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Everything posted by Raptor01
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AB Charles & Son on West Liberty Ave. in Dormont during the 1970's was the best in the area. I think his son still operates after a few moves around the area. They had the best selection of kits & model railroad supplies. John
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Bill & Walts Hobby Shop, Downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Still have my Binks Wren A Airbrush purchased when I was 12 Yrs Old! John
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1/72 F-111 internal bomb bays?
Raptor01 replied to Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy's topic in Jet Modeling
I have 12 HAS 1/72 Varks all versions, built the FB in 1989 when I was in the 509 BW at Pease AFB. I am currently working on a 1/48 FrankenBoss F-111E with Black Dog, Resikit, D-Mold and other upgrades. The F-111 has always been the USAF Bastard Child, no reason it should get any love in the modeling world. What I learned maintaining F-111 electronics for 17 Yrs. set me up life and I will buy every model & aftermarket piece released. John -
Thanks Jim, I will get one of Zactoβs on order. Nothing like a bunch of goodies from a TDY!π John
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Will do Jim, HB screwed up too many things, but I will have the resin to fix the most blatant. I think the weapons bay doors can be split and the inners not used because a second set of inner bay doors are on the frame. I will figure it out went I get to that point. Do you have a good pic of a travel pod? One of the old Hasegawa F-16 kits had the old napalm container style. I can't remember what we had on the Varks. John
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ResKit Cockpit set is by far the best available, but I chose to use Zactomodels seats as the molded details are better than the PE provided.
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Intakes fitted, gaps bridged with Milliput, curing then some MS 500 work to blend in and fine sanding.
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ResKit F-111E Cockpit Set, modified D-Mold TP II intakes with Black Dog Nose & Main Wheel Wells, & weapons bay. Intakes have been cut & new tubes scratched from thin sheet styrene to flex around main wheel well. Not 100% correct but the tubes on the intake are easier to fudge than fix the side walls of the main wheel well. The seam will be invisible after paint and the small step is deep enough and not noticeable. That's my fix so far. John
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ππ Hadnβt seen that Cal Worthington skit in years! πππ Humor from the Ghost of USAF Past, now you need permission from the USAF Office of Butthurtness!ππ. Thanks for bringing that one back! John
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Feeling bold? Try Richie's Plank Experience on Oculus Quest! π
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Mr. Paint MRP 278 & MRP 280, ModelMaster Neutral Gray FS36270 John
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Great kit, fit was very good. Couple of engineering burps, the vertical and horizontal tail could have been designed better, molding the upper and lower fuselage with the wings would have been better than separate wings. Overall no issues, modeling skills and patience to get a nice finish. John
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Anyone else get their covid vaccines yet?
Raptor01 replied to goondman's topic in General Discussion
Let me re-phrase that Covid was born from Unicorn Fecal Matter that somehow ended up on Bat Wings in a Wuhan Wet Market. -
Anyone else get their covid vaccines yet?
Raptor01 replied to goondman's topic in General Discussion
I am with Dave & Steve, my brothers! Two full books of International Certificates du Vaccines stamped on every page, don't even know what some of the older ones were anymore. Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease vaccinators are in for a surprise when they tell you this will be required annually for full protection and you will have to start paying for it. Nothing natural about this virus, sheeple can believe what they are told, I will take the vaccine when the government admits that is was weaponized manipulated bio-weapon engineered with US funding in a research laboratory desig -
Just remember $100 USD in 1970 would buy you what $691.72 does today. So you would be able to buy a lot of Airfix, Frog, Monogram, Revell, Hasegawa, Tamiya kits for a C-note. Sure would not get any accurate Soviet Russian subjects, or resin, PE, but Microscale Decal sheets were $1.25 and many were in 1/72 scale. Not a lot of 1/32 scale mostly Revell & Hasegawa, Monogram 1/48 kits were the choice in the USA. Testors small bottles of paint were .15 cents, Tube glue about .12 cents. Used to get a car model, 3 bottles of paint & a can of spray paint & glue for less than $3.50. No
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A-10A changes to make a grey painted combat version in 1:48
Raptor01 replied to is it windy yet?'s topic in Jet Modeling
A-10s were originally in the gray scheme when they went to USAFE in 1978/79. I remember having a walkaround admiring the GAU8/A cannon putting 2 finger tips in the barrel. They went Euro 1 lizard scheme shortly thereafter before reverting back to the gray scheme. John -
Went to a few open houses in conjunction with NCT IPMS Shows at the end of the 90's & early 00's. Killer deals back then, 1/32 Tamiya F-15E Bunker Buster $89., Classic Airframe Kits, just about everything you could want. Warehouse was stocked, stacked floor to ceiling, modelers heaven. It would be like going through Sprue Brothers Warehouse today if you could. The first time I went without a list, only a few items on my mind, then when I got to walking around, I forgot what I wanted, it was awesome. It changed hands and has been struggling since maybe 2004/05, sad really, monopol
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Looks like somebody's dip did not make the ground during load up, damn BB Stackers, get the crew dawg and some spray n wipe!π John
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C'mon Tamiya!! A State of the Art 48th scale F-86E Saber
Raptor01 replied to jabow's topic in General Discussion
Cutting Edge empennage & tail, Red Roos slatted wing, scratch built V Screen. John -
Is there a Gunze match for the Russian Eggplant color?
Raptor01 replied to lulldapull's topic in Jet Modeling
True but FS 36076 weathers rapidly, like FS 36118. RAL 7015/FS 36076 may be the starting shade but it seems to weather to the purple hue after time. I have seen FS 36118 weather to a Gull Gray on jets in for PDM. Just have to look at the photo and period in time it is being modeled. John -
Is there a Gunze match for the Russian Eggplant color?
Raptor01 replied to lulldapull's topic in Jet Modeling
Looks like the βEggplantβ color has been applied to the F-35!π€© -
Picked these up the other day, looks very nice in the box and should add lots of interest to Russian AC vignettes & Dioramas. Surprised there is not a lot of excitement with all Russian AC builders on ARC. John
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Farts can fly too, they are lighter than air and float around, sometimes lingering for quite sometime. As an experiment, let one fly in your car with the windows up before you get out. Hours maybe the next morning it will still be flying in a racetrack pattern waiting for clearance until you open the window to let it fly out. π