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    Every seam needs attention with careful testfitting, even then black CA and/or Mr. Surfacer 500 is needed. If you think of the kit as the world's finest vacuform, building it goes a bit better. Then again, Tamiya will never release a 1/144 KC-10 so This is the Way. Used sprue frames to spread the fuselage to allow a better fit to the lower fuselage pan. Used a brass tube for the number 2 engine intake to save me hours of modeling fun sanding the interior seams.
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    Indeed, I used a Liveries Unlimited 1/144 707 windshield decal on my Minicraft C-135A conversion and called it a day. The remainder of the decals came from Caracal.
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    Great job. Did you the kit decals?
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    I stand corrected.
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    Nope. I'll pass. I defy anyone to find me photos of an A-4 covered in rivets like that. Your mileage may vary.
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    The ESCI 1/72 Harrier GR.1, GR.3, Sea Harrier, F-5s, and F-100s are all very good kits and are occasionally reissued by Italeri with exceptional decals. I stress the 1/72 versions.
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    For that much money, I will stick with Monogram.
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    I don't like the fact Trumpeter hosed up the main landing gear doors.
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    Thanks for the review. Hand pass. Saved me money.
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    That is the beauty of this site, B-24 expertens to guide the way. Hasegawa B-24D it is.
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    Hoping for the eventual B-24D with optional P4BY-1 USN markings. Then they will have my hard earned. Airfix are you following this thread?
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    Thanks for the comparison and appreciate your hard work. But you’ve convinced me to keep my money in my pocket on this one.
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    Like kapam I too have that kit in my stash. Seeing your masterwork. . . . . I don’t know, does it inspire me to drag it out or hang my head in shame knowing mine would never look as great as yours? Incredible job.
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    My dad was a crewmember on PBMs with VP-49 in the late 1940s. I built this Mach 2 kit for him as a labor of love. I spent hours trying to make the clear parts "clear." Decals cobbled together from various Microscale sheets. I got it done but I will never again touch another Mach 2 kit. Which is a shame since they do interesting subjects.
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    The best scheme ever worn by a Hercules, and I am an American!!! Second place is current USCG. You did a masterful job. I want to do the same scheme with the white crown over the flight deck.
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    It is bad form to build a 1/72 Sea King and then try to pass it off as 1/144. Just kidding. A masterpiece. Well done.
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    I shoot all my models in outdoor light. I didn't know the technical reason why they looked better, but they do: 1/144 Minicraft 707-327C 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane 1/48 Monogram NF-4D 1/35 Tamiya Sheridan 1/72 Hasegawa Marauder 1/144 Roden C-141B 1/144 Minicraft 727-222 1/72 Sword SeaStar 1/144 Minicraft C-135A
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    Incredible detail. Natural light photos are the best.
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    Superb weathering. Well done.
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    Fun fact: When I was a teen with the Explorer Post at Hill AFB in the early 1970s, we got to fly on a Utah ANG KC-97L. Jake Garn, mayor of Salt Lake was the pilot. Don't recall his rank (probably 05 or 06) or the tail number of the bird, so I do not know if it is the one depicted in this kit. Garn later went on to be a Utah senator and flew on the Shuttle Discovery. We now return you to your previously scheduled Academy newsletter coverage.
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    A high quality 1/32 F-4K/M would be a license to print money.
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    On my Hasegawa Marauder I taped together all the major components and filled every cubby forward of the main landing gear with fish weights until I was certain I did not have a tailsitter. The plastic landing gear have held up for years.
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    "I'll take B-17s for $500, Alex." "The diameter of the wing US national insignia during WWII." "What is sixty inches?"
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    Fantastic. Any pictures of the cockpit crown area with some Milliput to correct the profile. I'd love to learn that trick.
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    Always looks like something from a Gerry Anderson show. Great job.
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