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Well done Fox. A difficult subject because of lack of reference material. And a difficult build because of a poor kit. Great job in the end, looks great.

Thanks Louie. Not quite what im after though. Thats a cardpress model of the jackdaw when he gets it. My ultimate goal is a realistic model of its final iteration.

Thanks for that brief concise answer Dave. Does anyone do a plastic kit of a brig? Thanks.

The last couple of weeks ive been playing assassins creed black flag. Absolutely love the game. Since im not getting one of the collectors editions, i wanted to build my own model.Instead of doing a figure of Edward. I figured id do the Jackdaw. His ship. I need help identifying what kind of ship it is (Its claimed to be a brig, which is looks similar to, but, you know what computer games are like) The next step is identifying a good donor kit to start from. Heres a picture of the Jackdaw. Thanks for any help guys.

Is this the kit that comes with the funny rigging jig? It has grooves that you run the string through, then glue and paint, then cut it out. Great job so far. Its making me want to try another tallship again.

Not sure if this is the right place. Ive just ordered some fabric seatbelts for my 48 scale rhino. (Hase F-4E 1:48 30th anni) and i was wondering if anyone here has used them before? http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/Photo-etched-parts/Photo-etched-set/Aircraft/1-48/F-4-seatbelts-grey-FABRIC-1-48.html The set comes with a fret of PE and another one of fabric. Im not sure what to expect when they arrive, but im looking forward to trying them out.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/virtualtour/cockpits.asp Theres a B-36J near the bottom of the page. Might help with some of the interior stuff.

Paulo. I mean this in the nicest way possible. There is something wrong with you. This is fantastic. First of the big birdies to get its wings yeah?

Great work so far, watching with interest.

Like this? This one looks like its been used for ejector seat trials.

WIF battle damage? Got bounced by a couple of migs, missile took out the rotodome, migs got chased off. (i think about this too much lol)

It seems fine, it managed to survive an earthquake with no serious damage. To give you an idea of how hair trigger it was, the gun in the nose cone and the aerial just behind the cockpit snapped off during previously mentioned earthquake, and now it wont sit on its nose gear.

Nicley done. As for weight in the nose, i packed the radio operators compartment with lead and it was a hair trigger on the tail sitter.

Self healing mats are AMAZEBALLS, however they dont smell all that great when new. Kinda like rubber. However ive had mine for several years now and despite turps being spilled on it (earthquake, unsecured jar of turps, melted model parts) and covered in paint, it still performs like new. If i had bought a newspaper every time a pad of it had worn out (through being sliced up etc) i would have spent more on unread newspapers than i spent on my mat. It pays for itself in no time flat.

Ill get there.

So a single type GB is all variants of a single type of aircraft, is that right? If thats the case put me down as a tentative, i dont have a sabre in my stash, but im interested in getting one.

Gone are the days where aircraft designers were artists, now theres so many rules they have to stick to that aircraft designs are almost dictated before pencil hits paper (or stylus hits cintiq as the case is now) I agree that most new aircraft have stopped being interesting, but there are still a few exceptions to the rule, aircraft coming out of india at the moment are quite interesting, Iran seems to be amusing the masses with their attempts at pulling the wool over every-bodies eyes. And russia will always come out with interesting stuff right up untill their economy completly collapses and they end up as a 3rd world country, at which point mercenary factions will start designing awesome stuff. Just wait until we start colonising the galaxy, then the combat aircraft will start looking cool again.

Another one. Are you planning on a B-52 next? You got your work cut out for you budy. How are you gonna do the wings without them sagging?

Looked for my photos, couldnt find them. The ones shown earlier show it better that mine anyway. There was talk before the show of it being live fire, but the CAA stepped in and stopped it. So he fired blanks instead.

Very cool. Might see if i can find one. Always loved that story. I saw a doco a few days ago about giant squid, and while they appear white and pink on the surface (after theyre dead) when theyre alive and at depth they shimmer metalic gold.

Why would the guns need a Batchelor of Fine Arts?

I have photos of this firing (muzzle flash) which i cant find right now. Ill have a hunt tonight and see what i can come up with.

death by styrene. You're slowly ticking along. Keep it up, youll get there in the end.

He's the driving force behind wingnut wings as far as i know. I know its a branch of WETA which hes either heavily involved in or actually owns (im not quite sure) Alot of the WW1 aircraft are replicas but i think theres a couple of genuine articles floating around in his menagerie. Im pretty sure the Camel has a genuine engine at the least (its got the blip throttle and everything) The museum is stunning. I can start a new thread on that so i don t hijack this one, got plenty of photos when i was there.

Ok, you got me on the acting. I think there was a golden age of acting at some point where it was far enough away from the early sound that actors had stopped overacting, but hadnt started under acting because "it could be fixed later" Thats more what i was trying to get at than "everyone in the 50's was a terrible actor" thats simply not true, there were some fantastic actors and actresses back then.