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It looks pretty good. What colors would it be painted and what kind of paint?

Yeah, Yeah, learn patience. How long will that take?

Looks great! How big is that beast and where is it?

Don't worry about the clean look of the aircraft. Kadena had a framework at the inland end of the flightline where aircraft would sit with their engines running while jets of water washed them down. At the end of the process they would taxi to their parking spot and shut down. It was wide enough to fit two eagles side by side with no problem.

I've got a model of a "A" model from the 318th FIS that carried a anti-satellite missile. I think I remember that they were going to be the only squadron to carry this weapon. Needless to say, it never happened or didn't last long. On a slightly different cruise missile note, our squadron was assigned escort duties for a B-52 that was going to test shoot a cruise missile across part of Canada and the US to impact in the Atlantic and be retreived bya sub. As briefed, green peace was there with two hot air balloons with a large net stretched between them in an attempt to catch the missile an

That's a good thing. Can you imagine a pilot explaining the a crew chief or the other way around that the ship felt squooshi on landing?

When I was in wing scheduling at Kadena, we were instructed to set up some of our "C" models for bomb runs using only their onboard equipment. In most cases they carried SUU pods. I think they were 20s with the four rockets included. This went on for about a month with the results that the "C" and "D" were inherently good ground attack platforms. There was only one time I saw an eagle with the fast packs and bomb load, and that was for a static display for the annual Kadena Carnival that was held for charity.

That's pretty good. What did you use for the landing gear and seats? I may have to try one.

Great! Now I can do a 1/48th USAF B-57 fro the Arkansas ANG. Do you know if there are any differences with the British and American bubble canopy versions?

I believe you need the code "OY" for that time. I took some shots of 463 in 74 when it transited through Korat and at that time it carried "WP" and a kill marking for a Firebee drone. Later that year the 388th TFW were ordered to turn over their "E" models to the wolf pack and pick up their "D"s. That made one very unhappy 34th TFS at Korat.

What about a 1/48th HU-16, and Emily? Yes I'm guilty of building the 1/48th C-130, and I put in adetailed flight deck, avionics bay, and cargo deck. I love self-inflected pain.

Thanks for the info and picture. After looking at it I found a couple things that I still have to paint.

Thanks, I appreciate the info, if you need anything in the future, let me know.

When the AV-8A was flown by the RAF and the Marines, did they used a hard line camoflage pattern of feathered? It's hard to tell form my photos.

You can try Fighting Pirannah Graphics. I've had them make custom decals for several projects. Their decals are quite good but are printed on a single sheet and will need to be cut seperately. You can contact them through their web site.

In the mail: source 1. IDF Spitfire source 2. decals for one of my favorite 106 squadrons, 95th FIS source 3. My replacement clear parts from Tamiya for my F-15

I've got a couple Votoms kits to try otu later this year. I'll check around here for those 1/144th kits and let you know if I find any.

Has anyone ever noticed the similarity between VINCENT from Black Hole and Cartman from South Park? It can be a scary universe sometimes.

I just picked up my first HG kit of the Gundam Sniper. It deffinently has potential, but I have a few other things to build first. Macross? Just about to paint a couple Valkyries for a friend. He also has me doing a tank from Crusher Joe and a Blockhead from Dougram.

I have a shot I took of a 111A in its reventment with its wings spread getting a full load of bombs on both racks under each wing.

I've wondered about that blue tint on the F-4s since Hasegawa started calling for it with their 1/48th kits. I've seen a lot of AF, Navy, and Marine F-4s while I in but don't remember ever seeing a tinted windscreen. Maybe it was something JASDF put on their Phantoms and they carried it over to the entire series of kits.

If you're going to build a Air Force DC-130 you will need an entirely new nose. The DCs I knew had a longer nose with a secondary radome comming down from the first. Do you know if anyone makes a "Roman Nose" conversion for the 1/72nd Herk?

I just remembered that someone I knew form the club we had at LittleRock AFB mentioned that they would load a 20mm gun pod mostly bolted down. The reason for this was that when the weapon fired, it would have some room to move and give them a better spread on their target.

My last post on this must have gone into the twlight zone. I had mentioned that the early Spectre "A"s carried minis but they were eventually removed. The later "A" carried twin 20mm behind the crew door and twin 40m Bofors infront of the paratroop door. When the "H" came out the rear 40mm was replaced bu the 105. If I'm not mistaken, the 119 Stinger and Shadow carried a couple minis too, but I'm not all that sure about them.

If it's any help, I know that they carried Bullpups and rocket pods from time to time as well as slick dumb bombs and nape.