-10C Warthog Part 1 (reprint) CD48034 - 1/48 ANG A-10C Warthog Part 2 (reprint) CD72146 - 1/72 C-130H "Black Lightning" CT ANG CD72147 - 1/72 F-111D Aardvark CD32025 - 1/32 F-16D "Mig Killer" CD144001 - 1/144 KC-135R Stratotanker (reprint) I will send the mass e-mail next week and plan to start shipping on or around November 15.

Still working on the last touches for two of the JAWS schemes - but available for preorder now. I will send the mass e-mail in a couple of days, so preorder now to be the first in line. CD48198 - 1/48 A-10 "The Early Years"

I wouldn’t have done it even of it were revealed on time. Not enough ROI. A US Army sheet was the highest priority. I may consider an international set in the future, but this scheme is probably too big to be included. I am sure a Taiwanese outfit will (should) do it in near future.

Hi Deniz, There are definitely a few photos of Turkish Starfighters carrying dual AIM-9 (*) in the "catamaran" launchers in display/inspection setups. So I am pretty sure the configuration was used operationally, but actual photos with live or training missiles are very rare. Most of the time the aircraft carried the homegrown "Tumbas" training bomb/rocket launcher on these pylons. (*) For whatever reason Turkish Starfighter pilots kept using the historic "GAR-8" designation for the missile until the day the aircraft were retired - I think the trai

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The F-105B/D sheets (in both 1/72 and 1/48) are now available for preorder - the others are coming soon.