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Lee in Texas

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  1. Is this all exhaust stain or some staining plus a lot of shadow? Thanks. Lee
  2. Hopefully this link will work. June 7, 1953. Go to 31:20 for the part about this dogfight. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=neobI1ro5XM
  3. It was on a documentary with a CGI representation. Both planes barrel rolling. They were close enough that the F-86 pilot said he looked into the Mig cockpit and saw the the pilot’s boot laces. Does anyone here know what documentary that was? I would like to build a model of both planes. Thanks. Lee
  4. I think there was a movie about Gerald Bull and Iraq’s Babylon and Baby Babylon supergun projects. I won’t go into politics, but I will say that a supergun that is permanently attached to a mountain and aimed at a neighbor’s capitol would never have fired a shot. The neighbor would have destroyed it first.
  5. I stumbled across this on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/groups/modelkittradegroup/permalink/5758157260961842/
  6. It looks like it’s missing a P-51 fuselage. Someone should remedy that.
  7. Wow. If anyone would build that, it would be Lewis Pruneau. I was thinking about that gun when I wrote the OP. I have a book about the Paris Gun. It’s fascinating, even though it was a terror weapon.
  8. High Altitude Research Project. Experimental gun that launched a projectile 111 miles up. The idea was putting small satellites into orbit with a gun. Anyway- I think it would be a cool model.
  9. I like the idea of epoxy coating over a coffee table or bar top. Pennies and bottle caps don’t do much for me, though. I was thinking model box art would be cool, but I wonder if it would fade. It would be indoors only.
  10. That’s not a bad idea. I know someone who could print it.
  11. I got a 1/24 3D printed pickup kit and ordered 2 cabs for it. I cut them up and started this. It will be lowered, crazy paint, maybe with fat single tires in back, instead of duallies.
  12. I did some searching, and saw that the Monogram Pro Modeler (ex-Hasegawa) 1/32 Bf-109G-4 Trop has the gun pods. I think I have several of these in my stash. I’ll have to look. Thanks for the tip.
  13. I need to scratch build a pair in 1/18 scale. If someone could recommend a book, magazine, etc with info that would be great. Thanks. Lee edit: Or a source for 3D print or resin parts
  14. Like better propellers, Gun pods, wheels, decals, etc. I got a Bf-109G6 for dirt cheap. Someone told the seller that no one would want it for $50 because the pilot and tail wheel are missing, and the rudder and one elevator are glued in place. I guess a collector might not want it. A model builder? You betcha. I want to repaint and detail for one of Heinrich Bartels’ Red 13s.
  15. That F-86 book looks tempting. I may have to get one printed.
  16. Back in late 1999/early 2000, I was deployed to Macedonia. The Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff visited. His plane was a 707. It had ecm pods at the backs of the nacelles. Nice ride.
  17. Sure, it’s a little over 4’ long, but it would be a LICENSE TO PRINT MONEY. I mean, I’d buy one.
  18. Yeah I like the square tail better, but both are cool. Just imagine if we had a Mach 3+ bomber hunter 70 years ago. Or if the XB-70 had gone into production, or… Oh hey- I think a Boeing 2707 would be an awesome model, also.
  19. Man I would love to have one of these. Is it weird to say that a plane that never advanced beyond full size mock up is the coolest jet ever?
  20. I had considered that when I was looking for good 3-view drawings; something that could be enlarged without being a giant blur. Why not? Foam and fiberglass are cheap. Make it a ceiling hanger.
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