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On 12/24/2024 at 5:16 PM, Oldbaldguy said:
Split second decisions are what separate aviators from wannabes, especially in Naval Aviation.
One of my squadron mates ejected from a Hornet while practicing for an airshow (engine failure). Had he waited delayed another second he wouldn’t be with us. He almost landed in the fireball. This accident is well documented as a lot of photographers were present.
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On 12/27/2024 at 8:38 AM, thierry laurent said:
Or the incident occured just when the IFF code has changed...
The next days codes are loaded to change over if the zulu day is overflown, not sure if it is manual or automatic on the SH. Although I’m guessing this could be a factor. -
Wow, this is jaw dropping.
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Fabulous build, sorry to hear about your health issues.
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Good to hear you were able to salvage this build!
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Beautiful build!
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3 hours ago, jep1210 said:
Never heard of Hampton Gray, but this is shaping up to be a very interesting build.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere in this thread, Hampton is one of the my heroes. He is the only allied military person who has a war memorial erected on Japanese soil by the Japanese. There is a statute of him on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and another in Halifax. He attended the University of Alberta and on campus there is a plaque in his memory given he is a veteran who lost his life and is university alumni.Sadly Hampton is the last commonwealth soldier/airman killed in WWII, after the war ended. The news of the surrender did not reach his flight in time. Another Canadian Corsair pilot lost his life that day as well, some historians argue that Canadian died after Hamptons death.
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2 hours ago, Totalize said:
Jep. He is well known to Canadian Aviation Enthusiasts. Very few Canadians served in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in the Pacific so he was somewhat of rarity especially as he also was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously the British Empires highest award for bravery. The award is similar in many respects to the American Medal of Honor.
The Fleet Air Arm itself was relatively small, although a good number of Canadians served in the FAA and they had a big impact on the war effort.
Don Sheppard, a Canadian, was the first FAA Corsair ace in WWII. Bill Atkinson, also a Canadian, was the last FAA ace in WWII and the only FAA Hellcat ace. I was fortunate to meet Don Sheppard. And a man (Ross McBain) who befriended me when I was a child, also a Canadian, flew Corsairs in the FAA in WWII. Canadians flew all types of aircraft in the FAA, and many commanded squadrons.
1,358 VCs have been awarded since the awards inception in 1856. Hampton Gray is the last Canadian to have been awarded the VC. In total, 81 Canadians have been awarded the VC.
3,520 Medals of Honor have been awarded since the awards inception in 1851. 61 Canadians have been awarded the Medal of Honor, while serving in the US military.
I was very fortunate, to have met and known two men who flew Corsairs with Hampton Gray. I have always been fascinated by Gray’s legacy.
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On 12/6/2024 at 7:56 AM, JefH said:
Very interested to follow along with this one. My father-in-law is friends with the now retired owner and he was able to score a tour of Vintage Wings for my wife and myself while we were in Ottawa. I was able to see the Corsair at Vintage wings while it was still in Gatineau and put it on my to-do list.
Great work so far. - Jeff
I too had a private tour of the facility, after I graduated from Royal Military College in 2010, the hanger was opened for my family and I to tour. -
On 12/8/2024 at 2:25 PM, mudrat said:
Actually it is a Fiasco, thanks for validating my post.
The only validation is your lack of reality. It’s only a plastic model.fiasco/fɪˈaskəʊ/noun
- 1.a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one:"his plans turned into a fiasco"
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On 12/6/2024 at 3:39 PM, chrish said:
As a Canadian...it could be something as simple as labeling.
All products sold in Canada have to be bilingually labeled in English and French. I've seen stuff pulled from the sales shelves previously in my lifetime for not having French language instructions matching the English ones and, a quick look at my stash of Tamiya (and Mr Color so that may be coming as well) I noticed the directions for use instructions are in English (and Japanese for Mr Color) but no French...could be wrong but that could be part of the issue
No, it’s not the labeling. It’s the 2-butoxyethanol in the Tamiya propellant.Although years ago Tamiya was in trouble with the same federal department for not having the bi-lingual labeling on their products and their MSDR documents. There was a ban on their products until the labeling was updated.
i bet this triggered these subsequent actions though.
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15 hours ago, mudrat said:
The worst of the 1/48 F-4J/S kit Mfgrs. The nose at the Radome hinge line is 2mm wider than it is in height (in 1/ 48 this a big deal). The actual F-4J and S nose is equal in height and width. And then there's the rear fuselage shape fiasco. If you are building the kit with the radome open, with the Radar package extended or not, this looks really bad. Watch as Sycophants spout off undying loyalty to this fiasco.
Regards,
Stephen Mudgett
No Phantom kit is perfect and of the ZM kits I’ve seen they look pretty good built up, definitely better than the older Hasegawa kits.Ands it’s only a model, not a fiasco.
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Wish they’d release a Brit Phantom.
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On 10/30/2024 at 4:45 AM, Wayne Bull said:
Ok forgetting the rivets and the oil canning ,is it shape wise good?and are the details right ? The rivets and the canning can be fixed by most of us ,i 'm quite sre we have all fixed way worse problems to get to the end result .For me shape and detail are the bigger concerns .But i do agree these images are not the most confidence inspring
Yeah, just get a tub of drywall mud and a spatula to smooth it out.- geedubelyer and CRAZY IVAN5
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On 10/29/2024 at 4:26 AM, Gazzas said:
Having looked at a lot of photos... I just can't ever remember seeing a He-111 that had this effect. I mean... not every plane has been flying as long as a B-52. Or some restored P-40C. Or had eight guns spread across the width of it's wings necessitating the ground crew walking or crawling all over them during the entire battle of Britain. I hate to say it, but this one just doesn't fly. A shame, really.
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Beautiful work.
Hampton Gray is a Canadian who’s legacy will live on forever.
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On 8/24/2024 at 2:49 PM, mozart said:
Coincidence I think. Edwards was with 274 Squadron latterly flying Tempests (as indeed was Clostermann), the squadron letters were JJ rather than JF of 3 Squadron with which Clostermann had served earlier, though he had his own “personalised” Spitfire:
I knew Stocky well, when I was on Q duty with my Hornet squadron in Comox BC I’d often go to his home on my day off for tea with Stocky and his wife Toni. He led my squadron in WWII and we were honored to fly him in one of our Hornets when he was 68. He was a kind gentle soul. -
On 11/22/2024 at 5:49 AM, DonH said:
OK, I'll play:
1) Bf109
2) Spitfire Vb (early)
3) Spitfire Vb (mid)
4) Spitfire Vb (late)
However, it is a fact that the next kit will be a Spey Phantom.
Someone laughed at this but it is probably accurate.- DonH, europapete, Archimedes and 3 others
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Bumping an old thread, is this paint scheme ever amazing. I like your interpretation.