Ventris Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Hi, due to things happening in life I took a 4-5 year break from serious scale modelling. Now Iam back to building planes and want to continue my JFK project. I plan to build 4-5 A-7Es, 2-3 A-6Es, 2-3 F-14As, an EA-6B, E-2C, S-3 and SH-3H. I have decals for most of the planes except the E-2, S-3, EA-6B and SH-3H, for those I have a decal printer. Before I took my break I finished one A-7E and A-6E TRAM and left two more A-7Es ready to be painted on the shelf. I hope to have these two and one more A-7 finished by the end of August. Some questions for the experts: Can the E-2C (Kinetic) be built out of the box to represent an E-2C to from this timeframe? Can the S-3 (Italeri) be built out of the box to represent an S-3 to from this timeframe? Can the SH-3H (Hasegawa/Revell rebox) be built out of the box to represent an S-3 to from this timeframe? Kinetics EA-6B represents an ICAP III, is there a guide how to make it an ICAP II? Also, would the early ICAP II cockpit from Aires be correct for this timeframe? Regarding the F-14As I will go with the HobbyBoss A and take some parts from the B version to kitbash it to get the most prominent features correct. Would the F-14A from Tamiya with after market sets be an option? Thanks in advance for your help! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) Buy the Tamiya F-14. Don't waste time with the Hobby Boss. To be accurate, you'll need tail stiffeners, wheels and TCS chin pod. And ECM bumps if they had them. The Kinetic E-2 is accurate out of the box for any E-2C with 4 blade props. Nothing noticeable changed on that airframe until you get to the 8 blade prop and upgrades. Kinetic EA-6B to an ICAP II, is a matter of different antenna and I think some of those are actually in the box. They are very easy to scretchbuild if needed. The instrument panel really only has a few differences- glass instead of dials for the pilot to correct and I'm not sure it would even be that noticeable... The S-3 OOB would be an A. You need the B updates - wingtip pods weee the most noticeable to me. A few different blade antennas as well. Wolfpack and TwoMikes have B conversions. They have more parts than you'll need for a 1991 B, but worth it and has the necessary changes. Welcome back - sounds like a great project!! Can't wait to see pictures in progress. Post shots of the jets that you want to do, and I'm sure plenty of people can help out with references and info. Edited July 29, 2018 by Brian P: Fightertown Decals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brian P: Fightertown Decals said: Buy the Tamiya F-14. Don't waste time with the Hobby Boss. To be accurate, you'll need tail stiffeners, wheels and TCS chin pod. And ECM bumps if they had them. So QB48815 beaver tail with ECM antenna, QB48797 ECM/TCS chin pod, QB48831 tail stiffeners, ED64290 late wheels and some ECM bumps from a Hasegawa kit? If there are only these minor corrections I might actually go with Tamiya instead of HobbyBoss. I have decals for VF-14 100 BuNo. 162700, 101 BuNo. 162691 and VF-32 200 BuNo. 159611. (Superscale 48412, Aeromaster 48526, Superscale 48897) Pictures are on the dstorm.eu website. ( https://www.dstorm.eu/pages/en/usa/f-14.html ) Quote The S-3 OOB would be an A. You need the B updates - wingtip pods weee the most noticeable to me. A few different blade antennas as well. Wolfpack and TwoMikes have B conversions. They have more parts than you'll need for a 1991 B, but worth it and has the necessary changes. Are you sure the kit is missing the wingtip pods? Is there another version of the pods different from the ones included in the kit? Top left and right corner of the sprue in the picture below. Antennas should not be hard to add. Quote Can't wait to see pictures in progress. I have linked the first A-7 in my first post. Here are two more A-7s which are by now already preshaded: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tYDHKck_8WjjMykNOi1O0yVc_zPg1pvk/view I will have to wait for the weather to cool down before I can start airbrushing them. Edited July 29, 2018 by Ventris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Never seen that S-3B sprue. Those do look like the B wingtips. Cool! And your F-14 assessment was correct. Steel Beach also makes the ECM bumps set. He's got the tail and all 4 fuselage (plus more) in a late A set. He also does rail stiffeners, as does Cross Delta, Furball, AMUR, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidar_710 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I was a SENSO with VS-22 during Desert Shield/Storm. The wingtip pods are the same... it was the 4 antenna that were swapped out. There is an aftermarket kit out there, or just sand the kit parts smooth, then add 8 pieces of thin sheet styrene squares with a half dome in the middle. Another addition is the 3 chaff n flair buckets behind the wheel wells, and belly forward of the sonobouy chutes. Don't go too far with the B update. We were still an ASW platform at that time, so leave all 60 chutes in the belly. Good luck finding VS-22 decals for Desert Storm markings in 1/48 scale. They discontinued them. 