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Very, very nice indeed !!!! just have to put a little more bend in the nose gear door. Model On !!!!! Cheers, Tony

nice work, those handles are in the "I'm outta here now !!" position, did you realize ?? Cheers, Tony

I have pics of a one on the LH and pics of one on the RH----ie; either one is fine. Tony

Second batch of Voodoos had the IR nose. External tanks were used throughout it's career. Voodoos often flew with only a single external tank as the fuel burnt hauling around another full tank did not do anything for its range. So you can use one or two or no external tanks if you wish. My reference says the Falcon is a AIM-4D or the AIM-24B, however I'm no expert on such matters. Cheers, Tony

There are many (Google Images) pics of on the ground/shut down F5s with the doors closed. My only experience is with the Tutor. An extension cycle locks the D-Doors(thats what we called them) up and just before engine shut down a switch is activated, in the wheel well by the ground crew, and the doors open hydraulically. The pilots ensure this switch is checked during their walk-around before the flight or the doors will not close upon engine start. I had to select this switch for many a forgetful student pilot. Snowbirds keep the doors closed on the ground--very rare to see

Inner gear doors UP(closed), but a few pics have them open, so there is probably a switch to activate and open them for maintenance on the ground. Tony

Barney, any chance of a second or third canopy coming off the assembly line. I have the old vac Aeroclub chippy just begging for a Canadian canopy. Please advise, sorry for the hi-jack. Tony, Comox,BC

This is from the "other" CF116 thread ; QUOTE (ALF18 @ Jan 7 2011, 06:48 PM) Duals carried quite a range of external stores. Here are some ideas: Air to air combat training: - Wingtip missile rails (not tip tanks) with a single AIM-9M CATM (blue missile body, active green seeker head forebody). - Centreline fuel tank, nothing under the wings Practice bombing (academic range): - Wingtip tanks - Station 85 (inboard under wing) fuel tanks - SUU practice bomb dispenser on the centreline (upside down tub with 6 blue practice bombs, white dispenser) - One 4 or 6-tube rocket 2.75" rocket

Great work, thanks for sharing these. Keep it up !!!! cheer, Tony

Lower colour is a mix gained from the old Argus Hobbies in Winterpeg; all in Humbrol #s #2 Gloss Emerald Green 2 parts #15 Gloss Midnight Blue 2 parts #22 Gloss White 85 parts #40 Gloss Light Grey 60 parts Good for Argus,Aurora,Neptune,Tracker,Sea King, and Dakota If you use an eyedropper for 'drops' of paint--you will need 10 times the amount for a large A/C and 3-5 times the amount for the smaller A/C (1/72scale) Cheers, Tony

I would think.....yes, A 16" roundel is called for the underside immediately aft of the marker beacon antenna. This is for the post-'78 yellow "symmetrical" era and would follow until retirement. From Patrick Martin's 'Canadian Armed Forces-Aircraft Finish & Markings 1968-1997' page 95 I'm still looking at old airshow programs and stuff for pics. Got a pic of '102 dated 1989 in Bagotville and it has a roundel on the underside. pg179 Milberry's 'Aircom-Canada's Air Force'. Tony

There is a fairing inbetween the two pieces, a sheeet metal piece to go from the Dak oval to the CF104 round cross section. You can see it in the pic you enlarged. It is perhaps 12"-18" in length. Putty or plastic sheet ????? Your choice, I guess. Cheers, Tony

just posted a 1/144 pinocchio in the inspiration thread for amusement. Tony

my Pinocchio in 1/144 finally here in the correct place. I changed the angle of the engines(they were too nose-up) and repaced the skinny wheels with spare box ones. It is a lot easier to fair in the nose in this small scale. Exhausts are contrail tubing, my antenna on the belly didn't work great Tony

That country runs on bribes, corruption is an industry there. Only the stupid ones get caught, all others manage along great. Why he only asked for r20,00 is a mystery-- 6 months in India was enough for me. Tony

I decided not to use the props from Aeroclub in the picture, but to borrow a set of DC-4 props from the stash. Cockpit window section is from SkunkWorks Laboratories, cowl flaps are sheet brass cut in tiny, hard-to-handle sectors. Markings will be the final scheme before retiriement in the mid 60's and decals will be a combo of spares box and my printer on Testors paper. Thanks for lookin' Cheers, Tony

Julien, ask Larry to sign it for you, he will. Tell him you know that Tony fella in Comox. Tony

Big time external differences. July 2000 of FSM, Paul Boyer converts a 1/72 F86F to a F86A, and at Modelling Madness, Tom Cleaver performed the 1/48 conversion by Cutting Edge. see : http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/korean/cleaverf86a.htm There should be a ton of info with a quick search of these Jet forums (Pinned-buried rather); anyway to start with: Remove the fairings covering the elevator actuators (big job) as the A did not have an 'all-flying tail'--reshape elevators F86As had a V shaped windshield F86As had a short chord, slatted wing--so remove 6" at the root and 3" at

There is also this: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....mp;#entry152043 maybe of some use Cheers, Tony

Site; seatejectcolor.com see:http://www.seatejectcolor.com/seat/index.html Afew color pics there Cheers, Tony

The 1/72 Hobbycraft makes into a decent CF100. Here's one as a Mk3-- with a Bob Keegan conversion(nose/canopy/intakes/wingtips) as a 1953 423 Sqn machine---Aeroclub seats and a mixture of Arrow Graphics and spare/homemade decals. PP Aeroparts ladder there too. cheers, Tony

David, if you search ARC under 'differences' and 'Canadair', you may find a diagram by Jennings with the info you require-- In a nutshell, raised panel at top of fuselage should be flush fuell filler on port fuselage by aft section split line should be on stbd side Air exit vents on each side of fuselage (mid wing) should be added 'Sugar scoops' on the lower aft section were not added until '58 so most Mk5s in camo did not have them--Domestic NMF Mk5s did have them Externally MK5 and MK6's were smilar---if you can get Larry Milberry's book on the Sabre (it's my bible). Cheers, Tony

Julien , keep in mind that the Academy wing is a 6-3 with slats(Sabre 6) wing, not a 'E' narrow chord wing. Are you prepared to ignore the extra 6 inches that the wingroot extends over the ammo door ??? Many folks do, and the total look of the plane is not that bad-----its up to you. Cheers, Tony

They are Canadair-built Sabre Mk4s---IIRC the kit appears to be a Canadair version (flush panel on the top of fus). Tony

Coming back from India last July, I was travelling Air China in Economy. After spending a few hours in the lounge in Beijing, I went down to the gate to board my last leg to Vancouver. I noticed that the lineup at the Business side was shorter so I figured I'd board sooner there, into my cattle class seat. I got to the front and the girl looks at my Economy b'pass, takes it and proceeeds to tap away at her terminal. "There you go" she says and hands me a new Business boarding pass. I didn't even ask for it, but boy was I grateful for a seat up front for the 11 hour leg to YVR. I