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    G'day people, Can anyone please identify the white 'missile' under the right wing please? https://www.f-16.net/g3/image_block/show/30813 Initially I thought it may be an AIM-120 (CATM) but the ogive does not look quite right as it is too short and the natural metal portion just aft of it also is not usually seen on AIM-120s. Perhaps an IRIS-T inert acquisition round without the fins installed? cheers, Pappy
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    Cool, it looks good, Pappy
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    G'day, Looks lovely, definitely a huge jump in the amount of detail present. I thought that the later Hind variants with black cockpits had corresponding black instrument and switch panels but it looks like you have painted the cockpit black and used the blue panels? I have the Zvesda kit and looking at the picture of the resin gearbox it looks like it will be a very tight fit as the kit supplied assembly is a very snug fit, do you intend to display the rotor access panels open? cheers, Pappy
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    Great progress Bastiano, getting very close now, Pappy
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    Lookin' good Bastian. It is interesting that you apply the wash before the decals, it seems most modellers do the decals then wash but I prefer to do it before decal application as well. I have had instances where the wash has flowed around decal edges (the decals had been sealed) and doing the wash first avoids this. Also it means if you don't like the wash or if there if there is some accident you can strip and re-paint without losing the decals cheers, Pappy
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    Noice! Pappy
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    Thanks very much gents, that has answered my questions. I did not realise that some As were converted to Ds. Also thanks for clearing up what the canopy strips (lightning protection) actually are, cheers, Pappy
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    G'day, I have a couple of Q's for the F-14 'experten'. I am currently building the Hasegawa 1/48 F-14 as an F-14A+/B. I don't want to type that each time so I will just refer to it as an F-14B from now. I know that the glove vanes were de-activated on the F-14A+ and were not incorporated on the F-14D. Since the F-14B started out as an F-14A, I presume that the glove mechanism was still installed. Question 1: Were these glove vanes faired over on the F-14B or did they look like the F-14A just not operational? The Hasegawa canopy has t
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    G'day Matt, My impression is that the two greens are pretty close in colour in reality as well and itcan be hard to differentiate in certain light conditions. Looking great Bastiano Pappy
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    Well, I entered 'Lakenheath F-111' into my browser to do an image search and I still think the pylons should be green. Although the models you have presented are very nice, I prefer to look at pics of the real thing. In the images with the pylons in good light they appear green. In several images the noses of the pylons are in good light and appear as green while the rest is in deep shadow. It may be possible that there were some pylons painted black(hence the question) but it appears that the standard practice was to paint them green. If you want to leave tham black, that is cool,
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    G'day Bastian, Lovely work, she is really coming together now. One observation though, I thought that the underwing pylons were painted in the dark green (FS 34079) but yours are in black. Same goes for the launcher. Did the USAF paint them in both colours? In the Lock-On book mpost of the pics show them as vreen but in a few pics they look like they could be black but the pics are taken in deep shadow. Looking forward to the finished article, Pappy
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    G'day Tank, BLUF: Zvesda kit is really good, much better that the Revell/Mono kit and builds quickly and well, has great weapons and comprehensive decals incl. stencils I also float between scales and have nearly completed their 1/72 Mi-24 ( needs paint) My 1/48 will be a Cypriot National Guard machine in the last three tone sand scheme. It will require some minor conversion as the CNG birds have shorter wing pylons and fixed undercarriage. I have already have a converted a 1/72 Has Mi-35P in all over dark grey so I want to do the other sceme in 1/48. I ha
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    G'day Tank, Thankl you very much, that was perfect. It will be the Zvesda 1/48 Mi-35VP (Hind F) cheers, Pappy
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    G'day Tank, Thanks for the reply. I cannot open the second pic but the Britmodeller pic suggest blacl but hardto say as the left side is in shadow. I never realised how hoard it was to get a pic of this area before now. If hope you find something in your Hind refs, cheers, Pappy
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    G'day people, I would like to know what colour the left sidewall immediately behind the pilot would be. This is is the 'access tunnel' between the main cabin and the pilot's cockpit. The right wall on the opposite side is dominated by avionics racks and is basically light blue. The pilot and gunner cockpits are all black but I cannot find a pic of the left side, it seems that photographers favour the more interesting right side, cheers, Pappy
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    G'day C2j, Thanks very much for your kind offer but I already have the kit decals Cool, thanks for the links, cheers, Pappy
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    G'day people I want to build a 1/48 Hog/Frog and I have the kit and necessary conversion skills, what I don't have are decals. Does anyone know of a current source for 1/48 UH-1C decals? I keep turning up dead links or out of production/stock messages. There was not a lot of choice to begin with and the few sheets that were produced have long since sold out cheers, Pappy
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    The boundary layer bleed air ducts were usually painted the same camouflage colour as the rest of the fuselage, I would also run a wash into them to represent the louvre openings Pappy
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    G'day people,Well after nine months of waiting, several e-mails and little to no response (apart from automated replies) I am happy to say that my replacement canopy finally arrived and it is flawless. Very happy 🙂 Pappy
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    G'day fellas, thanks for the info, especially the correct seat. I did not realise that the Testors kit is a re-pop of the Fujimi kit, that is very helpful, thanks very much! cheers, Pappy
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    G'day people, The 1/72 Fujimi A-7E kit is a little scarce at current time and I prefer not to to use the Italeri/HB kits. Is a conversion of the A-7D to A-7E feasible? I know that the USAF socket type AAR fairing would be left off in favour of the USN style probe and drogue bolted to the right side of the forward fuselage. The nose gear unit would be different due to the catapult launch bar (I am thinking an in-flight model so this could be a non-issue?) and I also think that the USN A-7Es had external wave guides on the rear fuselage, were there any other external dif
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    G'day Tim, I have now added a link in my previous reply. When I attempted to add an image all I got was the URL address and no image cheers, Pappy
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    Wot, like this Page 3, post #42 http://www.zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=29021&page=3 Sorry for the link, I cannot seem to get the images to attach to the message. I punched some discs out of some 'holographic" Christmas decorations. The decoration material is quite thin so I glue it to a sheet of clear packaging material using PVA glue and allowing to dry overnight first before punching the discs out Pappy
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    They may not be as warlike but how about a SUU-20 practice bomb dispenser or even an MXU-648 travel pod? Both of these stores were carried and the travel pod (whose design is based upon the old NAPALM bomb) was usually a canvas for the resident unit artist and could be quite colourful as it was hidden away in the weaps bay. It wouls certainly be quirky and different to all the other F-117s on the table? Pappy
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