Trevor

Those 757 wheel-wells are nice and clean. On a 737, where they're closer to the ground and all the wonderful grim and fluids getting splashed in there, they turn almost black within a week of two of delivery. Even after a heavy washing, they still look terrible. Thanks to Covid, I'm unable to snap you a reference pic, but as far as 737s go, you really can't make them too dirty. Wheel hubs, and underside of gear doors get covered with a sticky layer of grim/soot and stay that way.

Model Masters French Blue looked pretty close when I painted my 737. Trevor

By WCRMC rules - it has a registration, its therefore civilian. That covers warbirds too.

The surface finish is rough, apparently from the type of mould creation process Mach 2 employs. I don't think its any worse than Heller's DC-6 or Constellation kits. The seams will need to be puttied, especially the wing-to-body, the engine cowling and the hull directly below the propeller. Like all other Mach 2 kits the canopy is thick and distorts what you can see inside, but there's not much to see there anyways. Its not as bad as Mach 2's bigger kits, and avoids most of their warpage issues because of its smaller size. And other than a long out of production resin kit, its the only 1/

All of Air Spray's A-26s had the late-style clamshell canopies.

What's your mailing address? I can send you everything from my Revell Ventura.

Can anyone who bought the civil boxing of the Roden Staggeriwng please provide me with a scan of the decal sheet? Because of the airplane I'm doing, I'll have the paint my own stripes but I need a guide for their shape. Cheers,

As far as I know the only model that fits your bill is the Iron Shipwright 1/350th resin kit. Iron Shipwright Remember, if it doesn't drop bombs or wear a coat of camouflage, it doesn't sell...

Its all about your personal taste. Some modelers have to have glass-like glossy finishes on their airliners. Others don't. As someone who works on these birds everyday (B737NGs) I can tell you they have anything but glass-like finishes. We keep our planes washed on a regular schedule but that don't stop things like rivet rash, paint chipping or fading. Some of our 737s would put you're heaviest weathered models to shame. There's one where the paint has popped off about 50% of the rivet heads - that's thousands of silver dots all over the fuselage. A few have faded to an almost flat fini

So my Mi-17 project has stalled. The reason? All the crazy mold/seam lines that Hobby Boss has put all over that model. I've adressed most of them, but the two fuel tanks have left me scratching my head in wonder. I'm not sure if they're supposed to be panel lines, or where they're supposed to start/stop. Can anyone supply a good photo of just the fuel tanks so I can figure this out? Thanks,

Depending on how curious you are you can order a copy of the FAA records to discover that chopper's 'official' history. http://aircraft.faa.gov/e.gov/nd/ Even if the aircraft is in use with a government agency, if it has a civilian registration it has to conform to all airworthiness laws. That means that all modifications have to be approved and the FAA records updated to include these changes. I've ordered several dozen aircraft records (paper versions) and they've only cost me around $10 - $12. That is a nice colour scheme by the way.

Thanks guys, I have the KC-97L and "Flight 666" sent the instructions to me. Now I can finally finish my long forgotten Stratotanker. Trevor

Can anyone send me a scan or photo of the decal placement instructions for the Academy 1/72nd scale Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker? photomctavish at hotmail.com Thanks,

Ryanair's boss, Michael O'Leary is a king at getting his airline free publicity. If you haven't noticed by now, O'Leary's crazy comments get him into the press almost monthly with silly stories like these; airline wants pay toilets, wants no bathrooms, wants passengers to fly standing up, selling inflight *********, all make great sound bites and the press quickly reprints them. There's no way 90% of the stuff O'Leary suggests would make it past the aviation regulations but he still says them. Why? Becaues he gets free advertising out of it. As for the window shades. Yes, Ryanair did dele

Hi Chuck, It was a pleasure to see you and your models on Saturday. I'm glad Scott and Derwin were able to answer some of your questions. I speak from personal experience that when it comes to contests, anything can go. Years ago I did a rush build on a 1/48th scale Hurricane simply to use up some decals and get myself back into the swing of things. I wasn't trying for a contest model (none of mine are) and I ended up spraying six! coats of camouflage before I got it right. That model swept every category it was entered in at four or five shows. Step forward a few years. I carefully bu

I just screwed up the same thing. Use some fine sandpaper and buff the lowere surface of the wing. The holes will 'pop' out in the light. I then used a small pin to locate the centers before opening them up with a micro drill.

