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I used Aeroclub white metal detail bits on mine, that included metal prop and spinner, nose gear leg, exhausts and seats. Stuffed the nose like you did, and she sits on 3 wheels but if you tip her back she'll stay back. I even put slivers of lead in the wings infront of the wheel wells. Enjoy... Roy

Lots of questions and their answers here.... http://www.carrierbuilders.net/forum/index.php?showforum=29 The GB seems to have finished, but if you don't have answers you need, post your questions there. Or email me, I have a good contact from CVN-68..... Roy Edit; I also heard about 'a senior' F-14 pilot who was seriously disciplined over kickbacks and not billing the movie company for all the flight hours. Don't know for sure how serious it was. A famous name if you followed the Tomcat story from the beginning, and he and his F-14 appear in the movie.......

WHOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

decals for this..... :huh:

My Italeri KA-6D (can be built as a A-6A from the box) http://s102164210.onlinehome.us/forums/ind...73entry503573

baggage pods. Viggen pit. F-14 that goes together as easily as Hasegawas old mould kit and has a cockpit as good as Italeri's (even that will do) and accurate, fine engraved lines...... more Irish decals, more Swedish decals.... Turk, Greek, Jap and German current F-4 decals.

Is Lacquer thinner the same thing as we call cellulose thinner, or more like white spirit? I've used Xtracolour thinned with white spirit and a couple of drops of cellulose to good effect, tried thinning it with straight cellulouse recently (to speed up drying time and reading how some get good results with lacquer thinner) and got serious orange peel effect. I normally use Humbrol thinned with Humbrol brand thinner (and the few drops of the cellulose) which smells more like white spirit than the more potent cellulose, as does testors thinner. What is lacquer thinner?

Here's the link to the previous posts on the Italeri kit, and a piccy of my KA-6D..... http://s102164210.onlinehome.us/forums/ind...73entry503573

Thanks folks, just what I needed! Roy

Started the Matchbox AH-1G as a sanity build, but the instructions are from the reissue under Revell, giving RAL numbers that I know nothing about. Dunno yet which one to do, but figure both are too early for the HELO DRAB scheme that looks almost black, would Marine Green be close? FS numbers or Humbrol numbers would help. Also assume HU145 Gull Grey for the cockpit? Cheers, Roy

Shameless bug in here, Looking for the Sageburner F-4 and the C-1 Trader parts from another set. If anyone is buying will put a bit towards them, or trade the F-100 twoseater for the first and the TA-7C for the second..... Roy

Thanks for the nice words, glad you like them. Tried a little subtle weathering, the photos of the real birds show them to be fairly clean. Used a very thin mix of Humbrol gloss service brown and gloss dark grey, applied with a small brush in spots, then swept back in the direction of airflow with a large flat brush. Pretty pleased with myself! Cheers, Roy

some more...

Just finished today, bar missiles which are not yet painted. Kits are OOB bar Aeroclub seats, didn't do any other detailing to the cockpits as these were intended as decal canvas rather than detail builds. Used the old Superscale sheet which was riddled with errors (USAF fonts which are totally different and the wrong size compared to the USN fonts). Replaced the Modex, Bu numbers, and ship name from a Scalemaster sheet, the US Insignia is from Bare metal decals, and the wing stripes are masked and sprayed. A bit rough, just like the real ones. Hope you like them.....

Liam, last time I checked Ennis was in the Republic! Chancer! :lol: Roy

Whoo hoooo! Good to be back.... Geat Video, thanks to my Sig other saw it last week, been bursting to share it on here, glad someone beat me to it!

A quote from the Irish Spotters email newsletter..... Hi yeawl, the F-14A tailplane which washed up on the beach made its way by road to Gormanston today,Friday.Its to be hangared there to be inspected by an insurance assesser & then returned to its owner or else destroyed.Hopefully this wont happen as it would be a great exhibit for an Irish Aviation Museum.So if anyone has a contact with such a museum maybe they should make enquiries before its too late.Its about 10 feet by 8 feet with the rudder attatched still. The U.S. Navy have confirmed that the tail is from an F

Hi Guys, Thanks for the response. Yes, I got the whirlybits conv set, as yourself, I need a set for the Dauphin, although I got a nose from a member of this forum. Thanks for the pic, I think that's from the Max Decals site. If either of you are interested, pm or email me if you want to share info on Irish Air Corps birds. Cheers, Roy

Hi all, Just got a conversion set for the Airfix Puma to build an Aerospatiale SA-330J, as used by the Irish Air Corps for approx 1 year in the early '80s, problem is I don't know enough about the Puma to figure if this version is much different from the Westland built version the kit offers. I have the larger sponsons, nose radar and floatation gear, my problem is the cabin. I can't find any pics online of the sole IAC bird's inside, bar one that is during a maintainance and is bare. Should I even worry about this? Also, does anyone know of a pic of the cabin of the SA-365F Dauphin? Cheers

Great idea! I've being doing something similar for CVW-8 Nimitz 1975-1987, for about ten years. Still not even halfway there..... How about sending some pics to neu over on carrier builders when your done? break break Grey Ghost 531 Hows bout this for RF-8? (Yes, I know the stripes should be black...) Falcon conv set, Hasegawa kit.... Didn't the Nimitz Det cross deck to Coral Sea for Op Eagle Claw?

Hi, I have the Matchbox F-14A and it is representative of one of the first 12 prototypes, large fences and glove fairing. I am also building it as the first prototype and plan to display it next to VX-9s F-14D, the last Tomcat built. It takes a lot of work to hide the 'Matchbox-ness' look of it, but the shape is ok and if you are so inclined, the hasegawa forward fuse is a good fit on it! The decals are pretty good (for their day) for VF-2 and VF-32, but the VF-142 option is pointless. I dunno if the bu. numbers are genuine though. As mentioned, Airfix original issue came with nice decals f

For those who are interested, here is (a not good) pic of the Falcon RF-8G on the Hasegawa kit, still did'nt get the radome right though.

Cheers, guys. Roy

Yes, you do get XM607 in both old and new issues. The new issues includes decals for XH558, and smaller decal placement/painting guide compared to the old one. I used a combination of Milliput and wet rag, and Humbrol filler and nail varnish remover, on the wing/fuse joint of mine, only light sanding was then needed, so no panel detail lost there, but I did sand/file down the mating surfaces first. Ditto the forward fuse joint, where i used NO filler, just sanded out the seam after it was glued with copious amounts of liquid poly. The intakes were a bear, but I actually spent more time mask

Trying to find a Hu match for PC10, upper colour of RFC WW1. IPMS Stockholms website charts say a mix of 163, 108 and 33. Went to LMS yesterday but no 108, no rack space on the display either so assume it is discontinued (please no..). Does anyone know another way to get this PC10 using Humbrol? Cheers, Roy