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I don't usually pay attention to what others are doing. I have enough on my plate with the complications of my own designs. I feel very sorry for him. We were surrounded by very serious fires this year at same time. Only 1,000 meters away from us and we had no help from the fire department. Some firefighters died, and water bombers from other European countries were needed. We had to stop production for several days. Here's a photo of a Bell helicopter trying to “keep the fire at bay” as it flies over our house. Getting back to Fisher, the web

Yes, I see the problem. It's clear that it's not as simple as they sold it to you. I already knew about the Superheat website. To understand exactly what you want, and using his MAP, tell me which version you want to convert to 1/48. Because there may be other elements to change and I want to be sure to narrow down the work very well. Keep in mind that I'm starting with Trumpeter's F-8E in 1/32 scale. And that's where the changes for 1/48 scale must come from. Something exceptional can be done for 1/48 scale that isn't in 1/32 scale, but only to a very limi

DId you know the Fisher conversion to the RF-8A and RF-8G ? https://fishermodels.indiemade.com/product/rf-8a-photo-crusader-conversion-132?tid=3 The photographs are very small, but at first glance it looks like good work. Quite detailed. I would have gone into more depth, but I don't think the difference is worth it. What do you think? Didn't you mention it in your thread about the F-8 ? Javier Povedano Tecnikit.com

The emblems look fantastic. And since they're painted, they must be better than a decal. Great work. Whenever I can, I prefer to paint the emblems if they're not too complicated. I had decided to make the radar as part of the detailset serie. I have Russian radars for Sukhoi 27, 30, 33, and 35 in the store, but not as many for American ones. It is one of our specialties of the cold war, and it needs to be expanded. The one/s for the F-8 will join the ones for the F-104A and F-104C. The first radar of the F-8 series is a successor of this one. This m

That model is really very good. Clean and precise. Thank you very much for clarifying the market situation surrounding the F-8. So far, I have not seen any copies or replicas of Tecnikit designs on the market. And the quality I use is beyond the reach of cheap means of production. In any case, there are systems in place to prevent this or, at the very least, to make plagiarism obvious. When you refer to the nose, do you mean the entire radome, cockpit, and air intake block, or just only the radome? For that change, I'm going to need precise plans

Hi Rando: The F-8 was one of my favorites as a child because it was a “rare” aircraft. But I didn't realize the importance and extent of its reconnaissance squadrons until I looked up information for this change. And the truth is, it's impressive. And to be very clear, after seeing hundreds of photographs, I think the reconnaissance model is much prettier than the fighter model. As for the scale, I always start with 1/32. The logical thing to do is to make as much detail as possible and then reduce it. And yes, once they are done, they will be reduced to 1/48. Although

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I have news about your idea for the F-8 recognition model. We accepted the request from another modeler who was interested in us making the side missile mounts for other missiles and rockets. But we had to do some research to understand why he was right in saying that they are sold on the aftermarket but are not correct. After many hours looking at photographs and plans of the F-8, we have plenty of information regarding the change to the fuselage for the reconnaissance conversion. And the truth is that it's a very nice model. It gives the aircraft's lines a

Hello again !! As you can see, we are finally in the final stage of the J-58 engine. In this case, the 3D design of the afterburner, the deflectors, the injectors in the afterburner, and the last stage of the turbine. Other photograph shows the afterburner already finished and mounted behind the compressor, showing the nozzle. Several parts are painted white, as they need to be improved because they were not printed correctly to the quality we expect. The important thing is that you can see the quality of the surf

The Mig-25 will be another challenge. But luckily not because of excessive piping. 😅 For the Crusader, it could be done, but we'll start with the 8E. And once we have the highest quality details, we can move on to other issues. It will all depend on whether there are enough requests or if any customers support the project to get it started. And I would have to study the hierarchy of the models more closely in case there are other changes besides the shape of the fuselage. Now, if the bays for the cameras are made, our style would be to make the camera containers with th

As we reported in a previous message, it will not be possible to develop the Mirage IV in 2026 for reasons beyond our control. We intend to develop a 1/32 scale MIG-25 instead. What is in development, and in this case finally in the process of completion, are the J-58 engines in 1/23 scale for the Black Bird SR-71. This limited series, sold out in its entirety, required a year of work to achieve the cleanliness and results we were looking for. We provide the latest photograph taken this Tuesday with the seventh and final support system, hand-made by us, which this time has succeeded,

We continue to struggle with the J-58 engine in 1/23 scale. We never send models with printing process supports to customers because it's VERY easy to break fine details when are removed. Even knowing the pieces it happens to us sometimes. So we prefer to deal with the breakages ourselves and manufacture a new model immediately if necessary. With the J-58 the huge amount of piping and details is making it an enormous task to assemble support structures that always work without breaking in the printer and while are removed. However, we are very close. Meanwhile, we have received a

As you know, it had announced the preparation and launch of the Mirage IV in 1/32 scale as a major target in 2025 and 2026. Due to unrelated circumstances, we have received a notification from Dassault Aviation demanding the withdrawal of any product or use of the Mirage IV name. I have tried to raise a discussion on the terms of a possible license, but there seems to be no interest on their part. The message refers to the prohibition of the express use of the Mirage IV name and object but not other models. However given that we have partial parts of the Mirage IIIE, an

Hello Marc: I do not understand the meaning of the question. But the answer is: Ready to print: 82 In the printing tests: 2 In design: 6 There are also some other designs that have been put on hold and could be continued at a later date. Now in printing tets the J-58. This was the dummy_ Javier Povedano Tecnikit

While we produce the J-58 models, and finish the Mirage IIIE monographic and the J-79 engine, we announce that we are starting the Mirage IV project in 1/32 scale. https://www.tecnikit.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=page&id=31&language=en 😉 Regarding the price please read the description to understand the project. It will be far from 4 figures as has been speculated. For us, this is the least of the problems at the moment to deal with a development of this magnitude, and we cannot anticipate it until we have made sufficient progres