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hello !
here is the last of reedoak small serie of F-16 pilots with JHMCS helmet and warzone equipped survival vest, without life preserver :
so, it is the third in the row
cheers
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On 3/7/2021 at 4:28 PM, Falconxlvi said:
Fantastic!
many thanks
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Hello !
We have here an USAF pilot calling PC. he is displayed in a F-16, but same gears are used in F-15. Survival vest and holster for deployment.
Will need to make the PC now, have to find slowly the outfits.
cheers
Norbert
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Hello !
here is Reedoak first USAF modern fighter pilot :
F-16 pilot, sitting, with survival vest, JHMCS helmet, pistol in holster, and without life preserver.typical for combat flights over dry aeras.
have a nice day !
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2 hours ago, quang said:
Except that Norbert is not a sculptor, he’s a scanner. He wouldn’t be able to do what he’s doing a few years ago just because the machinery he’s relying on didn’t exist. It’s like comparing an painter artist painter and his brushes to an instagrammer with his gopro.The Hobby Fan figure with its issues has more soul than any figure done digitally. Until they invent a button called ‘human touch’ . 😜
Cheers,
Quang
It would be better to make the comparison with painting and photography. Painting is an art, photography need an optical 2D machine but it can also be an art, which is different. Each has his technics, the pose and sight are very important. The story behind also. All need experience and know-how.
I admire what good figure sculptors are doing and I can spend money for their work...and my very first figures were hand sculpted for my own modeller use. It was a very good school and I often use this experience when I need to modify or complete surfaces until I do not see the difference with the scanned parts.
I respect your opinion about "human touch", but will differ to you here, No human touch in photography ?
I hope you will not mind negative, the Hobby-Fan figure is a great rendition of Robin Olds, you know it's him, and his eye sight is particulary well achieved.
Cheers
Norbert
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23 hours ago, Niels said:
Just placed my order, and excited for their arrival 😄
Many thanks Niels !
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Hi
In addition to the previous pilot hands on sticks, we converted our US Navy modern fighter pilot sitting 6 (RIO) to the JHMCS helmet.
cheers
Norbert
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On 1/16/2021 at 7:34 PM, Cool Hand said:
Your figures look amazing.
Do you have any plans to make these seated figures with HGU-55/P or HGU-68/P helmets with the MBU-14/P oxygen mask? These are needed for Tomcats and Hornets from the 1990's and early 2000's.
yes we have, but they will be entirely new figures
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1 hour ago, Niels said:
Norbert,
Will these fit equally well in the F/A-18A/B/C/D as the F/A-18E/F? I pressume it should with little adjustment as the seats are more or less the same, atleast have the same inclination 😉could not try with the E/F and legacy back seat, but since they all have Naces seat...
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52 minutes ago, RichardL said:Nice. I assume this is 1/48 scale?
Yes, in addition to 1/72 and 1/32, like all other Reedoak figures
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1 hour ago, Niels said:
This is great! Any plans for a RIO with JHMCS too?
shoud be done within a week or so
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hello !
We did a variant of our US navy pilot sitting 5 with a JHMCS helmet instaed of the standard HGU68 helmet
Here the RIO carries the standard HGU-68 helmet
and in the model :
cheers
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10 hours ago, GeneK said:
Nope, get the same message : Due to recent regulations we do not currently offer our products to European customers.
So to know what it is, EU regulation says a website has to say what is done with the collected datas, otherwise you risk some millions penalty and some years of jail. So since about one year, some US based websites block all EU access, in case it applies to them, or because they do not want to say what they do with the collected datas, or do not know what happens with the collected datas (using outsourced services)
Norbert
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Made some research on google. He did some other great memorial sculptures
Even if the MBU-12 O2 mask was not in service at this time...the most important is the memorial
cheers
Norbert
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Unfortunately, I can not enter the site, because of some s....d EU regulations...
The model looks realy great. we reconignize well the PCU-3 harness and the survival vest, the life preserver, etc..and over all, we recognize Robin Olds and his sight.
How is it that the model is not available to modellers so far ?
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hello !
After the pilot, wa have a RIO...that personnaly I finaly prefer to the pilot, even in pilots place... (US Navy post 2000)
at our usual scales, 1/32, 1/48, 1/72
cheers
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17 minutes ago, GeneK said:
Beautiful, as usual.
I hope that one of these days I may have the good fortune to see a Norbert thread that gives some love to USAF.
Gene K
Pandemic going back here, more chance to move...
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On 12/1/2020 at 7:10 AM, Niels said:
Nice! Any schedule for the release, aswell as order link please?
It's ready for order, at www.reedoak.com. The left hand is over the throttle, knowing this position may change from a kit to another
cheers
Norbert
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Hello !
We did another sitted mordern US Navy fighter pilot (post 2000), but hands on sticks this time.A bit more difficult to do, as the hands must be at the right place. Some had a sight at my "F-18 cockpit" in my mans cave...
cheers
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Hello !
As I was on the weight board operators, did one in a kneeling position, as often seen on the catapult area :
Cheers
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Here are the latest figures from Reedoak :
US Navy fighter pilot thumb up, and standing flight deck weight bord operator :
and a civilian race car gentleman driver, with tied at waist overall :
plus a magazine photoreporter : (and famous scale modeller, in our small french world...)
Cheers
Norbert
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there are also open exhaust in AFV blackhawk kits, the one with taiwanese SAR markings (bluehawk)
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7 hours ago, jenshb said:
Find a six-foot plus gentleman, dress him up like Robin Olds and pose like this:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/5840674491997106/
I delivered already one, but ww2 version, had to make our pilot a bit taller, was a special delivery.
But out of that, started to collect for the F-4. If you know how I can find a PCU-3 pilot harness...
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On 9/5/2020 at 2:51 PM, GeneK said:
Outstanding. Hopefully there will be a Vietnam era F-4 crew included.
I appreciate your artistry, as well as technical (casting) prowess. The Best.
Gene K
Many thanks Gene
Reedoak third F-16 sitted pilot
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Many thanks Niels ! For the scorpion helmet mount, have to find somebody who has one in Europe...and wait untill the end of this damn pandemic