Douglas

I see. Thanks for the tips. I am thinking of thickening the edges of the wings by adding strips so there will be a large glueing surfaces. The edges are designed thin to facilitate the wing folding movement. Regards, Douglas

Hello guys, I dry fit the folding wings tonight and I concluded that the joint is not going to hold the wings. I think I better build it with wings unfolded and fixed. How did you guys fixed them ? I am thinking of a secure way and I think your experience should be helpful. Regards, Douglas

Haha, good, Randie, it is a good observation. Thanks. Regards, Douglas

Thank you B-17Guy and Alan. You really help, Alan. I thought all interior parts are of green. Regards, Douglas

Hi guys, I have a box of Trumpeter 1/32 TBF-1C for quite a long time. I suddenly feel the hot to start working on it. However, I am a bit puzzled by the name TBF and TBM. All I know is that TBF was manufactured by Grumman and that TBM was manufactured by General Motor. In the outer appearance, would there be any noticeable differences ? Regards, Douglas

I tried removing the kit parts and fitting the Aires cockpit. I used a grinder to sand thin the fuselage and also the Aires cockpit side panels. I finally put the cockpit into the fuselage but, I think I removed too much the plastic. I guess there is no need to sand the kit cockpit edges to very thin. An amount of 1.5mm would be enough. The key is possibly to sand thin the Aires cockpit side panels. I have here some photos. The result Progress Photos Regards, Douglas

Ah ya, that is deep XXXX. Thanks Curt and David. Let's see how we work it out. Keep in touch. I will post my photo of progress. Looks better to buy another kit as back up. Wish me luck. Regards, Douglas

Hello guys, Has anyone here tried installing the resin cockpit onto the Hasegawa 1/48 fuselage ? Which plastic parts and how faw they should be removed ? I would like to know your experience to avoid over cutting. Regards, Douglas

This is jackpot. Hope this search link works : Airfoto.pl Regards, Douglas

I found some more photos here in this Poland webpage : Aviation Pictures Poland Regards, Douglas

Bad luck that I can't get the Kagero book anywhere. Tried Amazon and ebay, no goal. Outer appearance could be barely referenced to the photos online. However, I found no photo of the cockpit. Would it be the same as Sufa ? Regards, Douglas

I bought two Academy Sufa and will do one Sufa and one Polish F-16D. Looks to me that most of the parts are there for the D model. It is just I need to figure out which "Not Used" parts are useful and how they are assembled. I think this won't be too difficult. Regards, Douglas

Thanks Sebastijan, I will PM you later. Regards, Douglas

Thanks Steve. I saw it last week on Sprue Brothers but it is gone now. It is rare to see such magazine in local stall. I think I better follow your link to order one. Regards, Douglas

Hi guys, Does anyone here have the magazine ? There is an article "Top Tips : Make the most of your 32nd Academy Sufa" which I am very interested to read. I have two boxes of the Academy Sufa which I would do an Sufa I and a Polish D model. It looks to me that I have all the parts I need in the two boxes. May be this article would give me a confirmation. Regards, Douglas

Looks there are some here : F-16 "Jastrzab" in detail Poznan 2006 Regards, Douglas

Oh my God !! You made my day Emil !! No problem, yes, it is close. I just knew you guys know the links for the good stuffs. Regards, Douglas

Haha, taste is subjective. I just hope there are people like me loving the painting scheme. Regards, Douglas

Somehow I think the Polish or UAE ones look more sexy than the American paint scheme. No offensive. It is just a feeling. Regards, Douglas

Looks the Kagero book is what I should get. I also found this : Kagero F-16 w/ DVD Regards, Douglas

Thanks Mario and DonSS3 !! Regards, Douglas

Right, Andre, F-16.net. Thanks. Would this be the only one ? Sorry that I am a little greedy. Regards, Douglas

Hi guys, Anyone got some photos ? Regards, Douglas

Hi guys, I just bought the Academy 1/32 Sufa. Checking the sprues there are many "leftover" of the CJ kit. Then, I am thinking, it might be possible to make easily a Polish DJ instead of a Sufa. Did you guys explore the possibility ? It looks the "difficult to make" parts are all there, say, the spine instrument housing, the parachute housing, the CFT, are all there. What do you guys and experts think ? Regards, Douglas

I see what you meant. Let me think about it. Thanks for all your information and advice. Regards, Douglas