Kevan Vogler

I quite agree with that, plus the addition of Winchester helped a lot; he was a great foil for Pierce and Hunnicutt. For me, some of the best parts of the latter part of the TV series were when Winchester got the best of Pierce and Hunnicutt in the joke department; he could dish it out as well as he could take it and his return shots were usually more refined and polished than Pierce and Hunnicutt's frat boy tactics. The problem with the TV series version of Frank Burns was that he was more caricature than character and there was very little ever done to humanise him or allow the audience to

I can't imagine so considering the other aircraft the South Vietnamese were provided. The F-104 was quite advanced from both a servicing and piloting standpoint compared to the A-1 Skyraider, A-37 Dragonfly and F-5 and T-28 that they did get. Giving the South Vietnamese the F-104 would have been like when the Saudis and Kuwaitis got the English Electric Lightning. They never would have got a single one off the ground without foreign contracted help.

I'll have to go 50/50 with you on that one. The first one you mention is just about the most unwatchable episode they made, there's so much Hawkeye in it that I can't sit through it. The one where Henry goes home though, really is one of the more touching and emotional ones. I think it's because the writers didn't tell anyone how it would go until they gave Gary Burghoff his lines moments before he had to deliver them. That was so real because you knew the actors didn;t expect it either.

It's been a while since I watched M.A.S.H. so I don't recall any episodes specifically by title. I generally recall enjoying it more prior to Alan Alda getting the amount of control he did over production and turning it into his own personal soapbox. Too many of the later episodes were too Hawkeye centric for me. My feelings toward the TV series also changed a lot once I got around to reading the novel and seeing the original film based on it. In a lot of ways, I could see why Richard Hooker wanted to dissociate himself from the TV series.

The F-16XL two seater (75-0747) actually did have a Heater-Ferris scheme applied to it in the early-mid 1980s for a time. There's a couple of pictures of it to be found in this pdf file about the F-16XL: F-16XL info

Another NO here. I used to be a member of the FSM forums and pulled out of them permanently after one too many dust ups that were political at their core. If I want to see politics; I'll turn on the TV and watch the news, not come to a forum related to one of my free time pursuits.

Red bull's hangar is a private vehicle and plane collection not a museum, but can be interesting to visit depending on what's on display at the time you go. As most of what the collection has is runnable, they do rotate things in and out of the display hangar on a regular basis. You might want to take a look at the Stiegl brewery and museum if you like beer: My link You mentioned a trip to Vienna wasn't out of the question for you. If that's the case, then definitely try to get to the air museum at the Zeltweg air base: My link

AMK would make sense and it would be a good follow up to their 1/48 L-29 Delfin kit.

Going by this thread, it's likely one of six Magisters kept at Beaver County Airport and quite possibly made by the Finns: My link

That's a pad of paper he's holding, you can see pen between the fingers o his upper hand.

Not sure, but it would be worth contacting them to inquire.

The reasons that Hobby Boss put pictures of the real model on their 1/72 "Easy Assembly" kits and why Revell, Humbrol, Revell and a few others put finished models on their boxes for a time were different. Hobby Boss wanted to show what was possible with what came in the box and were quite honest and open in their marketing of that series of kits to younger/novice builders. They are giving a realistic and achievable goal to inexperienced builders rather than a knockout piece of artwork that novice skills could likely not match. There is a logic behind why they did it that way. As I recall, t

The main Liberator is a mess, particularly through the fuselage. It's like the artist was trying to stress the depth of the fuselage in the wing area but thinned it too severely aft of the wings; I don't thing the real aircraft tapered that drastically through the aft fuselage to the tail. I'd also say the cockpit canopy area looks decidedly undersized for similar reasons. I'd say the artist got tunnel vision concentrating on the deep belly/bomb bay area and neglected to proportion the rest of the fuselage accordingly.

Nice stuff! The L-39 is a slick looking bird. Even living in the country that made them I don't see them as often as I'd like. Last I heard, MPM is planning ot put their 1/48 L-39 kit back on the market in updated form. Part of the updates include injection molded clear parts to replace the vac formed ones which yellowed so badly in the box. That MS.760 Paris is something special. There can't be too many of them around I imagine, apparently four of them were imported to the US.

You might see some plastic warping, but I think adhesive hold would be a bigger concern as some glues don't take extremes of temperature well and the joints they hold get weak.

It looks more like it might be a mock up of the artwork to test it for fit and appearance. There seems to be a lot of black tape running around the edges and the artwork itself looks like it might have been printed on regular paper and given a spay of water just enough to hold it to the fin. Also, the text on the base of the fin is on a plain white background which looks quite crude against the aircraft's paint. Very likely they are like that just for positioning and mock up purposes prior to finalisation of the design and commiting ink to decal film. I can't imagine a publicly viewable vers

I cut my modelling teeth on Matchbox kits and still get nostalgic for them. The real charm of Matchbox for me was that they weren't afraid to make kits of some quite unique and less mainstream subject matter, like the Wellesley, Stranraer and HS-125. Right now, I have their 1/72 Percival Provost T.1 on the go but am taking a great deal more care with it than I did when I first built it at around seven years old.

Oh no! My modeling room, should I be fortunate enough to have one again, shall NEVER know carpet. A throw rug that can be easily picked up and shaken out perhaps, but never full carpet. The carpet monster will be persona non gratia in any modeling room of mine.

Paint it Soviet cockpit green/blue... They said it was supposed to be relaxing...

Apparently, this past Sunday, Sir Christopher Lee passed away in hospital. His family kept it private until today. Link What can you say for a man whose extensive volume of work speaks volumes for him? I can only hope that should I make it to my 90s, I will have all of my faculties together just as this great man did. For his military service, I will remember him when I wear a poppy this year. For the entertainment he brought us, I thank him immensely and doubt we'll see another of his like any time soon. Thank you, Sir Christopher.

I love it when they throw big birds around like that. The take off reminded me very much of a 727, they could do an impressive near vertical climb on take off as well.

Red Bull takes seriously good care of their planes. They had the Mitchell at another show in the Czech Republic a few years ago and it was in full view as they did the pre flight walk around and checks; the word "meticulous" is barely adequate to cover how they went about their tasks. I also got quite close up to the Mitchell in 2010 when I visited the Red Bull hangar in Salzburg. That's a crazy degree of polish they achieved on it; mind you, all of their aircraft with natural metal areas on them have that degree of shine.

Thanks a lot, Marv. That means a lot considering that I don't work with a DSLR rig of any sort.

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It is indeed modeled after the 311 Squadron Liberators. The Czech air force's 22 Wing, which the hind squadron belongs to, has 311 Squadron as their historical patron unit. As such, it's quite appropriate that they should do up one of their aircraft in this way. Though the particular Liberator that the Hind is painted to mimic, EV953, came to a rather undignified end when it was written off after a landing accident in Prague. I'm sure, however, that the ironic nature of the Czech sense of humour most certainly made that choice intentional.