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Hi Blackbetty, The exhaust almost clears the brass tube and as the resin part is quite thick, it requires a small modification to make it fit properly. Hi Jackman, The Zacto intake is an exceptional piece of aftermarket and fits the kit nicely. Here is a pic from the front looking in. There is a small amount of sanding required to make the parts blend together, but the join is within easy reach of a sanding stick. It is hard to see where the join is as the parts fit together very well. A pic looking down as requested. Once again, fit is excellent and minimal blending will be required. Some more work. The large avionics access panel forward of the windshield requires some work. I am pretty sure this has been made to be posed open as it appears Trumpeter has missed a small feature. There is a big step where it meets the windshield. A straight edge confirms that they missed the small kink upward where the trailing edge of the access panel meets the windshield area. I cut a square from plastic card and superglued it in between the trailing edge and the first rivet line. I then back filled the edges with my preferred mix of superglue and talcum powder. I use this mix as once set, it sands exactly like plastic and it is very easy to blend without shrinkage. Sanded smooth. A couple of coat of SMS primer, which is an acrylic lacquer paint with that has a fine talc additive that makes it excellent for filling blended areas such as this. Also visible in this pic are the thin panel catches made from plastic card that were not provided in the kit, and also i have deepened the small cooling vent under the avionics bay, using a microchisel.

I'm currently working a helo for the first time, and so far I'm liking it! the model is really nice! I chose a nice colorfull scheme since the two tones gray has been widely built and very well built, and I like my models to have as much as color as possible! Since the scheme is kinda hard, at least for my skills, I started on the tail boom as a test and then moved forward I screwed up a but the stripes, but corrected it on time! I hope you like it

Now available from https://zactomodels.com/ Designed to fit the Trumpeter 1/32 F-14 kits. Though these parts look very similar to the kits parts, if you look carefully, there is a difference: Rather than replace the whole pallet, which would be expensive, I decided to just replace the most offensive part. While the detail Trumpeter provides on the rear portion isn't the most accurate , it does look good with paint and a wash and not that difficult for the modeler to improve if so desired.  Again, you have to really look close...

Hi guys, Chris express shipped a pair of these beauties over to me as soon as they were released, huge thanks. The Academy/Cutting Edge hybrids I had on my F-16C before were the weak point of the model so I am really happy that I could replace them. No other Aim-120's come close. I had also bought the Eduard Brassin Aim-120 set. These are very nicely cast but they have a separate and it seems deliberately oversized nose. That can be easily sanded down but still. Also, they seem to taper excessively at the back end. The Zacto versions are perfect in every way to the extent that the wings almost fit into their locations without glue. The slight mold mark shown on another review are invisible if the missiles are mounted on pylons (that's no accident, I'm sure), I didn't bother to do anything about those. My only improvement suggestion is to include five wings for each of the forward and rear sets. They are very thin (great!) and can therefore easily be broken, so an attrition replacement would be nice. I used decals from the AFV Club F-16B kit and used a very light wash. Note the blue bands are far lighter than the blue bands on the Aim-9X and ACMI pod... the latter are unfortunately decals which are too dark. Cheers, Marcel

Thanks man Work and a "dictator in a diaper" has been depriving me from making progress lately, but managed to get some bench time in. Pretty much done (just a few scratches to fill) with the JL-100, which has now been riveted and the circuit breaker safety lever (located underneath and behind the cone) made. Quite a simple mechanism in real life, but genius at the same time. Using wind resistance to push it in after the aircraft rotates, thus arming the system. Cheers

So none of the CE bottom wing is gonna be used. I'll be using the Dragon bottom wing parts which have gun bumps that need removing and radiator areas that need filling. I hogged out the gun bumps and added .010" sheet plastic inside the wings and filled that and the radiator areas with Apoxy Sculpt. One wing I cut out an entire panel area , then realized that wasn't necessary as it was only the bumps that needed removing. Will be sanding smooth and scribing lines next. Fun part will be opening shell ejector ports . The beat goes on ...

