Canute
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Those Quinta 3D decals look great. This build is looking sharp already. 😄 And yeah, Mr Hobby RLM02 does look pretty green. -
The RAF Buccs carried Pave Spike pods in Desert Storm. Those pods were the size of an AIM-7 Sparrow air to air missile; a bit smaller than the Martel data link pod. USAF Phantoms carried the Spike pod in the left forward Sparrow well.
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The blue stripes are I think a NATO wide code for training weapons - no warheads. Yellow stripe means it's a war shot.
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We escorted Buccs at Red Flag exercises. Not sure about Desert Storm.
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A pure gloss black is a black hole. Better to go with a charcoal gray. Look at CDW's Buccaneer log with the gray discussions. Very tough to photograph black.
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Sign me up for this racer.
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Well done with Arizona. 👍 Looking forward to your next project, whatever it turns out to be. 😄
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
Canute replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Suitably grubby, Greg. 👍 -
I believe there were 2 versions, one with visible aerials and the other with the thimble nose. Interesting that they included both in that kit. Thanks for the steer.👍
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Your Tiffie turned out great, Andy. Looking forward to the Beaufighter build. I need to find a radar version. My thing about 2 seat radar equipped interceptors. 😁
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Andy, the canopy rails and seat edges will be shiny from the boots, hands and tools rubbed on them. So's the floor, but it'll be harder to see. That's just normal wear and tear. Your Tiffie has turned out nicely.
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A nice blend of armor piercing and high explosive incendiary. Make shredded wheat out of the German armor.
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if they we deployed to northern France, I'd bet they were getting ratty.
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I do hope he and his family are alright. I miss his work. 😄
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Looks like Kotare has plans to add more Spit variants. Beautiful castings and decals. Very nice.
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Great photo collection. I hope the jets stored outside get an occasional repaint. Seems they've preserved a good number of Buccs. Nice haul at the show. If I hit one door prize, it's a lucky day. Well done.
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Craig, your configuration is more of a anti-ship bomber. The AR missile is most likely launched to take out ship borne radars to allow the Bucc backseater some time to refine and shoot the the TV missiles. Preemptive shots like that are a good technique in a hostile environment. Did one over Hanoi, way back when. I know messing with a Maverick missile takes heavy concentration by the backseater, picking out a target in a semi benign environment, like a Red Flag exercise. It's not a real High Def TV picture; looked more like an old black and white tiny TV screen. That limits whose eyes are outside to just the pilot.
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Thank you for your efforts, brother.
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Don't know if maybe they put a fuel tank in the bomb bay, like they did in the F-105. Pure conjecture on my part. Maybe our resident researcher has the apropos facts?
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The Wrights also turned by warping the wing. Ailerons didn't come about until 10 years later. NASA modified an F-111 to test the concept, but I don't think it got very far. The Wrights were the first systems engineers, combining many disciplines to build their Flyers.
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I was wondering what the gizmo on the stab was. Interesting use for that flying surface. The boundary control and deicing came off the engine compressor; the F-4 used a similar system for the leading and trailing flaps on the wings. When the slats were applied, they left the tubing in the leading edge, so the jet gained about 1500 pounds of dead weight.
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So the tail-plane is a stabilator, like on the F-4 and F101. Better control at high Mach. And the old "elevators" were trim tabs. Very interesting. In Arthur's photo, you can see the pathway on the vertical tail with the indentation for the tail-plane going nose down.
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Handley Page Heyford by RGL - FINISHED - Matchbox - 1/72
Canute replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice job turning this sow's ear into an excellent model. Well done. 👍 -
Night and day with the Vector engine. And catching the twist in the motor mount? Wow, well done, Airfix.
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