David H

I love it! The Italeri DC-3/ C-47 IMHO still holds up well, given its age. -d-

Nice job, Eric! I picked one up a couple of weeks ago but this is one of the first ones i've seen completed. -d-

Lovely Job!!

Roger, that is simply amazing!! -d-

There are a couple of "tricks" to be had, when it comes to working with Eduard photo etch on an ejection seat. i was onboard until i saw the photo etched parachute pack overlay. That's just ridiculous..... -d-

Really nice model. Was listening to "Not a Pound for Air to Ground" on YouTube today, and watched a very good narrative on the Javelin. Not quite the dog i was led to believe it was. It does make me want to re-examine my Airfix Javelin kit.... -d-

Beautiful looking model, Libor! I think this may be the first Academy A- Model i've seen fully assembled. -d-

Looks great, Tom. Since the roughing in of the wings is done, would now be a good time to map out locating holes for the flap fairings while everything else is out of the way? BTW, great idea for truing up the trailing edges by gluing on some Evergreen bar stock. -d-

Looks good, Ron!

Yeah; thats what concerned me. It's actually hard to make two symmetrical parts exactly the same size, with the same critical dimensions. -d-

Ooo that cockpit looks nice. I guess the big technical challenge will be getting the windshield installed neatly.... -d-

FWIW, Roy Sutherland built a beautiful Seafang 32 from the Falcon vacform kit... i think back in the late 1980s I know he felt that the kit was accurate in outline and like all Falcon vacform kits it was symmetrical and it fit well. -d-

I was just thinking about that this morning.... part of my general musings about tailplane attachment in general. The tab and slot system in the DC-8 works perfectly. Its a snug- not too loose- not too tight- fit. And, since this whole assembly pivots around the aft spar there is supposed to be a gap/ visible joint between the stab and fuselage. I don't understand why so many people glue the tail feathers onto a plane and fill the joints, because it's one more joint to fill, tail feathers get in the way during painting and it's just one more pointy corner to bump things into. Now... on the other hand, the attachment scheme for the Roden 720B tailplanes is appallingly lame. It needed to be redone: Below, the corrected/ modified 720B Tailplane (left), compared to the original, short span 720 tailplane (right): The friction where the trunnion slides into the bushing is a little on the loose side, but it's much more positive than the kit part and sets the dihedral properly. The story so far... Like the DC-8, i'll probably keep this one close to the vest until it is finished. But don't worry- It's another "Shelf of Doom" project. -d-

i know there's a fair bit of complaining about the fit on this thing, which is why i wrote in agonizing detail how i went about building the model over on Airliner cafe... My build narrative begins towards the bottom of this thread: https://airlinercafe.com/forums/topic/new-dc-8-kit-from-ukraine/page/2/ ...but picks up and finishes here: https://airlinercafe.com/forums/topic/has-anyone-started-building-the-x-scale-dc-8/ HTH, david

failing that, cut the normal Tamiya tape into narrow strips with a steel straight edge.