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    French Air Force Mirage F-1CR underside grey

    in Aircraft Modern

    Posted

    21 hours ago, scotthldr said:

    It’s Flat Aluminium FS37178. It’s actually a French colour so not FS but for modelling purposes it’s the closest you’ll get.

    Please nottice that Aluminum it also applies for French Sepecat Jaguar and on both aircraft includes the undercarriage an their interios as well the wheel covers

     

    Regards

     

    Arrmando

    Sea Harrier FRS1 & FA2 - Sea Eagle ASM

    in Aircraft Modern

    Posted · Edited by RAGATIGER
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    Hi there

     

    Well if you looking for those ASM Sea Eagle missiles they are included on Hasegawa FRS.1 (2 samples) in wonderful 1/72 scale

     

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    And sincerely if this aircraft is long retired from service this thread supposedely been on Cold War Aircrafts

     

    Best regards

     

    Armando

    Calling F-15 Eagle Experts

    in Aircraft Modern

    Posted · Edited by RAGATIGER
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    Hi there

     

    Well I was surfing at Facebook and find this video and somethings catch my attention

     

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/785806423463825

     

    Looks to be a Boeing F-15C Eagle with some upgrade  

     

    It has antennas like Strike Eagle (Korean and else fighter bombers)

     

    Also have a Lighting targeting pod ???

     

    2 AIM-120  missiles 

    and intercept Su-30 but Venezuelan

     

    Regards

     

    Armando

     

    Ps tthe big question is that are all the upgrades on this aircraft???? I supposed to be wrong or middle right or is just my imaggination???

     

     

     

    Academy 1/72 KAI FA-50 Golden Eagle

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    On 2/24/2024 at 9:43 PM, Lifeline said:

     

    Yet I really don't know yet whether to build this as Phillipine (PAF), Poland, or Iraqi 🤔

     

     

    Well in general terms the easier decals markings have to be the Poland ones, still interesting to get those upgrade parts and as me I wonder many other modellers had stopped to get that kit because the lacks of parts

     

    Regards 

     

    Armando

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    Currently best 1/72 F-4B Phantom?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    On 3/27/2024 at 12:05 PM, Rando said:

    Hi all, thanks for the the great info, I now have a 1/72 Hasegawa F-4B coming in the mail! Noted that it needs missiles, and also maybe an Eduard Zoom detail set or something similar?

    Let me say that only the Hasegawa F-4BN include thin middle wings parts and also can be found on RF-4B as here you can find thin and wide middle wing parts

     

    On ESCI Italeri Testors kits thy use same wing and same wheels and those are really different

     

    Regards

     

    Armando

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    Thinking of building multiple Harriers 1/72

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    17 hours ago, tempestfan said:

    A dog if there ever was one...

    Hi Tempestfan

     

    Let me tell you a secret I can cast resin parts the front part is very doable and the jet scapes or trusters can be replaced with some kits or resin parts (PAVLA used to have someof them) from other kits of the family build up then the only the general shape is what I want!!!! the thing that kit is behave very elusive from my hands

     

    Regards

     

    Armando

     

    Thinking of building multiple Harriers 1/72

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    On 3/24/2024 at 12:38 PM, Stratto said:

    I will look at that fix thanks RAGATIGER

    Just remember to mentioned here actually Italeri did a TAV-8B that is very good (even if you take cockpits from Hasegawas AV-8B) its certanily a nice addition on the collection

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    the last addition on the Harrier collection is the Rolls Royce Pegasus that suposedely is inside this kit

     

     

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    Currently best 1/72 F-4B Phantom?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, Rando said:

    Hi all, thanks for the the great info, I now have a 1/72 Hasegawa F-4B coming in the mail! Noted that it needs missiles, and also maybe an Eduard Zoom detail set or something similar?

    Hi Rando

     

    The Hasegawa Air to Air Missile set is just great but only include 4 AIM-7E and whole bunch of Sidewinders , so you can only use them on a single F-4 or F-15

    https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10000493

     

    10000493p.jpg

     

    Regards

     

    Armando

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    Thinking of building multiple Harriers 1/72

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    On 3/17/2024 at 11:17 PM, Timmy said:

    I've seen reference to it so I'll elaborate but the Hasegawa FRS1 isn't very good - the forward fuselage is poorly proportioned and looks squashed.