Got her up on some feet today, finished the main rear gear, plumbed it but you can;t really see any of it !!! Layed down some wash on both to dirty them up, the photos I've studied show most Harrier's landing gear are pretty dirty. I made both main gear removable with brass pins to facilitate painting without having to mask around them.

Again, a bit more tweaking, and lower cowl, now firmly glued in place, also fits almost perfectly.

Hahaa , when you're 9 years old you really don't notice , or care . I didn't

After a great week with my granddaughter I've returned to the relative peace and quiet of the hobby room. (Disclaimer) This model is not an historically correct aircraft. I've begun sticking things together in the cockpit...

woohoo - big day -the cockpit is in the airframe ..put together in a jig,, and now a permanent fixture.. ..with the skin bits.. ..lots to do from here, but it's a big milestone for me TTFN Peter

Hi We started the production of model accessories. The products are directly printed in 3d technology providing excellent quality. The first products are ready, these are the bombs from the First World War. To begin with, in 1:32 scale, but they will also be in the 1:48 scale.The bombs are in one piece, without gluing, without filling. Just remove the supports and paint. These should please Wingnut fans. Accessories (packed in rigid blisters): 32-A001 - 100lb HERL BOMB 32-A002 - 112lb HERL (early) BOMB 32-A003 - 112lb HERL (late) BOMB 32-A004 - 20lb COOPER BOMB 32-A005 - 230b HE Mk.I BOMB 32-A006 - Le Rhone type J 32-A007 - Clerget 9B 32-A008 - 12,5kg PuW Bomb 32-A009 - 50kg PuW Bomb 32-A010 - 100kg PuW Bomb

I really don’t know why there’s so much speculation, it’s quite clearly an Avro Anson, why they’ve even got a fully restored one in NZ for Richard and his team to crawl over and measure to the nearest millimetre. (In my dreams).

I know it's not a popular subject with many modelers, but speaking for myself, I'd love a 1/32 JU-52. I have a special fondness for aircraft of the so-called "Golden Age of Aviation", and the JU-52 is one of the classics of that period. I find its clunky, angular lines and corrugated skin appealing in their functional simplicity. I'd like to build at least two of them -- one as a civil airliner and the other as a military transport.

