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Chriss7607

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  1. Slartibartfast for the win! I vote for Betty over all of the Tomcats, Sixes, or what have you that have been posted since! Seriously though, thanks for giving me a good laugh today at work.🍻
  2. No. The -3 didn't come around until the Battle of Santa Cruz (October of 1942 or thereabouts). As far as I know, the A6M-2 was in the front lines from Pearl Harbor through Coral Sea and Midway.
  3. Hasegawa. Nicely detailed and well engineered. I like Hasegawa's 1/48 Zero series overall. They're a fun and enjoyable build. There are also numerous boxings with all sorts of decal options. Tamiya's A6M-2 is old. It's not bad but isn't well detailed, particularly in the cockpit. The instrument panel is completely flat and uses decals for the details. The Pegasus snap kit seems like a copy of the Tamiya kit. The panel lines are recessed and maybe a bit heavy. It doesn't have a lot of detail in the cockpit or wheel wells. It's not the worst 1/48 model I've seen especia
  4. 1: The "self adhesive" color p.e. will firmly adhere to whatever you DON'T want it to. 2: Lose a kit part. Search everywhere for it but fail to find it. Get on Sprue Brothers and order the Quickboost (or applicable alternative) replacement. As soon as the new part arrives you will find the original kit part. Those are my top two that I regularly deal with.
  5. I was wondering if it is possible or even cost effective to copy a real aircraft part with a 3D printer. I was thinking it would be cool to display an Airfix 1/24 scale Hellcat in-flight with a motor mounted on top of a reproduction of the control stick grip. I could get the genuine article but wouldn't want to permanently destroy it by mounting the model onto it. My idea was to 3D print a copy, paint it, and use that. It's just an idea I was kicking around that I thought would be cool. I don't know much of anything about 3D printing so I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.
  6. I don't know much about the Beaver, but I'd be willing to bet that the single yoke could be flipped so the aircraft could be flown from the right seat. I've seen that setup before- I want to say on the Beech Baron but don't quote me on that. It's been a while! The double yoke probably just eliminates the need to flip the single one over. That's my guess.
  7. No problem! I'll see what I can do to resize the image and post it. That will probably be more help than just my word. Thanks for the info on how to do that!
  8. If you're building WWII aircraft and want to spray interior green without the hassle of airbrushing, I believe I have found a match: Krylon "Woodland Light Green". I have a piece of F6F Hellcat wreckage that has the original 1944 interior green on it and it matches perfectly! If anyone knows how to post photos, let me know- I took one so you can judge for yourselves. I just don't know how to post... 😞
  9. Hey, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to the forums. I saw this topic and thought I might be able to help. I have the standard 1/32 boxing of the Hasegawa Hellcat but it doesn't come with decals for Vraciu's airplane: McCampbell's (not very accurate), a British Fleet Air Arm, and the U.S.S. Hornet option that is shown on the box. By any chance did you mean 1/72? That does have an option for Vraciu's #19 in it. Either way, I might be able to help. Just let me know!
  10. Was that at SoonerCon in Oklahoma City last weekend along with an F-86A?
  11. Reminds me of the movie "Hot Shots!": Do you want to get out of the way? We're landing.
  12. When it comes to tools, for the most part you get what you pay for. I know it's kind of cliche, but I've found it to be true. Tamiya's tools are kind of pricey but are the best I've ever used. When it comes to pin vices, I have cheap ones and cheap bits. They work but aren't as good as they could be. If someone knows of a good quality set, it would be worth checking out. I might even do the same...
  13. I miss Bobe's. That was another great place to go. I was glad to get down to John's back in February before everything went down. I went to SoonerCon today and the word was that the museum will be re-opening in July, so we'll see. As soon as they do, I'm going to go down. I can also relate. All of the actual hobby shops around here are long gone. It's only Hobby Lobby or Michael's (for what little they have left). My usual go-to is Sprue Brothers so that's one thing that didn't change during the quarantine.
  14. I'm supposed to be in Pensacola but the Naval Aviation Museum is still closed with no news on when they'll reopen. When they do I'll be down there and be sure to stop in and see John Struck at John's Models.
  15. Airfix did the Widgeon in 1/72. As to the MU-2J, I had to do an eBay search to see what one is! I don't think there's much of a collector's market for those even though they're older. I'd say just go ahead and build it.
  16. The control stick in the rear cockpit was usually not installed in the flight position. It was stored and could be used in an emergency. I want to say it was on the left side of the gunner's position. I could be wrong though. It's been a while since I've seen the photos 😁
  17. If you need Hellcat control stick photos, send me a message. I have a bunch you can have, both with and without the canvas boot around the base. The purpose of the boot was, as previously mentioned, to prevent items from falling in and jamming the linkage. It would have been present on all Hellcats . The F6F-5 at the National Naval Aviation Museum happens to have it removed, showing the area below it. I have photos from that airplane as well as their F6F-3. Let me know if I can be of assistance.
  18. If you want, shoot me a PM. I got to go out back in the restoration area of the National Naval Aviation Museum a year or so ago and I got to photograph one of the Blue Angels Hornets in detail, including the cockpit.
  19. Not a bad suggestion at all. Bored? Stuck at home? Need something to do? Now's the perfect time to try a vacuform kit!
  20. Ah, ok then. It's been a while since I heard much about the X-32. I'm positive that it was the Nova "Battle of the X-Planes show that I saw last year. I'd say it's worth watching. There were interesting things about both designs that I didn't know about but I don't want to ruin it for you!
  21. I thought it was more than the intake lip. I thought they had to take off the gear doors and other things.
  22. I don't think there ever was one because it didn't get past the experimental stage. There was also something I didn't know: the Boeing team eventually revised the design to have the stabilators like in the painting. That was in an old t.v. program that I saw. I don't think that the Italeri kit had them. I could be wrong since it's been a long time since I saw one. Even if you had it, it might still take a lot of work to get it to look like the painting. Still, a very cool "what if"! That would look cool parked next to the suitability modified F-16XL. As a side note, I did get to se
  23. I admit that I got 30 rolls yesterday. I didn't know exactly why people were stocking up on it, but if it's going fast, it's better to be safe than sorry. Plus, the way I look at it is that toilet paper is something that you can always use. It won't go bad or expire. This just saves me the hassle of having to buy it for a good while.
  24. That is a very sad post to read. I know that no words can make up for your loss, but know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family and that there is a huge community here on ARC who is behind you during this difficult time. Chris
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