[Closed-cab, CCKW 353's in Korea]

Hi John,

 

I agree with you.

 

I wanted to build the Academy 1/72 kit as a KW vehicle.

 

Guess I'll have to try to fit the Heller's cab into the Academy's frame.

 

Thanks anyway.

[Closed-cab, CCKW 353's in Korea]

One can be seen being towed by a closed-cab CCKW-352 at minute 2:50 of this youtube video.

 

Unfortunately, it's too blurred to read the registration and bumper codes...

[Closed-cab, CCKW 353's in Korea]

Hi,

 

I'm looking for pictures of closed-cab CCKW 353's during the Korean War.

 

Can someone help?

 

T.i.a.

 

Pete57

[Gloster Meteor F.8 recast resin canopies for 1/72 Airfix kit]

Great news and how about a canopy without the rear-view-mirror blister for Dragon's Meteor F.Mk. I?

 

Regards

 

Pete57

[Aado Ar-234 NASM landing gear bay color]

Graham,

 

Would it be one of the many lacquer 7102's?

[Aado Ar-234 NASM landing gear bay color]

Thanks SafetyDad, useful info indeed.

 

Pete57

[Aado Ar-234 NASM landing gear bay color]

Hi SafetyDad,

 

Could it be one of the RLM 79 Variants?

 

And in your opinion, would this apply just to the NASM airframe, or could it be an Arado's approved practice, perhaps applied to the production from a given Werknummer on?

 

Thanks for your input.

 

Regards.

 

Pete57

[Aado Ar-234 NASM landing gear bay color]

The caption to a picture on page 69 of ARADO 234 BLITZ, by J.R.Smith and E.J.Creek, Monogram Monarch - 1, states " When NASM staff were working on the interior of the undercarriage stowage bay they found this unusual buff color ".

 

I thought RLM 02 or un-painted were the only options, but the evidence shows otherwise. Can any Luftwaffe color expert cast some light?

 

T.i.a.

[1/72 - North American AJ-1 Savage by Roden - released]

Great news and in the one, true scale

[1/72 white werknummer decal for FW 190]

Hi,

 

I'm buying Eduard's FW190A-8 and planning to build it as W.Nr.734018, E8+BB of 1./NSGr. 9 in Villafranca, Italy, 1945.

 

Is there a white, W.Nr. decal sheet of suitable size?

 

T.i.a.

[Three 1/72 RAF pilots and ground crew, resin (3D printed?) sets on Etsy]

Not sure if they've already been listed

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1210879044/172-personnel-raf-01-wwii?click_key=f282962ebe460d7a72559c6987f6a9db7e1488ea%3A1210879044&click_sum=2c013abb&ref=shop_home_recs_6&crt=1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1210957170/172-personnel-raf-02-wwii?click_key=5d45f35693da2e0dcb60ea11a51d9a550b33f0b2%3A1210957170&click_sum=f317726d&ref=shop_home_recs_3&crt=1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1201531527/172-raf-pilots-01-wwii?click_key=71aed5cdb330f5e27db1283ea22c3505974d31d5%3A1201531527&click_sum=2619d865&ref=shop_home_recs_1

[Israeli Gloster Meteor T7 recon modification]

Does anyone have details on the camera installation of the Israeli-modified Gloster Meteor T7's, used during Operation Kadesh?

 

So far, all I have is the picture on page 49 of "Gloster Meteor" by IsraDecal Publications.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Pete57

[Kora 1/72 Rikugun Ki-93 limited run injection moulded kit]

https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3798

I'd be tempted...but Kora sells it on line at a whopping €66.00!

 

[1/72 DH Venom FB Mk.4 - AccsGB]

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/72nd_aircraft/1-72-dh-venom-fb-mk-4-t12131.html 

[1/72 - Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11/12/13 & 14 by Special Hobby - NF.11/.12 & 14 released - new NF.11 Red Roo boxing "Fireflash Missile Trial"]

I'd like to build "White 52" of the Israeli AF, the aircraft that started Operation Kadesh/Musketeer, by shooting down an Egyptian AF Il-14. Unfortunately the DP Casper "Musketeer & Kadesh, October 1956" sheet has only "White 50" and the Isra Decals sheet is next to impossible to find...

[1/72 - Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11/12/13 & 14 by Special Hobby - NF.11/.12 & 14 released - new NF.11 Red Roo boxing "Fireflash Missile Trial"]

Are the parts for the NF Mk 13 included in the NF Mk 11 kit? I don't have the kit yet, but looking at the instruction sheet on CMK's e-shop, the parts 8 and 10 could be the cockpit cooling intakes and the parts 2 and 5 could be the wider air intakes, and given that they are all four crossed out...

[1/72 - Hiller (Model 360) UH-12B & OH-23B/C/D/G & HT.2 Raven by LF Models - released]

Operational in Korea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uERuP0jjce4

 

[U.S. State Dept. Grey]

Thanks Space Ranger

[U.S. State Dept. Grey]

Does anyone know the FS 595 equivalent of the medium grey used in the U.S. State Dept. aircraft, in the one-grey-wraparound scheme?

 

Beech 1900D N85516

Beech 1900D N85516

UH-1H

 

And is it the same grey their C-27J's were painted in?

 

TIA

 

Regards.

 

Pete

[F-35B Main Landing Gear struts color]

22 hours ago, 72modeler said:

Pete,

 

See if this helps a little. My favorite version, too! I have the Hasegawa "beast mode" kit, and I can't wait to hang all that nasty stuff under it- looks really mean, but VERY unstealthy!

Mike

 

https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-35/f-35b_profile01.shtml

Hi 72modeller

 

it helps and I have already downloaded the full MIL-STD-2161 in pdf.

 

What I was referring to is just the color of the upper part of ALL the landing gear struts (I've since found out it applies to all the three members, not just the MLG).

 

Check out the following links (F-35B)

 

Wiki MLG

 

Wiki NLG

 

...and compare the color of the same details in the F-35A...

 

Wiki

 

...and F-35C

 

rocketumbl.tumblr.com

 

Pete

 

[F-35B Main Landing Gear struts color]

I've been Google-image searching pic's of various details of the F-35B, in order to accurately build Italeri's 1/72 scale kit.

 

I've noticed that, unlike the F-35A and F-35C, the F-35B's top portion of the main landing gear struts is painted what appears to be a medium/dark (metallic?) grey, instead of the customary gloss white.

 

Can someone cast some light, i.e. FS color?

 

TIA

 

Pete

[1/72 - Agusta-Bell 47J/H-13J/HUL-1 (Super) Ranger by LF Models - released]

On 6/15/2020 at 6:35 PM, Space Ranger said:

Outstanding! I've wanted a model of the 47J (not 43J) since watching the old "Whirlybirds" TV show as a kid!

Same here. Any idea as of the colors of N2838B?

[Modern French chamois color]

Kari and Antti, thanks for the quick feedback.

 

Best regards.

 

Pete

[TO 1-1-4]

For the records, the TO 1-1-4 has been rescinded by the USAF several years ago (15-20, if memory serves me right), so recent/current color schemes are not covered.

 

Best regards.

 

Pete

[Modern French chamois color]

Antti,

 

Slightly OT, do you happen to know if the Fouga Magister's were left natural metal or painted a silver varnish instead?

 

TIA.

 

Regards.

 

Pete