Hello everyone, a friend and co-worker of mine is a contestant on a Canadian reality television series called My Rona Home. He and his family are competing to win their first home mortgage free. Jesse is a regular, low-paid aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) and every penny he makes goes into supporting his four wonderful kids and paying rent on a tiny house. His competitor is a chiropractor living in his grandmothers basement. Please spare one minute every day to visit http://www.myronahome.ca and vote for TEAM YELLOW and help this great family out. As a bonus, youll be entering yourse

Wow - its been a long time since I posted an update here huh? Building a deck, a garage and stone flowerbeds will certainly dig into your spare time, to say nothing of having a new son tossed in the mix too. Anyhow, I dug out the Crane and should hopefully get ti finished soon. The front canopies took a fair bit of effort to get into place. the lower U-shaped piece can be squeezed to better fit it to the grey fuselage sides, but if you do this, the top piece won't fit perfectly. I ended up having to sand and polish my canopies to get them nice and smooth. There's been a fair amount of fi

I see that Tom Cleaver finished one over on Modeling Madness, but I've never found his reviews much help in figuring out the quality of the models. Has anyone started building one of these? I've built their Roden Mohawk and I've seen the Turbo Porter going together. I think I'm most curious about how the multi-sectional fuselage goes together. Thanks,

That particular Mosquito is actually a B.35 that was used for high-altitude photo mapping in Canada. After it was sold, it sat outside as a gate guard at CFB Namao until it became so rotten her back broke when they tried to move her. She was cosmetically restored at the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton, AB and given a conversion to make her look like one of the Mosquitoes flown by 418 "City of Edmonton" Squadron. She looks okay from a distance, but she's completely fictious.

That's modified factory delivery colour scheme - the orange wasn't standard. Personally I'd love to see the delivery scheme included. From a decal standpoint it would be very minimal. My grandfather was killed by carbon-monoxide flying his Hughes 269A on a powerline patrol. Trevor

DRAW decals does markings for Cutter's Goose but be forewarned, they're digital silk - what I believe to be the worst decals I've ever used. Search for "digital silk" to see what I mean. As for the build, ti was simple. Only the markings made it difficult. Link to my Sword Goose build

The S-2A, which the Canadian Trackers were patterned on is about 18 inches shorter than the S-2E. There are a number of other changes between the early A-model and the later E-model, especially in the upper surface of the nacelles. The A-model's are flush to the upper surface of the wing while the E-model's stand proud by several inches. The Canadian Trackers also have a different upper surface to the nacelle behind the wing. The top is flat where the American Trackers are rounded. If you have the 1/72nd scale Hasegawa kit, the length and the nacelles over the wings will be correct for an

I'm hoping some one out there in ARC land would be interested in selling some decals from Cutting Edge's USAF Skyraider decal sheet, CED72096. I'm interested in either "Midnight Cowboy" or "Sopwith Camel". PM me if you're interested. Thanks.

Happy New Year everyone, Its been a while since my last update, but that doesn't mean I wasn't working. I decaled up a 1/72nd scale Labrador helicopter, built a 1/72nd scale Spitfire Mk.Vb, and have puttered around on a couple other projects. Since my last update, I've painted the interior, and assembled the fuselage. Last night, after several applications and sandings of various types of putty, I decided to give the Crane some wings. Like Bails says, there is a pretty good step at the wing roots, and I have some significant gaps to fill using putty. For the upper surface, I'll probably