A great pic of Graham inside the cargo area of the Bronco, loading food and provisions. This is the actual Bronco that is currently being restored at the Australian War Memorial. Now to the ‘story’ behind the model. I am extremely grateful to Graham for preparing this for me, it is a unique perspective into a FAC sortie. This particular sortie earnt Graham the Distinguished Flying Cross, and makes for very interesting reading. I will be basing my model upon this particular aircraft. USAF OV-10A BRONCO # 14620 - SORTIE FLOWN BY SQNLDR GRAHAM NEIL AND FLTLT KEN SEMMLER ON 6 JUNE 1970 AT TRAI BI SOUTH VIETNAM The RAAF provided some 36 Forward Air Controllers (FAC’s) seconded to the USAF in South Vietnam over a five-year period, all of them were experienced fighter pilots accustomed to the FAC role with FAC training in Australia and Malaya. Twenty of them flew the OV-10 Bronco. The OV-10 Bronco was specifically designed for the FAC role and was introduced into South Vietnam by the USAF in mid-1968. The aircraft offered much better weapon load and cockpit visibility qualities than previous FAC aircraft in that theatre. Additionally, the suite of one UHF radio, one VHF radio, two FM radios and one HF radio, together with KY28 secure voice, offered a greatly improved communications capability. In terms of cockpit workload, the management of the radios offered the greatest challenge to the FAC during early sorties. On the afternoon of 6 June 1970 OV-10 #620 launched from Cu Chi in support of 3rd Brigade 25th Division US Army, the aircraft captain was SQNLDR Graham Neil with anotherRAAF FAC FLTLT Ken Semmler in the back seat, the sortie was for planned visual reconnaissance in an area near the Cambodian border. Ten minutes after becoming airborne while still in transit to the area of operations they were advised that an armoured convoy, exiting Cambodia, and a nearby base camp at Trai BI were each involved in two separate enemy engagements. Upon arriving at the scene of the engagements and after talking with the ground commander, they quickly assessed the situation and decided to give immediate air support to the convoy which was actively involved in a Troops in Contact (TIC) mission with enemy forces only 75 metres away in the woodline near the road. Two immediate airstrikes were ordered up for action alongside the TIC situation and for support to the Trai Bi base camp situated only four kilometres south which was concurrently receiving incoming mortar and small arms fire. If that were not complicated enough an artillery observation pilot, Aloft 07 radioed SQNLDR Neil to advise that he had spotted 12 enemy troops running away from the convoy contact, he marked their position with a smoke grenade and then SQNLDR Neil expended four 2.75 inch Rocket Projectiles (RP) on the marked position. During that RP pass the convoy commander requested immediate fire support to quell enemy action on his contact which had again flared up. Accordingly, the woodline to the west of the road was strafed with the OV-10’s four machine guns and the attack from the west ceased, temporarily. The convoy commander then urgently requested more strafing on additional enemy fire now coming from the eastern side of the road, it was obviously a planned ambush. After repeated strafing passes which were getting lower and lower because of height and energy being used up during tight manoeuvring the enemy broke off the engagements and SQNLDR Neil then resumed working with Aloft 07 against the enemy troops that Aloft 07 was still observing in retreat now about half a kilometre away from the armoured convoy. As he was rolling in for a rocket pass on the area that the troops were hiding in the convoy commander made another urgent request for fire to be again directed into the western side of the road to counter Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) fire which was now being suffered; all remaining HE rockets were expended on that target which was within about 30 metres away alongside the road and the RPG and small arms fire ceased for good. SQNLDR Neil then provided top cover to a Dustoff Medevac UH-1H helicopter and then flew the four km south to the other enemy contact. Upon instructions, following consultation with the base commander, remaining 7.62 mmrounds were expended on repeated strafing passes on a woodline to the west of the basecamp. Realising that more support was needed he had called up two other armed OV-10 aircraft from Cu Chi and he controlled Issue 14 and Issue 04 as he would a pair of fighters. After their HE rocket fire the enemy broke contact. Approximately ten minutes later the first set of immediate fighters, scrambled off alert at Bien Hoa arrived at the rendezvous, the weather in the area had marginal visibility with a solid ceiling of 2,500 feet and heavy rain showers moving through the target area. Hawk 07, a pair of A37 fighters, was initially briefed by Ken Semmler while Graham Neil was occupied dealing with final advice from the base commander and controlling helicopter gunships which were now rocketing an area on the other side of the base camp. The airstrike was controlled by SQNLDR Neil with the fighters dropping their eight Mk 82 500 lb bombs very accurately exposing and burning the cover from the enemy bunkers. While still controlling and marking strafing runs for Hawk 07 the next set of fighters, Sabre 81 a pair of F100 Super Sabres pre briefed by Ken Semmler, were brought into the target area from their rendezvous so they could assimilate the tactical scene with recognition of the location of friendly units; their Mk117 750 lb bombs were placed on target within three minutes of the previous set. Sabre 81 flight placed their eight Mk 117 Hi-Drag bombs on target only 250 metres from the friendly emplacements at the base camp, they then expended their 20 mm on strafing runs through the target, they were credited with the relief of the base camp and the destruction of five enemy bunkers. No further enemy action was to follow. Despite a low fuel state SQNLDR Neil stayed on in the target area and briefed an oncoming FAC on the ground situation before diverting to Tay Ninh West because of their low fuel state and the deteriorating weather. After refuelling the aircraft was flown to the RAAFbase at Vung Tau to pick up some vittles and VB beer which had been arranged the night before. Ken Semmler and Graham Neil swapped seats and Ken flew #620 back to Cu Chi as the night closed in on a very busy but rewarding day for both FAC’s. Thanks Graham! Some more work. The instrument panel was painted very dark grey, with the instrument bezels picked out with black paint and then Airscale instrument decals applied. Most of these decals are actually 1/48 scale as they were the only way that I was able to make them fit the panel! I also fabricated the undercarriage lever from brass and plastic card as it is not included in the kit. I wanted to depict the engine cowls closed. They have been designed to display open on the model and as such, a little work needs to be done to make them nice and neat. The panel lines where the cowl edges meat are a little sloppy, so my preferred mix of talc and superglue was used to fill the panel joints, as well as thin plastic card. I sanded the joint smooth. The longitudinal joint where the clamshell cowls meet has been sanded and rescribed to ensure a consistent depth panel line, with Tamiya extra fine cement ran into the freshly worked engraving to tidy it up. I then lightly scribed a guide line across the join with a pin. I used a JLC razor saw to lightly cut a new panel line along the previously scribed line, this tool is perfect for refining panel lines. A little hard to see but the new panel line is straight, with a consistent depth.

