Rampenfest

I am not an expert by any means, but all the photos I have seen of Tomcats with TARPS, they never had a Phoenix loaded. I am not sure if that is an operational limitation or just what they did. I say if you want to do it, go for it! The hobby is about having fun! All the pictures I have come across have AIM’s and Sparrows only with an ECM Pod.

Impressive work, nice job with the OD paint job!

Gorgeous finish!

Very nice!

Very cool!

I personally think a jewelry beading tool results in the most realistic looking. It produces a small indented ring which looks very convincing. I have seen some builds where the builder used spacing templates and a beading tool on a whole 1:32 build. It just takes an insane amount of time due to the fact that one has to punch out each rivet one at a time. I have never tried it on a whole model as I use a Galaxy Tools Rivet Wheel to save precious hobby time.

Just absolutely incredible!

Great looking cockpit!

Beautiful work!

This would be amazing. Been wanting to do a D-11 / D-13! Looking forward to see what comes of this.

That. Is. Epic.

Very nice, I love the separate engine displayed too!

Very cool subject!

That is a nice tidbit about the radios! Details like that is why I like this hobby. I love finding out all the little nuances of every type of aircraft….sometimes to a fault. Haha Yea the seats I knew about too, but did not bother to rectify it. When I was installing them, I was thinking how uncomfortable the headrests looked! I agree that information on the “Uhu” is not the easiest to source. There is all the great resources from the NASM one, but otherwise I have not been able to find a lot of book or articles online that go in depth.

Thanks, a big part is a messed up some riveting and the task of repairing it right now is not fun. The D9 is a plane I personally like very much, so I think starting that build will give me the boost I need.

I may shelf this one for a bit…not feeling too motivated on it. Plus all the stuff for me to start my next FW-190D9 build arrived, and am much more eager to start that.

Fantastic looking build. I really enjoy your work on the prop! Looks fantastic.

This turned out fantastic! Excellent job all around.

Gorgeous!

I would agree with you as well. My understanding (I am not an expert lol) is that those strakes helped with airframe buffeting issues that were encountered during fast, low-level flying. A fun thread indeed!

The Piaggio indeed has a lot going on visually It is a fast bird, and I have seen a lot more of them flying around than a Starship. Something funky is that those forward “canards” actually have flaps that deploy with the main wing flaps!

I second also using water to spray the area down. I have used a spray bottle with water and I just spray the air and table in the area I am working at with just a light mist. I do this after blowing compressed air to clean off my workbench and paint booth.

Sorry, not really on the topic of canards….but on the Starship. From my random tid-bits of knowledge about it that I have heard and read through the years: Forgetting looks, one of the huge drivers of why it failed was simply cost. It ended up costing almost double the originally planned cost. This was due to lots of newer technological advances that had to pass muster of the FAA (the composite design being the main one) There were lots of maintenace issues early on, which led to the plane being in the hangar a lot. The plane also ended up weighing more than 12,500 lbs which now made it require a type rating. (Additional cost for training and certification) Ironically, Beechcraft/Raytheon built it as a “competitor” to their own King Air series which arguably did everything the same or better than the Starship and at a cheaper cost. It is undoubtedly a cool looking plane. I have met a couple pilots who have flown it, and they had very positive things to say about it. Just some random stuff to add to the convo.

All the way from Poland! The kit comes with some nice extras like canopy masks, cartograph decals and some PE parts. Very excited to start this one day I will most likely make it a Hungarian Air Force F-4.

Ah ok, thanks! I have been also been reverting just to using my point n shoot (iPhone) lol over the DSLR. My ancient Canon Rebel is starting to show it’s age haha. Thanks!