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  1. Whirly
    As you say, the drawing is quite good and more close to the real badge on the T-33 than the image I pasted in the corner. I can't see any reason for omitting the color details since white, yellow and blue are already present in the sheet. Seems just a matter of poor execution in the design phase. For those interested, I finally found online a good color image of 94+44: https://www.ag51i.de/data/pics/bilder_22/22_13_p.jpg
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    Hi @Corsairfoxfouruncle, glad to know you too found Hataka paints very good. I understand they can be hazardous even if not smelly, but I experimented many acrylic brands and always struggled with them. Considering the small amount of time I'm exposed to these chemicals, I guess my risk factor is lower than walking along a busy road 😉 Here is the painting completed, sorry for the dark image but I guarantee the Norm 72 shades are very well rendered. Thanks for looking!
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    Thank you for this exhaustive post on a very interesting (and colorful) subject. Don't want to hijack this thread, but since you are the F-86 guru and we're talking about the Hog, did you ever find more images of this subject and the reasoning behind this most peculiar paint scheme? I see its role as a target, but I can't remember any post-war a/c painted that way, it reminds me one of the Liberator assembly ships!
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    Thanks again for checking, this shows once again how little you can trust this decal manufacturer... 😡
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    Thank you Colin! I brush painted the red leading edges to save on airbrush sessions, I'm quite happy with the result. You see I've installed the seats: it was not an easy task to find the right shape, nominally they are MB mk5 but it's a totally different subversion from what you see for example in the F-4J Phantom. I had some old Aeroclub mk5, not even similar to the correct headrest shape though;. even searching online I couldn't find anything suitable. In the end the solution came from the spares box: can't remember where they came from, only it's white plastic, but the shape and dimensions seemed right so into the cockpit they went! And here the main camouflage applied. Let me say that I experimented for the first time with Hataka orange line colors and I'm impressed: they dry quickly and hard like Mr.Color but they are not so smelly and a bit less expensive too. I think I will try again them when I need a new color. Thanks for looking!
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    Thank you @LorenSharp for the kind words. I saw what you are doing with the ZELL build and it is an incredible endeavour, once completed should be really spectacular! Back to my build, I masked the cockpit in preparation for a black coat before the final grey. I nearly missed an important detail: all the various intakes and outlets related to the engine seem to be missing on the first prototype (at least so appear from the available images) so I quickly filled them with super glue and baking soda. And now ready for paint. Thanks for looking!
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    Filling the joints is ok, I really would like this was the Platz kit instead: I saw a fellow modeller working on it and it's just a click-clack toy, nearly no filler at all 😀 First paint going on! I used the dedicated Xtracolor paint for RAL 2005 over white but it came too pinky and transparent. In the end I went over it with Mr.Color 173 which is much better. Thanks for looking!
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    Excellent @Creepy Pete just what I needed! May I ask you to check some more details? - The nose dielectric seem to be only for the upper part, correct? - Can you see the white sunshield (?) which some Luftwaffe aircraft had on the rear seat? - Do the AKG 51 appear like in the small image I pasted below? The printed decals have none of the white and yellow details, I will try to add them but it's difficult to discern clearly in the b/w image. Thank you
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    Hi Andrew, thank you for finding those images, they are really helpful I still think there must be better images around, I hoped someone could have access to the book referenced in the instructions, which seems to be the only key.
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    Thanks Loren, hope to make it behind the deadline. Sorry for the long hiatus, I had a very hard time with family and daily job in the last few weeks, on top of that a club show display required to put many more unplanned models quickly on the assembly line! I'm trying to catch up with this to clear my space on the desk. First I dressed up the basic kit provided seat. Then it was time to shorten the canopy and remove all the frames. It was a complex job because you need to match the windscreen cross section with a lot of sanding and I was afraid the thickness of the plastic was not enough. In the end you can do it with a lot of care to avoid crushing the canopy between your finger while polishing. The primer coat revealed a lot of blemishes needing attention, I'm still struggling with them but I'm optimistic. Thanks for looking!
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    Main parts are joined, you see how this kit is filler-hungry! More filler to come, the flaps seem to be infested with sink marks. Thanks for looking!
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    Hello, I'm currently building an 1/72 Lockheed T-33 planning to use Xtradecal sheet X72-122. I struggled to find a single image of both aircraft offered in the sheet, so I'm asking if anybody can help me: I found a lot of inaccuracies in the other subjects in the same sheet, so I got quite suspicious and would like to check before applying the decals. There is also reference to a specific book, but it seems to be very hard to find by now. Thank you!