     

    Also I recall that the classic Airfix Kestrel is going to be reissued this year and may be interesting contrast to the production machines.   The kit moulds are probably at least 50 years old and is pretty basic and would require substantial scratch building to bring it up to the standards of the Esci first generation Harrier models.  But at least there is a kit.

    Hi there 

     

    Actually the Hasegawa Sea Harrier FRS.1 its easy to fix, you need to cut the radome from the radar cover then assembly as well the rest and then look for the small round circle on the sprue the one that says made in Japan and use it as a gap fixer to be in between the nose and the radar cover Naturally use the filler or putty of your preference

     

    Regards

     

    Armando

     

     

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    Regarding the latest Special Hobby 1/72 F-84F Thunderstreak

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    On 3/23/2024 at 11:15 AM, RAGATIGER said:

    1000 Thanks Rob

     

    Please take under consideration no matter I have access to web I am a very rare person for my countrymen (otherwise with electrical and mechanical engineer background) been a plastic modeller in a down the border right in the middle of Banana Republics where there are no hobby store (and for locals custums look the models as toys so luxury item, meaning yes they taxed them) I got around Britmodellers with silly questions and some of you just kindly enough to answered them

     

    Well recently there been an influx of nuclear bombs on plastic models in the Wonderful 1/72 scale some of you called the Gentleman Scale (sorry I didn't fully understand that joke) so Modelvit AMD Mirage IIE. Modelsvit Su-7 Fitter, now Special Hobby Republic F-84F,  Italeri Aircraft Weapons and Valom F-101A Voodoo (the one I didn't got in time) all included Nuclear bombs so in my madly Cold War kid weird brain I plan to do a MiG-21 Bis,  AMD Mirage IIE, F-104G not sure if Belgium or Dutch with a B61

     

    Anyway the Fighter bombers from the 60 to 90's seam to be my favorites with a special touch for Vietnam and Israeli-Arabs Wars too

     

    So thanks to your answers Rob (don't take too serious as my Terapist actually recomend me to say it all, some are weird things too), I'm still a 70/80 kid with mind focus on so many explosion movies, Rambo, Die Hard and so on

     

    Cheers

     

    Armando

    1000 Thanks Rob

     

    I just checking and find that 

     

     f84f-125.jpg

     

    I have all of them on order from Special Hobby F-84F Thunderstreak Mk 7, Italeri Aircraft Weapons Mk 61/ Mk28 and last one its included on Fujimi Vought FU7 Cutlass 2 samples and Tamiya F4D Skyrray one sample (on the instructions shows as NavPack but is the same shape)

     

    So really interesting thing here

     

    Regards 

     

    Armando

    Regarding the latest Special Hobby 1/72 F-84F Thunderstreak

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, Rob de Bie said:

     

    Armando, with some doubts I would say none. It's my presumption that the B28 was the weapon used by NATO F-84Fs.

     

    I investigated RNLAF extensively, and I'm sure that it used the B28. The RNLAF Streaks never had the special pylon required for the Mk7 on the left inboard position, always the standard pylon. That pylon could be configured for two purposes: fuel tank / conventional weapon *or* nuclear weapon. To be always ready, the Volkel Streaks always flew with latter, Eindhoven with the former. Volkel therefore flew with a right inboard tank only, an asymmetrical configuration.

     

    So far I've seen German, Italian and Greek Streaks in that same asymmetrical configuration, with the standard pylon. But seemingly not as a standard configuration like Volkel. But I've never seen the Mk7 pylon on any of them. That lead me to think all other European also used the B28. But the proof is not as strong as for RNLAF, that I investigated far deeper.

     

    The only NATO country that ever showed the Mk7 pylon is BAF, when their Kleine Brogel Streaks were put in storage at Koksijde. But that *could* be to cause confusion, why else show that nuclear capability with stored aircraft?

    Rob

    1000 Thanks Rob

     

    Please take under consideration no matter I have access to web I am a very rare person for my countrymen (otherwise with electrical and mechanical engineer background) been a plastic modeller in a down the border right in the middle of Banana Republics where there are no hobby store (and for locals custums look the models as toys so luxury item, meaning yes they taxed them) I got around Britmodellers with silly questions and some of you just kindly enough to answered them

     

    Well recently there been an influx of nuclear bombs on plastic models in the Wonderful 1/72 scale some of you called the Gentleman Scale (sorry I didn't fully understand that joke) so Modelvit AMD Mirage IIE. Modelsvit Su-7 Fitter, now Special Hobby Republic F-84F,  Italeri Aircraft Weapons and Valom F-101A Voodoo (the one I didn't got in time) all included Nuclear bombs so in my madly Cold War kid weird brain I plan to do a MiG-21 Bis,  AMD Mirage IIE, F-104G not sure if Belgium or Dutch with a B61

