Fellow Hobbyist

That is news to me. :huh:

The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board has recommended automating the activation of the pilots emergency oxygen supply, improving contaminant filtration within the pilot life support system, and add monitoring of the pilot's blood oxygen levels while in flight. From my readings so far the Air Force has been implementing these recommendations.

Amazing. You model does a great job of conveying what an operational Tigershark might have looked like.

1:72 or 1:48 scale a good kit will make.

Splendid. Did you cannibalize a cannon section from an F-16 kit?

A Tigershark with a dorsal spine? The finish work is something I've got to see.

Do we not do either of the two? It's strange I would have no compunctions building a scarce kit like any 1:144 injection molded C-5 (if I ever could get my hands on one). But with the Falken I have these reservations. :huh:

I've always though opening the entire forward fuselage directly into the relative wind to fire the laser as being detrimental to a high performance fighter the Falken is depicted as being. I think that a more conventional approach; a retractable ball turret similar to the YAL-1, would be more feasible. I have my Falken kit still in it's box unassembled. I'm not sure if I should build it or sell it.

I've recently re-started work on a Hasegawa F-2B Viper Zero that has languished on my work bench for a couple of years now. A set back occurred last week where the canopy sustained irreparable damage. Sourcing an original part is not possible as the kit is discontinued. So that leaves me with having to make a new canopy. I have two ideas. One is to take a canopy from an F-16B or D of like scale and modify it to work with the F-2. Without having some line drawing to make comparisons I can't say the canopy of a dual-seat Falcon is the same size as the Viper Zeros canopy but they may be so. The

This afternoon I was looking forward to polishing the canopy of the F-2B kit I have been working on. I sanded away the mold line and brought home some plastic polish to clean up the sanding marks left. Then I was told the canopy was knocked of the work table by a pair dueling cats and the person acting to stop the two accidentally stepped on the canopy. While not in pieces there is a large crack running down the center of the canopy. Now before I undertake the uncharted task of fabricating a new canopy I was hoping someone might have a spare canopy for the Hasegawa F-2B in 1:48th scale.