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  1. Yes, I've read those posts and have contributed my thoughts regarding the kit there at HS as well as now here. If you read my post above along with the addendum I hope it clarifies a little what I was trying to say about drawings and photos in general and using them as an absolute. The lengthy thread over at LSP's about using these resources must suggest they be used knowing they could be very incorrect and so....very carefully. For example the hump over the horizontal stabs. I would use a photo or several to gauge the shape of the contour to possibly correct it. I would not use a side photo t
  2. Overall, I think the general shape and size of the HB-4 is pretty good......not perfect but good. There are a couple of small things that stick out like the previously mentioned area on the fuselage above where the horizontal stabs attach. It has too much of a hump. That can be easily sanded to something closer to what it needs to be. Another area that I think is a little off is the spine hump and the angle of where it meets the tail fillet. It also seems a little off, again, nothing that some good photos and some sanding can't correct. I think if all kits were subject to some intense scrutiny
  3. This is precisely the reason I posted my comments on the subject on the HB-4. The only measurement that I would go by was NAA's own data sheet, a copy of which is in the back page of the Ginter book. Obviously a factory data sheet copy. Can it be wrong....of course because it didn't say which version aircraft the measurement was taken from. If it was taken from a pre production aircraft then the horizontal stabs figure into the overall length because they were longer than the production -4 and extended back futher than the tail tip. So, when I measured my HB-4 and did the math to convert the 1
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    Mosquito PR XVI

    I have the Tamiya FB MkVI, B MkIV and both the Airfix kits. The Airfix MkXVI is not a bad kit and in some respects better than the Tamiya kits. It has the proper sized tail for one. The added parts are well molded but with a slight pebbly surface but not too bad. My biggest grip was the new 2 stage nacelles. The carb intake openings are a little misshapen but can be sanded to more look like the real thing. Other than that it's a good looking kit and would be substacially less expensive than the Tamiya kit with conversion parts. I actually think Airfix used the Tamiya B Mk IV fuselage as a star
  5. Nice Man Cave you've got going there.
  6. Jason, I have an Academy Marine E Bullfrog and want a Navy D. Interested in a straight swap? Jon
  7. I was going to do a conversion using the Academy FB-111. I had a Tomcat nose from an old Monogram F-14, the nose gear strut also. I read also that Scaledown was going to do a conversion set so I decided to wait for that. I don't know if they were going to do the prototypes or the pre prod aircraft or both. Either way their stuff is pricey but from what I've heard very good. The pre prods really look better (IMHO) than the prototypes and obviously are much closer to what the aircraft would have looked like in fleet service so would be great for "what if" schemes. Again, get the Ginter book. It
  8. First off, only the first three airframes had bang seats, the last four had the escape capsule like the AF aircraft. As far as the cockpit is concerned, typical pilot on the left and wep op on the right. The wep op or RIO instrument panel looks very similar in layout as the rear cockpit of the early F-14A. It should as the equipment destined for the 111B was later used in the Tomcat. The pilot's position had a single CRT screen in the center with analog guages surrounding it and the control stick and throttle were similar once again to the later tomcat. The nose gear was of a different design
  9. Well the photo shows the same kit that has always been in the box. Unless they're doing a new tool it still has the same old forward fuselage issues. I hope so.
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