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  1. -Yeah, I do, Mark! ...I won't use the old, 'size matters'; but there's nothing like a little solid heft/weight to things, so to speak. ~So how's your Adversary Viper coming? Almost finished yet?? I'm hoping to button up my Tammy Phantom cockpit and have the wings & fuselage together to show at this weekend's meeting.
  2. ~Yikes! Hijacking my second thread of the hour! Not Jonesing for any freebies (I'm lucky to have the discresionary funds [within reason] to provide support to my LHS and AM bubbas, in order to try to keep them brining out/selling good stuff), but already have the sheets previously issued for Navy Adversary Vipers, and can't wait for these new ones to come out, even if there are some 'overlaps'. Let's get it done, Brian! ...And may I quickly point out that the F-16 in 1/32 has/is being manufactured by at least four major companies, and a couple of 'lesser' folks as well..."Jus' sayin'...
  3. The Midway Museum was nice from the start, and in the relatively few years it has been open to the public, there have been tremendous improvements in the number of displays, areas open for viewing, and the growing 'air wing' onboard. If you venture out here to SoCal, make it known before hand as there are a number of 'ARC Mafia' located here in the San Diego area, and more than happy to work an ARC hook-up for Aviation-related touring. A bunch of us are associated with the San Diego Aerospace Museum modeler's group, and look for reasons to visit the SDAM in Balboa Park, as well as the Annex ou
  4. There's one nicely restored aboard the Midway here in San Diego which is accessible daily by anyone with $20 to come aboard. While you may not be able to climb all over it, there is no restriction for taking all the detailed photos desired. Of course, with any museum bird, there have been compromises and demilitarization which has taken place - and museum paint jobs/markings can never -NEVER- be trusted with regard to accuracy no matter how nicely done. If Trumpeter wants to do an accurate F-14, or any other aircraft (especially aircraft that are no longer in the active inventory) then all t
  5. Being a NavAir kind of guy vice USAF, I can only go by what I read regarding the use of the 4-shot 5" Zunis by the Air Force in VietNam. "Never" and "Always" are pretty tough words to stick to when it comes to aviation in general, and wartime configurations particularly. Wonder if Trumpeter has evidence that the F-100D used those Zunis, too...One-off loadouts abound during wartime. Hey, we've all seen the pictures of the Spad with the 'toilet bomb'...sure there were plenty of other similar 'unusual' weapons used.
  6. Check with Gustav Jung (Gustav53 here on ARC)...I think he does a lot (if not all) of Wolf Pack Designs masters.
  7. Chuck, I don't have any CE 'winders, but I do have four 1/32 AIM-9Js from a Hasegawa F-16A+/C kit that I won't need, as I'm building it as an NSAWC adversary jet. Surely not as detailed as the Flightpath or CE offerings, but if you want them, they're yours. Send me an email at the address with my sig below.
  8. I have some kits with this type of IP as well, although I haven't yet worked with them. The idea is to take the instrument decal and put it on the back of the clear panel, giving the dial/guage faces behind the 'glass', and then painting the panel the appropriate colors...say, grey panel with black instrument bezels. The clear faces are masked (with tape or Maskol or Mr. Mask, etc.) or otherwise protected from paint, and when the masking is removed, you have a fair representation of the panel with 'clear glass' faces showing the dials & guages behind.
  9. Craig, beautiful work as always... and great documentation on the pics to show all of your work; I'd say it is a toss-up in effort/time required between working with the original kit and cut/pasting panels and details as you're doing. Outstanding so far...
  10. ...Not quite sure what you mean by "fuselage housing", but the speed brake on the back of the F-15E actually 'sits' on top of the fuselage; it isn't 'housed'...and it is all the same fuselage color (Gunship Grey) - Top, underside, and the fuselage area below the speed brake. I believe there is at least one shot of a raised F-15E speed brake in the Walk Arounds here on ARC, although if I recall, it is a little washed-out so it is hard to tell. HTH
  11. Great shots! Thought about asking for aggressor a/c when you posted photo requests, but didn't...Would love to see the F-16 stuff as well! By the way, besides the Research Corner Forum here, there is also the 'Walkaround' section off the main ARC page as well...Just send your pics to Steve like you would submit any article for the main page...that way they'll be indexed by type and always available to viewers. Just my thoughts...THANKS for sharing-
  12. Here's one I took of their F-15As during vacation 3 years ago...Nov 05. Aloha!
  13. ...Anybody else think this would be a great topic to pin? It comes up fairly regularly, and would be a help to those considering the job that Dave has to school on a semi-regular basis... -GREAT info by the way; has helped me on a couple diffferent builds over the years.
