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Every one of them from the 1903 Wright Flyer to today's Fat Amy are all magnificent works of art. Things like the little step on the strut of a Cessna 152 or 172, the cargo floor of a UH-1, the nose on view of a Rafael, the weird amalgam of shapes on a Mig-21, C-141s, Spads (ww1 and the A-1), a Maule... All of them get my soul singing. Now it's time to go flying in the RV. See you later!

You will not belive this. I lived next to Dick Rossi when I was a kid in Fallbrook,California. He was a great great person! He'd just retired from Flying Tigers Airlines and was growing avocados.

Brewster buffalo

1Hey Pete, What are the economics of owning & flying the L-39? I gave slightly serious consideration to one of the Shorts Tucanos floating around, but the numbers looked rough. Given that the slow old T-34 prices are through the roof the Albatros may be an alternative idea although I don't have any turbojet time worth mentioning. How do you keep cool in an airplane without the fan on the front anyway? Oh yeah, how is it for back country flying, you know like skipping onto a sandbar in a river and stuff like that? BN523

I am sad to say that none of the acrlyics, Vallejo, MMP, Ammo, Ak are going to be usable without a lot of trial and error. MMP is not too bad and might be closer to MRP than some of the others although it sprays pretty thick, but settles down well. Tamiya and Mr Paint are probably the also good. Another consideration with these is that you've got to use their thinners, additives etc. In the final analysis nothing but MRP gives the consistent spraying and versatility of MRP. It's a case of Vegimite vs Marmite mate. Don't come the raw prawn with me mate. The Sheila's are going to a hens party. I couldn't organize a p!ss up in a brewery. Oops, 7 years in Oz just doesn't wear off mate!

The rotary wing - fixed wing rivalry goes back to when Igor developed the first powered, heavier than air, controlled airplane and Orville and Wilbur invented the helicopter... or do I have that backwards? Oh yeah, Orville invented popcorn. Anyhow, the vehicles have entirely different purposes not to mention that they fly differently. Helicopters beat the air into submission. Airplanes use hydraulics. Neither can fly at night though, because as everyone knows, there`s no lift at night. Another interesting difference is that fixed wing aircraft must keep up their airspeed lest they smite the ground. Helicopters just enter vortex ring state and worm hole into another dimension. Given all of the differences between them who wouldn't be confused. I hope I've helped to clear up a few of common misconceptions between the branches of the air traveling family. My work here is done.

Help stamp out fixed wing!

also, wiki, the source of all knowledge has some good pics.

Wow de Havilland built beautiful acft and yours is looking wonderful!

Looks really good! Maybe the RAAF ought to think about using that camo pattern? Of course after a carton of p!ss you wouldn't be able to find the airplane.

I wish someone would re release their kits! I wasn't familiar with this one it looks a bit like a Navion.

I'm with you 100%. Civilians just don't have the slightest idea how dangerous most military jobs are and just how much responsibility is heaped on an 18 year old`s shoulders. Thank you for your service? Oh you have no idea my friend!

As first glance I thought the title was `Just got back from rehab`. Congratulations either way! She's a beautiful acft!

Where's OSHA when you need them?

It looks like engine failure. The pull was to trade some airspeed for options. As the airspeed bled below the stall it spun. They stayed with it to aim it away from people and structures. They jettisoned the acft when they knew it would not hurt anyone else. It is the embodiment of "That others may live". No seat modern or otherwise could have magiced them to safety given the parameters. Fantastic people to be sure!

That is true about Kermit he will reply.

"What do you know about surfing, Major? You're from gd New Jersey!".

More babble about the water or acryic paints. Practice and experiments are the only way to to get anywhere. You've got to play around with pressures, paint to thinner to additive to distance and paint flow. Make sure that the experiments you do are one thing at a time or you'll never find consistency of course. My advice is to start with something like a p-47 in OD & Gray. Try pre sharing and black basing but fundamentally prime the model, spray thinned layers built up. Thin layers built up is one of the keys to a good out come. An airbrush with an .02 needle is not a rattle can of automotive primer. Don't try to cover everything in one blast, work small. Keep the airbrush clean. The smaller the shnozzle the cleaner it has to be and the thinner the paint and the lower the air pressure. In short: clean AB, primed plastic, experiment, don't be afraid of wiping it all off and trying again either. The upside of working with the water based stuff is that you build logable time as PIC toward your complex and type ratings from throwing models across the room. If you turn off the light you can log a little IFR!

I like to harness confusion and sow discord. Just kidding.

Oh one cool thing you can do with Tamiya acrylic metal Colors is dry brush it on as NMF and it's really nice. You have to get all of the liquid off the brush and rub it on. On something 32nd it would take 60 brushes and 2 years but it's kind of a unique technique.

Tamiya is still probably the best O the lot. Vallejo model air and Mig are okay but frustrating with tip dry and this additive and that to get them to work with any consistency I've found. Mission Models were nice sprayed large but in tight I had mixed results. Life color I found very tough to use at all. I've given up on the lot an am transitioning to MRP.

There was a single seat on TradeaPlane for a while and it too was a looker.

I knew it was rubber band powered!

Wonderful work!

When they said let's barbecue some dogs this isn't what they meant!