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Very nice.

The Quickboost fits the Hasegawa tub like a glove, but is too wide for the Kinetic. In case you're wondering, its too wide for the Tamiya also.

While everything was shut down I just dug into the stash I have in my basement. I anticipated the shut down and bought a couple bottles of Tamiya extra thin cement from my LHS while I could. I’m considered an essential worker, so not much of a dent in the stash.

The Tamiya F-16 comes with a pilot that would work for a F-15, you would need to adjust his right arm to hold the stick.

Ditto

Kurasad, Thank you for the compliments. The MI ANG is definitely one of the more colorful options. I really enjoyed the decals. They preformed great and I had zero problems with them. The windshield decal came from your C-135 Family General Purpose sheet. My only complaint would be that I would have liked to have more general markings available on the sheet or the general purpose sheet, ie. the ANG on the vertical stab, flags, windows, etc. There are about three other schemes I’d like to build off the 135R sheet. Mark

Minicraft’s KC-135R with decals for MI ANG. Fun build and great decals. I’m looking forward to a 135A/E sheet to do another.

One of my favorite movies. Came out a few years before Top Gun, but just didn’t get the billing TG did. Some great flying scenes. My favorite part is when the Tomcats get the approval to “splash the zeros”. Man can you imagine what those Zero pilots would have been thinking in 1941. Grumman later used footage from the movie for a promotional video.

Been there, done that but with an Xacto knife. I stuck the blade all the way to the hilt in the fleshy part of my hand at the base of the thumb. Like you said I wasn’t watching where I was cutting. Instead was watching the final outs as the Boston Red Sox ended the curse and finally won the World Series after 86 years. I hope your finger heals up quickly.

Minicraft makes a 727-200 in 1/144. Hasegawa does one in 1/200. I’d check ebay for decals for the Delta paint scheme from the time period when your dad was flying.

Is there a list of BuNos that we’re converted to Super Fox, besides BA aircraft. I have a couple sheets of adversary decals and the instructions don’t indicate if the aircraft were converted or not. It’s my understanding that the Super Fox conversions were common in the adversary squadrons.

Nice work. The checker board on the nose came out great.

I’ve been waiting for you to produce a figure exactly like this. I love it, especially the one with the visor down. I hope to order one soon. In the future I hope you produce a companion figure for two seat aircraft.

It’s set 4483. I was was hoping they had pdf of their instructions on their website like Eduard has. Didn’t think of emailing them.

I’m using this down time to clear some of the kits off the dreaded “shelf of doom”. One of the kits on my SoD is the AFV F-5E which I purchased the Aires cockpit for. When I packed everything up for this kit last, I must have missed placed the instructions for the Aires cockpit. I’ve looked everywhere in my modeling room and can’t find them. While most things are straight forward and I could probably figure it all out there are a couple of parts I’m not sure about. Can anyone scan or take a photo of the Aires instructions for me? Much appreciated. Mark

Recently read it. Good book.

Yes!

The Italeri kit is Kinetic plastic. Folded wings is a standard option for the kit.

If you can find one this is an excellent resource. https://www.reidairpublishing.com/product-p/rap008.htm

It was posted in another thread a few weeks ago that the owner of Rhino was in the process of moving into a new house. Once he was settled he plans to cast again. The source is a credible source.

Ditto what Ben said. I have several of his intakes and they are well molded and no fit issues. I understand he is on a short hiatus while moving. As soon as Rhino products become available on eBay I will order more without hesitation.

AMK said they were going to release one. Based on their MiG 31, I'd hold out for that kit. 🤣

Those helmets are 1/48.

Are you looking for a just a helmet or a helmet with a head in it? Helmets vary depending on time frame. For something current, KASL makes a HGU 55P helmet with and w/o an O2 hose. Not sure it is 100% correct for the Hornet, but looks the part. Otherwise the Hasegawa Super Hornet kits come with pilots wearing the newer style helmets. Here's a link to the KASL helmets on Scalemates. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/kasl-hobby-k48040-pilot-helmet-hgu-55-p--465654

Those look awesome.