  14. ...concur; don't know if they're the 'best'; but the TD seats certainly the best value for what you get. (Think I mentioned them in Cliff's earlier thread on the Tamiya 1/32 F-4.) As far as the slime lights go, I *think* they were incorporated as part of the -J to -S upgrades; seem lots of pics of -S aircraft; can't find any without slime lights - conversely, I've seen plenty of pictures of -Js, but can't put my finger on any WITH slimelights. Navy/Marine F-4 gurus may chime in with better info than that, though- there always seem to be exceptions when it comes to Naval Air!
  15. ...Yep, just got the shipping notice on my Sprue Bros pre-ordered 'Sader.
  16. Tough act to follow Kelly, but here goes anyway: 1/48 MonoRev converted to an F-15I Ra'am, in the US delivery markings. I used the Sky's decals (the original edition before the IsraDecal set came out), and pieced together the lo-viz grey US markings from a TwoBobs F-117 sheet, IIRC. Did all the mods by scratch, except for the P/W feathered 'burner cans, which were sourced from some Hase F-16 spares. In-progress Tamiya 1/32 F-15E-to-F-15I conversion in the background. The same Tamiya 1/32 F-15E converted to an F-15I Ra'am, using the CE resin set and comprehensive IsraDecal set to represent
  17. BZZZZZZZ! ...I'm sorry, Kelly, that's a WRONG ANSWER! There is no way you can post gorgeous work like that and not identify kits, scale, conversions, etc...
  18. -Actually, Wolfpack Designs already does a 1/48 block 30 conversion for the Tamiya Bl 25/32 kit, and Cobra Company has been selling a 1/48 AN/ALQ-188 + cheek pods for years. Just sayin' it would be nice to have it all in the box to start with, if it is being kitted by Tamiya as being purpose-built for the Aggressor/Adversary types, much as Hasegawa did with their F-16N kit.
  19. The Navy F-16Ns were early block 30 NSI/GE aircraft, and there weren't many Cs built that way...IF the kitting is truly "F-16C Aggressor/Adversary" (Aggressor meaning USAF & Adversary meaning USN, AND Tamiya's gotten it right), then it would have to include at least both exhausts with the NSI as a minimum...can't build an Air Force Aggressor bird with the NSI/GE combo, as far as I know...so, hopefully, the MCID intake will be included as well (for those Alaskan aggressors). Of course, including the AN/ALQ-188 pod, cheek pods, ACMI pod, etc. would be icing on the cake, so aftermarket would
  20. Paul, TwoBobs does both of these in 1/32, and are available on their website...
  21. "F*****'-A, Bubba!" (To quote Gus Grissom in 'The Right Stuff') Curt, I feel the same; and the 'hand-off promise' I elicit from those receiving my work, whether a paid commission or even a (probably permanent) 'loaner', is that should the model EVER become damaged for any reason, there is no shame, and no attempt sould be made to 'fix' or 'repair' the model - but rather, I should be informed, and I will cheerfully make repairs with no recrimination. I make it clear that this is a 'lifetime' warranty...I'd rather fix my efforts than have something trashed with a ham-fisted 'ameteur' repair, or
  22. ~I'm with you, RJ! I probably spend just as much time or even more researching - online, in books, photos, talking to others, visiting museum birds, etc - than I do with the building part, and I'm not a fast builder! But conversely, I'm not in any way a rivet counter, nor am I dogmatic about accuracy. WIFs (can) require just as much thought and effort as a researched model of an actual aircraft. IMHO, it is all about the journey, not the destination. The process, not the results (unless, I suppose, you're building for a commission or to win a contest). Guess that's why I end up either giving a
  23. Went to the Boeing site and found another short article about the roll-out. Found an in-flight picture that is interesting, since roll-out only ocurred today... Can't link to the picture, but you can find it here: http://www.boeingmedia.com (Click the 'News Releases' button on the left) Note what looks like some sort of strake in both the pictures just below the canopy sill under the WSO's cockpit. Also, the double-tip on each tailboom - that's something not seen on previous Strike Eagle variants to my knowledge. As to the 'lighter' color, I think it is just the way that Gunship Grey always
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