Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy

Hey there, Discovered the Super is wider and squatter, and the front fenders a more stylish curve. Classic is much more narrow, almost felt my claustrophobia when I finally could see it between the two. Apparently the '71 and '72 original supers had the flat windscreen, which this build apparently is. After that they went to the curve.

Okay y'all, I must apologize for shelving this for a couple of years, but I've had a LOT to deal with, including a wedding, some health stuff, plus just got totally burned out on this due to the intensity of what I had to do to it (FAR more than I originally planned). Time to get this thing done. Major body modifications. Had to take pieces from the two Revell bodies and graft them to the Aoshima to reflect the correct vents, trims and such. Flat windscreen framing on the hardtop was too narrow, so I widened it with an insert of plastic, above and below. I'll worry a

Ya know what, that makes more sense, that they were allowed to choose their colors in the era when ship camouflage was no longer an issue. So, prewar it would be extremely light gray like the rest of the ship, and during the war it would simply match whatever camouflage was applied to the ship in question. Now, as far as Dec 7 colors go, THAT'S a whole different kettle of fish, as they say.... 😄 You mentioned the locations when the attack began; from the famous view of Battleship Row at the start of the attack, it appears that both captain's and admiral's barges may have bee

I was blessed to spend many years with the Arizona's last survivors, and while our conversations didn't usually tend toward the small launches, my understanding from the dedicated ship modelers over at modelwarships.com was that the launches were painted to match the camouflage of the rest of the ship. Never heard of personal paint schemes before, although I'm not an expert. I'd say head to modelwarships.com to ask more. Great folks there! As far as Admiral Kidd, yes, he was aboard and was probably incinerated on the bridge as opposed to still entombed. Some of the survivors I

Almost nothing at all, totally out of business... ...except one, over near the base. It's connected with a rather unique Ace Hardware store, called "The Hobby Place at Ace". 7071 E 22nd St.

So, what I need for mainwheels is something smaller than real F-111 wheels, but a bit larger than a Tomcat's....

I've been using your book and your extras Tommy, I was just tricked when I saw the wheels for sale...I shoulda known better that I hadn't found a solution for the wheels for a production type....

So, basically when the aforementioned ResKit aftermarket wheels say they're for the "A,B, C & D" versions, they're referring to the AF ones used just at the beginning, yes?

Well, my real interest is what they would've had if they'd gone into production and out to the carrier air wings.

Ah, but which AF tires? A/C/D, or F/FB, assuming there's a difference?

Just making sure here...were the B's wheels the same as for the A/C/D series? And would that include the later preproduction examples vs the first few?

Yep, that would've been my backup. Was trying to avoid....

Suits me, yes please!

P.S. They don't have to be totally fresh, I'd gladly take a set off a junked model....

Looking for maingear for a Legacy Hornet. Got the tires, need the legs. Happy to offer anything in return. Thanks! jollyrogers5 at hotmail