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Curt B

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  • Birthday 01/10/1958

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    Photography, Music (Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys)

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  1. Nice that somebody is planning to release a 1/48 MiG-35, but too bad it's HobbyBoss. I'm sure that many others would agree. The HobbyBoss kits that I have, have been underwhelming at best. It would be far, far better if Great Wall decided to upgrade their MiG-29 series with a -35. Maybe someday, price notwithstanding.
  2. I was going to pass on acquiring this kit based on some of the comparisons to the old 1/48 Tamiya Corsair, which I still have in the box. But, I broke down, and just got it delivered. Just very quick look in the box leaves me with a quite favorable impression. A few very current day Tamiya-like large full color sheets to identify paint colors and decal locations, and instructions that look pretty good. I will have to see how the build goes, but it's impressive at first glance!
  3. I don't know if it's worth giving another up-vote for the 1/48 Arma Hobby Hurricane Mk Iic or the Trop version, but it is an absolutely spectacular kit, which I have in hand. You cannot do any better in a Hurricane model ki!! I can't say from personal experience about the ease or difficulty of the build, since I haven't put mine together yet, but the videos of builds of these aiirplanes seem to show that the build is not difficult.
  4. Great info, thank you!! Honestly, I hadn't noticed the white overspray on the invasion stripes until you pointed it out. You created even greater detail than I'd noted previously. Again, WOW!
  5. Wow, GORGEOUS work thus far, really! Like you, I have a number of 1/48 Tamiya P-47s, one in progress, and 2 more that haven't been started yet. I was planning to do one of these in the Gabby Gabreski livery, but now I'm debating whether I should wait until the MiniArt kits are available, which is really the way I'm thinking of going, though the Tamiya kits are just so amazing in their fit. I was wondering if you (Tail-Dragon) have a plan about how to achieve the sort of translucent green paint work towards the middle of many of the grey patches that is so distinctive on this plane's livery. I've been pondering how to do that when I build this plane, and don't have a plan yet about how to do it. Thanks for any thoughts you may have, or if anyone else has ideas about this.
  6. This is probably WAY old news to the OP Roof Rat, but Tamiya has announced a forthcoming 1/48 F-35B. If you can afford to wait for it, this kit WILL be the pinnacle of F-35B models.
  7. Wow, thanks for going to that extent to come up with a number that I requested, whether you did it for me or for yourself. I'm sure it took you some time to do this, but it's super appreciated, sir!
  8. Thanks, M! I think this is the best photo I have seen, which comes as close as possible to a full-on 'perpendicular to the camera' side view of an A-10. I think I can finally use this photo to come up with a close to accurate rake for the front strut. Again, many, many thanks!!!
  9. Andre....references are, indeed, fun! Especially when they don't give you what you need!!!! ARGHHHHHH!!!!
  10. Hi Andre, yes it does help somewhat. I have the great Jake Melampy book about the A-10, which has several photos similar to the one you provided the link for, and it's a great image, no doubt, and clearly shows that the front strut has SOME amount of rake, that is, the strut is angled a bit 'forward' ,as opposed to making a fully 90 degree angle with the ground. Ideally, though, I'd like to know how much of an angle, in actual degrees, the strut makes with respect to the ground. I know I'm being way too anal about this, and using the photo you sent, along with some I have, may end up being the best I'm going to find, which isn't the end of the world. Thank you so much for replying, Andre! By the way, Wikipedia sometimes shows line drawings of airplanes from top, bottom and sides, sometimes with wheels down, and Eduard often, in their instructions, provide similar types of line drawings, intended to ensure that modelers know the angles that landing gear need to be at to be accurate. I've just never seen such line drawings like that for the A-10.
  11. I'm working on my Academy A-10C, and there seems to be a bit of 'play' in the front landing gear strut. I'm pretty sure that the strut is not perfectly vertical with respect to the ground, but I've been unable to determine what the actual 'rake angle' (using motorcycle terminology) is for this strut on the A-10C. Does anyone know? No one else seems to have a concern with this, and maybe I'm just not aligning the parts exactly correctly, but I'd really like to know what that angle really is. Any help out there?
  12. Super build, paint and weathering! A great job, including the figures and the Kubelwagen. I have this kit, and just found a number of the new Eduard aftermarket items that I've been waiting for (found on Scalemates), and am anxious to begin building this airplane. As others have written, you did a spectacular job on the riveting, though as Skyraider3D noted, perhaps much of it wasn't needed? I have no idea if the riveting on the real plane was like yours or not. How did you find the guidance for locations for the rivets, if you don't mind?
  13. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!!! Great job the diorama (fantastic idea), but your Thunderbird 2 is just perfect! I've loved the Thunderbirds my whole life (I am 64, now), and TB2 was my absolute favorite out of all of themI am very impressed, sir. Also, thanks for the pictures of the other TBs you did!
  14. Andre, thank you, sir, for what I THOUGHT had to be the answer, but I wanted to be sure! Still deciding if I want to build mine with the bomb bay open or closed! I appreciate the quick reply!
  15. I'm sure the answer to this is posted somewhere already, but I couldn't find it... I just got the new (2022) Airfix 1/48 Blackburn Buccaneer kit, and I note that they identify Option 4 as having bombs loaded in the bomb bay, and (I presume) that the bay is left open. The question is, if there were weapons in the bomb bay, did the Buccaneer fly such missions with the bomb bay open for the entire flight, that is open during takeoff, flight and landing, or did Airfix just include an option to display an open bomb bay? I've seen at least one picture that shows the bomb bay open with the landing gear retracted, which leads me to believe that an open bay was a mission alternative. Certainly, an open bomb bay, either with or without ordnance, would result in significant drag, but I haven no knowledge of how the Buccaneer was flown. Thanks for any help.
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