     

    Anyway the Fighter bombers from the 60 to 90's seam to be my favorites with a special touch for Vietnam and Israeli-Arabs Wars too

     

    So thanks to your answers Rob (don't take too serious as my Terapist actually recomend me to say it all, some are weird things too), I'm still a 70/80 kid with mind focus on so many explosion movies, Rambo, Die Hard and so on

     

    Cheers

     

    Armando

    Currently best 1/72 F-4B Phantom?

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Hook said:

    For a Gentlemen's Scale thin winged Phantom,, AFAIK your choices are Hasegawa, Fujimi, the ancient Revell and the equally ancient Airfix. 

     

    Personally, I would not bother with the Airfix and Revell, so that leaves just the Japanese kits. 

     

    Cheers,

     

    Andre 

    Please notice that still around a lot of ESCI Phantoms but all of that have same wider wing so unappropiate for the F-4B or RF-4B

     

    Regards 

     

    Armando

     

    PS Still a big issue that Hasegawa don't include any ordenance but on Weapons Air to Air Missiles only include 4 right AIM-7E Sparrrows

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    Regarding the latest Special Hobby 1/72 F-84F Thunderstreak

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    20 hours ago, Wez said:

    With regard to the ejection seats, the French aircraft used the earlier seat which was painted interior green as per the kit instructions.  Generally, if the area behind the transparencies to the rear of the cockpit are black, then as originally built, it will have the earlier seat and an interior green cockpit.

     

    1000 thanks Wes 

     

    I actually wondering was to use the Special Hobby leftover ejection seats on older Airfix/Italeri F-84/RF-84 so I had the general idea to use the MB ejection seat on a German or exGerman F-84F but not know where to use the other ejection seat

     

     

    Regards

     

    Armando

    Regarding the latest Special Hobby 1/72 F-84F Thunderstreak

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    4 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

    It is great to see you onboard Armando @RAGATIGER as a SH F-84F builder :).

    1000 Thanks Martin for your words asI been struggling with depression due familiar and work issues, I'm pushing myself to modelling your builds are really inspirational as one image worth 10000 words

     

    Regarding the F-84F that are follow by halfbuild older kits (yes Airfix and Italeri) others F-84F and RF-84 (still others lik Skyhawks, Harriers, Skywarrior, some Skyraiders, F-5 and others like Su-17/22, Il-28, Yak-28 and so on) anyway I already got a book shelf that need some improvement and the used pallet cabin on the garden to be complete modeling workshop

     

    Regards 

    Regarding the latest Special Hobby 1/72 F-84F Thunderstreak

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    Hi there

     

    Well to say it simple I have only questions that I'm unable to answer so please sorry if for some of you are too basic

     

    I just got the Suez War issue

     

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    I found actually 3 ejection seats, of course plan to use as instructions but that made me wonder about the other two, if I'm able to use them on other kits like old Airfix 

     

    Then there is of course the medium size fuel tanks or weapon canister so I wonder if those goes on the exterior wing pilons

     

    Then of course the thing of the Mk 7 Nuclear Shape so Who on the NATO F-84F used it

     

    Regards

     

    Armando

    1/72 iraqi number decals and 1/72 Modern USAF/Army figures

    in Wanted

    Advice on the 1/72 Italeri (Esci) F-4 C/D/J

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted · Edited by RAGATIGER
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    Hi there

     

    Well in my personal opinion and from a hobby storeless country down the border the old Esci/Italeri kits have their appeal , so we talking about McDonnell Douglas F-4 different variants have some good points starting that they're Sparrow AIM-7 are usable as that's the biggest issue on Hasegawa Aircrraft Weapons sets I- IV you got a whole deal of Sidewinders AIM-9 frrom various mark but not for the medium range AA missiles

     

    Then it goes for Hasegawa air to ground weapons (only included limited number of ME and TER) maybe in combination with Fujimi/Hobby 2000 Douglas Skyhawk you can arrange other options as every includes 2 MER adn TER each plus correct Zunny rockets

     

    Still the other kit that could provide interestion weapons options is the Academy Vought F-8E Crusader also in1/72 scale

     

    Regards

     

    Armando 

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