Wellington would be nice? Regards. Andy

Why does a few days always turn into a week or more? Too many interruptions Link is up on the website: https://zactomodels.com/ Thread started in the vendor's forum: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/81403-132-phoenix-pallet-correction-for-trumpeter-f-14s/ Thanks for all of the comments and "reactions"

Maybe a Catalina

Douglas TBD. Limited edition signed by Roland Emmerich.

It's not that far away from a G-2. The boxart was cooler that the kit.

My new mask set arrived a few days ago, and Sprue threw in an extra 15 year anniversary gift too, which I thought was pretty neat of them.

Thank you I’ve finally got to that stage where I can get the major components together. This is a serious chunk of plastic! Fit is, again excellent. I had a couple of warped pieces (top wing) - but clamping sorted it out while fitting. I managed to break off one of the machine guns within minutes of fitting the top wing but that’s just par for the course.. This picture highlights the stressed skin very nicely. The leading edge of the wing in particular. The wheel wells are Dark Sea Blue and for this I’ve been using Mr Paint Blue FS15050 - just because it’s what I’ve got and it looks about right to me (maybe a tadge light?). Before I spray the whole airframe - any recommendations for a technically correct match for the Sea Blue? Tamiya, MRP, Mr Colour etc Are the FAA Hellcat’s that are dark blue, the same Sea Blue as the US versions? Thanks, Guy

OK. after a week of mostly work, I finally got the main paint laid down. Beware, there is touch up to do as tis plane has a few raised bits that defied the Oramask 810's ability to hold firm. I only had two instances of paint lift, and both occurred on the periods at the bottom of the exclamation points on the underside. Thanks for looking! Gaz

Have to agree......and look at all that lovely oil-canning..............

Not had much time on this recently but now have the undercarriage fitted and rigging completed and much as possible before fitting the wings. Getting there now and pretty happy with results using monofilament as rigging for the first time. So much nicer to use and look at with no twists to spoil the look. Regards. Andy

Once cleaned up and "tweaked" a bit, radiator covers fit like a glove. They're loose right now, as I need to paint the interior areas first.

Hi All, A little bit of engine progress, which is a kit in itself! cheers. Matt

Working on the Hobbyboss Harrier is like a chinese puzzle, you have to be careful putting things together too quickly as the kit was made to be a pre-assembled collectable originally. Alot of stuff inter-locks and traps in other places for no glue. You need to paint the intakes before the fuselage is assembled, the fan has to be painted then attached to the intake "bell" and put into the fuselage also you need to paint the forward intake liners and sides of the fuselage by the cockpit, it would be about impossible to get white paint on the inside of the outer portion of the intakes. Also I have opened the intake on the forward thrust nozzle fairings on the fuselage.