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    The Italeri kit is very rare by now, even more than the original Platz: I discovered that at my expense. If you are willing to bother with the associated custom troubles it can be sourced from Japan in one of the latest reincarnations.
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    Thank you for welcoming me @Corsairfoxfouruncle @CliffB ! @heloman1 Hope to see it soon. I too have planned another T-33 in that GB, it will be in Blue Angels livery. Some progress in the build: the fit is not great, The seats are rudimentary to say the least.... Anyway for this build I need MB Mk5s which replaced the original Lockheed equipment in Luftwaffe service. See also how the control bars reach the pilot shoulders in height, they need a drastic shortening! The u/c wells are totally empty, so I added a bit of structural detail with evergreen microstrips. Thanks for looking!
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    Hello everybody, This year's theme for my local club display will be the Lockheed Shooting Star in its many incarnations, so my carefully planned Group Builds for 2024 were totally upset by the new priority. I set to work immediately and only later thought that my first choice would nicely fit in the rules of this GB, so let's start with the kit box: This is the very first issue of the Heller kit going back to the early '80s. I got it new to build the Thunderbirds scheme, though the decals were a disappointment and it remained in the stash for some time (40+ years!). Now it was finally time to build it! I have an Xtradecal sheet for multiple countries and will use the Luftwaffe part, this was the starting shot: Thanks for looking!
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    Hello, we are nearing the painting stage: airframe is complete, just needing a primer coat to check for minor defects and then on to the canopy. Thanks for looking!
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    I like your parallel with cooking @marvinneko, sometimes I feel like when you leave the heat too high and everything get scorched! 😆 Back to the build: I'm still battling with the engravings on the tail, I hope this is the final round with filler. I tried the experiment I had in mind with the wing slots and it worked quite well, better in the underside (again!) because the detail is more defined in the original MPM parts. Finally, for now, I'm quite happy with the mods to the engine nacelles, they are nearly ready for installation. Thanks for looking!
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    With a bit of work it's not so difficult: the shortened cockpit needs stepped side consoles which are peculiar to the early marks. A bit of weight is needed in the nose before joining again the two sections. And that's it! I took care to cut the fuselage near to the widest point of the cockpit, so that after removing a few mm. the parts would meet again. Thanks for looking!
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    Is this a specific mod of tha Canadian built lysanders? Just interested since I have one to build and found contrasting informations on the pilot seat.... Very nice start, by the way, I will follow your progress.
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    Hello, sorry for the long hiatus: time was very limited in the last two weeks so i did only small progress on this build. I cut and added the longer strake from a piece of transparent acetate, because I needed something harder than plasticard to sustain the heavy sanding session which will follow generous applications of Mr.Surfacer. Hope to update soon with more progress. Thanks for looking!
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    Thank you @81-er, maybe it's me, though I feel I'm investing a bit too much of my time in this model: every issue needing correction is absorbing much more time than I had planned, but you can't really ignore them once you know they are there. I can't imagine how @AdrianMF kept his commitment so high during his build! During the weekend I had some time to work on the tail rescribing everything (rudders, elevators, trim tabs) with variable success.... As you would rightly expect, the best results are on the UNDERSIDE 😠 Did the same exercise on the ailerons+flaps and those came out much better. On the opposite, you can see how the work on the leading edge slots doesn't bode well. I'm now thinking about a quick resin copy of the MPM surface detail with Oyumaru moulds, since I fear I will never reach the required finesse creating the slots with files and plasticard. And finally I started work on the last big issue with the Airfix kit, that is the u/c cutouts. As @AdrianMF already explained in his build, they are totally wrong to allow retraction of the u/c legs. I won't go for a complete rebuild of the wheelwells, it is not in the scope of this project, I just want to give a bettere representation of the actual shape. Thanks for looking!
  22. Whirly
    My T-6 Texan trilogy is finally complete, just on the finish line! HELLER kit 1/72 - Royal New Zealand AF - Red Chequers aerobatic team - 1972 Academy 1/72 - Royal New Zealand AF - Red Chequers aerobatic team - mid '60s Hobbyboss 1/72 - SNJ-5 US Navy Blue Angels support aircraft, at NAS Patuxent River in June 1948 See you next years, I've always plenty of KUTA candidates!
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    Finished! Not one of my best builds, at least it's finished and archived. A big thank you to those who supported me along this convoluted path, especially to the GB moderators for helping us complete these unloved projects!
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    More progress, seeing the finish line!
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    There is hope! The canopy join is less than stellar and the fit of the Special Hobby masks could be better, though at least I'm seeing the end!
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