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I just bought this kit for a good price new in box. I know Monogram released a Huey in the very late 1950's or very early 1960's. Is this the same basic kit from then or at some point along the way did Monogram retool the kit? I know it was originally a med evac version and over time parts were added for the attack version. My knowledge of the Huey is very limited. I know the tail boom changed on the early versions along with the rotor blade widths. I am wanting to do a HAL-3 Seawolves aircraft so how accurate is this kit for an early HAL-3 bird?

Looks like they copied the diamond shaped wing with ruddervators of the YF-23 Black Widow. Certainly the nose will have to be enlarged to accept a radar suite that would be effective. Looks like the early YF-16's slim nose.

I have one. PM me for details.

Unbuildable Kitty Hawk. LOL. Looking fantastic.

I would guess you could be using either led's or grain of wheat lamps for your project. To recreate a green light when on but blue when off, I would suggest using the translucent blue plastic from a cheap toothbrush for the lens sanded and buffed to the desired shape of the lens. The use a grain of wheat bulb which is approx 3k degrees kelvin and warm colored, or use a 3.2k led. That should give you the desired effect. Good luck with your project.

The reason when lit the lights are green. Blue plastic lens and the yellow of the incandescence lamp create a green light.

I need a replacement canopy for my Kitty Hawk FJ Fury that was crushed in shipment. I've already contacted Sophia Lymn at KH and she says the clear sprue is no longer available. So, here I am seeing if anyone has a trashed FJ-2 or 3 and has a canopy they will not be able to use. I will gladly purchase it from you. PM me here. Thanks.

My solution for my Epson Artisan 835 as well. Been using a CIS for well over 5 years. I am just now finishing up my first supply of ink.

Yes, I'd like to see what the Aires cockpit looks like v the CE one. I just pulled my Viggie out off the shelf of doom to take a peek in the box. I misspoke on the cockpit. It is a Black Box set. It has easily been over a couple of years since I looked at it. The tunnel cap has a fuel dump and a sensor pod that are really nice compared to what came in the kit as well as more accurate engraving. The BB cockpit doesn't fit very well. the fuselage won't close up completely. Ill need to do some trimming to allow it to close up. I'd really just like to get another kit to r

Fixing the fin top is easy no doubt but the weapons tunnel cap is nice over the kit part. They come together in the set. I had the CE cockpit set and it really wasn't worth the money. Not that is was inaccurate it just didn't improve over what trumpy did a whole lot. Plus if you close the canopy there's not much to see in the back cockpit. I've never seen the Aires set. If you can get the intake set it is worth the money. It also corrects the intake lips. CE did both early and late intakes so be sure to get the correct one for your build if you are going that route. I pretty much had all the a

I have test fitted them sort of. Just to check if the diameters were close. I believe they were, it's been a long time since I last checked. Trumpy Viggie is such a lost opportunity by Trumpy. Just for general info. Don't bother with the Cutting Edge cockpit set. Or the forward fuselage correction. The intake trunk sets are good to have along with the fin correction and weapons tunnel cap...if you can find them.

I have a friend that worked on both F-4J's and RA-5C's while in the Navy. The engines aside from any minor airframe detail points are the same. So that would be the J79-8's that were used in the F-4B/N are the same for the early RA-5C's and the J-79-10's for the F-4J's and late RA-5C's. Any J79 burner cans for the respective airframe would be correct. I have a set of Aires resin J79-10 burner cans for the F-4J that I would have been using on my Trumpeter Viggie.

I just bought a Thrustmaster T-Flight headset, US Air Force Edition. Very nice. They imitate the look of a set of David Clark headsets. The replaceable graphics are kind of cheesy other than that very nice.

Thanks for the info.

None. Just a fellow modeler said to me they had filed. He follows these sorts of things. I'll ask him where he heard it. Ok, I asked my friend for specifics on what he told me. He could not remember the modeling site where he had read it. He did correct himself to saying it was in reorganization. Whatever that means. Maybe they have other things occupying their attention now. I just did a google search for any info on any sort of bankruptcy or reorganization and came up with nothing. My friend may have misunderstood what was being published at the time. Hasegawa see

I was wondering if they were practice rounds or live as well. In Ginter's book there's a small segment on the sidewinder. There are 4 B&W photos from the testing program with markings similar to the color footage from the video however the heads are different. There are also a few more B&W photos of operational Fury's with sidewinders and the bodies appear to be all white like later examples. The Fury was the first fighter to be deployed with the Sidewinder. I will be looking forward to Bert's new book on the Fury series.

I've heard that Hasegawa is NOT in bankruptcy.

I stand corrected. That would explain the much larger part trees in the F-35 kits. There was enough plastic in those to mold another kit.

Very nice.

Sorry for the repeat of information. The F9F-8T was Kitty Hawk's second kit after the F-94 Starfire. Then they released the single seat Coug after that. The Starfire was released in 2012. I remember talking with the KH rep at the Nationals in Orlando about future releases. He said two USN subjects were planned. He did not reveal what they were but now I am assuming one obviously was the Cougar the second, possibly the Banshee. Originally KH was going to release the photo Coug as a separate kit. Wisely I think they decided to combine it with the single seat kit. The sprue trees are very thick i

Nice build.

A buddy and I are hoping to make the trek up from NE Florida. Well out of the question this year. I need back surgery sometime towards the end of the month. Maybe next year.

I think if Kitty Hawk indeed folds, eventually their molds will be assumed by Trumpeter due to the relationship they've had in the past.

Aside from Song having previously worked within Trumpeter, I believe there was a personal relationship between Song and the owner of Trumpeter. It was this that allowed him to start KH with support from Trumpeter. Song had a very aggressive release schedule between KH and Panda. Probably the financial realities caught up with him. Releasing too much too fast.

I agree with you.