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3 hours ago, Dave Williams said:
It’s actually in stock at LuckyModel, no need to preorder.Proper cost; yikes
- Gerhard, Mr.T and Rick Griewski
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Is it still possible to preorder this kit and expect to receive it?
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On 12/27/2020 at 4:49 AM, MikeMaben said:
Hey Richard, I'll be draggin' this kit down from the SOD as soon as I finish my 109D.
When I started mine loooong ago I did a drawing re the dihedral (or lack of) for the
Hurricane. Hope it helps.
The 2 red lines are flat and 90 degrees off the vertical centerline. There's no dihedral
until past the landing gear. Looking good so far .
p.s. only the red lines are mine, I didn't draw the Hurricane.
has anyone proposed a correction for the kit dihedral?
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Here is another image of the same a/c. I'm not sure of my source. Seems to show the presence of a wing root fairing in some way, but no protruding cannon for sure.
- Troy Molitor and D.B. Andrus
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On 3/13/2022 at 3:06 AM, Archer Fine Transfers said:
One trick you can use to hide the edge is spray Gloss Clear over the area and sand with very fine sanding paper/sponge. You can see when the blending is complete when the gloss around the edge is gone. It's an old custom car paint trick and it works.
Some guys paint the insignias on first followed by color and they swear by it.I do insignia first. Tamiya fine white primer thinned heavily from the small square jar. Then mask and apply rest
- Rick Griewski and LSP_Kevin
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33 minutes ago, denders said:
Actually, I have both an Evolution and an Infinity, which use the same pieces, and it's clear with the Mark I eyeball that the air caps have different size openings.
I have both a Paasche TG (0.66mm) and a Creos 290 (0.50mm) which I use for primers depending upon the amount of primer to be painted.
I figured. The airflow has to be proportional around the nozzle tip itself. I went ahead and bought a needle/nozzle/aircap set.
thanks all
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7 minutes ago, Kagemusha said:
It doesn't have the wing bumps for the thicker wheels on the G-6.
Ah got it! So likely a G-2/G-4 in pipeline. Thanks
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6 hours ago, Kagemusha said:
I wonder if this runner D will be included in the G-14 kit?
I am missing the significance of the D-runner after looking at it. Can you explain?
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5 minutes ago, denders said:
Have a look here. I believe the Needle, Nozzle, and Air Cap need to all match.
Harder and Steenbeck parts for Infinity (spraygunner.com)
(I've no connection to SG, but I have purchased there.)
Thank you sir. My interpretation of the serial numbers indicates the same air cap works for 0.15 and 0.2 mm combos while a separate air cap is required for the 0.4 mm nozzle.
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1 hour ago, quang said:
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I currently have a 0.15 mm needle but am finding I need something larger to paint Tamiya’s fine primer out of the bottle.
I am planning to obtain the 0.4 mm needle and nozzle.
My question is: do I also need to buy a new aircap specific to the 0.4 mm needle/nozzle or can I just buy the needle and nozzle separately, using the aircap that came with the 0.15 mm?
Based on my understanding of how an airbrush works, my answer to my own question would be yes.
TIA,
TB
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On 4/5/2022 at 1:21 PM, Radub said:
All of those handles are too fine to represent properly in injected plastic due to tooling limitations. It is very likely they will be done in photo-etch by the “usual suspects”.Radu
Wish you were still one of them!
- Pete G., esarmstrong and Radub
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the DUCK. nice job!
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12 hours ago, thierry laurent said:
Changing the nose area is the noticeable effort.
It’s nothing they can’t do. They have mastered many difficult subjects
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They did include the two trop umbrella holders on the port fuselage
- coogrfan and Alain Gadbois
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11 hours ago, Radub said:
The Bf 109 G-14 flown by Hartmann in January 1945 in Hungary is relatively well documented. Here are some photos:
Here is the aircraft in flight.
Here is the same image enlarged. Note the short tail.
And here is a photo from the internet. Note the battery box behind the headrest and the C3 fuel triangle, indicating a G-14.
HTH
Radu
Never saw the one flying but had seen the ones on the ground many years ago. Compelling evidence indeed. Thanks Radu!
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Having built this a/c with the tall tail and feeling silly about that now, I have looked back and tried to find evidence of the short tail and could never find any. Has anyone found anything?
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Need to anneal with heat!
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On 12/24/2021 at 10:54 AM, Gary Needham said:
If you want a HK 1/32 Lanc, I would be tempted to hold back until Border release theirs (assuming it goes ahead of course) as I am sure there will be a (relative) glut of HK ones dumped on the market to subsidise purchases of the Border / WNW one.
It happens with lots of kits just like happened with the Z-M P-51 and HK Mosquitos when modellers learnt that Tamiya were doing both subjects in the same scale.
Gary
ZM’s P-51 was released before Tamiya’s?
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I’d be happy to take it off your hands. Thanks!
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2 hours ago, Radub said:
One other optical effect caused by the thicker "armoured" glass is refraction. This causes the glass to behave in the same way as a periscope. This is best described in this video about the armoured glass used on the FW 190:
HTH
Radu
It’s a fascinating effect. He notes the thickness of the glass to be 1.5x the original; I wonder what the view was actually like in the period thickness
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What about Andy’s HHQ?