Bobo1953
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hi ranger. if i get properly the "double store" concept, you can have a look to this aeronautica militare italiana f-104 asa=Aggiornamento Sistemi d'Arma (weapon systems update) with sidewinders at the wing-tips and...no, it isn't a sparrow albeit an "aspide", a locally improved aim 7, plus two unused (most likely used for drop tanks) wing pylons. i have seen also a scheme with 2 aim-9 on wingtips, 2 aim-7 and 2 god-only-knows on wing pylons. sorry, i can't get the link ttto this. hth. ciao. bobo.
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Trumpeter ridiculous prices for new 1/72 kits
Bobo1953 replied to Inquisitor's topic in Jet Modeling
hello, guys & gals. i don't kow very much about inflation, exchange rates or customs taxes, neither i do of the production process costs. all i know is that dragon kits -for instance- that had a good price per value ratio, have become unaffordable. and i am talking of the same 1/72 kit i bought for -now i can't recall exactely- but, say, in the 20 usd range, that has skyrocketed to almost 40 usd range within the space of six months. and the same for most of the kits in their catalog; i know as i have subscribed to their newsletter. presently, i am working a -
ok. dave. thank you: this makes sense. i have found a ddg from mr. paint, a slovak (?) new brand. though, i also thought that all in all, the surface to cover, and by the way rather seldom to be seen, is very small in the hasegawa 1/72 sabre dog. so i think that i will resort to using the good ol' euro 1 green i alredy have in store, rather than stopping the building for the time necessary for delivery. i have compared the colors, and on my monitor the difference is really a hue. as i said, it would matter more if it were on a more extended and visible surface, but as
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thank you dave. i thought too of europe green, which i had at its time elected, after many trials of different brands, as "bronze green" for the tamiya's 1/48 f-4f4 wildcat cockpit. white ensign i have only heard of, and to my knowledge it is not available here in italy nor from other polish or czeck online stores where i get the much yearned for model master acrylics. i don't know why, in italy there's plenty of mm eneamels, but it's dificult to find the acrylics...so that i get them from east europe...and i save on shipping, too! nevertheless, airmechaja firmly say
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thank you very much, dave. this is very interesting. maybe you have the f.s. number of this ddg? thanks, and greetings. bobo.
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thanks a lot airmech. you sound quite authoritative in your answer, and sure of yourself. i guess you know first hand? so it will be zinc chromate green... :-) ciao. bobo. p.s. : just out of curiosity, what of this pic of a dutch -k? : https://www.google.com/search?q=f-86d+sabre&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip5rD9hd_SAhUM72MKHQXcBdEQ_AUICCgB&biw=1344&bih=677&dpr=1.25#imgdii=wgQ51dCG2_LxpM:&imgrc=OJgpYjhQKUQB7M: cheers. bobo.
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Any chance of the Tamiya F-14 being a tail sitter?
Bobo1953 replied to strikeeagle801's topic in Jet Modeling
hi aaron. i have an italeri 1/72 (which scale is your tomcat, the new 1/48?) f-14 built oob and it's firmly on its front gear even with minimum angled wings. i know nothing of katran, but resin is not sensibly heavier than plastic... nevertheless, if the resin exhaust was bulky and complex, and you still worry, just place a few grams -say three grams for 1/72, five grams for 1/48- of lead in the nose -plenty of room- and relax... :-) ciao. bobo. -
thank you very much cueva, but this is the f-84 K and is the dutch aircraft i had seen, and to me this looks much more like some sort of bronze green rather than the usual zinc chromate green... you sure that export aircrafts had the same finish of the u.s.a.f. ones? thanks for answering this question. greetings, bobo.
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hi guys. i've been surfing the net very long and still i am in doubt. ok: the doors are silver. that's for sure. i've seen pics of the wheel wells painted silver and other interior green in modeling reviews. i've seen pics of a real f-84d landing gear wells in a sort of bronze green, but it was a danish or -i've seen too many- a dutch aircraft. do someone of you have already confronted with and solved this dilemma? thank you for any hint.
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hello pete. thank you for your congrats. i posted the two boomers as it seemed to me in line with the 'streak and the sabre atmosphere. i also believe that they are, within the limits of the scale...but also a bit beyond that, quite nice. on the other hand academy did a relly good job,...and i followed suite...;-) so you love the weapons-burdened aircrafts? have a look at this : oh, hotel sierra!!! i have the pics of the unloaded model...probably loading it took so much time that after finishing i forgot to take pics! i will do it expressely for you. just allow me some time
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hi guys. i don't understand yet how you can post so many pics staying within the 0,1 mb limits of ARC...any hints? anyway, as a newby, after seeing some works by pete "the flying dutchman" and others, and as he and some other people were so nice to invite me to post some of my models, i humbly dare doing that, but through links as per my aforesaid ignorance. i will give a few notes on each. -f-84f sabre. this is one of my ongoig "cold war fever" productions. i have done away with the nice nose art to place a "u.s. air force" which in my intentions is more sober and gives a
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geez... i was proud of my monogram gabresky bubbletop with odd camo and an old hawk (i think) razorback, but here we're in the thunderbolt's paradise!!! thanks for the "vision"... bobo.
