Skull Leader

http://www.arcair.com/TnT-archives/tnt-main.shtm Very top of the page is a scale converting tool.

I'm still waiting for Kitty Hawk's announcement now that the new year has passed... especially now that GWH has blown the lid off of theirs. 😄

Best of luck on that, transparency isn't one of AMK's watchwords. Do they owe us an explanation? Certainly not. Would it go a LONG way towards fostering a better relationship with those they'd like to be their customers? Absolutely. In either case, since I cancelled my pre-order, I guess I don't have a dog in this fight any more. If an explanation had been given as to why they've continually missed deadlines, I might have held on to it.

It's been molded at least twice, actually... and I can actually find them easier than I can the bog-standard A-6E kit. (at least around here)

cancelled both of mine too.

That you started it, maybe? I'm not tryin' to say, I'm just sayin'....

It's there, they just don't mention it in the instructions. For as much detail as Tamiya put into the kit, their instructions sometimes leave a bit to be desired. Another example is in the F-14D kit... if you're building the VF-2 option, they tell you to use the sparrow-well blanking panel used by F-14As and Bs on TARPS-wired jets, when that panel wasn't used in D models. (and I don't recall it being mentioned at all in the A kit, though I think all the options in the F-14A kit pre-date the introduction of TARPS)

That's Tamiya being Tamiya and not proofing their research. THIS is the CAG jet: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.masm.fr%2FNavycag%2FMaddogDesignsProfiles%2FF-14%2FVF213-BlackLions-CAG-Mutha-Roosevelt-2006.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.masm.fr%2FNavycag%2FMaddogDesignsTomcat.html&docid=MyldOMcTUI_4jM&tbnid=F_x9_eChJJavNM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjbsZe8l4LfAhXM3YMKHXcuC1AQMwhDKAUwBQ..i&w=1304&h=794&bih=860&biw=1768&q=VF-213 Last cruise CAG jet&ved=0ahUKEwjbsZe8l4LfAhXM3YMKHXcuC1AQMwhDKAUwBQ&iact=mrc&uact=8

The CAG jet? or the Retro jet with the blue skunkstripe/tails? The retro-jet is what comes in the box, the jet was light gull grey. AS-16 is Tamiya's light gull grey approximation (there is no bottle form as I recall), 213's CAG jet was a bog-standard TPS paint scheme I think.

There was a weapons-release camera pod created that would fit on the MXU-611, but I believe it was a one-off and only used at PMTC.

I swear, reading through this thread (the last few pages in particular) is the bulletin board equivilent of wading through a kiddie pool of STD-infected needles... only the STD in question lowers your IQ and makes you question your life's decisions.

Maybe 115 people were curious to know the same thing.

Gerry, on the ECA, is that a blanking plate behind the adapter in the photo you posted? The ECA does not seem to go the entire length of the BRU slot.

holy thread resurrection, batman!

I'm pretty sure I've stated before... I don't see the utility of such a book. It's not as if the Tamiya kit were in any way a challenge to build. In fact, if the kit were any easier, a drunk monkey could build and win an IPMS regional with it. but hey, it's your money!