Dutch Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Sorry for stepping away for a day. I agree that vinyl masks for the warbonnet in 1/144 may be out of the question. I am intrigued with Kursad's including the trim decal, allowing careful painting and the use of a windscreen decal. However, I think a mask would definitely help in 1/72. Kursad, I know you announced this as a 1/144 sheet, but are you planning a 1/72 sheet as well? (Hint,hint) R/ Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Dutch said: Kursad, I know you announced this as a 1/144 sheet, but are you planning a 1/72 sheet as well? (Hint,hint) R/ Dutch Agreed, there are a lot of those Academy KC-97s floating around...……..The Airway Graphics decal sheet, however, are as rare as cockroach tusks and are almost as expensive as elven nuts...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Wait! You've got elven nuts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Almost.....too expensive..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Dutch said: Sorry for stepping away for a day. I agree that vinyl masks for the warbonnet in 1/144 may be out of the question. I am intrigued with Kursad's including the trim decal, allowing careful painting and the use of a windscreen decal. However, I think a mask would definitely help in 1/72. Kursad, I know you announced this as a 1/144 sheet, but are you planning a 1/72 sheet as well? (Hint,hint) R/ Dutch I am sure I will eventually scale this up to 1/72. Doing it first in 1/144 will allow me to skip research on some of the smaller stencilling which will not be visible in 1/144 anyway. I need a bit more time to provide a comprehensive set of stencilling in 1/72. We will sort out the mask issue at that time. So a 1/72 version will be forthcoming - and mine not cost any more than a quarter of an elven nut. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 In that case, I will buy both! Thank you once again Kursad,... for keeping me off the streets and out of the bars and, if not at my workbench, at least allowing me to plan & stock up for my first five years of retirement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hooker169 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 25 minutes ago, Dutch said: In that case, I will buy both! Thank you once again Kursad,... for keeping me off the streets and out of the bars and, if not at my workbench, at least allowing me to plan & stock up for my first five years of retirement. Ditto, but if Kursad keeps pumping out great releases at current pace, you'll have to push back retirement a few months! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) On 6/17/2018 at 8:59 AM, Charlie D. said: Didn't the Texas ANG have at least one aircraft with a big "texans" painted on the side? I swear i've seen a pic of it somewhere. Same style as it appeared on the phantoms and voodoo's. The time period is right, so it makes sense that they painted "Texans" on at least some of their aircraft. However, I looked at for it in books and online this past weekend, I could not find any. I really want to put it on the sheet: so the first person to find a photo of these aircraft with a visible serial number gets a free sheet. I am just too lazy / busy to drive 3 miles to the Texas Military Forces Museum here in ask for their help; but will try that if this approach fails. Edited June 18, 2018 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 hour ago, KursadA said: The time period is right, so it makes sense that they painted "Texans" on at least some of their aircraft. However, I looked at for it in books and online this past weekend, I could not find any. I really want to put it on the sheet: so the first person to find a photo of these aircraft with a visible serial number gets a free sheet. I am just too lazy / busy to drive 3 miles to the Texas Military Forces Museum here in ask for their help; but will try that if this approach fails. So I did a bit of searching and couldn't find anything on a KC-97 with Texans painted on the side but they did paint up a T-29 in those markings. Pretty cool looking! Linky here: https://www.cloud9photography.us/Military-Aviation-14/Texas-ANG-Airplane-Pictures/i-d5pFs7M/A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Drifterdon said: So I did a bit of searching and couldn't find anything on a KC-97 with Texans painted on the side but they did paint up a T-29 in those markings. Pretty cool looking! Linky here: https://www.cloud9photography.us/Military-Aviation-14/Texas-ANG-Airplane-Pictures/i-d5pFs7M/A That Samaritan is pretty cool, too. They also have a vintage 1980s van painted with the same Texas ANG markings at the Texas Military Forces Museum "dump" behind the main building. I e-mailed the museum and asked for help - hopefully their photo archivist will have some time to take this up and get back to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 C-97A of the New Hamspshire Air Guard at Prestwick AP circa 1960. Copywrite Mike Hines, Air-Britain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) ... Edited June 19, 2018 by Dutch Remove duplicate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 And a shot of a Tennessee Air Guard one showing the outline of the top of the warbonnet and the rear stbd side tail outline, different from the port side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hooker169 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Those are good ones, Dutch! I’ve been looking for the “Texans” -97 for the better part of two days and I cant find anything. Hopefully the museum can come through for you, Kursad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D. Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 On 6/15/2018 at 10:22 AM, KursadA said: I received the kit yesterday and I am working on the drawings as I find time from packing the deluge of orders you had sent my way. Keep the suggestions coming. Looks like there is a C-97 restaurant somewhere in Colorado - I wish it were closer. I wonder if the food is any good, though? California Air Guard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hooker169 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Not a -97 obviously but,,,,, http://www.sky-flash.com/Airshows/Hill_AFB_museum/pages/image/imagepage48.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) Kursad, I've been doing a methodical search through all my ANG, tanker, large transport & old USAF books and can't find any photos of a Texas ANG KC-97 with the "Texans" motif, only straight TEXAS AIR GUARD or ANG lettering. Are you sure you didn't mean the C-131D / T-29 photos? R/ Dutch Edited September 17, 2018 by Dutch correct grammar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D. Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 On 9/13/2018 at 7:15 PM, Dutch said: Kursad, I've been doing a methodical search through all my ANG, tanker, large transport & old USAF books and can't find any photos of a Texas ANG KC-97 with the "Texans" motif, only straight TEXAS AIR GUARD or ANG lettering. Are you sure you meant the C-131D / T-29 photos? R/ Dutch I figured out where I got this idea. I bought a rareplanes 1/72 KC-97 2nd hand. It had a second decal sheet in it with the Texans logo and unit markings.it was printed in a single color, the blue of the Texans script. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Ah so desuka! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hooker169 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 On 9/13/2018 at 10:15 PM, Dutch said: Kursad, I've been doing a methodical search through all my ANG, tanker, large transport & old USAF books and can't find any photos of a Texas ANG KC-97 with the "Texans" motif, only straight TEXAS AIR GUARD or ANG lettering. Are you sure you didn't mean the C-131D / T-29 photos? R/ Dutch Ya, I can’t find anything either, Dutch. Between this one and the ‘Miss Piggy’ B-52 details I’m coming up empty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 This sheet will be part of the next (mid December) batch: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Looks great! 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D. Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Wow! Looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) Kursad, Great work! A few notes. The orange markings on each side of the tail are slightly different. The port side has a cut out for some aerial or panel [see the New Hampshire C-97 photo]. The stbd side is solid, with no cutout, [see Tennessee C-97 photo.] So the cutout on the tail marking on the left side of the sheet needs to be filled in. Any plans to include Tennessee and New Hampshire state names? R/ Dutch Edited November 23, 2018 by Dutch add clarity Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I see another massive order when these are released. And there are enough options on this sheet you can build the plane in front of the Airplane Restaurant (Solos) in Colorado Springs. Another grand slam sheet Kursad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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