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    Thank you Bob !
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    Well, Where 90% rubbing alcohol and lacquer thinner failed, toothpaste succeed ! Now, I am pretty worried by what I get on my teeth several time a day...
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    Hi, Time is coming to think about seats: - The two seats on the left are the ones included into the Aires cockpit set. They are missing of the photoetched belts. - The one in the middle is the original Hasegawa one. - The two seats on the rigth are Verlinden. Which one you like the best? I don't have any Quickboost F-14 seats. Should I get a couple of Quickboost seats instead ? Lucio
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    I do agree about moulding loosing sharpness, but with the passing of time, styrene doesn't get worst, doesn't become brittle and weak ?
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    Hi, How would you clean this needle? I used rubbing alcohol and then lacquer thinner. It belongs to an used Badger 200 airbrush (medium) I bought days ago on eBay. Lucio
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    Improving Hasegawa 1:48 tomcat - 18 Tails, Stabilizers, and Strakes (IV) And then comes step 20 according to which the parts D14 and D30 are glued together, using part A13 as a spacer (pic 219). In step 21, this his sub-assembly should be glued to the upper and lower half-fuselage (pic 220). Honestly, that doesn't seem like a good idea to me, especially after taking a close look at all three of these parts (pic 221). I really don't think that part A13 can ensure a good alignment of this sub-assembly to the fu
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    Yes, you need a Tamiya Tomcat.
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    First of all, I need to thank Toki71 for his very appreciated help _____________________________________________________________ Improving Hasegawa 1:48 tomcat - 17 Tails, Stabilizers, and Strakes (III) When I thought that - finally - there was nothing else to improve in the fuselage, my Tomcat Hasegawa gave me another surprise. The speed brake compartment is not acceptable as it is out of the box. The temptation to close everything was strong, also because the fit of the E14, E26 and E27 doors is particularly good. In the end, I decided to leave
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    First of all, My special thanks to Toki71 for his help. Dear Brett M, Very useful comment. thank you.
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    Robert, thank you for your nice words.
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    31Tiger, I just want to thank you for your compliments.
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    Dear GW8345, Thank you, thank you very much !
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    Right now I don't have much documentation with me (I left on the other side of the ocean my Daco Book) and browsing the Web I did not find pictures good enough: 1) To asses if the Hasegawa step/door compartment is deep enough: 2) To detail the Hasegawa airbrake upper and lower compartments: Any help is very welcome
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    I just want to thank you for your very welcome message. I am doing my best, but the true is that I do not have the stamina and the skills of some the excellent modelers crowding this forum (like Wardog, just to give an example), to cut these vents off and to scratch building some new. In this, like in any other build, I need to stop somewhere, I need to say to myself "good enough". When it comes to this kit gun vents this is one of these cases. On the other hand, especially after checking the pics, I saw few other small flaws in this area that I am planning to address,
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    Thank you! I need to do some minor filling and sanding in this area before dealing with the vents. However, I won't do much more than cleaning them from the sanding dust because these vents are very, but very, fragile and I feel that a dark wash will be enough to bring them to life.
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    First of all, I would like to thank Tomcat Trebor, Randy, Wardog, and The Underdog for their attention and nice words. I admire your work, and I have to say that I am not at your the skill levell. I just want to improve this kit using quite old school techniques, not to build a perfect replica. But thank you again, it is great to know that this thread is enjoyable. _____________________________________________________________ Improving Hasegawa 1:48 tomcat - 16 Forward Fuselage (I) Since I started thinking about working
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    @ Rich, Happy to know that I am keeping this thread both entertaining and informative. That's my goal. Thank you ! @ Robert, The good thing about this kit is that most of its inaccuracies can be fixed. However, my next 1:48 Tomcat will be a Tamiya... no question. Sure, I am going to add the tiny parts hanging down the rear end of these strakes, but much ahead in the build because they "belong" more to the engine trunks than to the strakes. Not easy to get a good picture of these things on the web. Here is one I took last summer on the USS Yorktown:
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    After a long break, time has come to resume this project, but first I want to thank once again all those of you who have visited this thread and, in particular, I would like to greet a great modeler and friend, Jeff Newton, whom I had the privilege of meet some time ago here in South Carolina, in Simpsonville. ____________________________________________________ Improving Hasegawa 1:48 Tomcat - 14 Tails, Stabilizers, and Strakes (II) One of the many inaccuracies of the 1:48 Hasegawa Tomcat is the insufficient deep and length of the ventral
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    Thank you Aigore ! And thank you again for sharing your work here on ARC. It is always very inspirational.
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    Thank you! I am thinking about one of the early Tomcat deployed aboard the USS. Enterprise in 1976. It all depends by if, and how, I will be able to fix the seven door gun panel, because I do not like the way it is out of the box. Later gun doors parts are from from perfect but better. Look at the next pics: If I go early, I am thinking about the VF-1 aircraft in the dark Ferris-Heather camouflage variant.
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    My sincere apologies !!!!! It happens and it will happen again if I keep using my few inches tablet instead of my computer...
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    Again, thank you all for your attention. @ Whiskey I see your point. they are worth even only for the decals. That is even more true today that it was in the past, given that now most of 1:48 decal sheets are over US20$. @Fefster I agree with you: I will never build another Hasegawa Tomcat. @Hubbie Marsten “Your Hasegawa Tomcat mod thread is like following a series on Netflix”… I am flattened ! I can’t tell about AMK and GWH Tomcats simply because I never held one of them in my hands. So far, the Tamiya Tomcat is way better than any othe
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    First of all, let me thank you all for your attention and your kind words. @Fefster I am sorry to read that my post came late. In your opinion, what is the worst problem in building this kit? @Hobbie Marsten When lengthening the rods, I checked continuously to get that negative dihedral. @ViperZero Yes, I will keep it up. @Major Walt Well, so far it is mostly an exercise in old modeling techniques. @Tomcat Trebor If you ever do that, what version and what markings are going to choose? Let me know, I am
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    What about using your method to glue small and flat resin bits ?
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    Dear RichB63, Jbryan911, Finn, JackMan, and Dehowie, Let me thank you all for your great help. Now, I have enough documentation to check the accuracy of the old 1/48 Monogram Thunderchief. More from me on that on a future thread. Again, thank you all. Lucio ________________________________________________________________ P.S.: Given dehowie comments, I edited my first post deleting any mention of the Hobby Boss kit.
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