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I've a feeling I might be asking quite a few questions of this group...
I'm making the CH-46E in this image, from AOA :
The rotor blades are pretty worn, but what I don't know is what colour they wore down to. It is metallic, or grey?
Any help is appreciated
Jon
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46 minutes ago, andyf117 said:
Front aircraft here:
Fantastic - thank you!
Jon
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1 hour ago, Dave Roof said:
Send me an email : flyingleathernecks@att.net
Much obliged - will do!
Jon
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Hello,
I'm starting Academy's 1/48 CH-46E today and will be using the AOA decals to model 157664 EH-03. AOA supply three great photos of this airframe, but they are a little small and only partial on the left side. I've done quite a lot of Googling, but not come up with any more images.
Is anyone aware of any more photos of this airframe from the 2006 USS Bantaan deployment with HMM-264? Just looking for more references.
Many thanks for your consideration
Jon
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17 hours ago, eraucubsfan said:
A few options -
I think this is a J2F-6 but a cool scheme nonetheless
That is a -6. This is an interpretation of the original scheme - there's at least one more (e.g. with floats in blue). There is a photo of the original airframe kicking around. 8563 also wore a different silver scheme earlier in its life.
Jon
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On 7/28/2020 at 9:54 PM, Chris D said:
Any chance for the one J2F-2 Duck on Midway Island during the Battle of Midway? Photographs are limited, but it was the blue over gray early war scheme, with the rudder stripes most likely painted over. It is almost certainly Bu no. 1209. And since it was a station aircraft, rather than a squadron aircraft, It would have NAS Midway Island written on the sides.
I don't have the Bu no, but the last aircraft out of Bataan was a J2F-4 Duck, assigned to Patrol Wing 10 (it was a wing aircraft, not assigned to either of the squadrons).
The only difference between the versions of the J2F was the engine (all different versions of the R-1820 Cyclone), so the Merit kit would work for all versions with minor modifications. You could probably use the kit cowling cover for the -1 through -3 by cutting off the back at the rivet line so that it doesn't cover the exhaust piping and at the front so that it doesn't extend in front of the cylinders. For the -6 you would need to remove the carburetor intake from the top of the nose and fill in the cutout in the cowling. The only one that you would really have to fudge it on were the -3 which had a different fuselage interior as they were built as transports for senior officers.Chris
The -6 also had a different front fuselage behind the cowling and the cowling itself was different to the earlier variants. None of the 1/48 kits have it correct. It's not widely remarked upon (e.g. not mentioned at all in the Ginter book) but obvious when you start comparing photos of -5s and -6s.
Jon
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2 hours ago, KursadA said:
Interesting, because I click on them and get the PDF file immediately. Could it be a problem in your system/browser not being able to view PDF files?
Works for me too.
Jon
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42 minutes ago, KursadA said:
While I received some photos to help with the design for this option, none of them show the rear area and I can't tell whether it had the drag chute housing or not - sorry.
No problem and thanks for the answer. Looks like such a great scheme I'll get the sheet anyway 🙂
Cheers
Jon
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On 8/30/2015 at 4:52 PM, balls47 said:
Ditto on the 45TRS Polka Dots. I have a good friend whose late father was an RF84F pilot for the 45TRS in the mid-50's. He sends me photos all of the time of his dad and his RF-84F. The airplane is has some really great markings. The pilot's name, Lt. Martinez has his name on the canopy sill. His wife's name is also on the front end of the fuselage. If this guy knew that Caracal was looking for photos of this specific RF-84F, he would flood me with photos. I don't know if any of the RF-84F's were painted in camo like the regular F-84F's, but this airplane is NMF. Let me know if there is any interest, and I will make the necessary contacts for photos and info specific to this airplane. Thanks, Tim
This poster has not been on ARC since 2017, so I don't think I'm going to get any joy, but did any of the photos he had get posted or published anywhere?
I would like to buy this Caracal sheet and make 'Cilda' but I need to know if this aircraft had the large drag chute housing or the smaller ventral keel? I think it probably had the larger housing, but 45th TRS polka-dot aircraft had both kinds and I'd like to be sure. I don't fancy converting the Tanmodel kit to remove the large chute housing as that's already proving enough of a ballache on the Kinetic F-84F I'm backdating...
