Scooby

Very nice build! Really enjoyed the progress pictures and will use it as a reference for my own build.

I picked up my 1/48 Revell USA SR-71A at the local shop today, unfortunately it was missing the instructions and decals. I can't say this has happened to me in the past. I emailed Revell Germany with a copy of my receipt for instructions and decals, hopefully I hear from them soon. I was redirected from the Revell USA site to Revell Germany, so it looks like the correct process.

I must of misunderstood your post, I thought you posted images of the 1/72 set you were trading for his 1/48 set. I thought he was very lucky to find a trader. But you two are still lucky, each having a 1/48 set. I waited too long and they sold out. I was actually in line buying direct from David when the person in front of me bought the last sheet. That close.

What you need to worry about is when someone retracts a bid then bids $1.00 lower than your max bid, that is the buyer getting your max bid with a second account. I saw that all the time in the early days of eBay. I used to know by looking at the bid history if the seller had a second account to jack bids, the same seller would be bidding on all his auctions to raise the sale, this was also a way a seller could avoid listing charges by starting at a low starting bid then using the second account to raise the minimum sale price. eBay knew sellers were doing this. What did they do? T

That is what I do too, go 1 cent higher.

Yes, when I was onboard the 225 it was very apparent there was a lot of titanium, the floors on the flight deck flexed as I walked on it. Can’t say I ever experienced that before on any other aircraft. Thin but strong flooring.

Yes, that scheme. The Academy decals would work for me too if anyone doesn’t plan on using them.

I have a complete sheet if you are still looking for one.

Hi all, Looking for these decals, particularly the Ukrainian Demo Team, I was involved with their North American tour in the 90s. Thanks, Scoob

I’ve purchased a lot of products from this same person, he is a great guy. Before the invasion he’d ship with Ukrainian candies and a thank-you card for my business. I purchased Foxbot Su-27 Ukrainian markings and masks. My co-worker Zoia is from Kyiv, so I always gave the candies to her. I pray for his safety. Zoia’s mom, brother, and brother-in-law are still in Kyiv, her mom would not leave and the others stayed to fight. He sister and sister-in-law and their small children are in Poland. She is trying to get them to Canada.

Fabulous build! This will be my guide and my inspiration for my own build. Gary

Update to my previous post, apparently the second 225 is located 30 Km away at Sviatoshyn airfield, the above report is not correct in regards to where it is located.

This might be good news in regards to the second Antonov 225, which is 70% complete: “However, the concrete hangar in front of the wreck – where the second, unfinished airframe of the An-225 is reportedly housed – appears to be standing, despite numerous holes in its walls.” https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30653-russian-forces-retreat-from-antonov-airport

The second 225 is 70% complete and it has a complete wing. Only hope it has escaped damage. https://adventuresinhistory.info/where-is-the-worlds-second-antonov-an-225-the-construction-of-which-was-never-completed/

Where did you read the second unbuilt 225 was destroyed? The aircraft wasn’t located in the same airfield and is 70% complete. I'm hoping it is intact and gets finished when this is all over. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/antonov-an-225-kiev-ukraine/index.html

And shockingly they selected the F-35, tens years late though. Hopefully they don’t do something to fudge the contract and revert to the Lada (Gripen). Putin is the greatest seller of the F-35 in the airframes history. Nice to see you back, really miss you on Facebook too. But I’ve sort of taken a break from it too, can get tiring with all the conspiracy theorists who flock there. Hopefully you move into a big castle soon and can resume full scale modeling again. Are you waiting for the price of plexiglass to drop so you can install custom built display cabinets?

Man, you two are a lucky pair!

Nose radome is also the early green scheme. Happened often when the nose radome was swapped back and forth with the recce nose.

You never lost your freedom, no one was forced to get vaccinated, Ukrainians lost their freedom.

At 5% thinning this person will definitely have spiderwebbing.

There is one Russian registered 124 that has been seized by the Canadian government, it is currently parked in Toronto.

I too sat in the cockpit in 1990, we had it and the two Ukrainian Mig-29s as our guest at our airbase for the North American tour, I’ll never forget how thin the titanium floors were and how much they flexed.

I keep hoping (since 2019). It’s gotta be close soon.

Awesome build.

The National Film Board has a film on the development and construction of the first Argus aircraft. I can get it free on my smart TV, rather old film but great footage and information on the first aircraft coming off the production line.