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Yes, I'd love that sheet in 1/72 now that the Finemolds kit is out. Cheers, Stefan.

Thanks again, Jim. Despite decades of interest in the F-111, I had no idea that the Air-Water Heat Exchangers were on the D-model. Admittedy,I was more interested in the E's and F's that I had actually seen. The Hasegawa kits being available again through Hobby 2000, the Caracal decals and the long-distance trials by D's as mentioned in your OEC book raised my interest in the D-model as well. Ron Carlson, I love that picture of your production line. Cheers, Stefan.

Thanks, Jim. Good to know that about part G23. So, about those Air-Water Heat Exchangers. I gather from your post above that it is better to use part O6 than B23 when building a D model? I have read that, in 1/48, the Reskit droptanks are the best dimensionally. Are the 1/72 Hasegawa ones good? Cheers, Stefan.

Yes, I'm also grateful for this research and I thought a "Like" button would have been a good way to show appreciation without cluttering the thread. I can only add that a sprue in the Ax range that I would like is another chin pod for the F-4B (the one that is made of parts P24 and P25 in the 1/48 Tamiya kit). Cheers, Stefan.

Thanks for the heads-up, Bryan. I was also on the look-out for a Phantom refuelling probe in 1/72. Eduard has one in 1/48, but surprisingly not in 1/72 for the moment. I gather this would also be good for Spanish RF-4's. Cheers, Stefan.

Hi, Cool, I'm really glad that these are getting made. Since your move to Japan, I had bought Hypersonic products from the 48 ers. This being 1/72, I'll order directly from you. I'm obviously not going to replace the US market, but every bit helps (I hope). Cheers, Stefan.

Hi, They're from France. Try looking for Sparkit-models.com Very nice seats indeed. Cheers, Stefan.

Thank you very much for the reply, Ben. It certainly looks like there is no hook in the in-flight photo. And only FG-908 has the refueling probe installed. It was a stupid mistake that got me thinking about the presence of the arrestor hook...I had installed it upside down on my model. That was going to be tricky to correct without breaking it, now I can just get rid of it. Cheers, Stefan.

Hi, I'm building one of the 479 th TFW F-104C's (options 12-15). Probably option 12, but I like these so much that I might build all 4 some time. I've started to wonder if these had the tailhook. I seem to recall that the F-100 and F-102 had their tailhooks installed as an upgrade after a few years in service. Does anyone know when the F-104 got their tailhooks? Maybe by the time they got to the C-model, the tailhooks were already there on delivery. I tried a google search for pictures, but the results didn't show the tailhook area well. Shigeo Koike d

Cool! (that you're thinking about it, not that you can't get hold of a FM F-4) I'd be interested in several sets. Cheers, Stefan.

Hi, Like Achterkirch, I'd love some late F-4E and the Norm 81 F-4F's in 1/72. For the USAF, I'd especially like some Daegu, Osan and Seymour Johnson options. Early Prowlers, S-3's and RA-5C's too, of course. 🙂 Cheers, Stefan.

Hi, Yes, I was delighted to have found that one and I moved it to the top of my build schedule. I stay away from auction sites and I was hoping to find one at a swap meet. The seller was culling his stash and planned to limit his F-16's mostly to Belgian ones. Yes, I think our Hoboken was the original. I'm a bit surprised that an on-line search shows nice pictures. It's an old industrial area that used to have chemical companies. When I was a kid in the 1970's, Hoboken was in the news quite regularly with the children there having traces of chemicals in their

Hi, When I bought this sheet, I had little hope of ever finding an Otaki kit. Yesterday, I went to the Flanders Open Modelling Contest in Hoboken (Antwerp) and I found the Otaki kit in the swap meet. So now, I have an F-16 kit with the small nose and the split nose gear door. I'm so delighted that I found one that I'm going to build it very soon. Cheers, Stefan.

Yes, I'd love a couple of those. And it would solve the problem for the Academy kits without designing a whole bombbay for them. Cheers, Stefan.

Yes, I'd love that too. I also have the impression that the RB-47 nose in the 1/144 Academy B-47 kit is a bit undersized. Cheers, Stefan.