Canute

Fully understand the team concept. Reunions of us old fighter types get that way, too.

Chris, I would go for the simpler model, but can't get the page translated into English. Craig, got it directly from Draf.

All this card model aircraft building whet my appetite and I pulled the trigger on a Draf Bristol F.2B with laser cut frames in Polish markings. I have a lot of questions, so I'll be firing up a build log soon. Don't want to clog up other builds with basic card modeling questions.

Sign me up, Alan. Interesting to see how your dio turns out.

The carbide drills are problematical. While sharp, they are brittle and any side loads will break the bit. They really should be used in a drill press. I wiped out two using a good pin vise.

Painting your cargo must have made you cross-eyed. It does look outstanding. 👍

Very cool wandering around that place, Greg. And a nice juxtaposition of the model and the weapon that did her in. 👍

Nice finish. And a good save on the tailplanes. Nobody will know.😉

I'm in on this one, too, Alan. Interesting boat; tail fins look like some Buck Rogers rocket ship. Brave lads who sailed these into Ka Fjord to attack Tirpitz.

We can wait with you, brother. The doc will give you a preliminary reading of your close up vision to figure out what power of glasses you'll need for closeups work. It should all shake out in the next few days.

They are first class mooches, always finagling a treat. 😉

Alan, I think soot would be appropriate in the exhaust. You could dust Pan Pastel chalks for that. The paint scheme turned out well. That's a pretty standard night fighter scheme with Lichtblau over Schwarz with Grauviolett mottling. 👍

These new products will be taking over the workshop. The old black India Ink and alcohol wash is a thing of the past.

My two lay across my feet at night, while I watch the tube. More so for being able to react if I make a move to get up and possibly find some treats for them.

Nicely done, including the ZZ Top reference.👍

Good that she got a quick check by the paramedics, but like EG says, see your doctor(s) to really pinpoint her problem. I have some diabetic friends and they work really hard to control it's effects. Must be working, because they are in their mid 80s and going strong. Family first.

Hah, my Bitburg jet became a G weasel. When I was a Ninth Air Force Flight Examiner, I tried to wrangle a ride. Best I could do was an F-105G Weasel, when they had them in Atlanta. Back seat in that was almost claustrophobic, since there was no way to see forward. Felt like I was flying in a hole. Had a bunch of time flying on the wing of a Thud Weasel.

I'll bet. "noive o' some people", as Bugs Bunny would say. 😉

I knew the St Louis facility was the Phantom Works. Nice way to commemorate the jet. Luckily, there are a number of preserved Phantoms around the US. The one we got at McGuire is a MiG killer; I think USAF wanted to preserve them, rather than expending those as drones for missile testing. And a town near that base got a Thunderbird F-4. Boeing has some good planes, just not any fighters in a long time. Calling an Eagle a Boeing product my be technically true, but Micky D designed and built the bulk of them. I got to pick up new, factory fresh Phantoms, with one or two hours in the log book. Delivered one to the Shah, back in 75.

Now that's a different rabbit hole. Van Gogh.

Nice and inviting, Kevin. Just need a cuppa.

Good save. Those old WW I aircraft were powered box kites.😉

The radome is some kind of layered ceramic or fiberglass, most probably fiberglass with a coating. Sparrows had ceramic nosecones, which were a dirty gray white. Some base commander in SEA, trying for a base beautiful award or some such, had them painted bright white. The paint had lead in it so all those missiles were inop until replaced. This was back in the day when we had a wing commander for the flyers and the support (admin, supply, etc) folks had a base commander, usually not a current aviator. What a maroon. After the mid 70s, all E models in USAF service were slatted. Leading edge is hydraulically activated, but deploys with input from the angle of attack sensor on the right side of the nose. It's a little cone shaped sensor sitting just above the a/c inlet scoop. No drooping on the ground. The flaps, speed brakes and aux air doors all droop, since they are hydraulic. The speed brakes were activated by a thumb switch on the right throttle in both cockpits. Pilot controlled the flaps; I had an emergency activation handle, which induced a utility hydraulic failure if you didn't already have one. The block number for the jet was 38 The only E models I've seen without slats, in recent memory, were the Thunderbird jets. They used the gun bay as their travel pod and were retired when the 'Birds replaced them in the mid 70s, so no reason to slat them. The folks in Hamilton, NJ, have one in a park. Veteran maintained. 👍

Nicely done. Congratulations.

The BT jet is a hard wing. Had boundary layer flaps in leading and trailing edges. The flaps were 60 degrees and we had hot air blowing over the wings to convince the wing it was moving faster. The slats have us 1 good turn in combat and then we'd need to leave the fight, biuld speed and separations, then come back to the fight. Slat wings had knuckles under the leading edge slats. Not to obvious on the Hahn bird (HR was Hunsruck, where the base was, east of Bitburg and Spangdahlem.) Wonder how they ended up with gray radome on a Euro scheme?