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guillaume320

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  1. Will we also see the FRADU T.8C with the Harley light in the nose? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™
  2. The โ€˜vanillaโ€™ 1/48 F-104 (Hasegawa) reissue seems to have been dropped.... A shame because I was looking forward to the decal sheet โ˜น๏ธ
  3. I find them way too rounded on the outer point. Also the splitter plate with the fuselage is pure fantasy. It's doable to fix it, but as I'm a 'serial Hunter builder' I'm glad those days are over! I agree converting the Academy to two-seaters gets rid of some of the most obvious issues ๐Ÿ˜€ G
  4. The Academy Hunter does have some good points, like the fine and crisp panel lines. Also the flaps are more detailed than Airfix, and the wing pylons have better proportions. However the whole kit suffers from weird shapes and dimensional inaccuracies, from the underscale cockpit to the bulbous nose, the windshield, air intakes, etc.... I wonโ€™t be buying any more Academy Hunters thatโ€™s for sure. Airfix anytime for me! G
  5. I flew to Niamey few months ago... I also saw German C-160, French C-135FR and Atlantique. And a Ramstein marked US C-130J came in shortly after us. I didn't manage to spot any fighters while I was there though. G
  6. Also some Belgian (and possibly Dutch?) F.4's received the dog tooth modification...
  7. Agreed... All boxes are similar enough except few detail parts. You can easily make a Gr.1 out of a Gr.4 box G
  8. The base kit will be reissued this year by Revell so should be available again plenty cheap..
  9. Really? That would be awesome!!! Whatโ€™s the source of this rumor if I may ask?
  10. Hopefully some โ€˜vanillaโ€™ schemes included with the Tornadoes ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป The German ASTA boxing promises new parts. Maybe a set of HARM missiles going by the picture? I remember first time test shots where shown at Telford years ago there were HARMs displayed. An ECR is doable if those are included... G
  11. My bad for having posted in this thread... But I see double standards. The Eduard 109 for example gets one single thread for all variants. The Airfix Hunter a separate one for the F4 and F6. Then the F6 gets renamed to include the Aerocraft two seat conversion, while Aerocraft have their own thread in the manufactures forum? I know itโ€™s not a science, but you get my drift. I vote for both threads to be merged and just renamed โ€˜Airfix 1/48 Hunterโ€™ ๐Ÿ˜… G
  12. That being said, the way the leading edge is done might put it out of the range of the more casual modeler who might lack the equipment to achieve a nice cut... ๐Ÿค”
  13. Iโ€™m actually not unhappy with the way itโ€™s done. As long as the cuts can be done precisely and the new parts fit of course. I particularly like the flexibility this offers. Especially because some early F6โ€™s were delivered with straight wing, and some F4โ€™s (eg some Belgians) had the dog tooth retrofitted... So now we can easily mix and match to get the particular airframe we want ๐Ÿ˜€ G
  14. https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/news/workbench/classic-airfix-jetfest-to-end-2019?sfns=mo Boxart, sprue shots and decal options for the F4/F5/J34 confirmed! Thanks Airfix for including a Belgian option ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป Also seems like a GA.11 nose on one of the sprues? G
  15. The B43 and B57 (as well as the B61) are included in the Daco F-104 upgrade set, sprue E. (Sprues can be purchased individually from Daco if not in need of the full set...) G
  16. Yes those look like the large ones. I have no clue about their capacity though! Looking forward to see the result ๐Ÿฟ Smashing job so far!!
  17. Looking at pictures it seems the larger tanks arenโ€™t carried very often in recent years, mostly small ones. Two more interesting shots if you allow: first one again with the large tanks inboard, and Orpheus pod on the centerline https://www.airliners.net/photo/Italy-Air-Force/AMX-International-AMX/4227433/L Next is the configuration I want to make my single seater (one day!), also Orpheus with the small tanks: https://www.airfighters.com/photo/102058/M/Italy-Air-Force/AMX-International-AMX/MM7132/ The Orpheus in the Kinetic kit can go straight to the bin (underscale). Thanks god Iโ€™ve got some spares in the Daco F-104 upgrade sets ๐Ÿ˜€ Apologies for highjacking your WIP.... Looking forward to more updates ๐Ÿฟ G
  18. Those last generation composite fan blades are a royal pain in the back to paint accurately though ๐Ÿ˜…
  19. https://www.airfighters.com/photo/6422/M/Italy-Air-Force/AMX-International-AMX-T/MM55047/ https://www.airfighters.com/photo/34277/M/Italy-Air-Force/AMX-International-AMX-T/MM55037/ https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/220109 https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/34340 The last two shots are the same airframe, once with the large tanks inboard, the other time small tanks outbourd... Iโ€™m not saying the large tanks couldnโ€™t be carried outboard, I just canโ€™t recall ever having seen this (at least on Italian aircraft). More than happy to stand corrected on that of course Anyway your build quality and finishing standard is spotless ๐Ÿ˜€
  20. Awesome! I really like the AMX ๐Ÿ˜€ If I may point out: it is more common to see the small fuel tanks being carried on the outboard pylons rather than the large ones you seem to have used. Carry on if this is intentional of course...
  21. The USAF F-4C/D and RF-4C kept the movable inboard leading edge flaps throughout their carreer... Apologies for not sticking to FGR.2's, but I just love Phantoms a little bit too much haha
  22. From what I understand, The initial F-4B's in the US Navy had the inner leading edge flaps deflecting. Those were later deactivated and the loss of lift compensated by drooping ailerons instead (also on the F-4J and FG.1). One of the side effects of the drooping ailerons is that it created a pitch down effect. Therefore the tailplane needs more deflection in order to compensate. That would be the reason the FG.1 and F-4J tailplanes have a slot on the leading edge as the unslotted 'standard' tailplane would be too close to stalling at low speed / high AOA... Maybe someone with more knowledge on the Phantom can either confirm or deny this?
  23. Yes indeed. My point was: depending on where you live, the best deal for one person won't necessarily be the best one for someone else...
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