Alex.B

Always nice to see the elegant lines of a Mirage. i remember building the two seater version of the Matchbox kit when I was a kid

Just finished my interpretation of the classic 1/72 Airfix kit from the 70s.. well actually from 1969 according to Scalemates This has been a simple build, but with a challenging paint job, as almost everything has been sprayed on. Decal usage has been minimum because they were simply disintegrating.... so the only decals are the "E", the Squadron insignia on the fuselage side, "US NAVY" and the small white "0331" on top of the tail. All the stripes, roundels, fuselage letters and numbers, etc has been airbrushed with custom masks I made from Tamiya masking sheets with a

First of all let me say how much I appreciated that you took the time to upload and share these very nice pictures. Then, yes, here the inner part of the flaps is red. This should be a R4D-8, do you think it was the same in an older R4D-6?

...and that was the only certainty I had 😂 Thanks for going through that rabbit hole alongside me 😁 Anyway, same here for me, I'm not able to find a decent shot of a Dakota parked with flaps down. At this point Zinc Chromate Green or FS36440 as the upper and lower side of wings seems to be the two most plausible options. But I'm opened up to other suggestions!

A reprint of the 1/72 version would be nice too...

I'm building a USN R4D-6 based in Keflavik during the 60s. Do you guys know what color where the Dakota's flaps inside? I mean here: And even more, do you know if there were some differences in this part between the various versions (C-47, DC-3, R4D...)? My bet would be Interior Green, but I'm not able to find a reliable source to confirm this assumption.. Thanks!

First thing that came to mind was a fire fighting system... but I didn't know that was a service carried out by USAF too

I recently came across a video of a kind of spraying device mounted on the left side of a USAF C-130, something I've never seen before. Do you know what is it?

You guys are AWESOME!! But... no way.. I’ve just realized that in the first picture of my original post (the Airfield map) is clearly written which parking spots were made of PSP 😅 You can see the writing “steel mat standings”, indicating the square spots along the taxiways… So I suppose the airfield was built with a certain number of concrete or tarmac parkings, and then more were added using PSP

I'm about to start building a couple of Mustangs and one will be the hyper-famous P-51D OldCrow, flown by Clarence Anderson out of RAF Leiston in 1944. As I want to put it on a base like most of my models, I'm trying to figure out what will be the most accurate way to do it. There are a lot of pictures of 357th FG aircrafts at Leiston that show them parked in an open space on PSP/Marston Mat. But then, browsing through Bud Anderson website, I've found a very interesting page with pictures and diagrams of the airfield, and in one is even clearly written where the Ol

Even better than Aqua Gloss? I’m asking because it’s supposed to be made exactly for metallics.. from a brand that produces one of the best (if not the best) range of metallics available…

That's nice and interesting being asymmetrical.. thanks!

BTW... what about the internal intake color? In these pictures looks almost white, while in other I've seen seems to be very dark, almost black. Any more info on that?

Hi everyone, I'm trying to find some infos for the upcoming Hornet GB. I'm gonna build a VFA-192 Legacy Hornet, assigned to USS George Washington in 2008-2009. In that timeframe the carrier conducted various exercises in the Pacific, like the Talisman Saber in 2009 with the Australians. So what will be a realistic loadout for a Legacy Hornet not in wartime? I was thinking about 2 x AIM-9, 2 x AIM-120 and 2 gas tanks. Any other suggestions?

Yeah I know that ☺️, bad choice of wording.