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dahut

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  1. Ive seen bulkheads built beneath the cockpit section, so lead shot could be packed in before closing up the fuse halves. Epoxy or CA glue is generally used for this. I might add this is usually in addition to the weight added in the nose gear bay and behind the engines!
  2. Wait - NOT going overboard?! Is that allowed?
  3. Very busy bit of fudgery, isnt it? Wow, you are to be admired - I can hear myself cursing the thing!
  4. Ive got the J version and was under the impression that it was a 4-n-1 kit, and would include the sprues to make a droop snoot variant. SO maybe they put mine in yours and left some of yours out!
  5. Well thats alright, isnt it? So theyre shipping this stuff in the mails?
  6. It looks awesome - not too ruddy, not too clean. Good one!
  7. Interesting. The C-47 you have there has European Air Transport Service on the side - EATS for short. When you think about these aircraft lifting pretty much everything needed in Berlin - including food - it is apropos.
  8. My favorite way to portray an inflight model was what I like to call the old "Pat Hawkey" method. Some of you old timers may remember Pat from his features in Fine Scale Modeler back in the 80's and 90's. He was well known for his presentation desktop models, built on contract. Most of those that I recall were jets of one kind or another, but he did prop jobs too. His method of portraying a spinning prop was very unusual - he simply left it off. He would fill and smooth the spinner or hub and simply attach it sans blades, celluloid discs, fancy photo-etch 'whizzy fixies,' etc. His theory was that the only truly realistic spinning prop was, well... a spinning prop. Anything else looked too contrived and actually took away from the desired effect. He left it to the mind's eye to make the connection of a an inflite prop and the clean effect he achieved actually worked pretty well. Here's an example of his work... And heres a bio piece on Pat with link to him ... http://www.milartgl.com/models/models.htm
  9. What a whacking great beast! I really love it. Ive stopped buying models for the stash - but I might make an exception for this one. Every time I see one, I cant help but feel for the poor guy in the 'coal hole.'
  10. It looks really nice. You may see the errors, but I assure you, they arent visible.
  11. Cracking! If you've been only lurking - you've certainly been paying attention!
  12. Oh, I see now it is a new ship being renamed. Whew - I thought it was a renaming of an already commissioned ship. That, as I understand it, is terribly bad luck.
  13. You make a great point and it is your model, after all. When did you switch over to aircraft? Weren't you into armor?
  14. Had that one in the stash until recently, without all the bits and bobs. I didnt find anything wrong with it, except for it's being a bit staid. Good stock, overall... However, it was said to be accurate in outline and with all the add-ons you have it should build up sharply. It had an excellent decal sheet, however. It was really extensive and well printed.
  15. Not to nitpick, Erwin, but is that solid coat, dark green right for a 22? Most of the camo'd ones Ive seen were long-serving "soldiers," given a hasty, field mottle over the original grey/sage factory paint. The cowling gun humpback and (elongated?) nose looks like a later variant, too. Is it just a trick of my eyes?
  16. Italeri has done a great job with the decals. Unless I miss my guess, they are the same markings featured with the old ESCI 1/72 F-5A. Ive always had one of these old Hawk/Testors jobs around the shop, over the years. Only recently did I bin my last. They are nice enough, but basic as you note. I always sand off the too-raised lines and rescribe. Add some fiddlybits under the canopy and keep it on the gear and it passes muster well enough. It might interest you to know that it is not 1/48 - it scales more like 1/50. Its a quibble, I know, but it has near legendary status in the modeling world because of it. Like I said - the decals are great.
  17. When I was in helo aviation (USN), the choice was the same.
  18. By golly, I think you have it. Always remember: no one but us will ever know what is in there. From here it looks great.
  19. Another great Corsair thread. I need to sticky this!
  20. They look great! I still have one Corsair on my stash, the Hobbycraft 'British Commonwealth' variant in 1/48. I cant bring myself to sell it off.
  21. And you say this is hand painted? Wow, super nice. But what are those funny round things on the wings and fuse?
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