BrockyTaz
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I have found a set. Thanks
I’m lining up a 1/32 scale 4th TFW F-4E and would like to hang some AGM-65s on it.If anyone has these and is willing to part with them I would be willing to pay 10.00 plus shipping to Pensacola Florida USA. I don't want/need to spend $30 plus shipping on 2 H sprue sets from the kit. Lord knows I have enough left over AGM-65s and ALQ-119 pods left over from the A-7D, F/A-18C and F-4E/RF-4C kits.Or speaking of left over arms from various kits I might be able to trade you something for them.If you are interested please respond via PM and we can work out the details.Thanks and have a great day.
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Hey guys,
Just a heads up for anyone who is planning a visit to the North West Florida/Mobile Alabama area this year between March and November. While you most likely won’t be able to visit the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola you could still catch a Blue Angels practice show from the Pensacola Light House Museum. The Blues usually fly their practice shows on Tuesday and Wednesday most weeks during their posting to NAS Pensacola. It’s a cool little Museum located just south of the Air Station (just across the street form the Naval Aviation Museum). It is also a really great way to see the show. Not may venues offer a perspective from 300 ft in the air.
You will need to get on their website ( https://www.pensacolalighthouse.org ) shortly after the Blue Angels release their 2023 schedule which usually happens in early March and make reservations. There is a very limited number of slots per show, I think it’s something like 20 people. If you do get tickets, non-DoD CA card holders will be met with a bus in the parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy store on the corner of Navy Blvd. and Gulf Beach Highway. You verify your ID with the bus driver and they will drive you onto the base and to the Lighthouse. Oh and the tickets will be refunded if weather or other unforeseen circumstances (presidential edicts/budget sequestration) cause a cancellation of the show. All of this is explained on the home page of the website.
I realize this may not be of much help to most folks, but it is slightly better than no chance at all.
Anyway just thought I’d put this out since it is one of the more unknown attractions in our area.
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Hi Niels,
After looking at some photos of the SUU-16/SUU-23 and MER on the F-4 center line station I can see that the gun pods and MER stand off from the bottom of the fuselage a greater distance that the AN/AXQ-14 pod. It seems that the AXQ-14 pod has a spacer of some sort that gives just enough clearance to prevent the pod form making contact with the bottom of the fuselage during flight. My guess would be that it is similar to the one used on the AN/ASQ-153\AN/AVQ-23 Pave Spike pods and would be bolted on to the AQX-14 pod as well since the picture of the pod mounted on the inboard pylon above shows the pod does not have any spacer on that station.
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Hi,
I know it's a little hard to see, but from the below picture it would seem to be the same center line pylon used for the MER or SUU-16.
This one shows the pod attached to the inboard wing station
It doesn't have any special adapter or spacers and this was what I found in other pictures of the pod hung on F-15s, F-16s and F-111s.Hop this helps
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On 12/29/2022 at 4:48 PM, andyf117 said:
Looking at NAS Pensacola, the most obvious route for public access would be along the S Blue Angel Parkway that loops south from Highway 98 down the western side of the flying area, and then along its southern edge and up to the museum - as the station's controlled access point is just below Blue Angels Lake, it would really only need fencing from there along the northern side of the parkway as far as the museum entrance, in similar fashion to what we do here with 'split' sites that have public roads running through them. Probably an overly-simplistic solution, but then sometimes, that's all that's needed!
While you may be right, the last I heard (almost a year ago now) was that State Senator Doug Broxon was negotiating with the US Navy and Florida Dept. of Transportation) to construct a "raised road" down Blue Angel Parkway from Sorrento Blvd. all the way to the Museum as well as expanding Blue Angel Parkway form two to four lanes south of US 98 to Sorrento Blvd. Understandably this met with some resistance from the US Navy and most of the other state senators and representatives outside of North West Florida. I haven't heard anything else on the local news lately other than Dougie's droning on about it during the past election cycle. And since he got reelected, I doubt there will be much movement on it for a while.
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2 hours ago, Spook498 said:
I wonder if they would really be as concerned there, as they portray, to get on base, or if the museum would have an issue with it.
As long as the Expiration Date on your CA card is less than the date you try to get on board NASP, you won't have a problem. And unless you're the Waltons, it will cover every one in your immediate family. You are allowed to "escort" up 15 additional people. Just make sure that all adults in your party have a valid form of ID (Driver's License or State ID) with them.
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So on the 1/72 Mustang, is it an A or a B? Should I believe the picture or the title?
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Good to hear on all points
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On 9/9/2021 at 3:44 PM, Thommo said:
Our area comes out of lockdown tomorrow as we have zero cases, which means I can get back to swim training & fishing 🏊♂️ 🐟 .
But if we get more cases, we can go back into lockdown.
Wife & I are fully vaxed now, as is youngest daughter, eldest has had her 1st jab. At 70% of the state vaxed, they are saying vaxed people will be able to do things the unvaxed can't (e.g. pubs, movies, restaurants etc).
