Rob de Bie

Try this forum, dedicated to 1/144 scale: https://www.kampfgruppe144.com/phpBB3/index.php Rob

Thanks! But: Airfix tins on a webpage about Humbrol tins, why would one do that? Unless there's a connection that I don't know about. Rob

Haha, that looks a bit embarrassing.. I wish I could find that video with the wire models again. Rob

Some time ago, I saw a YouTube video that included a brief shot of something I had never seen before. It showed large wire models of pre-planned training missions, say 5 by 5 meters, that a pilot could walk along, mentally executing the mission. Another way of explaining it is that they were sort of miniature rollercoaster models, with climbs, loops, decents, turns, etc. It was outdoors, showing several of these 'rollercoasters', with multiple pilots practicing their flights. I found it fascinating, but of course I forgot which video it was. Just maybe it was one of the videos of t

Nice collection indeed! Most of the tins shown are from the early sixties. If you hadn't found it, I have a webpage about the subject: https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/humbrol.htm Rob

I saw that too. But now wing anhedral relies on the proper vertical position of the engine - I find that a tad worrying.. Rob

Thanks for the screenshots from the flight manual! Rob

Ben, thanks, very interesting! I've never ever seen a stall warning device like that. Yeah, the engine sound is piercing.. Image a whole training air base with lots of these 🙂 Rob

I'm guessing that there are several modelers here that flew or maintained the T-37? I just noticed an auxiliary air inlet (I think) on the top side of the nacelle. It's a narrow strip of about a foot long, that rotates open. You can see it happening here: https://youtu.be/5NG0h2u4Wec?si=sqe3-YmMFe0P6Qag&t=155 Anyone know more? Rob

Also, I'm happy to see no rivets disfiguring the model. Except for the middle panel of the tail barrel section it seems. Why?? Rob

What a nice surprise, I hadn't heard about this future release!! Although I have 5 or 6 Hasegawa kits, I'll surely buy a few. In the sprue / runner drawing I see that they a pretty unique insert for the lower fuselage. Generally I really don't like glue joints coinciding with panel lines, so that has me worried a bit. Rob

I have a listing of 200+ Teledyne-Ryan films on my AQM-34 website, that the San Diego Air and Space museum put on YouTube. I made the selectiion, listing all videos that show some aspect of MARS recoveries. F-0528 Ryan Firebee Missile Retrieval - launch, MARS retrieval, BGM-34A at the end? F-1174 Ryan Aeronautical Firebee Drone 34A and 34E on DP2E - Firebee II: CH-53 MARS, manufacturing, in-flight, on pylon F-1253 Ryan Aeronautical Firebee Mars Midair Retrieval F-1346 Ryan Aeronautical William Tell 58, 59, 61 - with 147A recovery at 21:12, continuation of F-2817

Nibblers for sheet metal do exist, but I thought that would be total overkill. They are avaible as hand-operated ones., and electric one that are more suitaible for cutting long lengths. But whether you can find one for the size you need? Rob

Ah, that's indeed a very different problems than I understood 🙂 Maybe make a little jig from plastic strip, that butts against, and slides over the plastic card, and guides your knife cuts? Rob

Maybe like this? I built small 'ducts' from strip and card. It still lacks putty and repainting. Rob