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1/32 scale aviation modeling | Salut à toutes et tous | Facebook Michel TANGUY is building one in the French Demo team colours... HTH Cheers Frederick Jacobs

what strikes me as most odd in this video is that the pilots are walking around in their suits with helmets open and all.? I thought the suit was kept closed because of its function keeping the person in it alive and well during the high altidtude missions? Or does this mean the jet wasnt flying that high? Just and observation... Cheers Fred

Same here!!! Cheers Fred

the stabilo's IICRC they have non slotted ones. and in the pit some extra buttons and a different lay out on some panels but other then that its the same bird. no bottom wing spar stiffner! Mind you German F's always deploy their slats and open up the gun gas door on the ground. So you'll need a set that has the option to pose them in the open possition when making a static one. also depending on the time frame there are some different additional stiffners / patches on the intakes. These came from some tetst they need to do in order to expand the life time of the airframes. But like I said thats depeding on what airframe and what time period you want to make the F4F. Reference is key on that subject HTH Frederick Jacobs

Thanks for the update Derek absolute lovely work so far and a brilliant how to dress up the kit. I cant wait till you paint this beauty all up it's going to be one epic model, one to be proud off! Way to stick with it and endure till the end which looks like its almost there! So hatt's off to you sir! Cheers Fred

TOP viper build Lovely work sir! Can't beat a clean build viper and this sure does tick all the right boxes! Congrats on a job well done! Cheers Frederick Jacobs

just a heads up that's not a probe on the real jet. Its a light that shines down on the IFR receptacle so the boom guy has a visual on where he's poking the boom in at night and bad weather. So you can paint it Grey instead of metallic. Looking fine for the rest sir! One hell of a sexy looking viper! Cheers Frederick Jacobs

Well I can understand why you want to make it in this scale its like making a real one a tad smaller. In 32nd half of this stuff is not feasible but seeing this is twice as big it becomes mandatory to include it all. I'm loving this so far mate looks awesome! and the little imperfections if you can call them that are what makes it even more real as the real deal isn't perfect either seeing they are been flown the snot out of them since a couple of decades ago they tend to be quite interesting in regards to rivet spacing etc etc. the fact they are gloss painted most of the times makes that stand out even more.. Carry on my friend Im quite looking forward to the next update. Cheers Frederick Jacobs

Cool feature never knew that! Thing is I think back in the days it was more a lets try till it works kinda hands on mentallity now its all simutaions yet nothing beats real testing IMHO sometimes you win sometimes you loose I alreay commented a few pages back on how awesome your build is! truly a great feat to overcome big hurdles that fast and well. I really need to dig out mine again (Ben S aka Starfighter) gave me some info and data so I'm eager to get her back on my Bench. I realy like the curves on that one and the fact that the conversion look easy from afar but when you look in to it a whole other level of specific detaisl emerge... anyway I degress Good luck on your next project and I'm sure as hell following that one! Cheers Frederick Jacobs

Awesome job Peter just plain awesome It's odd that the nose gear actually extended on the top rather then the bottom like most other birds do! Makes it even more cooler to see that gear take that much beating extending on the top. Anyway love every bit of it my friend! I can't wait to see the ready for inspection pictures on this one! Cheers Frederick Jacobs

I think he' talkng about the avionics bays on theleft side of the nowe secton the doors are a tricky fit but nothingmoe complicated the he IFR door which you amready did quite nicely! kee up the good work but be aware the zactomodels intakes isnt quite a breeze to get it fit nicely! And be prepared for quite some sanding and scribing in the near future the pallets noses are a basic drop in fit! after you removed the trumpeter parts off course! Cheers Frederick Jacobs

That's a Vf154 bird I'm thinking on doing that one in better days aka before the forced bail out! Love that double load out of zuni and sidewinders, thinking on doing a line up of just vf154 jets a time line sort of anyway... the ginter book kinda sparked that I must admit! amen and with the diorama you have in mind it would perfectly sum up the bravado those pilots had last of the gunfighter! Tally Ho! Cheers Frederick Jacobs

Dude it would be a crime not to build it like that! Awesome idea! looking forward to it! Cheers Frederick Jacobs

well you can't go wrong with a crusader wings up, all slats and flaps out and hook down, coming in to smack on the deck can you? Game on! I'd say! love the kit its not a bad kit at all and with few fuselage parts meaning its a fast paced build Cheers Frederick Jacobs

Awesome work my friend glad the canopies turned out great. The tint is ineed to be jalous off as its looking the part and its a great deal of the feel for the prowler! almost on the home stretch looking forward to further updates Peter! Fly Navy! Cheers Frederick Jacobs