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Spruemeister is correct, but I feel obligated to respond anyway
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I used to live in Richmond and I'll second RT's Hobby Haus. There is a toy store a couple doors away that also has a surprisingly varied kit selection and there is a Hobby Lobby right by I-70. You might wait for a Hobby Lobby sale and then make the trip from Dayton and hit all three.
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Don't forget the RF-8's arguably most important missions: the low-level recon flights over Cuba during the missile crisis. The movie Thirteen Days is a dramatization of a memoir, not a documentary, but there is some cool airplane ********* therein. One of those crashed across the street from my father's office in San Diego in the early 80s. The plane lost power climbing out of Miramar, and the pilot managed to line it up on a postage-stamp parking lot in the middle of an industrial park and punch out about a second before impact. To this day I have standing orders to buy a drink for then-L
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Thanks for the info on the flaps. The pics I've seen were inconclusive. I knew the slats were gravity-actuated, and I knew the Blue Angels bolted them up, but I never put two and two together to figure out why.
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Did the flaps droop on an A-4 (like they did on the F-4) when the plane was parked with the engine off, or did they stay up? Also, I'm assuming that the speedbrakes were usually closed -- correct? I'm building an early A-4B, if that makes a difference. Thanks.
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Question for anyone who has built the Revell F-86D
ADCGrey replied to terrysumner's topic in Jet Modeling
I don't remember for sure. I vaguely recall assembling the wing first, and then mating it to the fuselage. Looking at the built model seems to confirm this. I will say that this kit (I built the Promodeler boxing) is the only true "shake-n-bake" I've built since I got back into the hobby a few years ago, and I include a Hasegawa Phantom in that assessment. Which is my way of saying, you shouldn't have any problems one way or the other. -
So does that mean if I get an ESCAPAC seat I can build a reasonably accurate A out of it? I have that kit, too (also from Hobby Lobby). I was thinking about doing it with 48th or 5th FIS markings but I think they only used As.
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If you really want to be different, do an Iranian bird.
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The later F-86Ds had a housing for a brake parachute at the base of the vertical stabilizor. The difference is noticeable. From the look of the Airfix kit featured in the review linked above, it looks like it has the early tail. I'm guessing that b/c it has a marking scheme in common with the (excellent) PM 1/48 kit, which has the early tail.
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I have the elderly Hase B-47 and I'm thinking of building it fairly soon. What kind of seats did the -47 have? Were they similar enough to something else that I could fudge it in 1/72? The kit 'pit is pretty basic and there doesn't seem to be much in the way of aftermarket goodies but a couple resin seats would go a long way.
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Amen to that! A new Century series (besides the 104 and 105, of course) in any scale would be cool, but a 1/32nd Six Pack would be right at the top of my list. Any chance Trump will release a recce version of that F-8?
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Is that the one that comes with a pair of B-62 nukes? I think I built it as a kid years ago... if so it's worth the $10 just for those. Build up an F-104 or a Thud armed for bear
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Which Hasegawa 1/48 F-14B is best for a Desert Storm bird?
ADCGrey replied to jaydar's topic in Jet Modeling
What was the point of leaving off the IFR door? Do all/most/any F-14 kits actually have IFR probe/bay detail, or do I have to scratch it? I'm thinking about building an "Ali-Cat" and I know none of them had IFR doors. I was planning to use the Revell kit and save a bunch of cash, but if the Hase kits are the only ones with IFR detail I might have to spend the cash.