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  1. This update focuses on construction of the bomb bay. Photos of the actual bay are difficult to come by. The Ginter book has only one, and it doesn't show much. Trumpeter would have you paint the entire thing white, which is partly correct. There is a walk around on Primeportal which has several views of the bomb bay. The bay is mostly white, however the center structural component is a color close to interior green. Based on Bill Spidle's photos from Primeportal, I forged ahead with these as my reference. Construction of the bay was straightforward. I painted all the ma
  2. I will keep a look out for the canopy correction. The good news about the canopy is, that can wait until the bitter end!
  3. Dai - just my iphone11 camera, and then some pixel manipulating to get the colors balanced better.
  4. Dai - which super silver did you use? Mr color 159 - Super Silver or the Mr Color SM 201 - Super Metallic Super Fine Silver?
  5. The Hypersonic engine set looks to be well worth every penny. I didn’t worry too much about the canopy, as I only recently settled on the final scheme. Plus, getting anything from Japan may be tricky at the moment. I’ve had this one waiting for a while. Due to several IMPS events being cancelled, I finally have enough of a window to get it done.
  6. Next, I turned my attention to the wheel wells. Trumpeter has you mount both these to a bulkhead and install them as one unit. I chose to install them individually, and cut the relevant section of the bulkhead out. I will add plastic card strips for fuselage bracing in lieu of what Trumpeter envisioned. The Eduard PE undercarriage set was used. The angled piece which has the landing gear strut will install later, but I went ahead and assembled and painted it now. I added the decals from Trumpeter, just to break up the white. This is MMP white, with Aquagloss prior to a light w
  7. I haven’t seen many in progress builds of this kit, so this thread will serve to highlight construction of Trumpeter’s 1/48 Whale. This will be the A3D-2 in the markings of VAH-11. Ive been collecting aftermarket and reference materials for quite some time leading up to this build. Feel free to follow along and offer any tidbits of information or feedback along the way. So, let’s get started! Aftermarket being used: Furball Decals sheet 48022 Furball Canopy and wheel masks Eduard Cockpit PE Eduard undercarriage PE Eduard Bomb Bay PE Hypersonic Model
  8. PM on: F/A-18B (no kit decals) + TB 48-163 "Black Beauties" $50 F-104J PT18 + Eduard Zoom color P/E + Montex Masks $30
  9. I have the following items for sale. All items are complete and unstarted. Shipping will be quoted using the USPS shipping calculator from zip code 46158. I will ship internationally. Payment via Paypal, money order, check (held until cleared) or cash. Please PM or email me with your interests and include your zip code or country so that I may calculate shipping. Thanks! Only trades I am looking for at this time are either the 1/48 Tamiya P-38 or Kitty Hawk FJ-2 Fury Brian 1/48 Kits Airfix EE Canberra B.2/B.20/B.62/B(1)6 $45 DML Me262B w/ Eduard c
  10. Title says it all, never know what people may have in their stash. I am after either boxing of the 1/20 Tamiya Lola T93/00 Newman Haas KMart Texaco or Dick Simon Duracell Indy car kits. Preference would be for the Duracell boxing as it is the superspeedway configuration. Willing to buy at a reasonable price or possibly trade. I am located at zip code 46158, would prefer to keep this to the USA only. PM if you have one you’re willing to part with! Thanks! Brian
  11. Looking for this 1/72 PE set for the C-97/KC-97 Stratofreighter. Let me know if you’ve got one and a price with shipping to zip code 46158. Thanks!
  12. Bump, the canopy from a Fury would also be close enough
  13. While polishing the seam out of my F-86F Sabre canopy, I ended up pushing a wee bit too hard and cracking the plastic. Does anyone have a spare canopy to sell or donate? I believe one from either Hasegawa or Academy would work, the one from the Revell D would not however. Thanks! Brian
  14. Bump! Reasonable offers accepted. Thanks to all who have bought so far!
  15. I have the following items for sale. All items are complete and unstarted. Shipping will be quoted using the USPS shipping calculator from zip code 46158. I will ship internationally. Payment via Paypal, money order, check (held until cleared) or cash. Please PM or email me with your interests and include your zip code or country so that I may calculate shipping. Thanks! Brian 1/48 Kits Airfix EE Canberra B.2/B.20/B.62/B(1)6 $45 Heller Jaguar A $20 1/48 Decals Superscale 48-893 S-3B Viking $3 Twobobs 48028 F/A-18C VFA-87 Ultimate Warrior
  16. Are you really going to use all 300 colors? My guess is probably not.
  17. PM on the 1/48 B-17G Visible, Box Factory Sealed, Monogram 85-5614, $20.00 + S&H
  18. Well that’s quite a refreshing viewpoint
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