Brenhen
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Hasegawa kit, Phase Hangar ejection seat, Brassin wheels, and Fights On decals
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I use black mr surfacer 1500 thinned with mr leveling thinner most often and like it a lot. Stynelrez (probably spelled that wrong!) is a really good primer as well, I just found it to be a pain to clean from the airbrush because it is pretty thick. I believe ammo's one shot primer may be stynelrez from what I've heard from others, but I'm not sure
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17 hours ago, Geoff M said:
very nice build. Markings are perfect.
Geoff M
Thanks Geoff, and good luck with your projects. Post a bunch of pics!
21 hours ago, Whiskey said:I'll take that offer!
Send me a DM with your address and I'll see what I can do. I haven't tried it yet, so we'll see how it translates to a smaller scale
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On 5/6/2020 at 6:32 AM, Geoff M said:
I just finished reading a great book that was suggested on these forums, Warpath Across the Pacific, and thanks to all those brave men that served in that unit. Anyway I want to try and build an example of a b-25 from each of the squadrons. I am finding that many of the marking from these units are out of production and available at ridiculous prices. Looking for a reasonable source for markings. By the way I have already done a B-25J gun nose from the 498th, so I just need the 499,500,501. Thanks
Geoff M
Definitely an interesting subject. I just finished the HK B-25 and made some masks for the markings. It's from the 405th, so not one of the squadrons you mentioned, but if you are interested I can see about reducing the mask to 1/48th.
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Eduard's new Tempest kit was a really enjoyable build. Nice detail and great fit all around. I added the Eduard flap set as well as Barracuda's seat, spinner, intake and wheels.
Hope you enjoy!
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6 hours ago, is it windy yet? said:
I would not say that a future release of the P-38 is certain. As you said, based on the tooling, subsequent variants are easily and efficiently accounted for, but this is Tamiya. We are all still waiting for the 1:32 F-16, zero, and spitfire sub-variants that they have already tooled and just have to mix and match parts to release. Not to mention all the other kits that just require a new part or two for another version. I know I am waiting for other P-38's to come my way, but nothing is certain with Tamiya.
Very fair point. I guess nothing is certain
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The way that the F/G is designed, I would say that it is certain they will eventually. There would be no reason to design the kit the way that they did if they weren't going to do other versions. I can't give any kind of guess as to when though. I would think that they would want to let the F/G version have some time on the market first.
If you haven't built the F/G version, it is a beautiful kit and a lot of fun to build
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Nice job on your mustang! I like the weathering on the underside. I've always had difficulty making splatters look realistic, but you did a nice job with it
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I am working on both kits at the moment, and in my very unscientific test, the masks for the G should work for the F. I can't guarantee all the small masks for the gun turrets will match perfectly (top turret, ball turret and waist glass are different on the two versions), but in the few masks I tested they fit really well.
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great subject- thanks!
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Very nice! Great job on a unique scheme
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I always love your straight forward and practical methods, and the clear way you explain your process. Thanks for taking the time to put your videos together. I’m really looking forward to this series
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I've been enjoying the videos on YouTube. Thanks for posting them!
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Great work Eric! Very realistic looking
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Awesome work! I really love how it turned out. I may have to steal your idea for a future A-4 project. It shows the A-4 how it should; low and fast! Great job
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Thanks for the help guys. I decided to just go for it and cut open both panels yesterday. Between a very rough diagram in the TA-4 NATOPs manual and the help you have given me, I figured I could make it look busy and hopefully interesting. Thanks again!
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Hello everyone,
Does anyone have photos of the insides of the two access doors on the tops of A-4 intakes?
I have a bunch of photos showing them open on the ground, but can't find any images showing what is in the space they cover. I'd like to open the doors up on my current build but need some detail shots if you have them.
Thanks so much for any help!
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Item number 48004. It's out of production and hard to find, so if you have one,or a partial one, let me know and I'll pay a good price for it. Thanks!
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While there could be some variation throughout different squadrons and services, most of the pictures I have seen show the undersides of the slats as the same color as the underside of the plane. The first pic is a restored jet and the second is of an Israeli jet, but it seems pretty common from what I've seen
Hope that helps, though I am sure there will be some people that flew them or worked on them on this site that can give you a better answer
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Thank you everyone for the nice comments, I really appreciate them! I'm looking forward to building a few more of these phantoms
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After seeing this video on theaviationist.com (rights to 1-300) I had a need to build a Japanese Phantom. In fact, I am planning on doing two more soon, one in the all grey scheme and an RF-4 in the green camo scheme.
Hope you enjoy!
kit: Hasegawa 1/48 F-4EJ Kai
aftermarket: Aires seats, Aires exhaust, DE Mold intakes and wheels
paints: Mr. Hobby Color JASDF set
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This sheet seems pretty rare, and I keep missing it on eBay! If anyone has a set, or even partial set depending on what is left, please let me know.
Thanks!
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3 hours ago, skyhawk174 said:
Yup even though I normally don't build in 1/32nd I would love a 1/32nd Prowler. That is such a great looking aircraft and probably why I have 4 of the silly things in 1/48th. Of course my favourite aircraft is the A-4 Skyhawk so I have several of these in 1/32nd but they are not that big in that scale.
As for Tamiya not releasing the 1/32nd two seater F-16 (even though it looks like the kit is set up for it) I think they do this on purpose so it gives them options down the road. The thing with Tamiya or for that matter Hasegawa too I think, it seems they work on their own schedule. Look at how long Hasegawa took to release the two seater A-4 or the two seat F-104. Time and money I guess
Oh man, a new two seat a-4? I could definitely go for that!
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I'll attempt to answer most of your questions, but I'm sure more knowledgeable people can give you more specifics.
1. You can use either the finned or non finned tanks.
2. The sidewinder would not be realistic. The first Skyhawks to carry sidewinder were Australian G's, and I believe the only U.S. ones to carry them were later M's.
3.a single mk 82 is a common load on the outer pylon. It doesn't need a special adapter
4. I don't have my references with me now, so I'm not sure about the antennae. By the early 70's I would think the decal sheet representation of the smaller antennae would be more common, but I don't know for sure
5. Again, I'm not 100% sure, but by that time period I believe the single chaff/flare dispenser would be accurate
6. Either refueling probe could be used, based on reference pictures. The bent probes were retrofitted to E's and F's, though some retained the straight probe.
I hope that helps a little. As I said, in sure there are many people that know a lot more. The Skyhawk.org could be pretty helpful if you haven't seen that site yet
Hasegawa A-4E aggressor
in The Display Case
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Thanks Rick! There are a lot of great aggressor schemes for the A-4 out there
Thanks Spejic! Nice profile picture!