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Open panels on armed aircraft NEVER happens - well that is it never happens
in the world of the self proclaimed "experts".
RAF Tonkas at CFB Cold Lake. Note long sleeves and hat it was cold so
no need to keep components cool. However if it was warm enough its
possible there's a greater need to keep panels open as getting good
cooling airflow to electronics can be an issue on some combat aircraft
i.e. the F-35 has an on board ACMI contained internally that's cooled with
liquid nitrogen. I checked the EXIF data on these pictures and in spite of
the FOD covers being in place these aircraft launched in under 24 minutes
from the time I took these shots.
I recall seeing F-18 Hornets and F-15 Eagles loaded with panels open however
being a visiting guest I was not permitted to take pictures of aircraft with
open panels, it is often normal protocol for visiting photographers on bases
to be instructed not to shoot aircraft with open panels.
In the case of these images I asked for permission and was given it. If in
doubt always ask the PAO (or whoever is running your visit) before you take
the shot, as being allowed to do this was an exception rather than the rule.
pictures.
I recall an incident when someone pointed a camera at aircraft we had been
told NOT to shoot literally within seconds we had two base police cars on top
of us and 8 of us came pretty close to loosing our camera gear and being chucked
off of the base because someone didn't follow the PAO's instructions.
I'm not by any means saying that open panels are the norm but I've seen it on a
number of occasions.
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Some more image links here-
http://aeroexperience.blogspot.ca/2013/08/boeing-ultra-hornet-takes-off-on-maiden.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/05/fa-18f-cft-weapons-pod-mockup/
http://malaysiaflyingherald.wordpress.com/page/10/
I haven't a clue as to what a max load up weight is on the hornet but CFT's could
free up two more hard points for certain mission types.
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a custom sheet from CanMilAir maybe?
OMG please NOT from CamMil poor and inconsistent colours quality and registration "quality" isn't
never in their vocabulary. You'd get a better result if you hand paint them with a four inch paint
brush!
If anyone should do it it should be David from Canuckmodels http://www.canuckmodels.com/
or Dave from Leading Edge http://www.lemdecal.com/ Those guys understand what QUALITY means.
If ether of them do A310 decals then please do the low viz markings first guys - I need two sets!
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Now available from Canuck Model Products...
CF-18 Hornet markings are now available in both styles (Symmetrical and FIP) and in all scales from 1:144 scale through to 1:32 scale. 1:144 scale markings come in a combined sheet (both styles on one sheet) and included pre-made tail numbers for every CF-18 that has been in service (although you need a magnifying glass to read them).
All sheets professionally printed by Microscale.
thanks
David
Hi David,
THANK YOU, you ROCK!
I have 5 Revel 1/144 scale CF-18 Hornets to decal so I have just ordered 3 sets
of these. I'll post some pics once the decals get here. All the tail numbers for
every CF-18 as individual decals - WOW! That sure makes my poor eyes happy...
Tom
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The boxart is really nice. The estimated release date is june (earlier mentioned in this thread) and i am wondering which company reboxes the german version since there is nothing anounced.
The background Alpha is a Discovery Air Defenses (yep for real the acronym is D.A.D.! - Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!)
aircraft formally know as the "Top Aces". DAD uses German Alphas so it look like both variants of the Alpha will
be included in the one box. It will be nice to see the "Top Aces" as an option.
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Nice shots thank you for posting Alf.
I was hoping to go out to photograph the roll out,the PAO had
sent even me consent, but unfortunately "due to circumstances
beyond my control" I wasn't able to go. With any luck I'll get
next years demo bird at 4 Wing.
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If you're looking for Gulf War markings, my Symmetrical set offers those. This is the Academy kit in symmetrical markings (for 425sqn, but the package comes with the proper Gulf War markings).
[edit] the sidewiders should be grey for this time period, but I prefer the look of the white ones, so that's what I went with :)/>/>
www.canuckmodels.com
thanks
David
Dave your Hornet decals rock!
Now can we please have them for the CF-188 Hornet in 1/144 scale?
I am well aware that it would be difficult to justify doing these with
all of the numbers that are on your existing sheets however a very nice
set of Canadian Hornets could be done by printing a single sheet with
numbers for 5 different Hornets. I suggest 5 as if you used the numbers
for aircraft 188901/923 for the twin and 188745/767/789 for the single
seat Hornets. Anyone could use these straight off the shelf and be happy
with them and for those of us who needed a specific aircraft covered then
two sets of decals and a sharp blade would give a person any Hornet that
has been in CAF/RCAF.
