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Plenty of non-staggered G's got the pumpkin turret in the ETO. They shipped conversion kits to the depot at Burtonwood.
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Both are good. Read this... https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/80645-hobby-boss-148-yak-28p-firebar/&tab=comments#comment-1133297
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I seriously doubt it. With all the delays, and the stuff they've had to re-tool already, they are likely to lose their shirts on it as it is, much less if they have to keep making substantial changes to the tooling.
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Which you can say about all the other AMK kits as far as I'm concerned. As much as people drool all over them, the very first thought I had when I opened the box on the very first AMK kit I saw (the L-29 Delfin), and which was exactly the same on every other AMK kit I have seen since is that the panel lines are way too coarse. To their credit, they're not mushy like a lot of Kinetic's stuff was (before they started their Gold line). They're nice and crisp, but they're far too big and heavy. The Kfir is the same, the MiG-31 is the same. And it looks like the F-14 is the same.
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Might dip my toe into the airline world, which kits are best
Sleepy replied to Collin's topic in Airliner Modeling
Who called it a “fatal flaw”? I’ve looked all over that thread and nowhere in it does anyone call it a fatal flaw. It’s just an observation, and some (honestly, really good) information on details that a lot of people (me included) didn’t know about the airplane in question. If you don’t care about details on your models, that’s great for you. Some people do. -
Wow, only four years.
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Amur Reaver. But all of their 109 stuff is listed as “out of stock”. I don’t know if they have plans to reissue any of it. I have a couple of their sets and they’re gorgeous.
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That’s right, my mistake. I think he talked about a B-50 specific set. The B-50 cowling is quite different from the KC-97 and 377 cowlings.
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That would be wunnaful (to quote Lawrence Welk). And what about a complete family of F-86s to go with their T-33? Start with the A and go right up to the H, and include the Avon powered birds!
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Their 1/48 kit is due before the end of the year.
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Of *course* there is. It’s ARC after all!
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They said in Phoenix they were working on it. Nothing else since as far as I'm aware. I hope they've used Jumpei Temma's drawings.
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With an aircraft as numerous as the T-33, you'll always find exceptions to the rule, but as a rule, the inboard surfaces of the tanks were black in the overwhelming number of cases.
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I'd be interested in a 1/48 kit. 1/72 is too small for my old eyes and fat fingers.
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Cobra Company made a very necessary set of engine nacelles and wheels for it. The engine nacelles are very inaccurate. They're closer to KC-97 nacelles in detail, which are very different from B-50s. Not sure if Lone Star has reissued that set or not.
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Given how many thousands of Grand Caravans have been built, and are in service all over the world, it seems like a good candidate for a short run injection molded kit. I've flown them in several places in the Third World over the past 20 years.
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Very light gray. Given that this airplane still has its original MATS delivery markings visible, my guess would be Boeing Gray (aka FS16515). Lots of KC-135s had engine cowlings that color as well.
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Oh, so you have one of the kits in your hands then? Lucky!
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You’re a freaking idiot. Try Googling the word “opinion” and tell us what it says. I have four different AMK kits, and six different GWH kits. EVERY SINGLE ONE of AMK’s has panel lines wider and deeper (considerably so) than ANY of the GWH kits I own. But maybe I got oddball kits and all of the AMK kits everybody else has have really fine, petite panel lines. That must be it. You people amaze the crap out of me.
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Yes. Bitter rivals. Fierce competitors. Doing the same thing hoping to attract more buyers. And GWH's F-14 will blow AMK's out of the water if for no other reason than their surface detail is probably half as deep and wide as AMK's.
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GWH says there is no connection, they are bitter rivals, and they have no reason to lie about it. GWH got a huge laugh out of this when it first surfaced a few weeks ago.
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GWH has ****NOTHING**** to do with AMK. Zero. Completely unrelated in any way other than that both companies are in China.
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F-16 wing wear: what is this?
Sleepy replied to Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy's topic in Jet Modeling
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Any updates on this amazing project??