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  1. Those barber's shop photos are fantastically atmospheric, excellent captures! Photography is the reason I hardly even fondle a sprue or stroke a decal sheet any more, because I rather enjoy shooting people in the streets. So, to keep the BW theme going: My Flickr page Nick
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    Hey Dave, thought you might like a photo too. Nick
  3. *discrete cough* No, you want to leave off the upperwing bulges: they didn't appear until the G-3/G-4 series, when the tyre size was increased from 650x160mm to 660x160mm. The G-2 tailwheel was 290x110mm, the G-6 was 350x135mm. Nick
  4. Hi Kevin, I've not seen THIS book, (I've got the original Japanese language that publication it is apparently based upon), but as far as I know this is the only Tony book in English. Schiffer may have done a softback monograph, but if it's like any of their others, it's going to be horrible. Nick
  5. Hi there Patrick, Decent English language refs for Japanese subjects can take some hunting down. In the past I've ordered the Aero Detail "Oscar" and "George" books from Christian Schmidt in Germany. Japanese language Gakken and Model Art titles (I like these!) have been obtained from Arawasi in Japan, which Johnsan gave you the URL for. Kagero do Polish/English monographs on the Nate and Frank, which should ba available in Blighty. The Hannants search engine is, at best, frustrating, and I don't know if you discovered that it's more productive to search by type, eg:Ki-84. Searching for Ki84
  6. Yeah, the Alclad may well eat straight through, but don't use Micro Mask anyway. It takes forever to dry properly, won't cut the way they claim, and then it's nearly impossible to remove, especially from canopies. I'd strongly recommend the traditional method of masking with tape or Parafilm. Nick
  7. Fairy Power Spray. Shifts everything, but you might need a couple of applications for five coats. Nick
  8. Fairy Power Spray. The best paint stripper you can get. Nick
  9. Or at least let them use it in your JG 300 book! Thanks for clearing that one up for me, I thought that the fabled "other photo" may have been the one in the book. Nick
  10. Thanks for that Jes, but I've had a hard look at the photo from Broken Eagles, and I'm pretty certain that the obscured markings are not due to some light aberration, leaving us with the conundrum as to why anyone would bother painting over the swastika on either the airframe or the picture. I had assumed that "the other photo" shows the markings as described by Eagle Cals, as Mr. Crandall tends not to make things up! Does your picture show the same or the other side of the aircraft? Nick
  11. It looks like the swastika was painted over on the aircraft, but why I couldn't even hazard a guess, and it seems unlikely that the US troops would bother. Also, the shield on the nose supposedly containing a boar's head seems to be overpainted too. It's all a bit baffling really, which is why I always prefer books and decal sheets to do my thinking for me! Watch out for the blemish on the film between the cockpit and the numeral, making that area a little lighter than it should be. Nick
  12. Hi Mike, Well, for what it's worth, here's the picture from "Broken Eagles 2", as referenced on the instruction sheet. As far as I'm aware this is the only published photo of the machine, although Jerry Crandall has another one in his collection. As for its location, Broken Eagles only states that it was found by the 2nd Armored Division "en route to Berlin"! The Eagle Cals instructions note that the a/c had a tall tail wheel, no external trim tabs on the tail, and the aerial attaches directly to the fuselage behind the canopy. Sorry, but that seems to be the sum of human knowledge on the sub
  13. Asd you've got paint already drying in mid-air, adding "more of the stuff that evaporates really quickly" probably isn't going to solve your problems. As Triarius said, reduce pressure/get closer, (words we could all live by!), should sort you out. Nick
  14. It's the old but nice Monogram job. Nick
  15. 65, 02 and 70 were popular colours for Luftwaffe bombs. Personally, I don't get too hung up on ordnance (geddit?), but here's a handy little page that should guide you through this particular minefield. And a couple of pics: Note the camo on the bomb dolly! Nick
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