The Revell Hornet is a nice little kit as but there are no standard CAF/RCAF
decals for it in 1/144 scale worth buying. I have four others Revell Hornets
that are built and painted awaiting decals so that’s 5 (or 6 – in this scale
I can make mistakes!) sets sold already!
Note the additional Hornet pilots await their ride!
Please don’t anyone mention Canmilair decals to me I made the mistake of
ordering decals from them and the print/colour quality leaves a WHOLE LOT
to be desired - sorry I mean they leave EVERYTHING to be desired.!
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I didn't realize Guns was flying 718, I have a shot of the intercept. 718 is an old tired jet and wasn't upgraded. It was scheduled for storage but was pulled back when the q-jet shortage was realized.
Guns no longer flys Hornets.
Your right Guns (aka "CHIP")is off of the Hornet and is now an instructor
on the Hawk with 419
This is a crop of a photo taken by the lead-
My Model again this time "in flight"-
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Anyone sell a CF-188 in 1/72 right out of the box.
Last Hornets I did were the ancient 1/72 Hasegawa
F/A-18As.---John
The Academy kit is a quick easy build and in 1/72 scale its not a lot of work
to build it as a CF-18A.
This is my rendering, depicting "Guns" in the CF-18 when she became the first
female pilot flying as wing on a "Bear" intercept-
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A good summary, but I'll just note that the term Legacy Hornet is normally used to differentiate the original F/A-18 design from the newer F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. By that usage all RCAF and CAF Hornets are Legacy Hornets.
Also to my knowledge (and a quick image survey), the CF-188AM retains the A-style tails rather than the C tails. You'd therefore want an A+ or A++ boxing.
No current kit has the correct oleos BTW, that means aftermarket or a little modification (they can be approximated by flipping the oleos on the kit gear).
You’re right re the tail on CF-18 and I should have mentioned that the oleo could be flipped
on the Haegawa kit.
My wife is right: if I’m using a compuker to post info I shouldn’t be getting ready for work
and trying to learn a new image processing program at the same time “multitasking†just aint
my thing...
I see your point re the use of the word “Legacy†the US use of the term is accurate however
within the dominion of Canada then it’s equally as appropriate from a strictly Canadian
perspective, as Canada does not have F-18E/F/G that supersede an older model. Like the use of
CF-18, F-18, and Hornet to describe the CF-188 on base "Legacy" is in common use when
distinguishing the difference between the upgraded and non upgraded variants.
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What needs to be done to the 1/72 Academy Hornet to get a CF-188AM?
The Academy 1/72 kit needs very little work to turn it into a RCAF Hornet
the oleo's are different as is the antenna placement and the addition of a
searchlight as well as removing the braces from behind the starboard side
of the vertical stabs is about that's needed.
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Thanks for the info. So I'm going to do a 1/48 scale aircraft circa 2011. Do I want a Hase A or a C model hornet?
Thanks again!
In 2011 most of the upgrades to the Hornet fleet had been completed and the then CAF (now RCAF)
were (and still are) using two distinctly different Hornets.
The original, referred to as “Legacy” Hornets are externally very much like the US Hornets
the differences being in the antennas oleo's and the installation of the identification
searchlight ahead of and below the LEX. If you’re doing a Legacy bird then the Hasegawa F-18A
is your best choice as it contains all you need including the searchlight, although if the
kit is marketed as a US aircraft the instructions omit the information re the searchlight but
the clear part #11 is included and it’s easy to cut out the location point that’s scribed into
the kit.
The CF-188AM is the upgraded Hornet then what Denis says is right on the money with the changes
mentioned above re oleo and searchlight . The Hasegawa F-18C has the CF-188AM tail with the
additional antennas so it saves a little money as you won’t need to get an aftermarket replacement.
Denis mentions the Wolfpack Design Operation Mobile set and I’d say it is extremely useful if you
intend to build the CF-188AM Hornet.
Addendum-
For anyone contemplating the 1/32 Academy Hornet “The Major” has or is about to release a Sniper pod
(with clear parts)upgrade for this kit that includes the correct wing pylon assorted antennas the IFF
bird cutters along with GPS dome!
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Hey guys - I was wondering, what would be the best kit to use as a starting point for a single seat cf-188?
Thanks for the help!
Mike
1/72 Academy
1/48 Hasegawa
1/32 Academy- or wait for Kinetic to release their boxing of the Academy 1/32 scale kit with RCAF decals.
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Um, no. You might be thinking about the the brace that is long and along the slime light. The square brackets are in all of the photos. Plates mounted only on one side would be the long strip, not the base mount brackets.
