Dennis Buley

I managed to stuff enough weight in back of the cockpit and in the engine nacelles to get it to sit correctly without resorting to adding weight in the fuel tanks. Built the kit around two years ago and have had no trouble at all with the landing gear. Dennis

:blink: I built the Pro-Modeller version a year or so ago and enjoyed the build. Fit was good. There was a second ejection seat complete with photo etch seat belts and photo etch intake screens. Kit came with bomb bay, but the real negative was the ordnance. Kit came with two (crude) GBU-10s instead of the typical GBU-27s. Decals were good also. Dennis

:o I'd like to see a complete kit of a particular model F-4 that corrects a lot of the shortcomings of the Has kits. For example, the Has RF-4C kit does not come with the F-15 style centerline fuel tank, but the kit decals are for late a/c that should have that tank. Since this tank always seems to be carried, it prevents you from making an accurate late RF-4C. The Has F-4E kit does NOT come with the ARN-101 bulge (its in the RF-4C kit, but not the RF-4B) for the top fuselage spine preventing one from making the last version of the F-4E. The chaff/flare dispensers are the early versions

:D According to Steve Harding's book: US Army Aircraft since 1947, the two Fiat G.91s that were borrowed from the Luftwaffe were as follows: One was an Italian built G.91R-1, c/n 0052 that served with the Luftwaffe (BD+102)The other was a German built G.91R-3 (c/n 0065) Luftwaffe EC+105. From the b/w pics in the book, it looks like both a/c were in Luftwaffe camo, but there appears to be an orange or red tail as well as an orange/red section around the lower nose area. The numbers on the tail were the c/n's (0065 and 0052). As for the N-156, the one that the Army used was 59-4987, which even

And according to the FAA database, the N number (N9698F) on that aircraft is not assigned or reserved...HMMM!!! Dennis

Thanks!!!

:D Mine are blue...PHEW!!! Thanks.

Recently, I purchased the 1/48th Tamiya Korean War Mustang with the intention of using one of the set of markings in the kit. However, I heard that the kit decals are prone to disintegrate in water. Has anybody had this happen to them? Does anyone make an aftermarket set of decals for a Korean War F-51D; I've looked, but can't find any. TIA Dennis Buley

Jon: Thanks for the offer. I checked my stash and I have an HH-60G kit that I'll take the tank from. Dennis

Thanks

On the opening night of Desert Storm USAF Pave Low choppers led several AH-64As on an attack of Iraqi radar sites. I understand that the Apaches carried Hellfires, rocket pods and a single external fuel tank. I have two questions: 1. 4 Hellfires and two rocket pods or 8 Hellfires and one rocket pod? 2. Is the fuel tank available in 1/48th scale anywhere? TIA Dennis

Thanks to all of you. I'll leave the cameras off. Dennis.

I'm building the 3rd TFW CO's bird: 71-1086 using the very old Aeromaster decals along with Shawn Hull's CBU-87s Dennis

Thanks. I've never built the 1/72 F-4E, except for the version Hasagawa made in the 70s. Now does anyone know if they were still in use at the time of Desert Storm?

I'm in the process of building an F-4E-49-MC (71-1086) which was based in Turkey during Desert Storm (was 3rd TFW CO jet). I've got the 30th Anniversary F-4E kit, which includes the TISEO, which is marked as "not for use" with the kit decals. My question concerns two parts, M6 and M9 located next to the TISEO parts and also marked "not for use". One of these parts looks like the combat camera located under the right wing root as shown in the Detail & Scale F-4E book on page 24, the other one looks like an alternate version of the same thing. Should I use either one of these parts on th

There are 7 round rocket pods in all of the 1/48th Roden OV-1 Mohawk kits. I'm not sure if they are the same ones in use today as they are Vietnam War vintage, but they can't be too different. They aren't real good either. In any event, I've used them on my A-10. Dennis

Thanks, I think I'll do HARMS on middle, AIM-120s outboard and leave inboard empty on my F. I'm doing the Revell kit, so I only have the centerline gas bag. I did my Revell E with JDAM on inboard, GBU-16 on mids and 120s outboard, is this OK? Dennis

Can the middle pylon on the F-18E/F cary the AGM-88 HARM? Would like to put AIM-120s on outboard, AGM-88s on middle with GBU-12/16 on inboards. Is this a legitimate loadout? Thanks in Advance. Dennis

:D I believe that part number F2 on the 1/48th Hasegawa F-16 Big Mouth kits is the ALQ-131 pylon you're talking about. It's marked as "not for use" in the instructions. IIRC, it was Shawn Hull who pointed this out to me some months ago. Dennis

Thanks very much for the info. Makes things a whole lot simpler. I'm going to use the recent Superscale sheet for the 173rd FW, OR ANG on my F-15C. I always thought the 57th FIS had some neat paint schemes dating back to when they flew F-102s thru the F-4C, E and F-15. Be nice if someone made a decal sheet for each of the aircraft the unit flew. Dennis

As I understand it, the main difference between the F-15A and C is the presence of Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFT) on the C model. These are removeable, but, according to Joe Baugher's info, are seldom removed in practice. AFAIK, no F-15C kit includes the CFTs, so a "typical F-15C cannot really be modelled. I have the Academy 1/48 F-15C/D kit and Revell F-15E kit. These kits are very similar in their basic design. Has anybody tried to adapt the forward fuselage of the Academy F-15C to the back end of the Revell F-15E fuselage with CFTs or attach the Revell F-15E CFTs to the Academy fuselage i