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  1. Ah yes, of course, a street 911 could be used too. I have to add another comment: I based my 'door width' theory on the assumption that the Tamiya 935-76 is 100% correct. Which is not proven, at all. But you can see the 'thin' doors in any Porsche 930 photo. Rob
  2. The following is not meant as a comment on Davi's model, but mostly as a review-type comment. I studied my own Italeri 935-77 a bit more, concentrating on the shape. I don't have a fixed method for that, so it's a bit hit and miss. But I found one clear problem. Earlier, I had noticed that the width of the model is 4 mm over the published overall width of 1998 mm, but I could not identify the cause. I think I found it now: the doors are too wide by that same figure. What I mean is that the 911 from that era had quite 'thin', delicate doors, as depicted by the Tamiya model. Nitto made the doors far thicker below the windows, they almost look bulky, and that extra width is continued in the rear fenders. It's a fairly subtle shape problem, one I hadn't encountered before. That's why I'm posting it here. I've been wondering whether it can be corrected, but that's really difficult I think. A kitbash of the Tamiya 935-76 greenhouse with the Italeri 935-77 is a solution, but close to madness.. Rob
  3. Thanks for the comments! I just updated the page with photo of the equipment. Rob
  4. Thanks Giorgio for clearing that up! I learned something new about the 104. Rob
  5. Thanks Giorgio. But I phrased my question unclear. Here's the 'Fuselage Pylon Assembly' of the G-model, from the Structural Repair manual. The assembly attached in the slot for the centerline pylon, i.e. in the middle, with a cover plate over the centerline pylon slot. That's not clearly shown in the drawing BTW. The flight manual indicates that only AIM-9s could be carried on the pylons. My real question was whether the 'BL22' pylons of the S-model are also connected by cross braces and attached on the centerline, or did they connect directly to the fuselage? Here are a few hi-res photos of the G-model installation on RNLAF 104s: https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/0faf4de7-f0d4-6f42-b5eb-5e636bb6bd61/media/d32fb99c-2822-e492-da44-52ef7e8a3219 https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/c15adb96-eca2-6b89-cf77-748dc1f546ee/media/ec0aad96-e854-b333-15b4-72052387b779 https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/50896240-2600-0600-21f7-ad3ce1950c11/media/4dd838f3-1e59-d733-b3fb-31b255781e36 Rob
  6. I've updated my web site with a tutorial on vacuum resin casting: https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/casting.htm. I've been using this technique for many years now, and the results are perfect 99% of the time. Shown below is the result of a full day of casting - quite satisfying! Still need to add photos of the equipment though. Rob
  7. I often wondered about this photo too: did the S-model really have structural provisions for bomb pylons under the inlets? I checked the Structural Repair manual for the G-model, and it doesn't have them. But maybe the S did? Well spotted that there's a seventh bomb on the centerline pylon, I hadn't seen that before. Rob
  8. The genesis of this kit is more complicated. I hope I got it right in this summary: Nitto as a regular 935-77, probably 1978, three issues. Nitto went under in 1985 Esci-Ertl as a 935 Baby, 1985 issue or later AMT-Ertl as a regular 935-77, 1991 and 1998 issues Italeri as a 935J, 2007 issue Italeri as a 935 Baby, 2020 issue I think this is the most travelled 935 model! As mentioned, it lacks a number of Baby features, so I condider it a 935-77. Rob BTW: I just added an in -progress report of the Nunu 935-K3 to my website, read and weep: https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/kremer-k3.htm
  9. Giampiero, thanks for the information about Jet&Prop. One of my last hopes was the 'Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie' archive, but that seems a fruitless search too. It seems there aren't too many options left to figure out the way this hangar was constructed. Rob
  10. Sorry for the delayed reply, I was out of action for a week, and I'm still not running on all cilinders. The cooling system also appears to be broken 😞 I haven't done much airfield archeology apart from Volkel. I have vague plans to go see that arched hangar at Venlo, on the German side of the border. And long time ago someone informed me of some Komet-related buildings near Twente. Rob
  11. Here's another one, Schiphol: https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/foto-s/detail/a0741838-c90f-2c63-4450-202bfb72fbb6/media/41d466d1-98be-1026-e6b3-fac5bd204057 There are probably more in this very large photo base, see yourself: https://beeldbank.nimh.nl/ Rob
  12. Long time ago I started, but never finished a model of E0234, in yellow: https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/e0234.htm Maybe I still have the mould for the exhausts. Rob
  13. I hope that reviving a three year old thread is no problem! Recently I made an extensive summary of this thread, and added subsequent finds. But the answer is still not found.. https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/hangar.htm Rob
  14. To all who participated in this thread, one more time a big thanks!! I would never ever have been able to sort this out on my own. And as mentioned earlier, I'm very, very happy to have good captions for this club member's models, since this is exactly how he approached scale modelling. Rob
  15. Thank you for the P-40 kit research! I found the club meeting report, with the P-40 in question pictured first: https://ipms.nl/regios/regio-zuid-holland/regio-zuid-holland-artiklelen/regioavond-zuid-holland-juli-2022 The model description reads, translated: “My Curtiss P-40N Warhawk is from the Mauve brand in 1/48. I built the model straight out of the box with no problems. The entire aircraft is painted with Olive Drab on the top and Natural Gray on the bottom. Everything in Valejo paint. The box had been in the closet for 25 years and therefore the decals were no longer that good. I threw them away and made another version." That explains nearly everything. Here's a photo of the real 'Rosie the Riviter' that proves it had a white tail: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/flying-tigers-40-rosie-riveter-133428206 Therefore the model is a bit fictional, and I think we'll leave it out, since I can't make a decent caption. Rob
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