ReccePhreak

Thanks for the informative reply. It makes sense. I especially like your comment about the crews not knowing where the fuel tanks were. Larry

I am working on the ICM 1/72 Ki-21-Ia RTAF (Kit 72206), and I was wondering if the 2 interior fuel tanks would be painted different from the normal fuselage interior color of Dark Grey (According to the ICM instructions)? I thought that they might be a different color, to let air crew & ground crew know they had flammable liquid in them. This is a beautifully detailed kit, but some of the parts are "tricky/fiddly" in how they go together. Much better than my Revell Takara Mitsubishi Type-97 Heavy Bomber Ki-21-II (Sally), which has moved to the "shelf of doom" for the time being. It suffered some damage from a "hard landing". Larry

Thanks for that added info. With it, I was able to find a couple of side photos of recce Casa-212 (TR.12) aircraft, but no pictures showing the underside of the aircraft. Without info on the size & locations of the camera windows/ports, I will have to pass on making that variant. I guess I will make both of my kits (CASA C-212-100 & C-212-300/400) in Royal Thai Air Force markings. Thanks again for your response. Larry

The Spanish Air Force operated some photo reconnaissance variants of the CASA 212. Does anybody have info on the interior camera installation, as well as the camera windows? I assume they were on the underside of the aircraft. I would like to convert one of my Special Hobby 1/72 CASA C-212 kits to that variant. PM me or email me direct at lengesath AT cox DOT net if you can help. Larry

Thanks, just ordered it!

Thanks for that link. Will take awhile to look through everything there, to see what will help in my build. Larry

I try to keep my model aircraft builds to my 2 preferred "themes", Reconnaissance aircraft, and Thai aircraft (Military & Civil) Regards, Larry

Thanks for that info. Well then, I guess I will fall back on to "Plan B", building the kit OOB, but making it a WHIF Do-24T in Royal Thai Navy markings, as if they "acquired" one during or after WW2. Larry

Great link Markus Thanks so much!

WOW!!! What a FANTASTIC picture!!! Is that part of a walkaround?

I have been working on my Italeri 1/72 Dornier Do24T kit for awhile, spending most of my time wet-sanding the rough pebbly finish & rescribing panel lines. I want to add some detail to the cockpit, since it is visible, and was trying to find pictures online, without success. Did the flight crew have just lap belts, or also shoulder harnesses? I am assuming just lap belts, but could not find any "proof" of that. The instructions show the cockpit to be RLM02, with the entire seat to be a 50/50 mix of Black & Silver, including the seat cushion? I couldn't find any online references with detailed info on the interior. I plan to paint my aircraft as an RAAF Do24K from 41 SQN, as I really like the Blue & Grey paint scheme. Larry

Thanks Nick, for the very detailed response. PM inbound. Larry

Thanks Andre, really good info. 👍

I recently pulled my Airfix 1/48 BAe Sea Harrier FRS Mk1 kit (905101) out of the stash, with the intention to build it as XZ254/250 N, 800 NAS/FAA, using the decals from AeroMaster (48-540). https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aeromaster-48-540-bae-sea-harriers-frs1-51-pt-1--175799 Besides the AeroMaster decals, I also have the Eduard PE set (48214), the Pavla resin intake correction set (U48-20), as well as a Pavla MB Mk. 10H ejection seat (S 48027), which I hope will be correct (?) for the bird I am planning to do. I have a "spare" refueling probe, courtesy of Monogram, and just need to figure out which (If any) of the underwing stores from the Airfix kit would be "suitable" for my build. I have 2 other Harrier kits from which I could "appropriate" underwing stores from - Kinetic T-Harrier & AV-8A Harrier USMC. I look forward to any & all comments/suggestions on how I plan to build the kit, including underwing stores and ejection seat. Larry in Florida

I can only assume you are talking about the recent 2023 tooling, and not my 1994 tooling?!? Larry