Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy

Truly out of this world fantastic! I am in awe....

Short lived mecha before the events of Macross/1st Robotech War, one of the earliest Veritechs using the new technology from the crashed SDF-1. In it you can easily see its soon-to-arrive successor, the classic VF-1 Valkyrie series so dearly beloved to so many of us. It's a monster, a bit larger than the VF-1's, about the size of an F-14. Hasegawa 1/72. Didn't add a lot, besides cockpit side panels plus PE belts and details for the ejection seat. Thanks for looking

"Hollywood MiG" #4! From the Charlton Heston movie "Skyjacked" (1972). Film did not specify which Soviet planes they were imitating, only "Soviet fighters." Trumpeter 1/72 kit. Did some modifications in the cockpit and to the seat, even though it was to be closed canopy. Rebuilt the refueling probe with thick brass rod, and the pitot boom is a brass item from Master. Learned the tail is really "D" sized almost too late, and had to cut it down after paintwork was well underway. Also had to fill in the ribbed rudder section. No correction for the intake yet. Could

Spasibo, tovarich! :cheers:

Special Hobby 1/72 to build my third "Hollywood MiG". The build was simple; the markings were not. I gave up on finding any decals ever made (why do I do this to myself???). The red numbers, the jagged flame intake, and the white and red discs of the emblem were masked and painted, the former with stencils cut into frisket mask sheet. Then, the numbers and jagged pattern were outlined with black decal striping (took an entire Saturday afternoon). Details in the round emblem were hand painted with fine brushes. Looks good enough unless you get really close.

Make me an offer on these 1/72 leftovers! They are well-deserving of a better home than I can provide. First, from AstraDecals, leftover decals for the Royal Netherlands "Orange Jumper" F-16B (I only used the generic F-16A/B stencilling, all airframe-specific stuff is there) plus injected Orpheus Instrumentation Pod. If you don't mind an extra fold in the instruction sheet, I can send it for the price of a postage stamp. Second, one single resin Soviet/Russia Kh-31 missile with AKU-58 launcher from AMC. Has almost all the tiny stencilling decals (there are a LOT).

Tell you what, even though this thing is nearing completion, I'll be first in line to purchase this sheet when it's ready. Shouldn't be too hard to add that emblem to the tail after the fact Any rough guess on an estimated release time period?

I have now; thanks for that!

...how'd you guess???? 😄 Actually, the screen grab above is the same aircraft I posted above in AMARC (#803)

Wonderful! ...except this thing is in paint right now

Thanks Ben, if anyone would know, it would fall under your expertise If you can't find anything, no worries....in 1/72, might be able to pull off something acceptable with a fine brush 🙂

Long shot, I'm guessing not. But does this yellow bird emblem on the tail (New Mexico ANG) appear on any 1/72 sheet? Asking because I know it was done in 48th.

And now, for something completely different. From 1957's "Jet Pilot". Definitely not John Wayne's best film, but nice aerial photography. T-33's became "Yak-12's"; they made a decent effort, with tanks removed and a unique paint scheme. If only they had added red stars (heresy!!)!! Wolfpack boxing of the Platz kit. As per the film, the front seat had no headrest, and the rear seat had its headrest curiously painted over with interior green. Only difficulty was the "2". Out of all my sheets of numbers and letters, nothing was even close. The one I finally

Thank you! Good question...the answer is my ignorance! I wasn't sure if they were truly visible, or buried deep inside the fuselage. Every walkaround I found must have had them removed for display, because I did check. I know the Mirage F.1 fairly well but not the Mirage III, on which the Kfir is based, so I really did not know....

WOW!!! Have always LOVED this bird, am really glad to learn more about it with this!