Kevan Vogler

I'm similar with regards to the F-15. There's something that the two seat models have that appeals to me that the singlke seat ones just don't have. I also prefer my F-15s with conformal packs on the fuselage. I think both things give an otherwise rather slab sided machine a bit of much needed curviness. When I look at a single seat Eagle, something in my mind always tells me there's something missing from it. I'm also like that toward the two seat Eurofighter. However, in that case, I just think from some angles that the two seat version looks a lot more aggressive and purposeful than the si

Tupolev Tu-134 Tupolev Tu-154

Hello all, Last week my girlfriend and I were in Hungary. While she was on business, I went about the business of visiting the Aeropark museum at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport. The Aeropark collection consists of a dozen or so aircraft spanning the history of Malev, Hungary's national airline, which went out of business in 2012. On the day I visited, a guide with quite servicable English was on hand and opened up most of the aircraft for cockpit tours. I very much enjoyed the visit and heartilly recommend it if you're passing through Budapest. Here's a sampling of the collec

Because you can never fully trust a helicopter. :lol:

I have a fair number of pictures of Czech Hinds in the current scheme in this album, if they are of any use I'm happy to help: http://imgur.com/a/Q5D0f/all DP Casper includes a Czech Hind on this sheet for 1/72: http://www.dpcasper.cz/obtisky72001.html HAD covers old and contemporary Czech Hind schemes in 1/72 on this sheet: http://www.hadmodels.com/matric%C3%A1k%20/rep%C3%BCl%C5%91g%C3%A9pekhez/1:72/72140_mi_24_matrica_172_1185 They do the same in 1/48 with this sheet: http://www.hadmodels.com/matric%C3%A1k%20/rep%C3%BCl%C5%91g%C3%A9pekhez/1:48%20/48109_mi_24_3hungarian_2_czech_147 And

Here's a couple of images I took of a Czech Mi-171 with the Pall PUREair box type particle extractor that's been available for the Hip since around 2009:

Being a bare metal finished aircraft with the symetrical era markings, I'd suspect the location is Cold Lake. So an AETE or 417 machine most likely.

I can relate to that! Only thing worse, educationally speaking, was a history teacher who didn't have a clue about putting things in proper context.

I got very selective about the news I view as the stories and style of most "reporting" done by "journalists" these days is enough to bring on nausea. I don't even mean that sarcastically.

I've seen quite a few pictures that show the landing gear legs painted the same colour as the underside of the aircraft.

Two good things could be said of the Academy Fulcrum kits: 1: They build relatively easily 2: They were a serious leg up on the old Monogram kit which was the only other 1/48 Fulcrum going at the time. That second point isn't saying much despite the fact that Monogram had far less available to work with than Academy in regards to reference materials.

Is it open to civil test aircraft?

As I recall, Leathart gets some mention in Lettice Curtis' autobiography: http://www.wingleader.co.uk/shop/lettice-curtis-her-autobiography/ I highly recommend it if you want to know more about the ATA and the female pilots in it.

It doesn't bother me to see mods who are quick on the trigger when they see the typical subjects that tend to send threads down in flames, or see the aforementioned well known provocative forum members feeding a fire in such threads. All I ask is that the moderating is consistent, predictable and even-handed. I've left well known forums because the moderating was half-hearted and slow to react, particularly in the "General Discussion" sections. One forum, which I'll refrain from naming as they still exist, were so slow in reacting to blow ups in their general discussion section that a huge a

That's the Bell 412HP of the Department of Energy. Registration N411DE This website has a couple of pictures of it and says it's been flying out of Pasco, WA since September 24: http://www.helis.com/database/cn/38446/

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

The picture of the Hellenic F-16 has has reminded me how dependant on the nation/service the aircraft is being used by. The Belgians let their Vipers, particularly their trainers, get grubby enough that it might well be worth some heavier wheathering in places were you building a model of one of theirs. Here's a selection of their F-16s I've photographed from a variety of distances: Even up close, not every panel line is defined. In fact, most seem to be indicated by a slight contrast in paint in their general area rather than a build up of gunk within them. Staying with the exa

As with much else, the whole preshading thing is a fad. It has come and it will go. The Spanish School of model finishes has been mentioned, but some may also remember there was the Belgian School as well. We've seen the fad of weighted tires come and then taper off. Everyone had to have them even if it meant your model looked like someone had come along and slashed the tires. Thankfully, I see less of those these days and the ones I do see have been made with greater care. What bugs me is when I see someone modelling a plane with finishing techniques developed for armor subjects. The two t

Nope, it's a torpedo. you can see the empty shackles on the side of the helicopter. The Sea King carried its sonobuoys internally and launched them from a spot on its belly just ahead of the tailwheel.

A bit of MiG-31 abuse I stumbled upon recently: net photo

The "cannon rounds" are the least of that image's woes. The perspective is right out the window in every way. The nose narrows far too much and so is unrealistically pointy. The engine air intakes are too wide. The exhausts are too far from the fuselage and there wouldn't be flames shooting out as the CF-100 had no afterburners.

Nope, just the original Tsukuda box art: net photo

This has me thinking back to something once said to me on the subject by a former colleague who had spent time as an infantryman in the British Army. Basically, he likened a well trained and conditioned frontline foot soldier to a professionally trained, world class athlete with combat skills thrown into the mix. He gave me quite a detailed rundown of the weekly and even daily physical training they were put through, a good deal of it in full combat gear, just to keep the conditioning up once they had achieved it. At the time he left the service, there was a ban on women in front line comb

I visited Kbely in June of this year and that aircraft looked the same as in the picture you posted. Mind you, that condition seemed to be the standard for the bulk of Kbely's outdoor collection. Their Vietnamese F-5 was particularly frail looking, it seemed set to fall apart if you sneezed within ten metres of it.

I feel your PB pain. I also find that PB links better to some sites than others, it's really inconsistent. Continuing problems with PB is why I switched to imgur a year or two ago. It's not perfect, but free membership gives you decent storage space and good control over how and with whom you share your albums. I've never had a single pop up ad there in two years of using it for free.