Kaeone57

Let's start with the Naval SIG group models:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 




Regards
- dutik
 

Thanks for the pictures dutik, is that the Enterprise tower and if so is it 1/32 ?   Cheers.   ps. I just seen the E on it, beautiful model.

NICE!!! LOVE that scheme!! 
 
Alfonso 

Ok now, Mr Fancy pants!!! LoL 
 
Gorgeous work Bro!
 
Alfonso

Getting back onto the subject at hand - the Malcolm Hood drive and emergency release mechanisms, I have finally got Rhino 3D representations of the parts (13 in all) that I will 3D print.  It was a bit of an integration nightmare, as alot of stuff gets crammed in between the flanges of the upper longerons.  And my longeron flanges are thicker than the real thing by a good bit (scaled of course).  Also my longerons are not quite as wide as the real thing, to account for my skin gages, which are also thicker than the real thing (scaled).  This all works against me shrinking the space to work with.  Neverthless here are some hard won details that I hope will look representative once painted and assembled (assuming they print up OK):
 

 

 
Yup - you are looking at a 3D printed chain (with sprockets).  I measure, from the pictures I have, a 1/2 inch pitch and about 1/2 inch wide.  Scale to 1/18, and the links are much smaller than I could scratch build (something I managed to do on the Corsair tail wheel door mechanism a while back - but the chain was a bit larger).  It is alot to ask of my printer - we shall see.  You also see other details that have had a whole lot of artistic license applied to them.  
 
Shortly I hope to show you the actual parts installed into the fuselage side panels.  Stay tuned!
 
 
 
 

NICE!!! Good to see the Revell Corsair getting some Love with left over Tamiya parts. Always a joy to kitbash something isn't it! Being a Corsair Lover and nut, I'm really Loving this!
 
BTW, if you want to go a proper route on your flaps, only the outer most flap next to the ailerons are fabric covered! Also the cutout on the inner most flap on the starboard side should be filled in too.
 
Keep on keeping on!
 
Alfonso
 

OBG -  Ii looks as if her hair is "gone with the wind"! LoL!
 
Gorgeous work Jay!!
 
Alfonso

OBG -  Ii looks as if her hair is "gone with the wind"! LoL!
 
Gorgeous work Jay!!
 
Alfonso

Oh cool pic indeed!  Thank you Antonio.  Some things to notice:
 
1.  Relocated recognition light electrical box (a few inches forward) seen through the side window windshield glass (with what appears to be a natural metal finish bracket)
2.  Some dark colored strip of putty or something along the periphery of the aft enclosure cutout - clearly meant to seal the gap between the hood and the fuselage crown when hood is closed.  First I have seen that - I wonder if that was common...
3.  There are five sets of rollers exposed with the hood open.  All other pictures I have seen either period or modern have six sets.  Mine too.  Hmmm...  Is the hood in this pic not fully open?  Or, were more rollers added at some point to address a service issue.....
4.  You can see a portion of the round outboard end of the crank handle / forward sprocket support bracket peaking out from behind the roller rail just aft of the windshield.  You'll see that on mine too pretty soon.
4.  The girl is very hot. 
 
 
I hear you on modern restos.  However I am very confident that the cranking system is accurately represented.  All are consistent, and anything that can be gleaned from period photos seem to be in acordance.   
 
As for escape - the Malcolm has an emergency jettison mechanism, including a red pull handle not unlike what we see on all production Mustangs whether greenhouse or bubble top canopy.  You will see that on mine soon.   
 
Upon your suggestion, I sent in a querie to the Imperial War Museum in GB, since the British back in the day modified practically every one of their many P-51B's (or Mustang Mk 3's as they called them), to have the Malcolm hood.  We'll see if they respond or have anything.  Hope they hurry - I am not waiting.

Additionally, the driver is either a major or light colonel, the first row of fasteners below the canopy rail is not rivets but countersunk screws, and while the girl is wearing finger nail polish and what looks like a leather flight jacket, she appears to have mislaid her hair brush.

NICE!!! Good to see the Revell Corsair getting some Love with left over Tamiya parts. Always a joy to kitbash something isn't it! Being a Corsair Lover and nut, I'm really Loving this!
 
BTW, if you want to go a proper route on your flaps, only the outer most flap next to the ailerons are fabric covered! Also the cutout on the inner most flap on the starboard side should be filled in too.
 
Keep on keeping on!
 
Alfonso
 

NICE!!! LOVE that scheme!! 
 
Alfonso 

,  sorry kaeone, couldn't resist

The Texas ang f-4e had a non standard grey camo....light ghost and a dark grey (gunship?).......I am looking for the camo pattern.......it is on the fuesalge.....does it extend onto the wings?....

You can see the dark gray on the inboard part of the wing and the light outboard. As for the pattern, a top view would be essential to find.
Interesting camo!
 
Alain
 

 

The scheme seems similar to the earlier F-4D one, as featured on this Techmod sheet...
 
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TM32033?result-token=UyNX7
 
...but with a splash of 26118 gunship gray on the nose. It's the undersides that I'm not sure about.
 
Tony

It extends to the lower side as well. This was a wraparound scheme. You can see it in the initial picture, under the air intake.

By just a sliver. The undersides appear predominantly medium satin grey with 26118 go-fast c/l tank and inboard wing pylons.
 
Tony
 

Believe-me, it was a wraparound!
 
https://images.app.goo.gl/EgMBLTPSZ81Kue3u9
 
However it did not have the large dark grey spot on the belly that was part of the F-4D scheme.

It's hard to tell, but it looks to me like a variation of the original Hill Grey with FS 36375 Light Ghost Grey undersides, with FS 36270 Neutral Grey and FS 36118 Gunship Grey topsides. The giveaways being the light grey gear doors, slat actuator fairings, and the lighter grey compared to the 36118 inboard pylon sway braces. The tops of the wings would be FS 36118 with 36270 outboard panels like the later and more common pattern. I can't really see any variation between the light grey of the visible lower areas and  the light grey of the upper parts, so it might have just been a two-tone version with FS 36270.
 
Thierry's photo does look like the dark grey extended under the intakes a little, almost to the white position lights, but you can see the break between the greys just under the leading edge inboard of the TISEO. It looks like it's picked up a dark grey trailing edge flap at some point (might be a shadow) and a dark grey avionics(?) package in the portside forward missile bay.
 
Link to large photo
Link to another large photo
 
Ben

Hi
this could help . From Caracal decal " fighters of Austin " cammo pattern known as " hill cloud scheme "
Alain

Also of note, through my eyes anyway based on what I'm seeing in these, all pics is the glossy nature of the underside color as "I" see reflections of underside elements on the wings, eg; landing gear reflection on wing underside, hard points and load..etc!
 
Though not a "jet" guy, Love me an F-4 and remember those F-4D's in this scheme variation with wraparound camo as shown on the decal sheet for Homestead AFRB in the mid to late '80'sas I'm a Miami and South Florida resident and natural since birth in '74!
 
Gorgeous scheme Rob! Wish I had some input other than that! LoL
 
BTW, I met you once at AAA Hobbies when I had moved to Atlanta in 2008. I was the Cuban modeler with the long locks,(dreads)! I saw you guys again at IPMS Nationals in Ohio in 2009. Lol
 
Great scheme on a Phantom once again! It brought back some memories! Lol
 
Alfonso

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