Hs 129

1/32 B-26

What Brian said, the -F was Rolls Royce Merlin equipped which AFAIK all had the fishtail exhausts - at least all the pics I have in my files show this type of exhaust. Lothar

Could it be a British version of the F-110 Spectre ? ;-)

Could be the F-107, Jennings has access to the one at Pima. Just saying.

Pretty cool looking, but I don't think it would make a very good nightfighter with 3 flames spinning around it! Would make an awesome display going up in the air, though. Having said that, might get one as I already got the resin "day fighter" version.

It is made by scooping a small amount of talcum powder into one side of a beer bottle cap, and then pouring a small drop of superglue into the other. Mix them together in the required ratio. More superglue than talc = harder setting mix. Less superglue than talc = softer mix (easier to sand).

A 1/32 Ju-52 would be extremely exciting for me.

Beautiful work on this Scarier. Waiting to see what comes next.

Yes...eagerly waiting for the Do 335 A-12 that was promised long ago... Mark Proulx

Hi all, Working now on modifying the forward fuselage details, which again are different to the 'Camel'. The changes involve: Removing the ammunition ejector ports on the fuselage forward panel. Removing and filling the carburettor intake aperture on the fuselage forward panel. Removing the fuselage panel detail - oval access panel, forward to rear panel joint, rear panel vertical ‘nail’ rows. Removing existing elevator control line access points at the rear of the fuselage. Removing the angled area at the bottom of the forward panel. Re-scribe the angled panel line at the lower front of the forward panel. Re-scribe the vertical joint between the rear and forward panels (further rearwards). Drilling out the new elevator control line access points at the correct positions. Creating new carburretor intakes at the correct position. The lower wing centre section can't be filled and profiled until the fuselage is closed up. Mike

Not here quite a while, sorry. Wing tips added, correction of the front of the cowl (too large) and beginning of the engraving of the central part of the upper wing. Grey Alclad primer is used to see where Milliput is required.

Hey guys! After long procrastination on that subject in 32nd scale, we decided to release it: MiG-29SMT Splinter Camo in 32nd Hopefully you will enjoy!

Grand Slam Lancaster?

Now would be a really good time to drop a P-51B if they were developing one. HK needs a single engine kit that they can sell in higher volume. All of their releases so far have been a relatively narrow market. They could use a large market high demand kit that would make them money for a long time.

OMIGaWD!!!

Thanks for sharing the journey with me and to those who are going to get one of these I simply can't wait to see what you do !! Cheers Vaughn

About 8 hours into the build... this was where I lost track... we are painting buildings... White, light grey, red brown, yellow, light blue, concrete, washes, touchups, enamel gold for the domes.... this took several sessions of at least 2 hrs at a time... but came out pretty much like I'd hoped... And before I knew it.. it was done.. this morning around 9 am....the sun rose over Jedha City...

Time to take a little break from tubing! Here is the Weapon Main Unit, part of the control of the five stores hard points. It' s a good warm up for the cockpit detailing to come. The main box was printed along with a block of switches and knobs. The clear cover was cut from Evergreen clear 0.010" styrene and scored and folded to it final shape. The upper portion masked and sanded to create the frosted border. Fairly simple paint job, black body, aluminum wire connections, switches and cover latches and dark grey wiring boots. After a coat a Future decals were applied and a little thinned oil paint was used to pick out details and add some grime. Finally a coat 50/50 flat and gloss lacquer to unify the finish and the cover was attached. Plumbing is about half done so that's next.... More soon and thanks for checking in! Timmy!

Careful Jennings, you'll be criticized again by fellow Americans for being unpatriotic.

You’re welcome..... https://i.imgur.com/nI6993W.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tWbxWHO.jpg Craig

Here's a lay-out of parts and sprues, especially to give you "nay-sayers" an impression of what it looks like. I must say i've never owned a "miniart" kit, but the quality of parts is very pleasing. (btw the little miniart envelope in the lower right corner holds the PE parts for the seat belts and such):