Scooby
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I read through this once and haven’t read it a second time, I don’t think anyone has mentioned the gun door, Kinetic offers several options and you need to make sure you put the proper door on, this door runs along the bottom of the fuselage just behind the radome. On later Hornets there are different vents and antenna options, use the option with the cow udder.
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Looks quite nice……images posted here:
https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/2090005/
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1 hour ago, ya-gabor said:
It was an L-39 which lost its front canopy at the show. So this part of the statement is right! ?
Did the MiG-23UB also have an issue with the canopy? Based on the above photos, yes it did! So it seems that a lot of veteran ex East European birds are losing canopies. : ) : ) : ) It is my bad, did not know about this, but seen the Albatros "shedding" the front canopy. They were very lucky in both cases!
As for the accident at Thunder over Michingan. The canopy issue, if they had such before was certainly not part/cause of Sundays crash.
The fact that the ejection seats worked perfectly as designed is a tribute to excellent maintenance by the owner! Unfortunately many veteran jets fly with seats which are not operational!!! : ( : ( : ( It costs a lot of money to keep them fully in order! Some try to save on costs.
Best regards
Gabor
I didn’t say the other incident didn’t occur.During my last 8 years in the airforce I was an aviation accident investigator. I can assure you the investigation team will be looking at all previous incidents to see if there are any factors that could have led up to this accident.
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8 hours ago, ya-gabor said:
It was an L-39 Albatros which "lost" its front canopy, it’s not part of Dan Filers fleet of aircraft.
Best regards
Gabor
The Mig-23 lost half of its front canopy (not passenger as I originally stated) in the air at Oshkosh, I have images of it losing it in flight as well as when it landed after the canopy was lost.
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This jet had an incident at Oshkosh a week earlier, it lost the passenger side canopy while flying.
A friend of mine photographed returning to the airfield with the missing canopy.
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On 6/2/2023 at 8:36 PM, fasteagle12 said:
I can hardly ever find his site opened. I wish he could at least keep his products visible even if he wasn't accepting orders. There are several items in the Cobra line that I'd like to see if they were still available.
He did completely close it for a period of time because his wife died (cancer). He reopened May 2023. My understanding is he was caring for his wife up to her passing, which is why he was so slow getting orders out. -
Maybe Alf can give us an update on his Model Man Castle?
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On 3/9/2023 at 6:43 PM, Da SWO said:
Ironically, Museum leadership is primarily civilian. FWIW- I spotted a mistake on the MC-12 display and pointed it out to my friend (employed there) they had to change the display placard.
Some of the issues come from DC (IMO) there was a HC-130 that had the record for the longest flight by a prop driven plane, it went to the bone yard and was chopped up in 1996. The CSAF at the time wasn't friendly to non-fighter communities.
The B-26 on display has a placard that mentions it’s service in the RCAF. We never flew the B-26. Not sure if it still says that, I’ve visited the museum think on 26 different occasions and it was still there each visit. I did point it out a few times to volunteers. -
Wow, beautiful build.
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Wow, another stunner.
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Outstanding!
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Wow, stunning work. I was going to sell my Promodeler F-15E and replace it with a GWH F-15E but after seeing your build I think I will keep it.
Love the grease throwing off the control surfaces! I’m very familiar with that on our Hornets.
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Beautiful build! Just stumbled on this now!
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On 1/14/2023 at 1:32 AM, utley said:
Recently read in a magazine about a plastic WW2 bomber kit that was so detailed you literally had pieces for every stringer, stiffener, floor panel, keel, ribs, skin panel...etc from front to back, top to bottom. It was in the neighborhood of 800 some odd dollars...but for the life of me, I cant remember where to find it - much less what actual aircraft it was. Anyone have any inkling of what model I am referring about? Would really love to know and get a hold of it...thanks in advance!
You mean the 1/32 Border Models, ex-WNWs Lanc my wife bought me for Christmas.? 😛 -
Not sure why, I find this site has more fights than others and I spend less time here now because of it.
I don’t know what other sites do to prevent it.
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55 minutes ago, Colin K said:
Yup....one day I saw five HC Tutors on eBay. They will emerge quickly and some guys will try to get as much for them as they can. At this point, they are worthless. Oh ...and this new kit will definitely be under $100.
