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  1. Uncle Dick
    Lover-ly, will need a few of these as well!
  2. Uncle Dick
    Positively drooling awaiting this kit, been waiting a lifetime for an injection moulded kit of this birdie in 1/72, hopefully decent render & more boxings to follow... Lets see I need 6 kits for RN birdies, 2 for NZ, 2 for Indon, 2 South African, 2 for Brazil and 1 Malay and about 3 or 4 for "what if" schemes for the RAN.
  3. Uncle Dick
    The Clearprop TB.2 kits are very good, only had one quality control issue in the 1/72 scale which was easily fixed they had decals missing in one box out of 6 kits bought, understandable given there is a war on. I hope Clearprop comes out with some more of the Turkish drones in due course, TB.3, Akinci, Kizilelma, Anka III (not likely unless Ukraine acquires these) and some of the Ukraine naval drone boats as well. Would also like to see injection moulded kits of some of the Iranian drones and cruise missiles that have proliferated... Well done Clearprop!
  4. Uncle Dick
    Questions: How does one tell if an Airfix kit comes with limited edition collectors coin from looking at the box top online? Do they have a seperate kit number which deignates it as an limited edition with the coin? The only thing I can see is that Airfix calls it a Bundle and gives it a Bundle number which would imply seperate kitbox and sperate coin unlike Hasegawa for example when they started releasing squadron patches with their limited edition releases which was in the kit and could not be mistaken as that specific box top came with the squadron patch... Are they only avaivalbe to order direct from Airfix for example or will online and local hobby shops sell them as well? Is the box art box top also limited edition, for example with the Black Buck Box art will that only be 500 kits released or will they say release 500 with coin and say another 10,000 without the coin (but all 10,500 will have same box art and kit number)? Lastly how are they packaged is the coin inside the kit box or seperate to the kit box but within another box? Thanks in advance
  5. Uncle Dick
    Yes it is rather appealing though the "R09" pennant number has been omitted from the island (and not so evident due to perspective deck markings are missing some features...) I like how Airix have revised their box tops to show a cleaner image of the box art (done away with the pesky red fill on left which cut into the picture, detracted from the artist's work & used to blot out about 20% of the art work!).
  6. Uncle Dick
    Pleased 3 blade prop included with starter kit
  7. Uncle Dick
    New release by Planet Models resin kit in 1/72 and 1/48 (wing span would be around 3.5cm in 1/72 and 5.2cm in 1/48)
  8. Uncle Dick
    The 1/72 F-111A "Vietnam War" Vark will tempt me... Google translator spits out: "Reproduce the aircraft during the Vietnam War from the American fighter-bomber F-111A! The package illustration is handled by Mr. Tadashiro Kato. Decal (Marking) US Air Force 474th Tactical Fighter Wing 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron affiliation machine "NC113" (1972) 1 other plane"
  9. Uncle Dick
    Anyone able to identify the store under the wing in below image? http://www.aircraftslides.com/auction/images/1247709107a6306.JPG
  10. Uncle Dick
    Crikey - just realised you cannot build the sliding cabin doors in the open position on this kit, unlesss you go into scratch build. They give you all this detail for interior of the cab and then dont let you show it off ... and I like building doors open on Hueys.
  11. Uncle Dick
    Well at least the Italeri design team and factory (provided their factory is in Italy) will not be stopping work to watch the AZZURRI play at the World Cup in November! So thats one less excuse out of the way...
  12. Uncle Dick
    Cannot see a bomb bay - looks like we will have to wait for aftermarket, otherwise look forward to it! Underwing stores is a bonus
  13. Uncle Dick
    Their original facebook announcement from 2017 said kit "will be injection moulded with resin details....produced in cooperation with another model company"
  14. Uncle Dick
    Like it a lot, well done - only wish the images were larger as for some reason they are tiny and do not enlarge on my desk top.
  15. Uncle Dick
    Now that brings back memories! Cracking work on one of the most memorable incidents with the SHAR and a happy ending at that for the Alreigo Kid and the FAA - imagine an F-35B doing that party trick now, the van might be a toasted Marshmallow! The SHAR coud practically land anywhere - Frigates, LPDs and container ships. Would like to see some F-35Bs training to land on destroyers and frigates now days for emergency diversion purposes, alass the woke society would not approve and boat helidecks might require some heat absorbing coating that will cost more than the F-35B... I wonder if some cheeky boffin has created a simulator sortie for an F-35B diverting to a frigate helideck or container ship as part of the Sim training program at Marham 🙂 HMS Albion & Bulwark and Bay class would be a good stand in...
  16. Uncle Dick
    Sure does, be interesting to compare it to the Merit 1/72 rendition included in the Osa and the Trumpi Tu-16, I only wish A-Model would give you 2 complete missiles in each kit... Nevertheless looks like a nice kit and will be on my shopping list, I have some cracking photos somewhere of RAN Clearance Divers dissarming some Chinese Silkworms durng the first Gulf War which might be an interesting topic of discussion - what if any are the differences between the Chinese copy "Silkworm" and the Soviet "Styx", the Iranians also made their own copy of the Chinese copy the Ra'ad...
