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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Rick Griewski in spraying white insignia   
    I do insignia first. Tamiya fine white primer thinned heavily from the small square jar. Then mask and apply rest 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Pete G. in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115   
    Wish you were still one of them!
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Rick Griewski in Wingnut Wings Lancaster to be released by Border Model   
    Proper cost; yikes 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Gerhard in Wingnut Wings Lancaster to be released by Border Model   
    Proper cost; yikes 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Mr.T in Wingnut Wings Lancaster to be released by Border Model   
    Proper cost; yikes 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from D.B. Andrus in JV 44 "Papagei Staffel"   
    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. 
     
     
     
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    Thunderbolt reacted to John1 in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115   
    Go Vincent!   Love to have a 109 experten dissect this kit for us.  
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from nmayhew in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115   
    Thank you Vince. Never quit 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from John1 in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115   
    Thank you Vince. Never quit 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Troy Molitor in JV 44 "Papagei Staffel"   
    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. 
     
     
     
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from scvrobeson in H&S Infinity Question   
    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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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from LSP_Kevin in spraying white insignia   
    I do insignia first. Tamiya fine white primer thinned heavily from the small square jar. Then mask and apply rest 
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    Thunderbolt reacted to denders in H&S Infinity Question   
    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.)
     
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    Thunderbolt reacted to quang in H&S Infinity Question   
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    Thunderbolt reacted to thierry laurent in H&S Infinity Question   
    As for other airbrushes the Infinity uses a combination of specific needle and nozzle tip. All other parts stay the same.
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from esarmstrong in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115   
    Wish you were still one of them!
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Radub in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115   
    Wish you were still one of them!
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from daHeld in 1/32 Hasegawa/MDC Bf 109G-14 Hartmann - Built in 2007   
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    Thunderbolt reacted to pvanroy in Z-M Bf109G-14 “Old Man Blog”   
    According to factory data, the G-10 was the fastest of the G-series with a top speed of 690 km/h. However, again according to factory data, the K-4 was slightly faster with a top speed of 710 km/h, which would make it the fastest production version of the Bf 109. The whole idea behind the G-10 was to create an aircraft with performance very close to the K-4, without having to disrupt existing production lines for retooling for a new variant. 
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    Thunderbolt reacted to pvanroy in Z-M Bf109G-14 “Old Man Blog”   
    It would require quite a few changes, some bigger and more relevant than others;
     
    - Prop: VDM 9-12159.10 broad paddle blades
     
    - Cowling: entirely new cowling to house the DB 605 D engine; Erla, WNF and Mtt produced aircraft used different cowlings. Those of WNF and Mtt were quite similar, but the Erla cowling has a rather different, aerodynamically more refined shape (it was originally designed by Mtt for use on the Bf 109 H, but somehow found its way onto the Erla-produced G-10)
     
    - Enlarged supercharger intake
     
    - Enlarged oil cooler housing for Fö 987 cooler
     
    - Engine and peripherals: the basic block is the same as the 605 A, but the 605 D uses the larger supercharger of of the DB 603, bigger oil scavenge pumps with double the capacity, wider, higher-flow oil return lines, revised piston crowns (ZM includes the pistons in their model), a larger Fö 987 oil cooler, larger cylindrical oil tank with higher filler point, different arrangement of very prominent electrical connectors on the right side, new curved engine bearer to clear the bigger DB 603 cyclone.
     
    - Cockpit: since they are reportedly providing a correct U4 cockpit in their first issue, this should essentially cover the WNF-built machines (only WNF built the U4, with the MK 108 engine cannon). It stands to reason they also modeled the 'standard' G-14 cockpit with MG 151 engine cannon, so that would pretty much cover the Mtt and Erla machines. One thing to add would be the hot air heating tubes attached to the head armor. A large part of the Erla G-10 production were R6 all-weather machines, meaning they were equipped with a PKS 12 autopilot and electrical heating of the windshield. The heating wires in the windshield are pretty much invisible even on the actual aircraft, so that's not really an issue in scale. The PKS 12 would add autopilot switches to the control column. In addition, the instrument panel would have had at least a variometer added, and likely also the AFN 2 direction indicator and a backup turn and bank indicator; as a result of this, arrangement of instruments on the panel would have been different from the standard. The PKS 12 autopilot itself was housed in the rear fuselage, but no engineering drawings or photographs of the installation are known to have survived, so this would be difficult to replicate (but really not very visible anyway, even with hatches open).
     
    - WNF-built U4 aircraft have an additional filler hatch on the lower right rear fuselage for compressed air for the MK 108, and a pneumatic outlet behind the last exhaust stack on the right side; these are not present on Mtt and Erla machines which had the MG 151 motor cannon (these were electrically actuated).
     
    - The Erla 490 000 block of machines (first Erla G-10 block) had the MW 50 filler hatch in a slightly different position.
     
    - Tail wheel: a long tail wheel for Mtt machines, and part of the Erla production
     
    - Main wheels: enlarged mainwheels of 660 X 190 format present on all WNF machines, and introduced on Erla production somewhere along the 151XXX block and onwards.
     
    - Wing bulges: associated with the enlarged mainwheels, large rectangular upper wing bulges for WNF machines and part of Erla production
     
    - Some WNF-produced G-10s are documented using an improved aileron design with an inset Flettner tab, which was actually designed for the K-series, (interestingly, no use of these improved ailerons on actual K machines for which they were intended has been documented)
     
    There are no doubt some other details, but this is all I can think of.
     
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Martinnfb in Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 "Blue 12" WNr. 500570   
    COCKPIT: 
    I like the molded on seatbelts from EagleParts and did not really want to add to all of my revision work but primarily wanted the option of posing the seatbelts out of the cockpit and preferred the realism of the RB productions belts. My in-progress scotch tape/glue repair of the sidewall from punching a hole in it with the MDC riveting tool is visible...

    I removed this seat and cleaned up the armor plate, stripping all the paint off in the process. I test-fitted the new seat several times and sanded off the bottom until I was satisfied with the seat height - I wanted the seatbelts to be able too hang straight over the seat without flipping over it. I think either position is correct because (I think) seat height was adjustable on the Fw 190. 

    I used the following photo as my seat height guide:

    My plan is to install new belt hooks using Albion Alloys 0.33 mm nickel rod and allow the seatbelts to be positionable. 
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    Thunderbolt reacted to Radub in Z-M Bf109G-14 “Old Man Blog”   
    More photos of the built model were posted on the ZM page: https://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/products/sws18_bf109G-14_hartmann.html
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Radu 
     
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from coogrfan in Z-M Bf109G-14 “Old Man Blog”   
    They did include the two trop umbrella holders on the port fuselage 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Alain Gadbois in Z-M Bf109G-14 “Old Man Blog”   
    They did include the two trop umbrella holders on the port fuselage 
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    Thunderbolt got a reaction from Scotsman in Revell's new tool hurricane?   
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