Good to hear they are going to be under $100, because my first order is going to be for 6 kits. -
3 hours ago, AX 365 said:
This kit I'd pay $100 Cdn for. For those hoarders of the ancient and lackluster Hobbycraft Canada kit who are asking stupid money ($100 - $200 US) for them - as if that's how they're going to fund their retirement - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Take that!
I sold three of them a few years ago, all went for over $250 US each. I listed them at a starting bid of $9.99. So the buyers are just as much at fault. And I honestly didn’t know at the time they’d be bid up that high. I just didn’t want to build them as they were too crude for my liking. I reinvested that money into 1/32 Tamiya Spitfires. I hope this doesn’t make me a bad person.I think it is pure greed though starting bidding that high. And it’s funny to see all the hoarders dumping them now. Hopefully not too many people get sucked in.
I was always hopeful Raymond would come through. I truly think this kit might be my Holy Grail.
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4 hours ago, habu2 said:
A USAF Block 40/42 F-16D with ASHM (rear HUD monitor) allowed the rear seater to act as a WSO and perform weapon delivery while pilot concentrated on flying. Several FSM customers (Israel and UAE specifically) have missionized cockpits to utilize a 2 man crew. Otherwise the 2-seaters are every bit as capable as a single seater, with slightly less internal fuel capacity.
In conventional visual fighting, yeah it is nice to have an extra set of eyes in the back. I used to ride the back seat all the time in a CF-18B, a mission we flew was the jet was clean (no pylons or tanks), we called the mission the Red Baron as we had the advantage. The CF-18B was also lighter because there wasn’t a tank in the place of the second seat.Often the second seat was empty because pilots don’t want to sit in the back, they want to be in control. So we’d get a PA over the hangar saying there was an empty seat for a Red Baron. I went as often as I could. I’d be the second set of eyes.
My last TD trip was to Tyndall AFB. Our pilots saw F-22s visually, they tried to engage, it wasn’t worth it as you can’t fight what you can’t see electronically. The F-22 and F-35 don’t need that second seat, because they have the advantage entering every fight.
And the F-35 has a computer that does the work of a WSO. Everything is simplified for the pilot’s decision making.
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I’ll probably buy half a dozen of these to start.
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Finally, I have known this for awhile. Originally it was planned as 1/32. I provided Raymond his first access to a Tutor many years ago.
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5 hours ago, Delanie said:
any idea what happened?
It kind of looked like some ground effect problem.
what is worrying however the news report mentioned that several of the ejection seats were found to have faulty parts, at least this guy's worked!
I think he lost power, his sink rate suddenly increased as he was descending. Could have been an FCS fault too, which would explain why the pilot decided to eject. He likely had no control.And as mentioned that puff of smoke before he lost power will be a key point of the investigation.
The ejection sequence probably preserved what is left of the airframe as that automatically shuts everything down. Which will help with the investigation.
And there is no warranty on the jet, but given it was still being flown by a test pilot it won’t count as a delivered jet.
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1 hour ago, niart17 said:
NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On Dallas Airshow Crash (msn.com)
In case anyone is interested in the truth and not premature speculations.
That comment is rather harsh. There are people here who have experience in accident investigations. In this instance, there were clear mistakes in this incident. I know when I witnessed the video I recognized gross negligence immediately, and I was shocked. And that negligence was not just with the Air Cobra pilot. The fact there wasn’t altitude separation involves multitudes of people and organizations. There is always a long chain of events that leads to any accident, it is never one cause factor. You break any link, the accident is prevented. -
4 minutes ago, 11bee said:
Good stuff Gregg. My son-in-law is with VAQ-141 out on the Reagan. If you come across any recent pics of that unit, feel free to rack 'em up!
I have a picture of myself sitting in the Captain’s Chair of the USS Reagan, the seat covers were stitched by Nancy Reagan. Not all Captain’s permit this, I was a rare guest who the Captain permitted to sit in the chair.
Tamiya 1/48 F-35B, kit 61125 coming in November
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In hobby shops in Edmonton, I passed on it, had one in my grubby hands. $139.99 Cdn.