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  1. 1 hour ago, BillS said:

    A spectacular model done to “holy grail” standards as per your usual. Now help me figure out slats on my Collectaire F-107!

    Bill

    Thanks Bill. 
     

    I’d like to score their X-24B to amend for all of the mistakes I made on the A.  I’ve got the M2F2, but it won’t need much at all by comparison. 

  2. On 8/9/2024 at 10:54 AM, Mike J. Idacavage said:

    Thanks for posting your completed build! This looks fantastic! I really appreciate you listing the mods you made on this kit as it will be useful whenever I get around to building my Collect-AIre X-24A.

     

    I am unfamiliar with the company that you used for the engine - mattersofscale.com. Did they print your engine design or is this something that they make available to the general model building public?

     

    Thanks again for showing your great work!

    Have fun modeling

    Mike


    Mattersofscale.com is relatively new.  I provided him with pictures and measurements of the real thing.  It’s available to buy on the website. 

  3. Seven months on one of my Holy Grail kits. The only kit parts used were the upper/lower fuselage halves, outboard stabs, MLG doors, and canopy. 

    Canopy frame, pitot tube, nose doors, cockpit and aft end are scratchbuilt. Motor is printed with help from mattersofscale.com. Gear struts are highly modified Wolfpack T-38 parts. X-15 nose and Reskit T-38 wheels. 

    F-106 seat from Aires. 

    Custom NASA masks (made by a friend) and kit decals.

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  4. I don’t typically build props, but needed something different and less complex to build after my X-24A project.  
     

    This is the Eduard P-51 in Thunderbird markings from Galaxy.  The cockpit is Eduard resin with some Barracuda decals. 
     

    I’ve built two different props and will do a third (5-bladed). I’ll may drill out the hole in the nose to accept a strong magnet.  TBD. 
     

    NMF are a mix of AK Extreme Metal and Alclad. 

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  5. 6 minutes ago, Robb5986 said:

    Hi Chris, old Texas IPMS colleague Mark Robbins here;  I wonder how/where you made that incredible Edwards dry lake base!

     

    I had just built the Special Hobby 1/48 D-558-1 and had to settle for a dyed plaster "sand"; having worked at Edwards your base is amazing.  Please let me know your technique--

     

    Mark

    Mark,

     

    I use a base if 1/8” PVC sheet sprayed with a Gunze dark earth.  On top of that is a layer of AK light/dry crackle effects.  This was my third attempt at it.  Too thin and not much will happen and too thick you’ll get deeper crevices.  Once applied I put it outside to dry in the natural heat.  

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  6. 3 minutes ago, Gwen Phoenix said:

    Hi swimmer,

    Oh, I fancy one of these myself.

    This is the craft in which Steve Austin almost perished, said my husband... It goes to show how old he is.

    Very nice work making the kit better, tho.

    Following this build.

    Cheers,

     

    Gwen

    Thanks Gwen.

     

    Col Austin was filmed standing in the HL-10, which was later shown in the opening credits being launched from the NB-52.  The crash was actually the M2F2, which was re-built as the M2F3.  The X-24A wasn't part of the TV show.

     

    Chris 

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  7. Moving along with this thing and almost ready for decals.  The canopy and gear are done, with the nose gear still to attach.  I scratchbuilt the front gear doors and skinning the mains with styrene to clean up the roughness of the kit parts. 
     

    The seat is from an Aires F-106. The wheels hit the deck at a -5 degree camber, so I made a jig to correctly align them.  

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  8. On 5/23/2024 at 10:30 AM, fessSto said:

    Please teach us your weathering technique.  A true stunner and not overdone.

     

    Nothing special.  I used Tamiya panel liner across most of the model.  The dirtier areas were old school Winsor Newton oils scrubbed into the paint.

  9. 5 minutes ago, Rodewaryer said:

    Having spent 20yrs around USAF aircraft in flightline units, I know what real aircraft really look like. Your weathering is excellent and quite feasible. If it didn't win at that show, I'd sure like to see what did. 

    Rode,

    It was Best AC at Mosquitocon a few weeks ago and has done pretty well on the show circuit.

     

    Thanks for the validation.

  10. Here’s my Academy A-10C with Caracal decals.  The pics are all from some contests, so not the greatest.  
     

    The model was built at the request of my 11YO son and he asked for Batman on the ladder door.  
     

    Quinta cockpit, MCC seat, Master gun, and Reskit/Eduard/kit weapons. 

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  11. This kit is a bit of a turd.  Only the canopy, fuselage halves, MLG doors, and vertical stabs are being used.  Everything else is either scratchbuilt, printed, stolen from another kit with heavy modifications.  

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  12. 19 hours ago, aircommando130 said:

    Swimmer that is a beautiful B-1B! I have a ton of aftermarket for mine too. And like a dumbass I bought the metallic details...just the landing gear only to find it won't support the model. I have a spare set of wings and the extended flap/slat set to do...hopefully I don't mess that up! The B-1 in 48th scale is really neglected as is the C-130. Maybe Reskit will do up some things to "trick it up" 

     

    Cheers...Ron


    I’m thankful that I didn’t have the MD option for the gear.  
     

    I drilled out the kit axles and replaced them with brass rod.  I also had to separate them to forward and rear sections because the wheels wouldn’t have been straight.  That made it for a solid base for the model.  
     

    I also pinned the struts into the fuselage for extra support.  I backed up the kit gear bay with blocks of styrene for the pins to go. 

  13. 8 minutes ago, utley said:

    Because Jarred Bradley isn't that great of a person. I'll never deal with him ever again, and I’ll just leave it at that.

    Utley,

     

    Jarrad is awesome and you feel besmirched because he didn’t get you a CRL right off the bat.  You were quite the douche to him on the Facebook B-1 page.  
     

    I got to meet him for the first time at IPMS Nats last year and you’ll never find a more pleasant and welcoming person out there.  
     

    I don’t think the problem is on his end. 
     

    Chris 

  14. I blew out a B-1 several years ago to include scratchbuilding my own CRL.  I dragged it around the show circuit on a special base to see the work I did down there.  
     

    That’s a lot of money for something you won’t really see.  

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  15. On 2/26/2024 at 1:59 PM, AWACS-RESIN said:

    Hello, here is another white top variant of the C-135.

    The model shows a KC-135R Speckled Trout. It is built from the AMT/Ertl kit of a KC-135A. Thank you for looking.

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    I'm looking to start my RC-135 with the Combat Kits set.  How did you keep your engine nacelles off of the deck?

     

    Chris 

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