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Revell 1/72 F-101B Voodoo
Bobo1953 replied to Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy's topic in Jet Modeling
hi andrew. i can confirm the it's the same molds, just 1992 reboxing. check at: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/137301-revell-4321-f-101b-voodoo ciao. bobo. -
hi everybody. although with some apprehension as a total newby, i dare to post the link to my last project, a 1/72 old italeri all-raised-lines thunderstreak. it's the only one, together with the (italeri)/testors and airfix/mpc f-84f kit available in 1/72nd. shame on the hobby-maker brands! actually, i was rather shy about doing this, but i thought that even if i'm an absolute beginner on ARC forum, all in all i build models since the age of 6...so at over sixty i can call myself an experienced modeler if not really a pro, which i never even tried to be. i did participate
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i was about to answer that if you figure out the monogram 1/72 b-52 in 1/48 it makes a big model, quite a BIG model; and the b-47 is smaller, but not THAT smaller than a b-52. now, it's true that the large scale models are very fashionable these days, but, wow, one must live in a hangar to display such a huge plane. i dunno if the manufacturers can afford to offer what should be par force such a limited sale kit... ...then i fell on the link to sanger posted by homebe...and my mouth dropped open...wow...what a beauty!... in any case, this one is obviously indeed intended
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hi. you can go to the eduard shop online. out of curiosity i just got there and i have found for 1/48 kinetic only the f-16 d (https://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/Masks/Aircraft/F-16D-1-48.html?cur=1) and israeli f-16 sufa. the latter also in 1/72. kinetic 1/48 -d and sufa look identical. hope this can help as so far as i know there should be almost no difference between the -c and the -d canopy. happy building! bobo.
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hi agelos. you can easily find two ter in the hasegawa 1/48 u.s aircraft weapons B set. pylons are not provided; moreover you must buy altogether a lot of missile, bomb and ecm stuff. but it's good stuff hasegawa sells the whole set for about u.s. $ 19.99 + shipping. here's thelink: http://www.hasegawausa.com/product-pages/hsgs6002.html hope this can help. best cheers, bobo.
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thanks so much, paul, but i believe that i will get pete's set which is more complete. really, thanks anyway. congrats for your pj resin tunderstreak. a real masterpiece...and from resin! i am working, yes, now that i seem to be near to having the decals i can say working again, on the 1/72 italeri kit, rather basic, no cockpit (i made up a decent one with the dedicated airwaves p.e. set), all raised lines, but all in alll in my opinion better than the airfix/mpc kit, and of the testors one of which i read no thumbs-up review... as viking 73 notes, it is strange that this import
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wow pete! it's almost unbelievable!!! do you know that i spent months searching the web with search engines for this set and found nothing?
and in two days' ARC i already have two offers!!
pete, i will take your -it's awesome funny: now i am embarassed by the chioce!- nice decal sheet: i need markings for one aircraft only so i can do without the two USAF.
i believe that the set is ok and it hasn't aged since you last used it...i couldn't survive the sight of other decals disintegrating
please let me know how i can contribute for decals and shipping.
my address:
Marino -Bobo- ROMEO
Via Bellavista, 8
21021 ANGERA (VA)
ITALY.
i look forward to talk with you very soon...
...wow, pete, you should know how relieved i feel...i worried that the 'streak would remain bare forever...
best cheers. bobo.
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dear rex. thank you for your contribution. it was decisive! i'm happy to say that although after some head-scratching, i eventually got to the proper jets new topic! many thanks!!! have a great day. best cheers. bobo1953 ( bobo).
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Hi everybody. I am in desperate search of microscale 72-330 decal sheet for bushmasters' and blue streaks' thunderstreaks. I have a 1/72 f-84f ready for decaling but the sheet i had bought proved to be defective as the first decals i used, litterally disintegtated into water. i did treat the rest of the sheet with microscale liquid decal film. and it seemed to have worked! nevertheless: first out, after some two-three months, in the bushmasters' part some small bubbles have surfaced on the decal sheet while the rest remained perfectly smooth. has somebody experienced s
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hi flyboyf18 yes, i did already airbrush the sheet with the microscale liquid decal film, and it seems to work. the problem is that although at first the job looked nice, in the lap of some two-three months the part that comprises the very markings -the red bushmasters' ones- i intend to use, developed a sort of small bubbling of the surface which, for the rest of the sheet, has remained smooth. (no humidity or mishandlings of any kind). i have another problem besides, that is i need a "u.s. air force" stenciling couple because the surviving one that is in the picture, was used
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dear slartibartfast (wow! difficult to spell...!) i followed your kind instructions, but i only got to the archived jets undercategory. it looks like the category jets has only the undercategory of "archived". i mean that you can get to the jets, but under this "upper" category you can't post new discussions, while the only such button i find is in the jets' undercategory "archived". many heartedly thanks for your help. do you need an image of the 72-330 sheet? i can upload one! just let me know (of all this messy thing). thanks! have a great day. best greetings,
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Dear slartibartfast. Thank you very much for your hint but I m an absolute beginner and can't even find a way to post a post again. When i registered i was brought to a "write your post here" or the like. I choose "jets" and my post went to the archived posts. Now i have copied my msg to paste it in another place but i can't! Can you be so nice to help me out? :-)
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Hi everybody. I am in desperate search of microscale 72330 decal sheet for bushmasters and blue streaks thunderstreaks. I have an f-84f ready for decaling but the sheet i had bought proved to be defective as decals litterally disintegtated with water. So here i am with a naked thunderstreak and begging anyone who could trace this elusive microscale set to please help me. Thanks!