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

Same here! It helped getting me through the horrible Anigrand kit, with a few hundred pinholes / air bubbles, huge steps in the wing tips, and a horrible cockpit that needed replacement. Rob

GW, another belated thanks! I will make a webpage explaining this set, and add it to my website. But that could take a bit. Rob

One more question about the fixed unit. Until now I hadn't seen that both long sides have lots of details. The instructions only address one side. The photos that I found of 'the other side' show very few details. So that makes me wonder whether the photos show a different version, or whether Verlinden made up the details on 'the other side' ? I know it's long ago, but I'm hoping someone remembers.. Rob

Interesting, I would not have guessed that! Rob

Thanks for checking! Thanks too for the details of the electrical cables - you answered a question that I had but forgot to ask 🙂 I had to look again for the grounding wire; good detail! The diorama triggered another question: would the aircraft taxi over the speed bump, or would they be pushed back into their flightline spot? Rob

Many thanks again, very helpful information! I made a corrected version of the Verlinden instructions, I hope it summarizes all the information. I found just a single build report that used this set. It looks like the builder understood the Verlinden set well: http://www.arcair.com/Gal16/15201-16300/gal15266-A-4-Rendon/00.shtm Rob

Excellent, many thanks again! Every bit of information helps. Rob

Many thanks again! I'm finally starting to understand all components now, great! Three more questions if you don't mind: 1. the electrical power junction box that you describe, is that the tilted box on the left side of the speed bump that the instructions show? 2. the instructions and the photos show electrical lines running from the speed bump to the control box. I guess that's purely to make the control box work (among other the red light). Is that correct? 3. the instructions show 'red lights' on the speed bump and on the control unit. Did th

Here are two more photos of Part B: Here are two more photos of Part K. In both, the mobile unit is plugged straight into what must be piping under the ramp. Rob

Ski, thank you too for your comments and memories! Was it connected to a 'speed bump' fairing at Yuma, or fed in some other way? Rob