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I don't think that shot properly shows any relation. If you look at it, the helm still isn't lined up with the centerline of the ship. Our perspective on the bridge just doesn't match our perspective on the model. The shot sent the message of where the bridge was on the Enterprise, but they clearly didn't take the time or go to the expense of getting everything exactly right. And if you remember all the nonsense special effects showing the Enterprise flying through the stars as it travels between planets in the same star system, or the shuttlecraft flying through the stars as it goes into

I have not built that kit, but I do know that the EF-111As were a conversion of F-111A aircraft. They both had the same intake with the big splitter plate.

I have the Kinetic kit. I bought the Tamiya kit after I learned about all of the things wrong with the Kinetic kit. I was going stick the Kinetic tail on the Tamiya kit, but then I read that even the Kinetic tail isn't right.

I have a 48 scale Tamiya F-16C that I want to convert into a Norwegian F-16A. There have been a couple of aftermarket parabrake housing conversion kits made, but I can't seem to locate any for sale. Does anyone know where they can be purchased? Google has not helped me so far...

Yes, it was a legitimate load, and I have seen photos of F-14As with four Sparrows in the wells and four Sidewinders on the wing pylons. You could also have six Sparrows and two Sidewinders, but I have never seen evidence of that configuration actually being used. I recall that an F-14B demonstrated the ability to supercruise with the wing pylons removed, and four Sparrows in the missile wells, but I doubt it was ever used operationally.

The jet needs weight in the front to balance the TARPS pod. Normally that would be a pair of empty Phoenix pallets, but I have read of Sparrows rarely being placed up front. The Sparrows would be pure ballast, as they could not be fired in that configuration. I have a photo of an F-14A in OEF with a TARPS pod, two Phoenix pallets forward, and two Sidewinders. TARPS equipped F-14Ds have dropped GBU-12 and Mk 82 dumb bombs from the forward pallets, but never with the LTS pod, as the two systems used the same wiring and control panel. JDAM could not be carried with the TARPS pod, as the JDAM

The Enterprise could look light on screen: Or dark:

Some descriptions of the color of the Enterprise start out with "The Enterprise was not white...", because a lot of people think it was. On screen, it was a pretty pale looking grey. Go back and look at the pictures that I posted of the 11 foot model from the pilot on the saucer grid thread. Its so light, it makes me wonder if there was a different paint on it before it was painted GM grey. And as you noticed, if you get FS36495 near anything white, it doesn't look light.

I entirely agree. I want an Enterpise that looks like the one we see on tv. The paint on the 11 foot model will look much too dark, even if it is "right". Not so much because of the scale difference, but due to lighting and film sensitivity. I have tried several grey paints on my AMT kit. I now have Model Master Light Grey FS36495 on my starships, and I am very pleased with it. Besides looking like it is the right shade, I can see no color in it. Ghost Greys are blueish, and Camoflage Grey is beige. If you prefer a different shade than FS36495, I recommend starting with FS36495 and ad

Ok, I see grid lines. The next question is, when were they added? It is conceivable that they were added when the Smithsonian put the Enterprise on display the first time (they did spruce it up a bit), but I think its more likely they were a part of the improvements made in April, 1966. I am certain that they were not on the Enterprise for either the first or second pilot. As I posted on the other thread, these pictures are as clear as you could ask for, and the grid isn't there: So I would say that if you are trying to build the Enterprise from either of the pilots, fill in the gridw

Clearly, I am going to need a wooden stake to kill that gridwork.The second pilot 11 foot model: Now closer: I still don't see lines.... The King has no clothes, nor gridwork.

According to Star Trek Blueprints of the Enterprise (actually marked as the USS Constitution), the lines are the "deflector shield grid". But as I wrote before, those blueprints depict a hybrid of the 11 foot model and the AMT kit. Yeah, but those grid lines were designed into the AMT kit, not the 11 foot model. And if you want to make a bigger model of the AMT kit, or what is depicted in the Star Trek Blueprints, or the Star Fleet Technical Manual, then have fun. And if you want to do that accurately, then saw off the Bridge and B and C decks from the Polar Lights kit, and rebuild them t

I just found a website with a series of high resolution color photographs of the 11 foot model taken around the time the pilots and series were filmed, along with a comentary describing the changes that were made over time. I knew such photos had to exist somewhere! http://startrekhistory.com/models.html

I see what you see, but that is a broad streak, several inches wide on the 11 foot model. "Weathering" was added to that model during the series, and I think that may be an example of that. Polar Lights has some "weathering" decals for the kit that are straeks like that.

When we build a 1/72 scale, or 1/48 scale model aircraft, even the finest engraved panel lines are overdone. At 1/350 scale, any panel line would be completely invisible. Are there panel lines on 1/350 scale ship models? The remastered Enterprise may have been more interesting visually, but visible panel lines on a 947 foot starship suggest the crudest technology, with the lowest manufacturing standards imaginable. The Mayans built stone walls with finer seams than the remastered Enterprise.

All the pictures were screenshots of Youtube video of the origional version. None of them are from the remastered series. At one time, you could watch full episodes on Youtube. It has been an outstanding resource for images of the Enterprise. Its hard to catch details just by watching episodes. By looking at stills, I can identify color differences in the components of the main dish, and so forth. The remastered Enterprise does have a subtle aztecing pattern with grid lines. That could be what Jay saw. One could build an Enterprise model of the remastered CGI Enterprise. The remastered E

Here is a shot from the series: I don't see any gridwork. This is that shot: I don't see any lines, but its dark, so I enhanced the image: I still don't see any lines. I have that book. I'm looking at the pictures. I don't see any lines there either.Percival Lowell saw canals on Mars... Perhaps the Enterprise gridwork is an irrigation system. ;) I see lines there! They are concentric circles.

Those grid lines were added to the Enterprise in the Air and Space Museum long after the series ended, and long after it first went on display there. They were a copy of the AMT kit. They are totally apocryphal to the series. In fact, when an AMT kit was used on screen as the USS Constellation in the episode Doomsday Machine, those grid lines had been removed. So what Polar Lights has made, with those grid lines, is a model of a model of a model. Its actually amazing the influence that AMT kit has had our perception of the Enterprise. The grid lines, as well as the shape of the bridge, B

Oh gawd, I didn't see that before. The AMT grid work has been reincarnated again, even after AMT got their act together and eliminated it on their old kit. That will be a PITA to fix.

How are the warp nacelles affixed? Is there any risk of droop?

Ohhh yeaaaaah!!!! I've been waiting for this since the mid 1970's. I doubt I'll be able to get my hands on it this year. Now if one of you could just posts some shots of the plastic...

Yes, he walked away from it. From what I read, this happened at the Oshkosh airshow last summer. The pilot ran out of runway and the nosewheel dug into the grass. http://www.military.com/video/military-aircraft-operations/aviation-accidents/f-16-crashes-at-oshkosh-air-show/1089920847001/ There are lots of photos online, and video on Youtube.

Uuuuugh! I am going to fork over the money for a Tamiya kit, and stick my Kinetic NATO Viper tail and decals on it. And I know the perfect prototype for my Kinetic 48002 F-16, and its misshapen nose:

Kinetic is still selling the KI-K48002 'NATO Viper'. It is not discontinued. http://www.kineticmodel.com/scale.aspx?search=Y&q_scale=&q_word=F-16A