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Fubuki4

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  1. Yes, a friend of mine actually contacted me with this set he was selling along with weapons set III so I have a much better sidewinder too.
  2. I made a minor start tonight on the cockpit and jet pipe, but mostly I was scouring through other kits and the spares box for weapons. The Trumpeter kit doesn't give you a load out of an aircraft that would go into a MiG and/or SAM protected area. In mid 1967, the MiG threat was serious, thus the Thuds always carried a jamming pod and a Sidewinder when venturing North. I sourced the Mk 117 bombs and a better detailed ejector rack from the Hasegawa weapons set, the Sidewinder I pinched from an old Matchbox Phantom that will require a little clean up, the launch rail is from a MiG 2
  3. August 23rd 1967, 45 F-105s of the 388th TFW and 12 8th TFW F-4D's, covered by one flight of MIGCAP lead by Col. Robin Old's attacked the Yen Vien Railway Marshaling Yards. The strike group was bounced by VPAF MiG 21s and MiG 17s, resulting in 7 USAF aircraft being shot down. Much of the flight had ditched their weapons and the engagement turned into a MiG Melee, but Crossbow flight, with 1st LT Waldrop flying as 'Crossbow 2' managed to break through the dogfight and drop their ordnance on the rail yard. Rolling out, Waldrop spotted an F-105 with a MiG on it's tail and despite an inoperative g
  4. I've got a few, but I'll need to check the serial numbers against known MiG killers. Kit's I have that might qualify are; Monogram F-105G 1/48 Hasegawa F-4 Iranian 1/72 Hasegawa F-14 Iranian 1/48 Hasegawa F-4 USAF 1/72 Hasegawa F-4J USN 1/72 Trumpeter F-105D USAF 1/72 Kinetic Kfir C-2 IAF 1/48 Academy F-86E USAF 1/72
  5. The day when drawing a dick on something isn't considered funny is the day I no longer want to live on this planet.
  6. Straight from the box, the Hasegawa kit is still a nice little model, even 20 years after it first came out. It would have been nice if the canopy could be posed open, but the fit of the individual parts is excellent.
  7. Not too difficult as the fit of the wing is good. Just made sure to line them up as best as possible and be careful with the sanding.
  8. Build #6 for the year, the Great Wall Hobbies TBD-1 Devastator in 1/48. This is Ensign George Gay's aircraft that he flew with Torpedo Squadron 8 at the Battle of Midway in 1942. Of the 15 Devastators of VT-8 that attacked the Japanese fleet at Midway, all were shot down with Gay being the only survivor. Torpedo Squadron 6 and 3 followed, losing 10 of 14 and 11 or 13 Devastators respectively. It would end the combat career of the Devastator, but Gay would go on to report the destruction of the 3 Japanese carriers to Admiral Nimitz, then fight at Guadalcanal with VT-11. After WW2, he flew for T
  9. Thanks guys. Willc453 - no plans for any figures or a base. I'm not that good at figure painting either. a4s4eva - I was kinda aiming for the clean missile look. In pictures the missiles looked pristine, despite the running gear being muddy. My guess was they either covered or cleaned the missiles regularly.
  10. This was a pretty nice kit to build.I did a Czech machine as the three tone camouflage was a bit more interesting than the overall Green Russian versions. The only real issue I had with the model was the track link diagram was 1 link short which was a bit of a pain. Looking at pictures, these things got a bit grubby and muddy when out on operations, but otherwise they seemed to be rather well cared for, so I went easy on the oil stains, paint chipping and rust streaks. I also kept the missiles clean and painted in semi gloss as I'd say the crews looked after the missiles more so than the vehic
  11. No set plans really, i tend to see what group builds are going on around the forums or just pick something that takes my interest whenever I finish a model.
  12. Indeed, most were written off in accidents, the Jumo engine was so under powered they couldn't carry more than 2 bombs on the bomb rack (which could mount 4), the pilots had serious concerns about the interrupter gear for the machine guns as at least 1 pilot holed his propeller when firing them and their serviceability was so poor that not more than 3 were operational at any one time after their first mission. They certainly earned the nickname "mule". :)
  13. The old Hobbycraft Avia makes into a decent model, even if it's starting to get a bit old. I added the SC 50 bomb rack with bombs out of another model as the kit gives you a drop tank, which is inaccurate. I also replaced the 20mm barrels with those from a Hasegawa Bf 109, as the kit supplied ones were far too thick. Decals came from Aeromaster, as I've had previous negative experiences with Hobbycraft decals, however, the fuselage band and the fin flash decals were not even close to fitting, so these were masked and painted. It really is time for a new mold 1/48 Avia.
  14. Thanks mate. I might be back with another build, there is plenty of time.
  15. Here's my pair of Hasegawa 1/72 Thunderbolts.
  16. Done. A few more pictures are in the Group Build Gallery.
  17. Damn, that is brittle. Perhaps the age of the plastic has effected that too? Nice start though.
  18. Decals are now on and dry. I only have a couple of wrinkles in the checker tail, so I'm pleased with that, although the added decals to the set, which the checkered cowl flaps were on, were not as good as the original kit decals and you can see the difference. Although, not bad I spose for 25 year old decals. The set I used for the Brazilian aircraft were pretty good too.
  19. Bombs, tail wheels and props are on. I also did some painting; the guns and formation lights and a good coat of Humbrol gloss.
  20. More paint, some yellow and some masking. After removing the masks, they came out ok. A tiny speck of yellow overspray on the razorback, I don't think I've ever masked anything that hasn't required at least a dob of touch up paint.
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