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Nakajima G8N Renzan (Rita) 1/72
72modeler replied to kalle's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Yowzah! I have only ever seen two of these built, and yours is the best. One of Hasegawa's early releases, and pretty crude, although pretty accurate in shape and dimension. Beautiful model. One was extensively tested in the U.S. after the war, but had significant engine/supercharger issues, as Jaoan didn't have the metals needed for their operation. A shame it was scrapped, as it was a beautiful airplane. Well done! Mike A real shame Hasegawa did not see fit to do a new-tool, as they did with many of their older IJA/IJN multi engine kits, but to be honest, the G8N was a pretty esoteric subject to begin with. -
Hasegawa 1/72 RA5C Vigilante
72modeler replied to Robin-42's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Beautiful upgrade of the Hasegawa kit- life is definitely better the second time around. Everything you did was worth the hard work, as you have a Vigilante of which you can be proud. A beautiful and very fast jet that did yeoman service in the SEA. Guessing maybe attaching the Hasegawa forward fuselage to the Trumpeter kit might have gotten you there, but at great expense. Wish Trumpeter did better research, as they could have given us a state of the art kit! Well done! Mike -
That's a fine fish, Roger! The best build of this kit I have seen so far, and I think the TSS colors and finish are very realistic. Sure gives the rest of us something to shoot for- I just wish you hadn't set the bar so high! (I bet painting those yellow bands on the bomb was no fun!) Mike
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BF-109G-10 Fine Molds 1/72
72modeler replied to Dmitry Stelmakh's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
What the others have said- very nice representation of a late war Gustav with the mismatched panels and the patchy undersurface wing panels., with some being painted, primed, or left in bare metal. Very nice work, and please stay safe! Mike -
Damn- if this is your first RFI post, I shudder to think what your next one is going to look like! Incredible model and figures, and the rubber on those tires looks real! What paint did you use to do them? BTW, welcome to Britmodeller, and keep 'em coming! Mike
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Or, like the old box scale Lindberg B-17G kit, trying to keep all the turrets and cockpit tub in place so the fuselage halves could be mated. (Old-times will know what I am talking about!)
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Stumbled upon this one just now- don't think I have seen it posted before, but if it has been, I can remove it. Very interesting to see how the sub assemblies came together, as well as how fast. No wonder we won the air war, as the U.S. built more combat aircraft than the combined production of the enemy. They could build a B-17 a lot faster than I did my last 1/72 one! IIRC, there was a famous photo taken at the Seattle plant that showed sixteen B-17G's that amounted to one day's production. We could never come close to that in a month or even a year nowadays! I hope you enjoy the film, via You Tube.. Mike Here's the sixteen B-17's completed in one day:
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As stated in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, "No matter where you go- there you are!" Just happened to be trolling through the ship builds, for no good reason, and I found your outstanding container ship build. I had NO idea you did floating thingies! Not your Vulcan BMk 2 or Su-24M RFI, but an exceptional model in every respect. Hoping this finds you and yours safe and well, Andy, and may you still fit into your dress battle pants! Mike
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Here's one: https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/builds/airfix/build_airfix_3085.shtml Here's another: https://www.internetmodeler.com/scalemodels/galaviation/Operation-Sun-Run-RF-101C-Voodoos.php AFM references: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195999/operation-sun-run/ history of the flight: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/operation-sun-run/ @RidgeRunner, my good friend, has a slight affection for the One Oh Wonder, and IIRC has done a Sun Run Voo Doo in 1/72; he might have better references than I; I hope these links will be helpful! Mike
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John, A million thanks for posting the video; even though it's not in llmavoimat colors and markings, it's a DXXI and it's gorgeous! I would give anything to see and hear it fly! I have been following its restoration for quite a while, and the restoration staff are to be congratulated for a magnificent replica! Mike
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Can't ever have enough DXXI builds on BM. Nice model! Mike
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I am pretty sure, as stated by others, that it is a radio direction finder that can be rotated to home in on a radio signal for navigation. Many aircraft direction finders are metal loops or a metal loop enclosed in a plastic or bakelite-type 'football' fairing for streamlining. If there was a metal cover over the RDF unit, as in the Me-410, it would interfere with the ability of the unit to receive signals., so I'm guessing a leather or plastic cover would make sense. I couldn't find an image in my references for the unit in the Me-410 or other Luftwaffe aircraft, so I can't give you the model. I bet the Airfix team that examined the one that used to be at St. Athan for making the new-tool kit didn't know what it was, either, or they would have likely labeled it, but noticed the leather cover, so called out for painting it brown; (RLM moo?) if so, that;s some pretty good German cowhide, to have remained intact for so many years! Mike
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Here is a set of exterior and interior photos of the B-26C on display at the National Museum of the Air Force that show sections of the bombardier's compartment; being a restored museum aircraft, the usual caveat about using it for a color or equipment reference appliies. There is also an oop monograph on French B-26C's that I recall showed the rear of the compartment as well as the rest of the compartment, but it will probably be very hard to find. @RidgeRunner might have a copy, as he has been working on a French Invader, and he has a very complete reference library. The Net Maquettes website might have a French B-26C walkaround that shows the nose compartment. Best I can do- sorry! https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196114/douglas-b-26c-a-26c-invader/
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Yes, we did have some detailed discussion on the subject, as @Tbolt has stated. This is one of the discussions: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235133886-p-47d-wing-underside-colour/ There was another discussion that had a photo that showed the flaps being readied for attachment to the wings at the factory, but I can't seem to find that one- sorry! I recall it showed that the flaps were painted in the correct upper and lower color before being fitted, so there was no zinc chromate or bare metal strip visible at the leading edge of the flap as oftentimes was visible in photos of other aircraft that had the flaps fitted before the airplane was painted- the Mustang was a good example. What fooled me before I discovered this fact was that in many period b&w photos of P-47's with the f,laps deployed, you could see the leading edge of the flaps were a darker shade or a lighter shade than the rest of the flap, which led one to believe that the strip was zinc chromate primer More than likely that strip was darker on camouflaged aircraft because that part of the flap was only exposed when the flaps were down, so less prone to fading- same reason why that strip was lighter in appearance on bare metal airplanes. Mike.
