Kirk Taylor Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I thought I remembered someone working on a 1/32 scale PAVE TACK pod. Am I remembering correctly? I found a potential project that could use one of those pods. Thanks, Kirk Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmel Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I've been scratch building one off and on for the past several years, but it's a difficult shape to get right. I wish a pro would do one for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Waiting to see what TANMODEL do with an F-111A/E and then rebox it as an FB-111A/F-111C with longer wings, possibly, Then 'TACK as an option. Seems their visions are slightly stuck with the out-of-the-blue Su-33 Sea Flanker which, frankly, is higher up my PTSD wish-list. Tony Luca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Be nice for an F-4, hope whoever does it uses a watch gear for the optics drive teeth on the side. Sweet Tony T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I thought I remembered someone working on a 1/32 scale PAVE TACK pod. Am I remembering correctly? I found a potential project that could use one of those pods. Thanks, Kirk Taylor Derek B. was working on one but I think that life got in the way. Barry Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Taylor Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 Thanks guys, I get it about life getting in the way also... Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) a resin 1/32 Pave Tack would be a MUST for a Tanmodel F-111E Edited November 17, 2017 by Luca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I would hope that if a company comes out with an injection molded F-111, a Pave Tack pod would be included in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 a resin 1/32 Pave Tack would be a MUST for a Tanmodel F-111E Only the F-111C and F utilised Pave Tack. Tan Model are, I believe, focusing on the A/E airframe which differs only in the inlets, and saw combat in Vietnam and Gulf One. The C airframe is the next closest, with A type translating cowl inlets and FB type MLG wheels and longer span wings, so the RAAF version - in service with Tack for thirty years - is the most likely boxing with the pod included (bearing in mind the weapons bay was heavily adapted to accommodate it). The D & F share a common airframe - ECS vents and some subtle airframe mods - but would most likely be a further development. Frankly, I'd rather see an EF-111A. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Derek B. was working on one but I think that life got in the way. Barry I thought it was a Pave Spike...no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hog Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 As an aside (not quite off topic) I obtained a TanModel RF84. Beautiful molding but horrible (IMHO) plastic. Nothing short of CA will adhere the parts together. I soaked a sprue section for two days in MEK and it wouldn't melt. What are they using? Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I thought it was a Pave Spike...no? I thought it was the 1971-73 vintage Ford Aerospace Pave Knife, the banana-shaped heart of most Linebacker strike packages. Sierra Hotel were supposed to be making one inbetween birthing unicorns. Pave Spike was nicely done by Isracast. Scary story about the Tan Model styrene - was that a duff batch? Tony Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I thought it was the 1971-73 vintage Ford Aerospace Pave Knife, the banana-shaped heart of most Linebacker strike packages. Sierra Hotel were supposed to be making one inbetween birthing unicorns. Pave Spike was nicely done by Isracast. Scary story about the Tan Model styrene - was that a duff batch? Tony My buddy Bruce Craig has built two of the Tan RFs so far, he used Testors Styrene cement and I used Tamiya extra thin on some of the parts I used to for mocking up corrected bits. No issues at all. Possibly there was an odd batch of plastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Any 1/32 TANMODEL F-111 is vaporware at this point, so it may not even matter, but even if they do one, it may not be the entire pod. They might do a partial pod to stick on the closed weapons bay doors like in the 1/48 Verlinden set or the 1/72 Hasegawa kits. I think people here are looking for the full pod to hang under a F-4E. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Thanks Tony. You are obviously right. I thought Knife when I wrote Spike! Oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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