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I would like to put my vote in for Nth Africa themed armor GB. If you want to restict it totally to British used vehicles that's fine but if you're doing a campaign themed build then i think all sides should be able to be presented.
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Sorry Mark but according to the amount of plastic in the kit, the resin you need to add and the amount of paint already on there I calculate the kit at being precisely 21.03571% complete, tough luck
.Seriously the Shaguar looks at less than 20% to my eyes, so my vote is for yes.
Cheers
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Hopefully there won't be anything approaching the 109E canopy controversy...
C'mon Richard this is a Spitfire we are talking about, even if the kit is perfect in almost every way someone will find the gull wing is not the right shape or the nose is a poofteenth too short or something similar
.Personally I'm really looking forward to this as I'll be really keen to see how it builds up compared to the PCM kit.
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Guys (and girls Of Course!)
I'm going to be building a few Phantoms shortly. all are 1/48, majority of them are Hasegawa kits, but I do have a few others as well in the stash.
I've never used a Replacement Cockpit in my life, but along the way, I've collected a few Aires Sets for different kits I have, I've also got one set of Exhausts as well. so I have some general question about fitting and the value they add to the kit, etc.
1. I've read a few posts about the fitting of these cockpits being tricky, ie a lot of work to get right? Any tips on this.
2 Is it worth in vesting in more Exhaust sets for these, or are the Kits exhausts good enough?
3 Any tweeks you can suggest that are worth doing to improve the builds over buying a cockpit and exhaust set for each one?
4, is it worth, sanding the detail off the Aires set, and fitting a coloured Eduard set, in place, over spending hours painting the detail?
5, as well as the Hasegawa/Revell kits, I have a few others, anyone ever fitted Aires sets in to these kits, others such as Italeri, ESCI, etc
6, Anything else Aftermarket worth buying to enhance these builds
7. I'd like to build a few of these armed to the teeth, I understand with the Hasegawa kits they pretty much have basic weapons (and you have to buy weapon sets!) are they worth it, or is there a better way to tool up a spook for business.
8, Any tips to help me build these, would be gratefully recieved. (lets just say I have a few to do, and really want to start off as well as I can) I know I'm bound to improve as I go, but I dont really want to get half way through them and then realise something stupid I could have done to improve them all but didn't)
Thanks in advance for all your help, I know the spooks are a much loved subject, so I really want to do the kits justice.
Thanks
Dave
Dave, first of all resin dust is harmful to your health. Work in a well ventilated room or wet sand to keep the dust down. Now in answer to your original questions:
1. Aires resin pit look fantastic when fitted and painted up nicely. The secret is sand, test fit, sand, test fit, sand, test fit... you get the picture.
2. Depends on the kit in question but if we are talking the Hasegawa 1/48 F-4 then IMHO the answer is a big yes. The added detail you get from the Aires burner cans is well worth the price as this is a highly visible area on a Phantom.
3. If I might suggest a couple of things here, one would be FOD covers to cover the lack of detail past the air intakes and the other would be the TwoBobs AIM-7 and AIM-9 sheets for your A2A ordinance, they really do make a difference. Also, depending on the F-4 you've got you may want to rescribe any parts with raised panel lines.
4. It's up to you as to how far you want to go but I would say no it's not worth it to this one.
5. If possible I stick to the kit that the Aires set is designed for but that's not saying with a little effort you couldn't make things fit.
6. There's always AM pitot tubes, weapons, wheels, etc that you can buy if you really want.
7. Unless you have a large spares box (or donor kits) that has all the appropriate weapons, one or several of the Hasegawa weapons sets is the only way to go.
Cheers
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Why not join the GB James
with a year to run there is a good chance you will get it finished any ways
and the camerarderie may provide some incentive*
There are a few slow builders in the GB, myself the slowest of the sloths
come on in the water's lovely!
*although this lot could equally put you off modelling for life
Yes why don't you join James as you can count me in on that list of the worlds slowest builders. Also, I'm not sure I follow why an Op Telic Tornado would be outside of the GB timeframe?Cheers
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Really nice looking build Tony, great job
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well as this will be my first EVER group build, i will start easy and work my way up, i think a 1/72 jaguar (again) then a 1/48 tornado and im also tempted by a tank of some kind, as ive never made one im unsure where to start so any ideas would be welcome (somthing fairly easy!)
