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Looking good Wlad. Re: wheels - Brengun do the best late Corsair wheels I’ve seen - they’re lovely and wide and easier to get than the ultracast jobs these days. 😉
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This! Also there are 3d files if you click on the link. Jumpei Temma knocks it out the park again. For my AU-1 I used Aires Skyraider Pylons, someone will tell me they’re wrong but they look the part. http://soyuyo.main.jp/f4u1/f4u5-1.html
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1/32 B-24J "MY AKIN"
MattSimps74 replied to Silverstone 2's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Wow that is gorgeous, congratulations! Did you catch James Holland and John McManus talking about the first Ploesti Raids in 1943 (Op Tidal Wave)? If you didn’t it’s well worth a listen (We have ways podcast) - these guys were at low level in daylight, incredible. Beautiful model 😎 -
Gorgeous pics! I’m already thinking of that lovely Neptune with the firebees in 1/48! Jetmads + ICM. I mustn’t tho🥺 Thanks for posting them, Happy New Year, Matt
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XFJ-2B, 1/48 navalised Sabre Jet
MattSimps74 replied to MattSimps74's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Just putting it out there but is anyone else uk-based finding it more difficult to get hold of the excellent modelling accessories produced by our neighbours in Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine etc? I’m sure they used to be more readily available. Shame really, feels like our hobby is somewhat impoverished. Will have to go back to scratchbuilding🙂 Did anyone have a look at that ACI 3d cockpit app? If so what did you think? cheers, Matt -
XFJ-2B, 1/48 navalised Sabre Jet
MattSimps74 replied to MattSimps74's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Just waiting for a yahu instrument panel at the moment, then I’ll button it all up. Hard to compete with them using individual dial decals, nice though they are. They always seem just a gnat’s too big for the bezels I’ve found. more soon, thanks for looking! Matt -
XFJ-2B, 1/48 navalised Sabre Jet
MattSimps74 replied to MattSimps74's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Some cockpit progress, will post pics later but in the meantime can I point you all to an astonishing resource I’ve stumbled on for this build? Forgive me if it’s old news. The ACI (AeroCapture Images)Cockpit 360 app for your phone. 360*, zoomable cockpit captures, most major (and some more obscure)US types. They’re museum examples, some in their original state, some ‘restored’, but many hours of fun to be had I reckon. Enjoy, Ttfn Matt -
A navalised F-86E, this one, although there was no carrier gear on the XFJ-2B just the 4x 20mm cannon US navy armament fit. The decals for this test airframe were on the FJ-2 Caracal sheet so I decided to have a crack at it. Narrow chord slatted wings have Revell Sabre Dog leading edges only this time, as the Revell wings are too sharply swept back. Seems like Revell had the length of the slats correct though. The join line is straight, and aft of the leading edge hinge to make mating easier. Looks a bit rough at the moment but I’ve had to move the leading edge fairings back by 3mm to backdate the 6-3 wing mod. All the measurements worked out quite nicely though, even if I say so myself. The gun muzzle panel was a spare nicked from a Kitty Hawk Fury kit and spliced in. I’m so gutted they went to the wall, what an eclectic range of kits they produced. There was a lovely resin cockpit in the Hasegawa Sabre box (manufacturer unknown) courtesy of the eBay seller too, life is good innit? Ttfn
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1/48 F4U-4 Corsairs Academy and Trumpeter
MattSimps74 replied to corsaircorp's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Your only option for the canoe-shaped pylons afaik CC!! For my Olathe Hasegawa/Tamiya -4 kitbash😉 They should look ok in dark sea blue! Cheers, Matt -
Wow he did a grand job on the -1 Cutlass didn’t he? No small amount of work, he’s managed to get it looking like the Collect-Aire kit, (which was so pricey I daren’t build it!) Such a cool machine, too far ahead of it’s time. A horror to fly by all accounts.. “The Cutlass could be made into a pretty good flying machine with a few modifications, like a conventional tail, tripling the thrust, cutting the nosewheel strut in half, completely redoing the flight control system, and getting someone else to fly it.” Best of luck CC👍
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Hasegawa A-4F Skyhawk 1/48 Blue Angels
MattSimps74 replied to Jos Jansen's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Beautiful paint job, Jos. It’s a stunner 👌Matt- 27 replies
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Kitty Hawk Jaguar GR3 1/48
MattSimps74 replied to DrumBum's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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Awe-inspiring Eric! Love your bowsers, superb. This thread wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Accurate Armour’s 1/48 range, of which I’ve only built one example (could do with a bit of tlc, too, apologies for the state of her) AEC Matador 6x6, they do a variety of other vehicles including a lovely Matador Coles Crane which I’d love to do sometime. The Atlantis 1/48 JP4 Chevy is coming on apace, thought I’d better show you the model itself to prove it’s not just a pipe dream! The trailer’s been a fair bit of work, you can see the plastic stiffening to keep it all straight. Also the skirt had to come off, but the master model was properly made back in the day, everything was the right shape underneath. Landing gear next! The Chevy’s wheels are a mix of the Atlantis White truck’s road tyres and Defmodel’s resin hubs for the Tamiya GMC truck, turned on the lathe at work. The original stake truck tyres were a bit agricultural for this one, also any excuse to get on the lathe. Hope you don’t mind the work in progress content in an rfi thread😬 Cheers, Matt
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Hi folks. Apologies if this is in the wrong place Michael, however I’m really enjoying this thread. I’m kitbashing the new Atlantis remoulds of the old Revell 1/48 Chevy stake truck and Fruehauf trailer into one of these, it’s going ok, they are exquisite kits. This is the only picture I’ve found of the rig on the whole of Google. I’m not a truck expert by any means, can anyone tell me what all the gear is behind the cab? Looks like a pretty heavy duty pressure vessel to me, lots of pipework around it? Any help gratefully received, pictures of a similar setup even better. Cheers, Matt
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1/48th Boeing B-52H Stratofortress (Sanger vacuform)
MattSimps74 replied to tomprobert's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Sure thing, maybe a paint effect might be safer than risking a heartbreaking catastrophic structural failure of some sort! Hats off to Gerald at Sanger though, producing these kits must be a vast undertaking, as well as covering all the different variants as he did here. I really struggle to complete the simplest of projects, maybe the Victor would still be languishing in the stash as we speak anyway! Best of luck with the rest of the build👍