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Very nice build and refreshing to see one done in this scheme for a change! You should be proud of this one! Sure was a surprise when Arma released this one! Mike
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Tamiya 1/48th P-47N "Some Punkins" 73rd FS, 318th FG
72modeler replied to Tbolt's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
OMG! That is a gorgeous N! Not my scale, of course, but I know an outstanding and accurate conversion when I see one! It was really weird scrolling through your WIP, as I had given thought to doing much the same thing to convert a 1/72 Tamiya P-47D- two sets of Tamiya wings, with an 18" section removed from one set of inner wings grafted onto the other set; a Quickboost dorsal fin fairing for the P-47M kit reshaped, and the appropriate engine and cockpit bits from the Sword P-47N kit. (Of course, the First Law of Aircraft Modeling states "Upon the completion of a major conversion or scratch build, a new-tool kit will immediately be announced.") You are truly worthy of your user ID! Mike- 29 replies
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TBD-1 Devastator VT-3 Midway Part II
72modeler replied to Rod bettencourt's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Words fail me....what an incredible build and wonderful tribute to all those brave young men that flew an obsolete torpedo bomber without escort against the IJN's best. Mike -
I seem to recall a bare metal P-40E or N that had orange panels on the cowling, as well as a couple of RCAF/RNZAF P-40N's that had their camouflage paint removed and had PV and PN codes on the cowlings in black, IIRC, but I don't recall seeing a photo of a bare metal P-40 flown by Colonel Scott, just his very well-known and photographed P-40E. Hasegawa also released a limited boxings of their 1/48 P-40N that featured three USAAF bare metal schemes as the markings choices. Here is the description of the two bare metal choices for one of the Hasegawa P-40N kits: You are provided markings for two aircraft from the 49th FG from 1944. Both are unpainted metal with an OD nose antiglare panel. The box art plane with the blue spinner is from the 7th FS flown by Gerald Johnson and is the 'aces' plane. The other option has a white tail section with a yellow spinner and fin tip. It was with the 8th FS and flown by Marion Felts. Might you be referring to the P-40N flown by Major Ben Preston, C.O. of the 53rd PG;? His P-40N was stripped down to bare metal and had a large orange chevron bordered in black on either side of the cowling from the spinner back plate to just under the windscreen as well as an orange spinner. it was serialled 44-7071 and was a P-40N-20-CU It also wore a diagonal band from the bottom of the rear quarter glass to the fuselage bottom; it looked like it had a dark band in the center, with lighter colored bands(orange?) on either side, outlined in a dark color. There was a black code 'PI' on the fuselage under the canopy. Here is a link to the markings of his P-40N- also a Hasegawa limited release: https://modelingmadness.com/scott/allies/previews/has/02567.htm There is a photo of a bare metal P-40K-5 that had a large black antiglare panel that extended down to below the exhausts; serialled 42-9829' There is also a photo of a bare metal P-40N at a stateside training base. It had a red spinner tip and the serial was 42-106174 Maybe @BS_w might be able to help, as he has extensive references on Curtiss fighters. Best I can do from my references and frequently faulty memory.
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I have a dear friend whose uncle flew Hurricanes in the CBI during WW2, My friend was a pretty incredible modeler back in the day, and would like to find photos of any of the Hurricanes his uncle flew so a tribute model could be built. I told him I could forward his request to the Hurricane Collective here on BM to see if any could be found. My searching has found a couple of official websites that contain the serials listed below, but only delivery date, squadron assignment, and final disposition- no mention of squadron or individual aircraft code letters. Can anyone be of assistance? Here are the Hurricane serials listed in his uncle's logbook- his name was Raymond Harlow, and he flew with 20SFTS in South Africa, No. 73 OTU in Egypt, and No, 79 in India Aircraft Transit Pool, Poona India, beginning 1943: KX106 KZ435 KX912 KW758 AM283 HW490 KZ341 KZ937 KZ922 KZ432 79 Squadron, Eastern India near Calcutta, 1944: HW621 LB880 LD311 JS456 or 465, aircraft letter 'D' LB or LA114 Z3161 (first CBI op) LE267 HV664 LD257 KZ789 LE297 KZ780 @Troy Smith Can you help me, Obie Wan? You're my best hope! Mike
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Wow! What a great end result, as the kit has some real fit and alignment issues., that you have managed to correct. Well done! It's hard to make an all white model that doesn't look like a toy or die cast model, but you have pulled it off! Mike
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Bf 109 F-4/Trop Stab II./JG 27 (1/72)
72modeler replied to Ingolfur Bjorgvinsson's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Are you sure that's not the Eruard 1/48 kit? Wow! I need to take up macrame! Mike -
1:72 Az models MiG-17PF
72modeler replied to dragan_mig31's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Another very nice build, Dragan! I have also read that the AZ 17F and 17PFM kits are not exactly Tamiya quality, but you sure wouldn't know it from the photos! Wish I had your talent! Mike