Many thanks for any help
Jon
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6 hours ago, sierrascale said:
Thanks, that saved me some money. When a new uber-kit comes out, I try to get the older kits at a steep discount. In this case, this is a big "NOPE"!
Oh, and it's a fantastic build article. I appreciate your candid descriptions of your kit struggles. I'm usually much too frustrated to write mine down, and if they get to a certain level, I just bin the kit (sometimes with a cathartic stomping into the basement floor) and move on to another.Thanks 😊 Glad I saved you some cash!
Jon
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I've built the HUK-1 and have the HH-43B. The sprues are all different. The rotor blades look very similar if not identical. It should be described as a new tool in my view; I can't see any commonality.
Jon
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1 hour ago, Solo said:
A-10 from GWH? Good joke.
Maybe. Maybe not.
Jon
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4 hours ago, GeneK said:
Excellent article, Jon ... and beautiful outcome.
Gene K
Thanks Gene 😊
Jon
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4 hours ago, falcon91352 said:
Nice built from the old Kinetic Kit, btw.!👍
Thank you 🙂
Jon
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7 hours ago, 305swag said:
Was the old tooling bad?
Yes, e.g. https://jonbryon.com/kinetic-1-48-lockheed-general-dynamics-f-16b-fighting-falcon/
Jon
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Pleasure. I spent a lot of time on Google when I was making mine...
Jon
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OB-924 (44-93224) is usually drawn without red areas. Below are photos I believe from 1950.
OB-999 is also usually illustrated in the same manner:
44-33939 did have the red areas. The same photos are variously captioned from 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1952 depending on the publication. According to http://usafunithistory.com/index.html, the 4th RS was based in Guam until September 1949 when it relocated to Hamilton, California, which possibly casts doubt on the June 1948 date for these pictures.
I think OA-10s were redesignated SA-10s in 1948.
Jon
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4 hours ago, Paul Boyer said:
But I think (?) that "FRISCO-F" was a Navy PBY-5A. The Air Force's OA-10 that I'm thinking of had insignia red, yellow, and some blue color. Was it the same?
If you mean this airframe, it's the only one I can find marked up as such. All the other photos I could find for other airframes did not have the red, but I'm limited to what can be found on the internet.
This is the Revell 1/48 kit in the scheme provided in the box, although it's so inaccurate all the markings are masked and airbrushed.
Jon
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Thanks guys. This is encouraging!
Jon
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I see that Trumpeter have announced a 1/48 Mi-4 to be released in June. I also see that Trumpeter made the same subject in 1/35 all the way back in 2004, which makes it a pretty early Trumpeter kit.
On the assumption that the 1/48 version will be based off the 1/35 model, what was the general consensus on the 1/35 kit in terms of accuracy?
Thanks
Jon
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13 hours ago, Tigerfan112 said:
I think you need to go back to school and learn how to read English, my friend. I'm done trying to explain it to you
14 hours ago, ya-gabor said:believe theres is very little sense in deviating from the modelling subject and exchanging views with you. But if you want we can continue in person at the Moson Show 2022 in three weeks time. I will be there and I write my views under my real name so people can find me there! : ) : )
Best regards
Gabor
I'm sure you don't need the affirmation Gabor, but I can confirm there's nothing wrong with your English comprehension 🙂
Best
Jon
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Really excellent work as always.
I'm glad to hear the kit goes together well. I plan on making the E version later this year. I'm thinking of filling the panel lines and using resin rivets to change the surface detail.
Jon
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4 hours ago, Niels said:
With the new sprue specific for the Cheetah D, it looks promissing judging by this photo
858 | Atlas Cheetah D | South Africa - Air Force | Timothy Brandt | JetPhotosLooking at the sprues of the Cheetah D, it seems possible to make a Kfir TC12 aswell 🤔
Thanks.
Jon
Another CH-46 question: rotor blades
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Thanks. That what I would have thought, but a CH-46 mech on FB has just informed me it should be metallic, so I'll go with that.
Cheers
Jon