Mark for a first armor build I would suggest something easy and not too pricey. Anything that fits the bill from Dragon, Trumpeter or Revell AG in 72nd scale would make a great first tank kit as the level of detail they pack into those things these days is astounding considering the scale. Avoid anything in a Revell AG box that's 1/76 as these are re-pops of ancient kits.
If you're looking at 1/35th scale your best bet is Dragon or Tamiya followed by Trumpeter but be prepared to part with some serious coin for their latest releases.
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There was virtually no opposition from the Luftwaffe. But is there a chance that Spitfires fired there guns and canon on D-day ?
For ground strafing maybe ?
Greetings Pascal
Pascal on 6 June 1944 the Allied air forces flew 14,674 combat sorties, Luftwaffe managed 319 and I know of combat taking place with Typhoons & Mustangs but I'm not sure about Spits
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Cool job on your first mottle Jase, it's way better than my first go.
Next time you give a go though, lower the air pressure in your compressor and thin your paint out some more and you will avoid the little splatter over spray from the mottling.
Cheers
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A couple of additions for Australian forces in Iraq 2003 - 2009
Fixed Wing Aircraft
F/A-18 McDD Hornet (RAAF)
C-130H Lockheed Hercules (RAAF)
AP-3C Lockheed Orion (RAAF)
Rotary Wing Aircraft
S-70B-2 Sikorsky Seahawk (RAN)
CH-47D Boeing Chinook (RAA)
Mk.50A Seaking Westland (RAN)
AFVs
ASLAV-25
ASLAV-PC
Bushmaster IMV
Ships
HMAS Darwin
HMAS ANZAC
HMAS Kanimbla
LCM-8 Landing Craft
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Bloddy hell that beats the heck out of what I was try to produce, thanks for going to the effort.
Cheers
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just to make it clear - It's ok for you to post the WIP in other communities... isn't it?
Alex
Alex I don't have any problem at all with you posting your work anywhere you want, it's your model after all.
Cheers
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Hello All,
I need help in a couple of Corsair questions.
1) I have seen a few pix of F4U-4 with the high back -5 canopy. They also seem to have cannon wings. Is it possible that a batch of late -4 Corsairs were completed with -5 canopies and metal wings?
2) Bordelon F4U-5: The prevailing wisdom is that the antiglare panel is black. but in the detail and scale books, there are a lot of pictures that show F4U-5N
with what looks like Non specular sea blue antiglare panels, plus there is some evidence (IMHO) that this continued at least till F4U-7 production was started.
Could anyone confirm or comment on these issues?
Tony dash 4 Corsairs were used as the prototypes for the dash 5 models which may explain the pictures you have. Other than that I not much help sorry.
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Had a look through the stash today and there's plenty of options there but I think I've narrowed it down to either:
Tamiya 1/35 Challenger I
Tamiya 1/35 Challenger II (Desertised)
Tamiya 1/35 M60-A1 w/Reactive Armour
Decisions, decisions....
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Sorry Darren
Somewhere have wires crossed?
I never intended offence with my comment 'trivialise'. When most on here look forward to a build the popcorn 'smilie appears as an I'm watching this.
I was looking forward to this build as it has a very poignant story behind it.
Adrian
Absolutley no offense taken Adrian and while my build is a tribute to the crew who gave their lives for their country I still intend to have some fun while building the kit.
Cheers
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I gave up on the CA kit after trying to sort out the wing top airbrakes - and the nacelles - which took up far too many modelling sessions for my liking. I had built 4 or 5 CA Meteors in various guises - and I just couldn't bear the thought of spending loads of time having to bash the Canberra together! So gave up! I had kept the parts and like Chris, thought about using the T17 parts in addition to the Airfix kit. I may still do that.......I'll see how Chris gets on.....
IF only I had another Aeroclub B2!!
Thanks for the comment Bill, I was a little too embarrassed to ask who the heck is Bill Clark (no offense meant).
Chris when's the next update due?
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Here's the first instalment of construction photos on the Canberra.
Job No1 was to attach the nose sections to their respective fuselage halves. I was pleased to say that this job went off without a hitch and only required a thin line of Gunze Mr Dissolved Putty (Don't blame me I didn't name it) to fill the small portion of seam followed by a quick wet sand to finish the job. I plan on doing any re-scribing in one hit so these panel lines will be see too once I've completed the wings. By the way this may look a mess in closeup but it's actually smooth as a baby's bum.