😕 Tracy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Here is the JFK Cruise Book for that time period: https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv67-91/index.html Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/30/2018 at 2:40 AM, Vidar_710 said: I was a SENSO with VS-22 during Desert Shield/Storm. The wingtip pods are the same... it was the 4 antenna that were swapped out. There is an aftermarket kit out there, or just sand the kit parts smooth, then add 8 pieces of thin sheet styrene squares with a half dome in the middle. Another addition is the 3 chaff n flair buckets behind the wheel wells, and belly forward of the sonobouy chutes. Don't go too far with the B update. We were still an ASW platform at that time, so leave all 60 chutes in the belly. Good luck finding VS-22 decals for Desert Storm markings in 1/48 scale. They discontinued them. 😕 Tracy Thanks for this info. Do you have an article number or name of this aftermarket kit? I will contact you when I get to building the S-3 if that is ok? On 7/30/2018 at 5:47 AM, Finn said: Here is the JFK Cruise Book for that time period: https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv67-91/index.html Jari Thanks, I have already saved every useful page. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Question for the A-7 experts: How would a loadout with AGM-62 Walleye I or II look like? I cant find a picture showing both sides of an A-7 with AGM-62s. Did they carry a targeting pod and on which station would this pod be carried? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GW8345 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 45 minutes ago, Ventris said: Question for the A-7 experts: How would a loadout with AGM-62 Walleye I or II look like? I cant find a picture showing both sides of an A-7 with AGM-62s. Did they carry a targeting pod and on which station would this pod be carried? WALLEYE on mid-board station on one side, an AWW-13 ERDL Pod (Data Link Pod) on the mid-board station on the other side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Here is one with two Walleyes: Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Thanks to both of you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Just a little update. Edited August 15, 2018 by Ventris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I approve of this project :) … mainly because I've been slowly working on Kennedy aircraft from Desert Storm. At the moment, I'm on a Star Wars kick though so Desert Storm is on pause. A good number of my builds and short write ups are included in Jakub's Desert Storm reference site. They're a little dated as there are better aftermarket sets out now and I'm sure I can do a better assembly / paint job now too. But they might be a little helpful as I spent a good amount of time researching. I'm building at least one plane from each squadron. I've done 3 A-7Es, 2 F-14s, E-2C, KA-6D, S-3. Been meaning to get the Hobbyboss A-6E for a while … maybe after I'm done the new Bandai B-Wing :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Sorry to jump onto this thread, but I have been looking for 1/72 decals for a line VF-32 Tomcat from this time period. I can find decals for the CAG aircraft and markings for before and post this time period but not for Desert Storm. If anyone can help I will be very grateful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 17 hours ago, Benner said: I approve of this project :) … mainly because I've been slowly working on Kennedy aircraft from Desert Storm. At the moment, I'm on a Star Wars kick though so Desert Storm is on pause. A good number of my builds and short write ups are included in Jakub's Desert Storm reference site. They're a little dated as there are better aftermarket sets out now and I'm sure I can do a better assembly / paint job now too. But they might be a little helpful as I spent a good amount of time researching. I'm building at least one plane from each squadron. I've done 3 A-7Es, 2 F-14s, E-2C, KA-6D, S-3. Been meaning to get the Hobbyboss A-6E for a while … maybe after I'm done the new Bandai B-Wing :) The dstorm.eu website is indeed a superb source for information! 6 hours ago, Jabba29 said: Sorry to jump onto this thread, but I have been looking for 1/72 decals for a line VF-32 Tomcat from this time period. I can find decals for the CAG aircraft and markings for before and post this time period but not for Desert Storm. If anyone can help I will be very grateful. I have the same problem in 1/48. A little (already outdated) update: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, Jabba29 said: Sorry to jump onto this thread, but I have been looking for 1/72 decals for a line VF-32 Tomcat from this time period. I can find decals for the CAG aircraft and markings for before and post this time period but not for Desert Storm. If anyone can help I will be very grateful. I did my VF-32 plane with a combination of existing decals and stuff printed from LaserJet at home. 201 would be the easiest to do in low-vis, being it only had basic markings .. Edited August 18, 2018 by Benner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 21 hours ago, Ventris said: I have the same problem in 1/48. Thanks for the information. That would be my second option, but my preferred scale is 1/72 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 17 hours ago, Benner said: I did my VF-32 plane with a combination of existing decals and stuff printed from LaserJet at home. 201 would be the easiest to do in low-vis, being it only had basic markings .. Thanks for that. I am looking to make one of the TARPs aircraft as I have all that I want for that apart for the markings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) First plane got its decals. But I managed to damage the name tag on the right side. Edited August 19, 2018 by Ventris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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