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aweber stoofan

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    Naval Aviation and ships and aircraft in general. I have a specific interest with anything that has to do with the Grumman S2F Tracker.

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  1. I couldn't agree more. Its one of the many reasons I am a member of AOPA and EAA. Just a great bunch of people!
  2. It would be nice to see an all Yellow airplane with green bands of ATU-801, NAS Kingsville 1954. I am going to be building one because my father flew them in that squadron. The original Navy T-28Bs were delivered from the factory with the yellow paint scheme. My father said at the time the airplanes had a "new car" smell to them because they were so freshly delivered from the factory.
  3. I have very few shots of the inside of the door and they are not very good. But I can tell you its pretty plain. Some have a canvas like covering sort of like what you see on the inside of some helicopters. The main feature is the entry ladder that is folded up and mounted to the inside of the door when not deployed. The ladder takes up almost all of the area on the backside of the door.
  4. I agree, I have an Air Tanker that I am just finishing up and has the wings spread. I've had no problems with it.
  5. Unless the main struts aren't where they should be, or an engine has been removed, the tail wheel doesn't touch the ground on the US-2. Normally an easy 10" or more above the ramp is normal.
  6. The photos that I took of the US-2 on board CVS-12 a couple of years ago clearly shows the horizontal tail (stab, and elevator) painted gloss gull gray to match the wings (which are entirely gray as well). The only white area is on top of the fuselage. I would post the photos here but its too big of a pain with the computer that I'm currently using here at work. The paint scheme is very much like that of some P-3s before they went to an all gray scheme.
  7. The top scoop is not the carburetor intake, it is between the cylinders on all versions. I am guessing, but most likely the larger scoop on the -3 was installed to help cool the constant speed generators that were added to the -3.
  8. Sometimes, but a lot of airplanes did not have red edges on the gear doors. The early Gray over white airplanes almost never had the red.
  9. I received my decals and they are very nice! One thing I really like is that the small Bu Nu on the tail are the same size as the ones on your S2F (blue) sheet. This will help out a lot when building airplanes that are not covered on the sheet, espeically the late model S2F-1s (the 136xxx bu Nu). I'm going to be ordering more of these sheets.
  10. I received my decals and they are very nice! One thing I really like is that the small Bu Nu on the tail are the same size as the ones on your S2F (blue) sheet. This will help out a lot when building airplanes that are not covered on the sheet, espeically the late model S2F-1s (the 136xxx bu Nu). I'm going to be ordering more of these sheets.
  11. That would be really something to get him to come out with some stuff for this kit. There are so many directions one could go with this airplane and Paul does great work!
  12. I would be more than happy to supply reference photos if you would like me too.
  13. I have seen ones for non-American, but I am not aware of anyone that is doing or that is interested in doing U.S. Navy markings. I would like some also, that old kit really isn't all that bad. I have a feeling if someone did do a really nice sheet it would sell out fairly quickly and there would be no motivation to reprint (for whatever reason), so if you see some that some are coming out get them fast.
  14. Looks really, really good! I can't wait to get paint on mine and start applying decals. Good review of the kit as well. I would like to mention for those that are interested, that replacing the main wheels with ones off of an TBM won't make the model anymore accurate than it already is, at least wheel style that is. The TBM has the same 8 spoke wheel as the kits and the kit wheels are pretty well done.
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