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Scooter Man

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  1. I'd really like to build a 1/72 scale F-4J or F-4B/N Phantom with markings for the VF-84 "Jolly Rogers." Are there any kits out there that come with these decals or do you have to buy the kit & decals separately?? Thanks, Tim
  2. Hmmmmm......very interesting! Nice job! Tim
  3. Totally agree!! Very rarely, if ever, will I use anything else other than sprue from a Tamiya kit. This is not to say sprue from other manufacturers won't work, it's just that based on my own personal experience Tamiya's sprue is the easiest for me to work with.
  4. Will keep you in my prayers my friend...!!
  5. Okay so I've pulled this kit out of my stash and plan to start assembling it shortly, however as I was checking out the parts I noticed that there was quite a bit of raised detail on the rotors. Not being familiar with this particular helicopter I'm not sure if this raised detail should be left as is or should I try and sand it down a little bit to make it less pronounced??? Thanks, Tim
  6. I've been coming to the realization that building 1/48 jet kits is really just too time consuming for me and am seriously thinking about trading off my collection of Hasegawa 1/48 F-4 kits (F-4E,F-4G, F-4J, F-4EJ, RF-4E, and RF-4B) for their 1/72 counterparts. If I'm really going through with this I'd like to trade with someone who is willing to trade me 2 1/72 scale kits for one of mine 1/48 scale kits. I prefer to trade for the newer Hasegawa boxings or the Fujimi Phantoms. Okay well if this sounds like something you'd be interested in please shoot me an email at GNomad781@gmail.com Obvi
  7. Wow....now that's something you definitely don't see everyday....at least I know I don't!! Nice job Ken.
  8. Wow.....what a great finish. Love it!! Cheers, Tim
  9. Thanks for the great suggestions!! Much obliged...! Tim
  10. Okay so here's the deal, I recently discovered the Canadian TV Series done a few years back titled, "Intelligence" and really really enjoyed it and was hoping that perhaps there were some other great shows like this from Canada that you guys might be able to turn me on to. I really just enjoyed how well the show was put together (in my opinion anyway) and seeing the differences between how the Canadian government views drug trafficking and the American DEA. I'm NOT looking for any political opinions here....just some friendly suggestions. THANKS! Tim
  11. Ummmmm......thanks Andre! I actually just ordered the kits so when I posted my original question I really hadn't seen the kit sprues, I was just operating under the assumption that there weren't going to be any pilot figures.
  12. Now that's something I'd be willing to pay good money (i.e. $10) to watch for the sheer entertainment value :-)
  13. I recently acquired the Airfix 1/72 BAE Hawk 100 series kit (#3073) and plan to build my model "in-flight" and was wondering where/how I can get hold of a couple modern day British pilot figures in the seated position to use in my model. If there are some resin pilots available...great...or if there are some good injection modeled pilots that come in another kit which I could use that would be great too. All practical responses welcomed. Thanks, Tim
  14. I'm looking to hear from anyone who is currently working on (or has already built) the SkunkModels 1/48 scale HH-60J - basically all I'm really interested in knowing is how the fit for the kit is.....average, good, great??? Thanks, Tim
  15. I love it....a nice clean, simple, seemingly straightforward build!! Great Job & Nice Pictures!!! tim
  16. That's great news Steve!!! I am really glad for both you and your wife. Looks like an absolutely LOVELY place to live in....and most importantly...BUILD MODELS IN. Again...CONGRATS!!! tim
  17. I concur with Rob....try using some of the Mr. Color Leveling Thinner - IF you can get your hands on some. If you're not sure where to get some you can always try LuckyModel.com - great online source out of Hong Kong.
  18. I'm with Pep on this one....do yourself a favor (or at the very least consider the idea) and if possible get yourself a can of the Tamiya Lacquer Enamel spray bottle Gloss Black. Good luck, tim
  19. SWEEEET......!! I like how you built it up to look like a "production aircraft" NICE WORK!!! Tim
  20. I've been ordering from Lucky for nearly 8 years now and really haven't had any significant problems. Now I usually pay with either my credit card or debit card and in most instances there is a relatively small "currency conversion fee" which my bank or CC company charges me - however in my case this fee shows up as a separate line item on my bank statement. I think the actually currency conversion fee varies slightly from bank to bank. I usually order between $30 & $50 worth of stuff and my currency conversion fee is usually not more than a dollar or so. The only other advice I have f
  21. Hey Rob.... First and foremost, congratulations on completing a model - in my book that's something which I believe is ALWAYS deserving of acknowledgement. Now the one observation I'd like to make in hopes of helping you out is that perhaps you'd be better served by using a solid color under your model when taking pictures of your models - the reason I say this is because the "rough texture" of the background makes it really hard (at least for me) to get the full affect/effect <?> of your model Okay well once again.....nice to see a finished model of one of my fav aircraft. Keep it u
  22. Wow....very very NICE work my friend...!! Welcome to "gang!" Cheers, Tim
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