One thing I've got to say is that this is one large aircraft in 48th scale!
Thanks for looking and any feedback or critiques are gratefully accepted.
Cheers
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Thanks a lot for the words of encouragement guys I appreciate it. I have actually started construction already so I will post some more photos tonight when I get home from work.
The Pete's Hangar parts are very nice but are incredibly delicate so I will have to really be careful cleaning and attaching them to the wing.
Adrian, here are a couple of links to the finding of A84-231s final resting place
In terms of finding the crews remains, I have read that some of the wreckage has washed down into the creek line due to monsoonal rainfall so factoring in that and wild animals, esp wild pigs who can remove all trace of human remains quickly and thoroughly the chances of finding the crew are not high.
Cheers
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Nice one Darren,
People seem to be going Canberra Crazy!
Cheers
Tim
Thanks Tim and you are dead right on that score. By the way I'm keeping a close eye on your Canberra build at the moment.
Cheers
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The ingredients for this build are going to be pretty straight forward, first up of course we have the Classic Airframes Canberra kit (box looking slightly worse for wear)
Next up we have Aussie Decals set no 48039 which includes the markings for the bird I want but doesn't actually show them on the instruction sheet, oh well.
Last but certainly not least are the Pete's Hangar wingtip hard points and ordinance for the Vietnam era Canberra's. From what I have read the wing tip fuel tanks were not required due to the relatively small distances being covered.
More to come soon.
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On the night of 3 November, 1970, "A84-231" (radio call sign 'Magpie 91') failed to return from a night Skyspot mission in support of ARVN forces in South Vietnam. Missions of this type were, by this time, being flown only infrequently by Australian personnel. After the G.A.F. Canberra B.20 crewed by Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver had delivered their six 750 pound bombs in a single salvo with instantaneous fusing, the ground station then came on the air to give the crew a brief description of the target they had engaged, and to tell them that their performance had been excellent. Flying Officer Herbert acknowledged this message, before signing off from the FACs control and switching tactical frequency in the usual manner for the return flight to Phan Rang.
The American radar facility at Udorn in Thailand, which had been tracking the Canberra as it maintained a steady course on a heading of 120 degrees magnetic, indicated that contact had been lost at 8.22 p.m. when the aircraft abruptly disappeared off screen apparently just moments after Herbert's last message.
Despite an intensive search lasting three days by Australian and American aircrew no trace of the Canberra or the crew was ever found, that is until April of this year when pieces of the aircraft and some of the crews effects were recovered bring to an end the mystery of the last two missing Aussies in Vietnam.
Michael Herbert & Robert Carver
This build is the Classic Airframes kit of the equally classic Canberra B.20 as assembled by the Australian Govt Aircraft Factory (GAF) in the markings of A84-231, bombed up the way she would have been all those years ago.
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Hi Dave, what markings are you going to do your Canberra in? I've just started a build of the CA kit which I'll be doing as A84-231 "Magpie 91" that was recently found in Vietnam.
I'll have to get off my bum, take some pics and start a WIP thread.
By the way the cockpit looks great and using .45 cal slugs for weight is extremely cool.
Cheers
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I use ye olde Windex as both a thinner for Future as well as an air brush cleaner. As a thinner I just add a couple of drops to the color cup and for a cleaner I use it neat through the AB to clean things out.
Cheers
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Hi,
Me again. Does anyone have any top tips for cleaning assembled (or preassembled) brass photo-etch? I've got a bit of tarnishing on mine, was just concerned that paint might not adhere to them right.
Any suggestions good, but cheaper options are better. I thought of possibly using Brasso, but saw on the internet that this is considered too abrasive for PE. Has anyone had any success with this? If it makes a difference I am using Flightpath brass PE.
Cheers
James
I normally just give it a once over with a fine brush and some turps to remove the finger jam from PE. Also remember to prime the parts before applying paint to ensure adequate adhesion.
Cheers
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Yes why don't you join James as you can count me in on that list of the worlds slowest builders. Also, I'm not sure I follow why an Op Telic Tornado would be outside of the GB timeframe?
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Don't sweat it real life happens, I've still go to get round to posting a WIP thread.