My wife has to travel to Sydney today as her Aunt is dying in a nursing home and my wife & her siblings are her only relatives, next of kin & manage all her affairs. Will be interesting to see if they make it there without being turned around by the police as technically we are still in lockdown till midnight. She is loaded up with all the paperwork to prove the situation (compassionate reasons can allow you to leave your area)....so Swag, it may well be a "show us your papers" story!
None of this bothers you or any one else in Australia?
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Hi Bomber101,
Yeah that's the problem with the newer Revell pictograph instructions... Anybody remember when the instructions had actual descriptions of the steps as well as drawings?
This is why I go to scalemates.com to see if they have an older set of instructions... If you go to the link below you'll be able to download a set of instructions from the 1970s Monogram version of the kit.
circa 1970 Monogram instructions
The link above shows this as bandi-monogram kit so sometimes it takes a little poking around but most of the time I have found better instructions than what I had in the kit.
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On 5/24/2021 at 8:42 PM, ghatherly said:
Yes, We are making them next month for the Revell kit. The Tamiya intakes will not fit the reveal kit.
Hi Gary,
Thanks for the response. Great to hear. I have set up the notification process at Sprue Brothers.
Have a great day,
Mark B.
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Hi FastEagle12
Thanks for the response, but the problem is that the shapes of the fuselage cross sections in the intake areas are noticably different between the kits. This causes all sorts of fit issues when trying to use sets molded for Tamiya kits on Revell kits and vice versa.
In light of the radio silence, I think I'll be doing some engineering on this build.
Thanks again
Mark
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Hello Gary,
I was wondering if you were planning on making any more of your intake trunks for the Revell 1/32 F-4E/F-4F/F-4G/RF-4C kits?
I will be getting back to a build that has been on the shelf of doom for several years this summer.
Thanks and hope you are doing well,
Mark B.
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Hi guys, forgive me if this was answered somewhere else in the thread, but I am wondering if Tamiya did a better job on the intake trunking on this than they did on their 1/32 series?
Thanks in advance and have a great day.
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Hi Eric,
While I have not built a Titanic or any other civilian ships for that matter, I usually paint the vertical surfaces first then mask them off and then paint the decks.
After painting the decks and vertical surfaces I usually go back and paint any deck details such as the bits, bights, anchor runs etc with a small paint brush.
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On 12/24/2006 at 12:13 AM, kenlilly106 said:
No, only the F-4S had the straps
Actually USAF F-4Es and F-4Gs had the straps applied in the late 80s and early 90s as well.
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It might help if you gave a little more information as it kind of depends on
which F-4E (early/late/) you are starting with
which F-4F (early/or ICE mod) you want to end up with
what F-4E kit you have and
how detailed do you want to get....
Generally the differences are
F-4F's have
unslotted stabilizers
Slated wings (Agile Eagle modification)
long cannon muzzles
not TIESO units on leading edge of left wing
Early F-4F only carried AIM 9 Sidewinders whilst the late ICE modified F-4F carried AIM-120s.
HTH
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Thanks Don.
Yeah if I remember correctly, that area was where I was having difficulty getting the halves to touch. I also took part of the thick srpue runners that had been attached to the hull halves and sanded it flat on the bottom and then cut it into half inch or so lengths. I glued them in as braces across the joint in this area after as well just because I was paranoid about the seem opening up in this area later on.
One thing I have found that comes in handy are these trigger grips:I got a set at the local Hardware store for $8 or so dollars...
They are light very easy to adjust and can apply a very small or large amount of force as necessary.
C clamps have their uses too.
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On 7/16/2017 at 10:30 AM, Don said:
Too bad Photobucket ruined your pictures as I would have liked to have seen them
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Regards,
Don
Hi Don,
It's posted over on the Model Ships.com site at http://www.modelwarships.com.
This link takes you to the completed article and there's a link on that page to take you to the build thread on that site.
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/bb/bb-39/Arizona-429-mb/index.htm
Thanks for looking
Mark B.
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Some close ups:
Superstructure and foremast
Mainmast
Boat deck
Stern with Kingfishers and AC crane
All in all a fun build.
Comments and questions welcomed.
Thanks for having a look and have a great day.
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Here are some over all shots of the battle wagon.
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Well I actually finished this back in 2016. I apologize for not posting the finished project sooner..
At any rate (glacial in my case) here are the finished boat cranes installed on the boat.
Here we have the completed catapult on turret #3
And the stern catapult
Heads up regarding National Naval Aviation Museum Pensacola
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In reference to this thread I thought I'd let you know that commencing 17 May 2023 NAS Pensacola will allow non-DoD ID civilians access to the National Naval Aviation Museum and the Pensacola Light House Museum from 0900 to 1500 daily via the West (Blue Angel Parkway) gate. Access will be permitted as long as there is parking space available at the National Naval Aviation Museum. See this WEAR TV 3 article for details and visitation rules and regulations.