Dave Williams

It attaches to one of the centerline pylons in the kit. Isn’t it shown as part of the painting instructions too? I think it’s the shorter centerline pylon shown as #17 in the step that shows all of the pylons

Isn’t the AUF-2 rack already in the kit? Parts H28 and H29 used in Step 66?

Mig-29 9-13s don’t have vectored exhausts. They are fixed in position. The nozzles only open and close.

I doubt it, since the kit (assume we’re talking the new tool kit, not the ancient 70’s kit) had the hard wing in various boxings. The RF-4C/E boxings came with the hard wing, and the Academy Vietnam reboxing came with both wings. To be realistic, the only different kit parts are the outer panels and outboard slat parts. The inner wing was always the hard wing, with slat actuators that you glued onto the underside of the wing. For the hard wings kits, you simply left them off. Your best option may be to see if someone has the Academy kit and isn’t using the unslatted outer panel

And another AI chatbot has joined the forums. Reported.

Yes, $92 shipped.

Me too. Now to see how fast their new “Lucky Air” shipping actually is.

In stock now at Lucky Model.

GWH has never been cheap. Right now, Lucky Model has a 25% off coupon, which drops the price to about $54. Shipping is $34 by Lucky Air.

It’s a special tie-up with the release of the Duke Hawkins book on the Sea King. New Airfix kit with 3D printed parts and special decals to make one of the of the aircraft in the book. https://www.themodellingnews.com/2024/03/preview-sikorskywestland-sea-king-from.html#more I suspect this is a one-off, and there won’t be other versions.

I have the 1/32 set, but haven’t used it. However, it’s better than the old Isracast sets, plus all of his other stuff that I’ve gotten has been great. That said, your only other option is trying to find one of the old Isracast sets, which aren’t as quite as nice, and for the 1/48 versions, were made for the Hasegawa kits because the new Tamiya kits didn’t exist at the time. For decals, Isradecal. You haven’t said which scale, though. The 1/48 set is available, but the 1/32 set is OOP.

The Kopecky sets. For 1/32 scale: https://www.kopeckyscalemodels.com/product-page/32039-f-16c-barak-block-40-conversion-set For 1/48 scale: https://www.kopeckyscalemodels.com/product-page/48020-f-16c-barak-blk-30-conversion-set https://www.kopeckyscalemodels.com/product-page/48021-f-16c-barak-block-40-conversion-set

Not out yet, so not sure anyone can say much. I’ve only seen the CAD so far in this link. https://www.themodellingnews.com/2024/01/preview-mengs-148th-scale-f-35i-adir.html Other than coming with some Israeli weapons (Spice and Python), I don’t see anything special about it, or anything to make me want to get it over the Tamiya kit.

And they’re back.

To be honest, this site has been abandoned by the owner and left to its own devices. Until Steve decides to change the forum software, or give moderators more power, these spambots are going to continue. Nothing is stopping them. It’s entirely their choice how long they keep it up, when they start, and when they stop.

Glutton for punishment? Every GD set that I’ve seen has been hot garbage, and that includes the Buffmaster rebranding. And who can forget Super Bug Models? Searching for any of these brands in these forums will result in a fair amount of hilarity.

First, I’m not sure that’s a real aircraft. Looks more like a digital rendering. But what pod are we talking about? The one by the right rear main gear wheel? The fact that one end of the pod overlaps the tire suggests that it’s outboard of the wheels, and not under the rear fuselage. If it is outboard of the wheels, what it’s attached to? Also, there is the funky angle of that pylon, which doesn’t make sense, plus it would make more sense to be attached to that small outboard underwing pylon. If it does really exist, I’d bet more that it’s an ECM or ESM pod.

Aside from the mold release issues, raised rivets pose another problem for modelers. That is filling seams. It’s difficult to fill and sand the seams when they are surrounded by raised detail because you usually end up destroying the detail. Making a tail boom in 4 parts to get around the mold release issue, just makes this worse. How do you replace the raised rivets that were damaged or removed? How do you make replacement rivets that are the same size as the ones that were removed or damaged?

The instructions on the Tamiya page for the A-1H show just one exhaust piece D8 in step 4. https://www.tamiyausa.com/media/files/61058ml-224-7d06.pdf Same with the A-1J kit. https://www.tamiyausa.com/media/files/61073ml-222-8646.pdf However, the Scalemates instructions for the A-1H show the two parts for the exhaust. https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/8/5/4/104854-48-instructions.pdf As does the A-1J. https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/9/6/2/113962-12-instructions.pdf At some point after th

The pod on the left wingtip is an ACMI pod that transmits the aircraft’s position and flight data for ground stations. Looks like the Cubic P5. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-h-4701-f-16a-general-dynamics--163604 The “bombs” on the racks look more like Laser Guided Training Rounds. https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/enhanced-laser-guided-training-round.html

They had to make brand new upper and lower fuselage halves, all of the parts associated with lift fan, positionable exhaust ( 3 positions), and optional unweighted gear struts. They even made a new canopy frame because the area of the upper fuselage where the rear of the frame meets is different due to the fan “hump”. I wouldn’t be surprised if making a B from the A kit is a lot more changes than making a C from the A would be. The main reason the I can see them not doing a C is because sometimes Tamiya seems to stop short of making obvious variants from the same mold. Unused pa

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/galaxy-model-tba-f-35b-c-lightning-ii-25mm-gun-pod--1520446

I would definitely be interested in one of the original greenhouse glass models, but like others here, taking a wait and see attitude, given the company making it.

I believe Testors is long gone, except for maybe making paints, and that might be gone too. The chances for getting parts for old kits from them would be zero, even if you could contact them. That kit is a rebox of an Italeri kit, which is long OOP. Good luck in your search.

Just scroll to the very last post. That’s about the only comment about how they work as decals.