Craig Baldwin
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One either side of the front and rear fuselage parts are missing "plugs" to provide the necessary changes in panel arrangements of the short nose Phantoms. Right hand side nose views are a bit more harder to come by and most drawings, if you can find reliable ones, show usually the left side of the aircraft.
On a B/N display aircraft here is what it should be, followed by a line drawing comparison to the actual photo on a C model. I've found photos of this round panel also on early Ds and an early J model.
On the rear of the aircraft the B/N has a change on both left and right, and a comparison split image to show.
And here is J/S model to throw a curve ball in.
And I'm not even going to get into what I've found on existing kits.
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I'm following this purely for entertainment value.
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Just landed on Marcus Nicholls bench on FB.
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2 hours ago, BillS said:
Us Air Force guys would have sent a ‘130 with 10 extra tires axle jacks, tools and three guys to fix the problem!
I did see a picture of similar arrangement on a South Dakota ANG A-7 wing pylon. A Koku Fan magazine comes to mind.
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Oops getting my info mixed up.
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So many possibilities.
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4 hours ago, Solo said:
Not even planned to buy.
I'm not sure what your point is with a statement like that. We get you have no interest with your previous post.
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2 minutes ago, GeneK said:
Did you mean F-14?
Tamiya's 48th F-16C has been the haunt of 16D model modellers. Although I don't own the kit, apparently it lends itself to manufacturing into a D, or so I've drawn that conclusion.
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Buckle up for 12 pages of posts comparing the module breakdown to the F-16C kit.
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FineMolds Tweeted this ~. Even though the development of new products is progressing, it is stressful that I can not tell you ~ along with these blurred photos. Assume as you wish.
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23 hours ago, ya-gabor said:
People criticise the engraving of panel lines and some of the rivets, saying that they will not be able to use any wash to bring out panel lines. Modellers will never be happy, only recently they complained for over-scale trench deep panel lines. . .
Agreed %100
Will follow your adventures with this kit. I've got two but trying to clear up a couple of builds before attempting. Always enjoy your opinions on modelling.
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FineMolds holding to their release schedule with the latest for FP-42. The largest update to the kit plastic wise.
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4 hours ago, Rocketdrvr said:
Great looking book, where did you find it??
I've placed my order with HLJ but says it is backordered. Just search F-4 then narrow your search to books and you will see the cover.
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Here is one of Bill Lindner photographs. Would fall into the unusual load catergory.
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Great write up. Always interested to hear kit comparisons especially after all the wrangling about the AMK release.
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3 hours ago, ya-gabor said:
It shows a board with a list of differences that need to be made IF other versions of the Phantom are made.
The one at the very bottom must say "British Phantom = Holy S###"
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A couple of helpful side by side 1/72 kit comparisons found here https://imgur.com/gallery/0uPi2cn and here https://imgur.com/gallery/RxCFtqH if your deciding on a purchase. Both multi kit reviews lets you draw your own conclusions from all the available releases.
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Just stay away from that 325 page thread on this kit and you will be fine. Best of luck on your build.
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Here is another Connair airframe but colours look different due to white balancing.
Google is restricting your searches, try Duckduckgo image search will bring some more Connair aircraft.
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His Jag looks great and I am gathering resources for my own Jag build. Nice inspirational build.
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Lucky for me the window of this group build is till September. For a OOB build it should be plenty of time to complete.
Lot's of fun builds going on here. @GeneK was able to hook me up with this kit and what a nice surprise it has been. Mouldings are crisp and everything looks quite accurate and finely detailed. It will be tough to find areas to improve on. Not sure when I last use kit decals but I may use them for this build, but I did order some Printscale sheets but they of questionable quality, very soft and difficult to use despite the graphics looking good.
GWH provides a correction sheet and only looks to require a swapping of part numbers. Cockpit detail is excellent and not just some generic placement of panels and switches, they've obviously had some help with the research. I will attempt to dress up the seats with straps and buckles and not ruling out sourcing an aftermarket replacement.
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I'll bring the 1/72 GWH F-14D to the show. Deciding on decals and there are some nice details on this kit.
My photo of a F-14D at Miramar 1995 164341, F-14A 159862.
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24 minutes ago, Geoff M said:
It is easy for us as modellers to see ourselves as a BIG market for a kit. I am sure Tamiya sees things differently.........
Where's that like button. Well said.
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Tamiya 1/48th F-4B Phantom II (item#61121)
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Thank you, my details come strictly as a long time modeller.