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Unfortunately, this thread has not been updated by the author yet. I think I have found photos of the finished project here, for anyone wondering how it turned out... more can be found here, scroll to the bottom.. https://www.pmcsaar.de/treffen_08_2018.htm

These look super, Dave! I will be ordering a few for sure! I have several Hasegawa's and a Kinetic waiting to be built... I can see how your wing pylons even will finally give the external tanks the correct nose downward attitude (in line with the wingtip launch-rail angle). Excellent work, Dave!

You have to watch this! It doesn't get any better than this... Not only for Legacy Hornet or Blue Angels fans... No junk music, just comms and pure power... Enjoy! https://youtu.be/M_NvfNA4SWU

Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died today, Monday, Jan. 16, surrounded by his family. Apollo 17 is my favourite Apollo mission. This is a sad day. https://www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/cernan

Ricardo! That is a wonderful model of Orion. So you built it mostly by scratch, going by all the great references you listed above? This is 1:48 scale, right? Really, it looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing the pictures and the valuable info. I am sitting on the fence to finally start building Challenger (Haven't decided yet in which scale). Best wishes!

Also check out apollo17.org

Wow, looks fantastic! Great work on a tiny 1/72 Hornet!

Does anybody here know if the letters/numbers of the markings "RCAF [Roundel] number (e.g.)780" on the rear fuselage on CL-13's on the real jets had the same inch height as the ones painted on the forward fuselage (below the cockpit) on the CF-104's? Does the same apply for the (vertical) tail numbers (below the flag)? I am pretty certain the book "Canadian aircraft and markings" from Patrick Martin will give detailed information if the above is true, unfortunately I don't have this book yet. I am eyeing for a LE 1/32 decal set for the CL-13 Sabres, which have the exact numbers I would need

Looks real to me! Rendering the helicopter's shadow "jumping" across grass with different heights, bushes, cars and whatnot would be one hell of a lot of work. Also as mentioned above, you can see the downdraft effects on the roadside vegetation like at 0:15. Nice!

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Nice project, Sean! Why not build this airframe in its 1990's symmetrical era paint scheme with the 421. Red Indians badge on the vertical tails? Would save you all the fuss with adding the modern (past upgrade) bird slicers and F/A-18C style antennas... just sayin' If you really consider this, you'll find several nice shots of this particular bird over on flickr, search for 188751 or CF-18 and Farnborough 1990. One thing I always miss with those turbine powered RC models is that they are rarely if ever flown at high alpha. The RC pilots obiously prefer going fast with their treasures (and

John, sorry, no affiliation, just became a German 421 Squadron fanboy back in the late 80's when Canadians transitioned from the 104 to the Hornet at CFB Baden-Soellingen. Spent many days watching the flying activities from near the base fence, as close as a civilian could get. I always liked the logo/spirit of that squadron.

ALF18, I just revisited your build thread here and... Oh! Hey...wow! I didn't expect a fourtuuwantoo excursion on any of your builds, so that is quite a big suprise! Thank you for the kind words, two thumbs up, you're da man! Really like how you plough through the difficulties you encountered in this build! I think this will be a winner (not that I'm biased, hehe) Rafael

Hey John, AMAZING, the colors and the weathering on your CF-104 look dead spot on. Incredible, I think I've never seen a Canadian 104 model in that scheme this realistic colorwise. Excellent job there! Ubercool!

Very nice, Mike! Like the drooped flaps a lot! (Not wanting to spoil the party and your effort in painting on the false canopy, though it looks like you applied the mask for it in opposite direction, the short section should be facing forward?) Anyway, love the colors on this pretty CF-18!

Whaaaah! I'm hyperventilating! Vincent, you make a dream come true, a J-Mission LEM! That J-Mission stuff already looks fantastic, very promising. Also the fact you collaborate with Max Grueter is supercool. I knew his 3d work on Apollo astronauts, but now you both joined - how about that, great! Keep us posted! THANK YOU! Greetings from Germany, Rafael

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Hello ALF, that indeed does not look good! Bummer you got sidetracked from your nice project by this nasty problem. I am no expert regarding working with Alclad, can't really offer an advice but I hope someone with Alclad experience will chime in. (Can only think about that maybe the one of the laquers may not have been stirred enough before application, but then again, I'm sure you did that anyway) Hoping for the best here!

Oh dear, that doesn't sound good at all. I was a few times one step away from ordering the drawings or the foil batted F-1 Saturn V engines. Thanks for sharing this (though sad) information.

Ciao GumDrop86, I haven't build a real(plastic) LM model using Vincent Meen's drawings yet, but I have used the drawings to build a digital 3d model. If I was you, I think I would do a test print of one of the drawings' pages, measure the "scale-error" (factor) from the correct size and adjust the print-out size accordingly. Then print all pages, hoping the "error" is consistent through all pages. Should work, no? Greetings and good luck with your project!

Yay, perfect! Thanks a ton crackerjazz for those renderings (especially posts #206 to #208)! I finally got a grasp on the shape of the RCS thruster structures. Now I think I have no more excuses to not resume on my 3d model, hehe. Keep your wonderful project going and thank you for sharing all those renderings! :banana:/>/>

Nice work on the IMU and coffin, crackerjazz! I've been silently following your thread(s), very inspiring. I started to model the Ascent Stage in 3ds max about 3 years ago but stalled when I couldn't get my head around the shape of the RCS quad thruster structure (and still can't). When Vincent Meens' made his drawings available publicly when he did his 1/24 scratchbuilt LEM did light my fire to go for it (the model was supposed to be used in an Spaceflight simulator (Orbiter). Here's where I am at now, and as you wrote above, the shape of the IMU is pretty complicated for sure :) Sorry, n

For me, it's a CF-104D, using Hasegawa's 1/72 TF-104G/F-104DJ Starfighter kit, Verlinden photo etch and resin, Belcher bits decals and the foil technique.

THANK YOU GreyGhost and Holmes, had a great party in the evening!

Here's the ATC of the... erm mishap http://youtu.be/9fjPx_i2XIw