Um, yes. (c:#*
Re The brace alongside the slim light - I get that. I mentioned them ONLY to
help those who may not be familiar with the Hornet who may read the thread
and where curious to know what those "other" brackets on the tail were.
I have a good deal of respect for Alf's opinion/input his information is willingly
given and I have found it to be in general accurate. However I have gone through
hundreds of CF-18 Hornet images that I have shot and I cant find one with the more
than a single vertically mounted tail brace on each tail and in all cases they are
mounted on the port side. If anyone has an image of a Hornet with those braces
mounted on the starboard side could you please post it or a link to a website that
has such an image? Inquiring minds want to know!
In my photo post says "(the square plates)shows the external retainers mounted
on the outside of the vertical stabs" I had "assumed" (and we all know what that
means!)this to be the case however I stand corrected and apologize for this inaccuracy
on that point as images of earlier Hornets do show these post "L" bracket era.
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I think that the images below should bring some clarity to the issue.
The top two pictures show the “L†brackets that are on the inside of the
vertical stabs the bottom picture shows the external retainers mounted on
the outside of the vertical stabs. The middle picture shows the strengthening
plates (mounted vertically behind the slim lights) these mounted ONLY on the
port outer and starboard inner sides i.e. ONE per vertical stab. If you
compare the middle image to the bottom image you will see that these are NOT
present when viewed from the starboard side.
Hope this helps.
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Available from Luckymodel-see here:
http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=SW-62001
The box art is good but it may not do the kit justice as this pre-production
image shows the side access open and nicely detailed.
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When I heard Kinetic was going to do a F/A-18 I was thinking (hoping) that it would be in 48 scale to compete against the high priced Has and HB kits.
I don't like this 1/32 news as much.
Dont give up on a new Hornet in 1/48 from Kinetic yet.
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The “Kinetic 1/32 F/A-18†will be a re-boxing of the Academy kit however
it may (or may not) contain additional resin parts to "modernise" it.
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Hi! Does anyone know the new website for Afterburner Decals? Every time I click on the previous website/link it always bring me to this website - FDZ Aviation, which doesn't even show a single piece of their decals.
As said Afterburner are gone.
However at least one of their design team are soldiering on as Furball decals see-
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A lot of spare stores in the box! The instruction sheet shows the option of the 2000 liters fuel tank but the Mirage F1B was not modified to carry it. In the french inventory only the CT and the CR were.
CT/CR are/is in the pipeline so all the sprues included in the 1B
will most likely be common to the CT/CR other than the two seat tub
the nose and new PE detail fret.
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We only sent our MISIPed jets to the shield, thus rainbow squadron although us in the 71st worked 94th and 27th jets.
I hope they are not using the Academy kit, like putting lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig!
Well said sir "lipstick on a pig, (makes it) still a pig" describes this
abomination to a "T"
However the pig will always have the advantage over this kit as you can get
some nice pork chops and a bacon sandwich from a pig both of which are more
satisfying than this kit could ever be no mater how you "dress it up".
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In spite of the aforementioned flaws thats a nice clean build
of what is indeed a dog of a kit, well done.
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Glad to be of help.
This may provide some inspiration:
http://www.dstorm.eu/pages/en/france/jaguar.html
HTH,
Andre
Great link thank you sir!
The "French" colour chart can be seen here -
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It's my understanding that “The Major†should be releasing one in
the near future-I’ll know more tonight.
Auction - Rick Chins Built Models
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by centuaryseries
On May the 28th 2014 modeller and model store owner Rick Chin, after a 2 year fight with cancer, passed away in his home in Calgary Alberta . His nom de guerre as "Uncle Rick" was, I feel, bestowed upon him as much for any other reason was his never failing enthusiasm for all things to do with model (and aviation!) and his willingness to share this and to encourage other modellers, particularly the kids, to "(just) build it!". Rick, even as a child was an avid and prolific model builder as well as an aviation enthusiast this led to him also becoming a keen aircraft photographer.
Ricks family could not keep ALL of his over 400 models covering a wide range of subjects! Many of his models are contest winners/placed and even more of them are well worthy of display. Ricks family have therefore deemed to auction off the majority of his kit collection spanning over 30years to raise funds for Ricks widow Sylvia.
Below are some images of Ricks prize winners that are to be auctioned. To see more of these and many others or to place a bid go to-
http://www.biddingowl.com/Auction/home.cfm?auctionID=2602&CFID=5375427&CFTOKEN=85237240