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Ok...thanks everybody. So an F-111 will be moved down the list, I have tons of other stuff planned as well. cheers Uwe

Hi Chris 101...the one with the all black back. 16440 over all, full color... thanks Uwe

The "fix" for the slats is easy...just cut off the liitle "legs" coming out of the parts M10 - M12. Glue the slats right onto the wing. For the outer panel just glue on the slats as said but not in a too steep angle. I have meanwhile managed to get the decals soft...4-5 times soacking in Micro Sol. Will post a picture tomorrow on how it looks.

You again...! LOL I found plenty of good stuff on that kit...all of it was mentioned before by lots of other guys...like you. Just noone ever mentions the things that can/should be there but are not! If that was a 35EUR kit I would make saltos backwards and applaud with my feet while in the air...but at over 80EUR I expect better! The kit is, so far, the best 48scale Phantom, no doubt, but it still has it's weak points. Most of them are not design related but due to engineering short cuts of simply greed I guess. Having said that...will I buy a second one? Probably once they releas

PE for the instrument panels is fine if it is done the Eduard way of layering...I have had good results with this. For seat belts I prefere molded one ones...like on the Quickboost seats. I guess I will try painting then...just gets more difficult the older I get (eyes) ;-)

Do you mean the -B MIG Killers? Nice sheet but I am after the 1986 Midway "last F-4" cruise for my ZM F-4S kit. thanks Uwe

Slowly working along...I have other stuff on the bench as well...I have today tried to use the cockpit decals...and somehow to my eye they look strange. I am not the greatest on painting cockpits...but I guess here I will have to do it. The decals do not look nice and they do not settle down well over the very nice 3D details. I also found out ZM has a PE set for the -J/S made by Eduard but that one seems to be unavailable in Europe...or elsewhere. For the price asked for the kit they could have thrown it in...along with seat belts! :-( cheers Uwe

Hello all Looking for the Afterburner decal sheet ROCK RIVER RHINOS F-4S VF-161. If you have it please make me an offer. Altenatively, if you know a shop that has them, please let me know! thanks Uwe

So...shall I get a HB bird then and the mentioned vac canopy? Will that sort the shape issues? What about the latest Academy version, the Australian one with the new sprues for Cockpit and LG? thanks Uwe

Hello all I could buy an Academy F-111F kit second hand and since I have never built an F-111 nor know much about the type I was wondering if someone could comment on this kit...or alternatives ? The kit offerend inclused a Verlinden cockpit set. I personally do not mind altering smaller details or adding AM parts as long as the general outline and shape of the plane is correctly represented. thanks Uwe

..." Also, +1 on Hypersonic's corrected ACS intakes for the Academy kit "... I can second that but one has to be very carful installing them. The piece that covers the "installation dent" in the fuselage has to be slightly puttied in and sanded! This can lead to an asymetrical apperance of the ait intakes. Ask me why I know... Next time I will fill and sand the fuselage first, then carve off those pasrt from the intakes and install them afterwards. In general, the way this was solved on Hasegawa and ZM is way better! cheers Uwe

Hello all For a good while I have that plan to build a 1/48 Skyhawk following a very famous comic book series of my youth..."Buck Danny". I think those comics were mostly popular in Europe like others in the same style. Anyway...subject would be a A-4D1 of a fictive mercenary "Flying Tigers" squadron somewhere in Asia in the late 50ties, early 60ties... Originally I had planned to slaughter an Hasegawa A-4C that I have in my stash...the a while later I found a cheap A-4B kit which is even closer to the -D1. Lately though I realized that both of those Hasegwa kit are very

I hope soo too...

The fit is good...no question about it after one has cleaned the parts up. And that is a lot of work since ZM decided to have the sprue attachment point always from two levels on the parts...around a corner. Sorry, can't describe it better. Still...Tamiya fits better! A thing to note on the -S are the slats. Those are modeled in the extended position and the instructions do not mention that when on the ground they should be retracted (99% of the time). A nice feature would be the take off config...if not changing the elevator attachement pieces (A21+A22) would require major sugery on the

Wow...that weathering turned out super nice! Fantastic build...:-)

True...;-)

Hello all Last Thursday my ZM F-4S arrived and this evening I had a first go on it...just could not just put it on the pile, I had to get a feeling for it. Last time that happened was about a year ago when the Tamiya Tomcat arrived at the house. It's now in the final decaling stage and awaiting final assembly. I hope to have it fully up by Christmas...I build slow :-( A couple of observations I wanted to share/discuss with you all that both kist have in commen more or less. I started on the ZM cockpit which is really super nice. I have heard it does not need to be replace

Speaking of Hasegawa Skyhawks...especially early ones...Madness!!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HASEGAWA-1-48-A-4-B-C-Skyhawk-Falklands-/282673385801?hash=item41d0a59149:g:xQMAAOSwOlJZzYwR

Hello all Apart from the slat issue...is the rest of the bird shaped ok? I am after a cheap bases for a -B conversion into a Buck Danny Comic book bird. I will otherwise look for a Monogram or Esci bird...not too detailed but of a correct shape. thanks Uwe

Does the 203 bird still have a white belly? The wing pylons look white! I thought that overall 16440 was applied the year after the "Final Countdown" where the white upper parts were already gone!

Hello all I pulled the trigger on a ZM F-4S...and I am now looking fwd to first hand compare it with the Academy and Hasegawa offerings...and with Mongram. :-) "Just" looking at pictures and feeling a kit are two different things after all... cheers Uwe

Hi There is a very nice -C conversion out there from Cutting Edge! I have it and a Hase -E waiting to be converted down stairs... cheers Uwe

Hello Darren Is the enhanced boat tail already available? thanks Uwe

So you Gene were obviously the man who did the measurements for ZM? Otherwise I can not understand your "valuable" comment from above. As I said a bit further up, peoples individual expectations on things may differ. For me, things that can be fixed with either AM or a bit of scratching are not critical...a flaw in the fuselage that requires more then just changing parts is a lot worse then changing parts. I did not measure any planes...and I do not have to to support my opinion. I am a potential customer and if a company wants my money they have to deliver to my expectations. If yours a

Very nice build...it really came out well. And the multi color (CAG) eagle feathers help to cover up the fuselage flaw...it's almost invisible now! :-) cheers Uwe