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Hi Ray My sons gave me a Dragon 1/35 Panther with the two option boxing a while ago. Instead of wasting an entire hull and turret I bought an old Tamiya Panther to use the parts on the extra hull in the Dragon kit. And guess what. The Tamiya parts are visibly larger. After a quick measurement they are closer to 1/32 than 1/35. Actually 1/33 in length. I also have a wreck of a 1/25 Tamiya Panther which I hope to rebuild sometime in the future. After the observation with the 1/35th models I decided to measure the 1/25 Panther. And same story. The hull is closer to 1/24 and the turret is 6 mm wide. A bit of cutting and pasting will be required to get the proportions right. Cheers Nick

Hi Alain wow another magnificent build. Well done Cheers Nick

Hi Denis That should work perfectly. Sometimes the best solution is a combination of mask and decal. Cheers Nick

Hi Denis To get the mask and decal concentric you need to duplicate the image for the mask. Then increase the line width in red for a decal on the duplicate. Paint with the mask and print a decal in red with the thicker line. Cheers Nick

Hi Max Thanks for the reply. The pieces between the engine and Eberspacher tubes are the ones puzzling me as the two types on the two photos appear different. There are very few pictures and drawings showing it clearly. BTW the photos I found cleared up a lot of questions on Jabs's aircraft but also created some new questions. Cheers Nick

Trying to finalize my Me 110 G-4 I recently came upon this photo of the well known G9+AA. The puzzling thing on the photo is the Eberspacher flame damper which does not appear to be the same as ones fitted later. The exhaust manifolds in the photo appear to be straight and angled at roughly 45 deg. The tubes themselves are also proud of the engine nacelle by about the diameter of the tube. Was this an interim design or were more than one design fielded. I would appreciate any info, dimensions or drawings. Plan B is to go with as much as I can see on the photo and print ones from that. The later ones (presumably factory fitted ) slope forward and have more curved exhaust manifolds. Eduard went with these on their 1/48 kit. Cheers Nick

Never mind a new kit as welcome as it would be. I would be happy if they just scaled these up to 1/32. (And correctly size them for the Tamiya kit) Nick

Lovely diorama Gary. Well done. I hope the repairs are not too serious. To my old eyes the photos look just fine. Cheers Nick

Wow Sean, this is turning out to be a super build. You must have been a hydraulic engineer in your previous life. Cheers Nick

Thanks Alain as you know these kits are the proverbial " shake and bake " kits. Easy and no problems. Cheers Nick

Fantastic build Marcel. The weathering really looks good. I just have a small point. I am not sure a bomb and AIM-9 could be carried on the same side until the extension for the LAU-7 was introduced. The photos I have seen of the earlier F-4B's shows one AIM-9 end two bombs on each TER. I might be mistaken but just check it. Cheers Nick

Hi Max, thanks for the compliment. I actually wanted to do one more, a Hasegawa 1/32 Me 109. But my two sons had other plans. Both decided to move house in January and since I am retired I was tasked to help with the moves and to fix all things that needed attention. As you most likely know the Millennials can't do DIY. I was promised some stuff from the local hobby shop but I think their memory is as poor as their DIY skills. Hi Alain It turned out ok. The time pressure was a small problem but the group build time cut off is a two edged sword. On the one side one cannot spend the time you feel you need to spend. On the other side the model does get finished and not end up as a shelf queen. The model itself is a bit difficult. Some features streets ahead of the old Hasegawa kit and others a pain, such as the windscreen being too narrow. The Murphy also played his part and lots of little things had to be fixed or redone. I also had a bit of trouble with the paint as I mentioned but in the end it is finished. Cheers Nick

Finished, and just in time!!!! One of the most frustrating builds in a long time. Cheers Nick

This one is done as well. Cheers Nick

I am calling this one done. A few quick photos with the iPhone. I will post RFI in a few weeks time as I have a two year old shadowing me all over, especially in my modelling room. Cheers Nick