KursadA Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Here is a new thread and (hopefully) a fun activity: Get to solve my research problems and win decals! This way, I get to save some time and you get decals for having an eagle eye and/or great research skills. The rules are easy: I will post some of my annoying research problems here under the "open research problems" title. The first person to find a photo (online, from a book, or even a personal photo) that is good enough to be used for decal artwork wins a Caracal decal sheet of his choice.(*) Interested? Hopefully we can keep this going for a while - I will try to post a new research problem every week, on average. Let me know what you think, and I will post the first problem(s) soon. (*): If you are outside the US, you will have to pay for shipping - sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon053 Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 I'm in for helping. You never know what other people have to offer the cause. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Kursad, Count me in. K/r, Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I am always open to delve deep into the google machine..I am in. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 This will be cool, I'm in 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 At your service. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hemspilot Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Waiting for problem Number one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I’m in! Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Sounds great! Please research some german stuff... 😉 HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I'm in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Count me in. Sounds like this could be fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Sounds like fun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I’m in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Boyer Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I can't stand the suspense! Bring it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Love it! I'm in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echolmberg Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I already found one mistake. There's no 1/48 decal sheet for the F-89. Ha! Nailed it. I'll let you know which current sheet I'd like to recieve. Thanks! Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Let's get this game started. I have a hunch that this will be answered quickly (Gator?), so I have a couple more in the queue. Problem 1: Good photos of this version of the McConnell early B-1B tail flash have been elusive for me. The details would be very visible in 1/48, so I need a good photo taken almost at a right angle. This is usually difficult for B-1B tail flashes since the aircraft is pretty high. Photos in Logan's book were of no help. I am providing the best photo I have. Can you find a better one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) Problem 2: Consider the RA-5C Vigilante photo sections posted below. I have added some arrows to point to markings on the canopies. Clearly these were standard stickers of some sort. They seem to have long disappeared on all of the preserved & museum jets I could find online. The text on them will be impossible to read in any scale. I will just type something in there and it will look great(*). But what did they say? There seem to be at least two varieties. There must be a close-up photo in someone's private album, right in the background. Or perhaps someone has a maintenance manual somewhere. I am curious enough that it is worth a free decal sheet to me. Can anyone help? (*): Confession time: the long Russian stencilling right on top of the canopy sill on my Polish MiG-29 sheets contain the full text of Samuel Jackson's excellent rendition of the Bible verse from "Pulp Fiction" (The path of the righteous man..) . Don't worry, it is too small for your club buddy to read at the next contest. Edited December 1, 2020 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BN7149 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, KursadA said: Let's get this game started. I have a hunch that this will be answered quickly (Gator?), so I have a couple more in the queue. Problem 1: Good photos of this version of the McConnell early B-1B tail flash have been elusive for me. The details would be very visible in 1/48, so I need a good photo taken almost at a right angle. This is usually difficult for B-1B tail flashes since the aircraft is pretty high. Photos in Logan's book were of no help. I am providing the best photo I have. Can you find a better one? Not my photo, but from Bill Word on Flickr. I only now realize that the keeper is clutching lightning bolts like the SAC fist, only with wheat stalks instead of olive branches... AWESOME! Edited December 1, 2020 by BN7149 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 59 minutes ago, BN7149 said: Not my photo, but from Bill Word on Flickr. I only now realize that the keeper is clutching lightning bolts like the SAC fist, only with wheat stalks instead of olive branches... AWESOME! Great find BN7149! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 DING! We have our first winner. Can you please send me a PM with your choice of (existing) decal sheet? Thanks! A new problem coming up tonight. Thanks, folks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ichitoe Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 What a great idea! I'll be of no help, but I'll be following along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 No luck on Vig canopies but I did find excellent photos of unit insignias for RVAH-6, -7, 9 & -11, all photos of insignias on the airframe (not patches). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Get a good magnifier and read some of the silliness in KittyHawk’s early stencils. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 It is a drawing but this seems to be alikely answer for the A-5 details. I can't seem to find any actual pictures of the area large one says "In Emergency cut on red surround of canopy". Looks to have two of these on the aft canopy small on is "pull handle to release canopy" Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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