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Getting closer to the end now. The ship will be in three colors, two shades of grey and red brown. I'm thinking of adding the typical linoleum brown on the decks of the superstructure and maybe a pattern decal on the flight deck. I've added a communications array with a protective deck section around the more sensitive areas of the bow to shield it from radiation effects when the main weapons are fired. There will be some re-enforcement braces added to the bow shield. A couple tail guns have been added on each side of the engineering area as well as t

No problem, I just wanted to point out that this was a different model B-52. It also appears that there are two different types of quail in the rack. If you look at the different color radomes the sides are different between the black and the grey ones.

Not that it makes a lot of difference, but I took this shot when we received our first "G" model at Ellsworth A.F.B. in 1971. Here's a "D' model making its way back to its reventment at U-Tapao after a mission during Vietnam.

Nice reflection of the main wheel on that dusty runway.

Basically the superstructure is from the kit but I did some modifications like the two level bridge shape, mover the smaller turret closer , cut down the funnel and turned it into a large missile launch platform, and added a small platform for a couple more sensors sitting on a piece of photo etch. Access ladders are being added to the three forward turrets, the quad guns, the corners of the side gun area and maybe a couple other areas where maint. teams may have to work. A few areas will have railings as necessary along with some airlock hatches, either vertically or on the deck.

Here's a new update. The bay doors to the parking and maint. area. There are two access doors, one on each side of the patch and another , smaller door on each side of the extended area. The upper access area to the main engine. Some of the defensive weapons. .On the top row are the quad pulse guns, one step below then are the smaller turret guns that slide into position on their rail system. . Under the ship, instead of having a permanent structure suspended under the, this class ship has two sensor units that can lower into

Sorry, I thought for sure that I put that part in. For the scale I would say in plastic 1/350th to 1/400th usually. I would like to try keeping future designs roughly in the same scale, but in the end I could probably use almost anything I can get. As far as the P.E. goes, just about anything may have a future use. I have even added a few armor parts metal gamming pieces and resin aircraft parts.

I'm looking for any spare and left over parts from warships, from destroyers to aircraft carriers and battleships. I'm also looking for any leftover photo etch that might be laying around, pieces, or sections of runners you don't want. Willing to pay a reasonable price.

I'll have some more pictures soon,. There have ben some real world distractions after me lately. I already have an idea for another class ship in the series.

In keeping with the series Star Blazers I decided to build my own Space Battleship Yamato. Unfortunately after I took a close look at the modifications they made for the series and decoded to abandon the project and just put my extra Yamato kit on the shelf. As things go I just couldn't let it go. Here I had a kit that I paid 30.00 dolllars for and ended up with a second box of parts from another kit. Eventually I got an idea, During the war the Japanese converted several types of warships into hybrids that could aircraft or in some cases took large ships and converted them into aircraft c

The only real C-46 I ever saw, courtesy of the C.I.A. and a broken engine.

The only shots I have are of a C.I.A. ship during Vietnam that made a emergency landing when it lost one of its engines.

I believe the Monogram kit was 1/400 scale when it came out. I used to have it but my Mother gave it away while I was on my first tour during Vietnam. I have only seen one or two since then.

If I remember right, my wife's brother said there was a fire on the Enterprise. He was on the Connie and said that they left some of the discolored area alone as a remindersince it wasn't in a vulnerable area. On his tour he had to do a double because their relief carrier caught fire. Wasn't there a conversion kit for the Tamiya kit to make it the original beehive version?

They also had a reflective stripe on the outside of the wing tanks that went from tip to tip with a break in the middle for the last three numbers from its tail.

I have the old vacuum kit and have partly started it. It would be in Air Force markings and I may have to make the landing gear myself but just might make it a in-flight model. Either way, the interior could be a problem. They also made a model of the C-140 aircraft which I just found. It should look good camouflaged like I saw them during Vietnam.

Ok. Excuse my ignorance, but I haven't been on the forum for a while now and don't know what your site is.

I know it's a lot tp ask but is there anything on the H-43 set? I used to have to fly with them on base recon/observation flight from the bases I was assigned to in S.E.A.

A long time ago my wife's C-130 returned with a mialigned crgo ramp and gound damage. M.A.C. HQ. sent a accident investigation team down to find out what happened. On its way the pilot of the T-39 reported a in-flight emergency. He was informed that the hard runway would be foamed and to put it down there. For some reason the pilot set the utility aircraft down in the grass between the dirt strip and the foamed one. This meant that M.A.C. had to send down two more teams , one for the Herk and the other one for the T-39 since the first team was now considered witnesses and could no longer

One of the weasel guys I talked to said they almost got a mig. They picked up a mig on their tail and immediately dropped their tanks and started evasive manuvers. At one point the G.I.B. reported he lost the mig but did see a ball of fire behind them. The only thing they could figure is that when the drop tanks fell away they can adopt a strange flight path of their own. It must have be very shortly after falling away one of them must have ended up in front of the mig who was too occupied chasing them in their big aircraft and didn't notice their problem until impact. They d

Even though I was a lowly enlisted swine, I knew a couple of 105 Weasel guys. Quite a bunch. In bad weather days over the target they would have to do it again each day, same approach, altitude and usually time until it cleared and they could strike. What a system. You don't think the enemy wasn't waiting for them? Not meaning to crash the thread but there was another group that had a hard jpb too, the F.A.C. guys. Imagine going out each day and trying to get shot at. I worked for a F-15 pilit who had racked up 900 combat hours in a 0-1 Bird dog.

EWhen I worked wing scheduling at Kadena in the early 80s we were told from on high to test the bombing capabilities of our Eagles using only the supplied on board equipment. When we told our three squadrons, they weren't overjoyed about this assignment but they got right to work on it. All results were sent to the pilots working in our office who sent them to the appropriate commanders. From what I was told, they did quite well for guys that never did air to ground work. This shot was taken during a airshow we had during a carnival for a local orphanage.

Good luck. They also had a reflective stripe along the outside of the wing tanks, from tip to tip. It had a yellow tint to it and I think was open enough in the middle for the last three of the tail number to show. It would have been a safety device so drivers could avoid hitting the tank.

I have one of those waiting to be built. Considering that these kits were put out in the early 70s at best and were designed to be done by kids, you have done very well. I also have one of the other types of fighter that have been produced recently and they go together easily. I discovered that the parts should be painted before assembly in most cases once you decide if you are going to be in flight or on the ground. I wish I could find these in a smaller scale, say 1/350th for a project I have in mind that I'll introduce later.

We have a "D" model on display at the airport. One day I decided to try to get some shots of the tail gunner's position and despite the signs to keep off I got onto top and took some shots of the wings and along its spine, but when I saw how much room there wasn't at the tail I gave up. It's a long way to the ground from that small area. Here's the shots of our display aircraft: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc4/ikar_photos/Bombers/scan0068-2.jpg]p://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc4/ikar_photos/Bombers/scan0066-2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] ot