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  1. ho590hm
    For completeness, the control surface assemblies should be R1 - A3 B6 R2 - A2 B8 L1 - A4 B5 L2 - A1 B7 C28 fits behind the nose gear. Not sure why the hypothetical scheme has unpainted metal under the exhausts but not where they exhaust over the upper surfaces.
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    I got the Amerikabomber that I had on order from 2021. Just a note that the instructions for assembling the control surfaces are wrong - you need to select the components with the locating pins and match them with the corresponding holes. There is also no mention of the nose gear strut C28.....
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    Just received mine from HLJ. The image of ordnance is not complete. For the bomb bay you get a choice of a very large single bomb (type unspecified), two SC1000, four SC250, or 32 SC50. For underwing, the instructions show 12 hardpoints, which can accommodate a selection from 8 Fritz-X, 4 Henschel Hs293, 4 Bv246, and up to 8 of the 20 Ruhrstahl X-4 provided. There are enough pylons provided for everything, which will undoubtedly cover the other boxings. These weapons fill quite a lot of the 13cm depth of the box....and should provide some good quality spares.
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    Very nice kit arrived last week. One minor query: The kit has alternate engine parts for the extending cylinder used for noise suppression and thrust reversal covering three configurations - in cruise, deployed positions for takeoff, and with reversers deployed. The instructions only seem to show options for cruise, and an incorrect combination of the reverser doors deployed and the cylinder in take off position with door retracted. I think that step 15 in the construction should be using parts D16/D17 and D10/39 in conjunction with the deployed reversers. The cylinder position for takeoff uses parts D36/37 and D14/42, which include the reversers in their stowed position. See https://www.airliners.net/photo/Swissair/Douglas-DC-8-32/375225 for a view of the takeoff position with the reversers stowed which also shows how good the moulded panel detail on the engines is. That's the config I will be using to differentiate from all the other DC-8 kits out there.
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    Producer accepts Paypal direct to [email protected] after placing your order on the website so that you have an order number to quote. Someone on airlinercafe.com has validated this. I sent my order this evening and got an immediate response of shipping tomorrow at a price of $36 plus $10 shipping. Cheaper than EE price AFAIK Will let you know if any glitches. Howard
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    Air-Graphics MRA.1 now showing as sold out
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    The short shots were on parts H34 and H41 - the fuselage halves - definitely a build stopper. The sprue does seem to include the early angled AH-1W exhausts, but not the early equivalent of parts 73 and 74.
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    To RichG - NO STEP areas often reflect the positions of the underlying spars and ribs that support the structure, where skins may be thick enough to resist standing on one side and not the other. The skins attach to the same spars and ribs, so it would not be a coincidence if the panel lines matched the NO STEP lines. Now how to we get the decal to span the trench?
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    Like the UH-1Y, this contains a complete set of sprues for the AH-1Z (except canopy), even less of which is needed for the AH-1W. There is a new sprue for the W - check yours on arrival as both my fuselage halves were short-shot missing the rotor pylon. Howard
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    I think it would be the first time Airfix used a photo of a real aircraft on a boxlid. +1 for wishlist.
  11. ho590hm
    Probably about as accurate as the original Revell B-2 ATB kit (4577) from 1987. Does not even match the released renders round he cockpit.
  12. ho590hm
    Happy to take offers for my Mach 2 kit in the stash. I thought not.
  13. ho590hm
    Just done a detailed review of the sprues against a walkround I did at Farnborough 2010. Very good representation of a lot of surface detail - SFB entirely satisfactory. My comments are at the AMS level, with the opportunity to add the following detail at thin wire level. Side braces on cable cutters Cargo hooks around gear struts Handles around top edges of windscreen Refine chamfer on front turret support Missing intake on port side of rotor pylon Connection wire to rear of IR turret Tail rotor actuators Filing out the trunnions on the supports for the skids - or replace with brass. Some very small aerials to add underneath The interior is light gray on the forward doors and screen above sill height, otherwise black
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    Just got mine from Hannants. The full sprue set for the AH-1Z is included - except transparencies, with a complete new sprue for the UH-1Y, plus transparencies. Plenty of spares......
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    Quoting Wikipedia: Built on the first generation E-Jet, its wing is redesigned, and it introduces new pylons, landing gear, horizontal stabilizers, cabin, cabin air system, air cycle machine, bleed air system, and a new fly-by-wire system.[37] The switch to a composite wing was not yet justified economically for a similar shape, the less draggy flaps are single-slotted instead of the more complex double-slotted on the E1, and the engine pylon is shorter.[21] The raised, 11:1 aspect ratio gull-wing partially accommodate the 2.01m (79 in) diameter GTF, larger than the CF34 by 66 cm (26 in), while the trailing arm landing gear is taller for 23–25 cm (9.1–9.8 in) higher door sills, giving a 5 cm (2.0 in) lower nacelles than the E1. Fuselage is similar.....
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