ANovaScotian

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Yes it is. The Sea King is also mine, and I happen to be the charming guy behind the counter

No different than using any other paint. I find its best to spray them over a gloss black for the best effect.

Hey All At the request of a friend, I'm not supposed to talk about losing my sanity and building car models instead of my usual aircraft... oh wait, oops, sorry Rob Today I present Revell's 1/25 1967 Plymouth GTX. Enjoy.. In 1967, Plymouth was know for making good, dependable everyday cars for the everyday person. The GTX was advertised as "The Gentleman's Muscle Car" and was essentially a performance oriented version of the company's popular Belvedere. Coming from the factory with the legendary 426 Hemi, the GTX was packing some serious heat. Although the GTX finally gave Plymouth the muscle car it needed to compete with Ford and GM, it ended up playing second fiddle when Plymouth unveiled the Road Runner in 1968. Unlike my last car build, this one was more or less box stock and therefore I had no real problems aside from the right side A pillar. This had a bit of an outward warp, fortunately it is not all that noticeable... I hope. The engine was given a Morgan Automotive Details distributor and this was the extent of the aftermarket add-ons The body was primed with Badger's new Stynylrez primer (Absolutely love this stuff!) and given two good coats of Model Master British Metalllic Green enamel thinned with Tamiya lacquer thinner. Apparently the internet is correct and thinning enamels with lacquer thinner greatly speeds up the drying time. Within a day or two the paint was followed with two coats of Tamiya X-22 gloss and a polish with Novus 1 and 2. The chrome was stripped from the front and rear, these being painted with Vallejo's new Metal Color paints. All the trim work was done with Bare Metal Foil. This stuff, although tedious, is not a difficult as some people let on. What can I say? I guess I'm hooked on these car things. I makes a nice change of scenery from the usual stuff crowding my workbench and gives me a chance to try different tricks and techniques I wouldn't otherwise use. Regards ANS .

From the rear quarter the J-10 is a great looking aircraft, from the front, not so much. I think the air intake was designed on a Friday evening or a Monday morning. The rest of the airframe flows together so nicely; then you get that big ol' intake that some Chinese engineer just sorta stuck on the front. Regardless, nice looking model.

I Love all MiG-29s and this one is no exception. It's always interesting to see Comm-Bloc aircraft wearing "Western" air force markings.

On a related note, does anyone know of any resin 1/72 Torpedoes (Mk.46, Mk.44 or whatever) besides the Eduard ones? I've found out that Airwaves did a set of RN Mk.46 torpedoes, but nobody seems to have any in stock.

Looks good!

Sounds good to me. I want to do a EA-6B Prowler in Canadian Armed Forces markings. Seeing as how we didn't/don't really have a use for an ECM/ELINT aircraft, I thought an ASW version would be a neat idea. Lose the jammer pods and replace them with torpedoes on triple ejector racks. Might even stick a retractable MAD boom out the rear end and some sonobuoy tubes on the underside.

Sounds good, thank guys.

Nowadays most torpedoes are typically fired from surface ships, submarines and helicopters. Why not (slow) jets? Does anyone know what the maximum speed a torpedo (Mark 44, 46, etc) can be dropped from an aircraft? I have a what if plan for a A-6 Intruder/Prowler as a ASW aircraft armed with torpedoes. Regards ANS

Very Nice. I've got plans for a Little Norway Hawk 75... in the quite interesting "Apple Green" paint scheme

Vallejo Model Air 71.021 Black Green and 71.124 USAF Green are perfect for RLM 72 and 73 The picture isn't the best, but judge the colour for yourself...

Try some of Tamiya's new "Masking Tape for Curves"

I would stay away from the Vallejo Model Air "RLM" colours as most of them look pretty dodgy to my eye. Model Master are pretty good, with only the RLM 72 and 73 not being very close. In addition, I find that if you switch 70 and 74 they look a lot better

Thanks Artie, but that's quite alright, I'll manage.

The kit looks really nice... engraved panel lines, not too many rivets, cockpit and seat seem rather decent. My complaint with the kit is, I personally don't like front and rear split fuselages. Would it not be easier to mould the fuselage halves complete and just have a cut line for those who want things opened up? Aside from that, the biggest fault that I see and have seen in reviews is that the intakes are more or less "wrong." If you look at pictures of the real P-80/F-80/T-33, the intakes are kind of a "D" shape looking head-on, whereas the Hobby Boss kit has them moulded as a shallow semi-circle. If that makes any sense. It does throw off the look of the aircraft, but I think that trying to fix it is going to be more trouble than its worth... especially as its going to be finished in bare metal. With G.W.H. doing a new tool T-33, they might do a P/F-80 series as well... if so, those would definitely be worth waiting for. Here and now however, I would say the Hobby Boss kit is good enough. If the intakes bother you, maybe try and graft the front half of the Monogram kit on to the rear half of the Hobby Boss? P.S. My other problem with Hobby Boss is their decals... I swear some kid with a crayon does some of their decal sheets. Even though the kit comes with the markings I want, I'm gonna have to print my own replacements. Keep posted, I'll have an RFI when the kit is completed with my usual summary of the build. Regards ANS

So, in theory, one could just shorten the Misawa tanks then?

Hey all Soon I'm going to be building the Hobby Boss 1/48 F-80C Shooting Star as "Evil Eye Fleagle" with the big shark mouth as seen over Korea. The kit provides the "P-38 Style" and "Misawa" wing tip tanks as well as the P-51 looking underwing tanks. The question I have is; did the F-80 have a third style of wing tip tank? Looking I pictures I see tanks that are slimmer than the "P-38" style, but shorter than the "Misawa" style. These are the "P-38" Style Tanks: These are the "Misawa" style tanks: And here are the ones in question: Could these be some sort of shortened version of the Misawa tanks? If anyone could shed some light on this, I would be most appreciated. Regards ANS

Don't know how I missed this one...

Hey all I happened across a rather striking paint scheme on a CH-124 Sea King.... This dates from 1999 when the RCAF was celebrating its 75th Anniversary. This seems to be the only picture available of this particular Sea King. Does anyone know if there's ever been a decal sheet for these markings? Likewise, does anyone know of any other pictures? Regards ANS

Looking good Dave

Always love me a good Me 262, nice work! If you don't mind my asking, what colour did you use for the green on the wings and tail plane?

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Maybe you should try some Vic Firth Hickory 7As, something a little more modest