  17. Uncle Dick
    Thanks for that Gents, most informative unfortunately could not find more photos of A-4E WL-00 151105 "Supercat"... (so that colour photo appears to be a rare image of her) joe baugher has the following serial history for 151105: 151105 (MSN 13275) 1964: VA-23. 1965: VA-56. 1965: VMA-311. 1965-66: VMA-224. 1966: VMA-331. 1966: H&MS-37. 1966-67: VA-93 as NF-313. 1967: VMA-121. 1967: VMA-211. 1968: VMA-311 as WL-20 (VMA-121) shot down by ground fire near Ba Long/Quang Tri, South Vietnam May 5, 1968. Pilot ejected and was rescued by Marine helicopter Another image of said Mk 79 Naplam from Chu Lai via facebook
  18. Uncle Dick
    Not that I know of (I would also be interested if they were available in 1/72), however I always wanted to see what the inside of this pod looks like and your post intrigued me enough to find these images, 36 rocket capacity! Thats double the capacity of a normal SNEB pod.
  19. Uncle Dick
    So many questions with this photo (via evilbay) where do we even start? 1. What is the reason for painting bombs red (looks to be faded to a pink)- or is the red bomb actually something else like a fuel tank or converted cargo pod? 2. If it is a bomb it looks like a Mk84 2,000 pounder? 3. Assuming it is a bomb where is the fuse located? or this a dummy bomb - I ask as the nose is conical and does not have a typical stick and pin fuse protruding from nose, nor is it painted in typical live ordannce colors olive drab with yellow stripe around nose fuse area. Note it also appears to have same type of ordance on port side of wing. 4. Any details on where photo was taken and date - Chu Lai Vietnam perhaps? 5. Anyone have any photos of port side of the aircraft? 6. Nose art " Supercat" would that also be on port side of nose? 7. Squadron crest on intake looks atypical not the usual Tomcatters crest. 5. Any decals of this particular Scooter in 1/72? It would make a cracking subject!
  20. Uncle Dick
    What is the box or prism like structure under the fuselage center (seen above the car in the photo)?
  21. Uncle Dick
    Why not - reminds me of the Stealth type models that came out prior to the F-117 public debut (at least at this point in time with the B-21 we have some publicly released information such as designation and official released artist rendering), as long as you assume the kit model has a fair dose of speculation, just enjoy it for what it is or don't buy it. Just imagine if the USAF and or manufacturer have released some misleading renderings or designation to confuse the copy cats / competitors / adversaries...wouldn't that be entertaining (I recently read some speculation that the Chinese version H-20 was about to fly or debut) Noting domicile of kit manufacturer presume they have not approached Northrop Grumman for licensing purposes / trade marks either, perhaps no permissions required? Remember building this thing and all the hysteria surrounding stealth?
  22. Uncle Dick
    Well at least the CMV-22B will be of interest ! 1/72 RAAF Hornet and A-10 decals are welcome but am not a fan of Hasegawa decals as the white goes yellow after a while... Translation of Japanese language description (as performed by google) of the CMV-22B kit: The kit adds resin & etching parts, Reproduce the features of this unit. Resin parts Fuselage left and right sponson extension bulge Etched parts Towel bar type antenna Decal (marking) 50th Fleet Support Multitasking Squadron Affiliated Aircraft "9447" (2022) 30th Fleet Support Multitasking Squadron Affiliated Aircraft "9441"
  23. Uncle Dick
    Good to see they provide the "Ghost of Kyiv" nose art and aerial victory markings in the decals even if its not on the box art. Cannot confirm its Bort 19 in photo though... Image via https://twitter.com/StefanKnippsch3/status/1514678374194688000
  24. Uncle Dick
    Awesome - forgot Clearprop also make the Tupolev 141 drone which is also in Ukraine service - below image is of scratch built model TB.2 in 1/72 but love the idea to display side by side, maybe the smaller support of the stand is for the Tupolev drone or some armament...
  25. Uncle Dick
    Interesting image of what appears to be a Ukraine Air Force Mig-29, with 3 kill markings, the kill markings curiously though are in the form of the Ukraine national marking presumably depicting 3 Russian aircraft shot down, if you look at the drawing/art work being held up next to the jet the artwork depicts Ukraine AF Mig-29 Bort 45 shooting down a Russian Su 27/30/35 series jet. Obvious reference to the mythical or real "Ghost of Kyiv" with the Ghost artwork on the nose of the jet in the photo - let's hope more information is released in future! Above image via https://twitter.com/StefanKnippsch3/status/1514678374194688000 Mister Craft version depicting Bort 57 which was released recently ... no ghost or kill marking decals in this kit though
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