Craig Maternowski

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Hello All, I'm getting ready to start Planet's 1/72 scale Aero A-300 bomber. I don't see any references for the interior colors in the directions. Anyone have ideas as to what the colors are? Thanks! Craig

Hello Colin, I have one that I can part with. Let me know if you're still interested. Craig

Hello all, I am working on Italeri's Junkers Ju-86D-1 in the three-tone Spanish "Condor Legion" colors. I was considering the topside to be RLM 63 Lichtgrau, RLM 80 Olivgrun, and RLM 79 Sandgelb with the underside being RLM 65 Lichtblau. Are these colors correct or at least close enough? I'm thinking that the RLM 79 isn't dark enough. Your thoughts please. Thank you. Craig

Excellent! Thanks for the help! Craig Maternowski

Hello All, I am about to begin building Trumpeter's 1/72 F-107 and I am contemplating putting it in NASA colors. The photo references I have show that the "U.S. Air Force" was removed from the engine intakes. My question is did they also remove the "USAF" from the wings. The photos I could find only show the airplane from the side. Thanks. Craig Maternowski

Hello all, I've tried the airliners forum but I thought I'd try this one too. I just started building Minicraft's 1/144 Boeing 314 Clipper and realized that they forgot to give me a left rudder. I contacted them but they don't have any spare parts for the 314 so I'm wondering if anyone has a spare left rudder they aren't using. Thanks. Craig Maternowski

Hello all, I'm just started working on Minicraft's 1/144 Boeing 314 and have come to realize that they forgot to give me a left rudder. I contacted them and they said they no longer have any spare parts for their 314. Does anyone out their have an extra left rudder they are not using? Thank you very much. Craig Maternowski

Hello All, I will be traveling through Milwaukee on my way to Oshkosh for Airventure 2011 and I will have some time to kill there. I used to head out to Big Bear Military Hobbies on Lincoln Avenue but it seems they have closed. Are there any other good hobby shops in the Milwaukee area? Thanks. Craig

Hello Anyone in the Cleveland, Ohio Area, I was at Hobbytown in Strongsville restocking on some supplies and noticed that their airplane kit stock was very sparse (used to be about 100-150 kits in inventory but today seemed like 20)and the paint and supply shelves were rather bare. I asked the owner's wife about it and she said it was "tough times." I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about the future of this particular Hobbytown (since that's my main supply shop)? I hope they aren't planning on shutting down! Craig

This is one of my favorite shows so I have every intention of being there. It's definitely worth the 2 hour drive and the wife enjoys it, too! I also get to catch up with my former co-worker, roommate, simulator partner, and all around good friend who is a second-in-command on the Yankee Air Museum's B-25 (her husband's nice, too-and a pilot-in-command on their C-47 and B-17). I still haven't been able to swindle them into a free ride, though.

Hey Everyone, Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it. Craig

Hello All, Just a quick question. I'm building Roden's Antonov An-12 PPK Cub-C (the electronic reconnaissance version). The instructions call for Humbrol 128 U.S. Compass Grey for the fuselage and wings but I was wondering if a Light Ghost Grey would be a little closer. Any thoughts? Thanks. Craig

Hello Everyone, I am working on the 1/72 Revell Atlantique kit and I am planning on doing it in Dutch colors (grey over white). My question is what would be the closest color for the upper fuselage and wings? It has been suggested to me that Medium Sea Grey would work but I am wondering if that is too light. Any thoughts? Thanks. Craig

Hey Everyone, I'm building the Azur Hanriot H-232 twin-engine World War II trainer but, unfortunately, the instructions to not list any colors for the interior. Any suggestions? Thanks. Craig

Hey Paul, According to one of my references, "Ironworks - Grumman's Fighting Aeroplanes" by Terry Treadwell, the RCAF did take delivery of some J4F's, called them Goslings, and used them for search and rescue. Unfortunately, I, too, cannot find any pictures. Craig

Hey Everyone, I'm working on a small 1/72 Nakajima Ki-27 Nate that I am putting in Manchuokuo Air Corps colors. The directions call for mixing 50% RLM 65 Light Blue and 50% Grey Green. Since I am inherently lazy and hate mixing paints (I can never seem to get it right), are there any colors close to that mixture? I was wondering if Imperial Japanese Army Light Grey would be close enough? Any ideas? Thanks. Craig

Hello Everyone, I'm getting ready to start Italeri's 1/48 Saab Gripen two-seater. I'm curious about the colors. The instructions call for Dark Ghost Grey over Medium Grey. However, this doesn't seem right based on pictures I've seen. I'm considering either South African Air Force or Hungarian Air Force and I believe the colors are the same for both air forces (at least that's what the instructions say). Any thoughts? Thanks. Craig

The Italians used them as well. Here's a picture of one at the Pittsburgh Airshow this year. It's based out at the Beaver County Airport in Pennsylvania.

Hello all, I have an old 1/72 Hasegawa Grumman F-11 Tiger kit. Unfortunately, there are no decals with it. Does anybody know if there are any out on the market? Thanks. Craig

Hello Everyone, Just thought I'd share my little 1/72 Goppingen Go-9 from AML I finished this morning. It was an easy build that didn't take very long. The hardest part was cutting the underside registration decals to fit the landing gear doors as well as around the gear bays. It's a weird little plane that was the predecessor to the famous Dornier Do.335 Pfeil (note the pusher engine and the tail configuration). Enjoy! Craig

Hello Everyone, If you read my post on the Tu-4 AWACS, then you know I decided to modify Roden's 1/72 An-12 Cub kit into an An-8 Camp. This was my attempt to get it as close as possible to looking similar to an An-8. Here's what I did for the conversion: Fuselage: Cut out 1/2 inches forward of the wings. Cut out 1/2 inches behind the wings. Cut out the landing gear sponsons and move them to the bottom of the fuselage. Add sheet styrene strips below the windows to give the fuselage a more square shape (using kit sponsons as a way to help keep that shape). Scratchbuild new sponsons in a

Hello Everyone, Well, I finally finished it. I bought the Cutting Edge conversion for the B-29 to convert it into the Chinese KJ-1 (Tu-4) AWACS version. I bought the 1/72 Academy B-29 and when I opened the conversion box, I found that two engines were missing. This, of course, was after Meteor Productions closed their doors so I had a hard time figuring out what to do without two engines. Thankfully one of our fellow ARCers suggested I "borrow" two engines from my An-12 kit. So I did. I had to scratchbuild the mounts for the wings as well as the intakes. By the way, this was my first m

Here are some pics of my stepfather's OH-6 in Vietnam. Enjoy! Craig

Thanks for the replies. I'm sitting here with my stepfather and he tells me that it's actually a C model (not an A) that he flew as well as some cosmetic things that I missed (like the masking tape "X" he put on the windscreen to serve as his gunsight for the minigun). Overall, he was very impressed and it brought back fond memories of his favorite helicopter (he also flew the UH-1 and OH-58). As for the pictures of the actual helicopter, I will post them tomorrow night when I get back home. Thanks again! Craig