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Yeah, pretty much, Craig. And, the Super Crusader was very exotic looking. -
Jim, that's for sure. Slog, the seat/cockpit turned out great. You'd be surprised how much of the black paint wears off, since the seat is a sometime work platform for a crewchief. Looking forward to see how you continue. Navy jets always looked beat, since the corrosive environment they lived in, needed a lot of grease and oil for protection. When we'd use Air Force jets in similar environments, they'd need a trip to the wash rack soon after coming home to remove the salt. Most newer jets have the parachute built into the seat. We had similar Martin Baker seats in the Phantom. Made you lean forward too much. TheF-15/16 seats have more of a lean back attitude, especially the F16.
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I see model railroaders fall all over themselves, attempting to recreate the "box car red" of a certain actual railroad. There are so many nuances, so why kill yourself. Most shops painted the cars with what supplies they had on hand that day, very similar to what sailors did in painting their ships. They'd have a base paint, and add x amount of a tint color to achieve the "official" color. Field repaints of aircraft would probably be unique to the base they were at. How accurately was the paint mixed to the formula? I like your mottle Craig, and I'd be really impressed with the black and white striped Albatros. WWI fighters can be so colorful, compared to the dull schemes of today.
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Me thinks yon Captain wouldst need be take off his foot stockings to greatly assist in the accounting o' his stock o' seeds. "Struth!
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You're a one man variety show, Denis. I love it. Same about Bowie, I like some. But, it's all rock n roll!
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Denis I'll slide back into my chair, too. Over by Lou. Ah, the old flathead mill.
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Can't like that situation, OC. Medical stuff needs fast action or like Craig said, it could get worse. Hope you're feeling better, soon.
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Roger, take a look at "Shattered Sword", an account written by 2 Americans, Parschall and Tully, about the Battle of Midway and published in 2005. It is much later research, gaining access to more and better after action reports. It goes into detail on both sides, although looking deeper into the Japanese doings. Delves into big differences in the training and combat doctrines of both sides.
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Excellent work, Danny. And yes, Halinski kits are worth the cost.
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Back in days of yore, Floquil made a prep for metals. I never used it, but learned to clean white metal/ pot metal/zamac with vinegar to give some "tooth" to the surface so primers would work properly.
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Was that a vinegar bath or just water? The reason I ask is that the acid in the vinegar is a good prep for getting metals clean enough to prime.
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Lou, they weren't the first to do that.
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Well, it seemed like fun, at the time. The old "Catch me if you can".
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Lou, that was me most of the time over the North.
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Reminds me a little of Dusty Springfield, too. I vaguely remember that band. C'mon, late 60s college?? NYC FM rock stations were very eclectic in their playlists back then, especially the late , very lamented WNEW=FM 102.7. Very laid back DJs, like Scott Muni, Roscoe and Alison Steele - the Night Bird. <Sigh>
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Craig, the motor looks real. Well done. I hadn't looked at these aircraft. My last squadron flew SPAD VIIs and XIIIs at the tail end of WWI. (yeah, they're that old). And their 2 kills were Fokker DVIIs. Looks like Wingnut doesn't make SPADs, but they do do the Fokker. Hmmm....
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Vossie, sure you would. I once escorted an RF4C over Hanoi; we called it the" run for the roses" . We were quite happy to head out of the Gulf after that ride.
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J, like that marking color. The a/c in the 30's were certainly colorful. I await your reveal of this "bird."
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More like Hotel California, "you can check out any time, but you can never leave."
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Check out Kombrig. They have the Hoche in both scales. http://combrig-models.com/
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Yes, you have grooves on this, rather than stand out lines. Way easier to do up properly. I remember having to sand markings and rivet lines off a plane, way back when. The rivets must have been 3-4 scale inches across. An old Hawk brand kit from the 50s I believe.
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