Dave Williams Posted March 18 Posted March 18 8 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said: You mean besides the Trumpy A? Trumpeter released a 1/32 T-28A Trojan? News to me.
LSP_Ray Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Oops! Got my threads mixed up! Thought I was still in the Ju-87 thread! "Never Mind!" CRAZY IVAN5 1
MikeMaben Posted March 19 Posted March 19 ...and you call yourself a moderator LSP_Ray, Shoggz, Christa and 2 others 5
blackbetty Posted March 19 Posted March 19 i built a C OOB and liked it... https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/97693-vietnames-t-28c/ Out2gtcha and John1 2
BloorwestSiR Posted March 19 Posted March 19 The C is on sale today at Sprue Bros as part of their daily Lightning deals. https://spruebrothers.com/zimkh32015-1-32-zimi-model-kitty-hawk-t-28c-trojan/ Out2gtcha and John1 2
Reuben L. Hernandez Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Sprue Brothers actually had it on their Lightning sale a couple days ago for $45.00. This price has gone back up.
JimRice Posted March 20 Posted March 20 I’ve never seen a T-28 parked with air brake deployed. It doesn’t leak down. Worked on a T-28B quite a bit and flew it several times. Air brake was used in the air, but not left down for landing. Christa, CRAZY IVAN5, Kagemusha and 1 other 2 2
MikeMaben Posted March 21 Posted March 21 https://www.detailandscale.com/meetup/t-28-trojan Maybe some other reason ?? Martinnfb, John1, Iain and 3 others 6
Christa Posted March 21 Posted March 21 Best T-28 link I have seen. Much appreciated Mike. Are T-28 flaps to be understood as its 'air brake'? Was there not an air brake under the centre section? MikeMaben 1
quang Posted March 21 Posted March 21 If my memory serves me well, ventral air brakes were replaced with a blank plate and wired shut on T-28s used in South East Asia (Vietnamese, Laotian, Thai). Like I did on my KH Trojan a while ago. CRAZY IVAN5, Martinnfb, MikeMaben and 3 others 6
John1 Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 (edited) 4 hours ago, MikeMaben said: https://www.detailandscale.com/meetup/t-28-trojan Maybe some other reason ?? Been struggling to find references of actual USN aircraft, most of what I'm seeing are pics of restored warbirds. Thanks very much for the link Mike! Edited March 21 by John1 MikeMaben 1
mydesign Posted March 21 Posted March 21 On 3/16/2025 at 5:15 PM, John1 said: Nice build, I've bookmarked your page for future reference! How did you cut out all those dials for the instrument panel? That came out quite nicely. The dials and so on can be highlighted with paint with a tooth pick and some dry brushing. But don't check all of them, some are "artistic" applied... John1 1
JimRice Posted March 21 Posted March 21 12 hours ago, Christa said: Best T-28 link I have seen. Much appreciated Mike. Are T-28 flaps to be understood as its 'air brake'? Was there not an air brake under the centre section? the air brakes was beneath the fuselage aft of flaps. In my experience, it was used as an aid to slow down to flap/gear extension speed and retracted once slows to desired speed before throwing out flaps and gear. The flaps parked on ramps had flaps extended as that was where recessed steps and handles are for boarding. In fact, there is a handle one can reach from the ground to release pressure and extend flaps. From the wing it can me used as well if you failed to Lower flaps before shutting down. Typical with a foot in the flap step you pulled the handle and rode the flap down. MikeMaben, John1, CRAZY IVAN5 and 2 others 5
John1 Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 Just received the kit from Sprue Brothers (a very reasonable $75). I haven't built any KH LSP's so I didn't know what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. It's surprisingly well detailed. An especially nice cockpit, in many areas, it compares well to the Aeries resin set. It does have some issues (as do pretty much all kits, minus Tamiya's latest stuff) but none of them insurmountable, even for a caveman like me. Gonna need to add some details, hopefully the Aeries cockpit fits well and I'll need to work on the flaps since they are designed to be installed in the raised position but in 99% of the time in RL, they were left lowered. The only real challenge are the rivets. KH went with recessed divots, while the real thing has pronounced rivets, especially on the fuselage. To be honest, looking at the kit parts, they don't look that bad. Initially, I am thinking about using a mix of Archer decals and .010mm solder balls (as I did on my KH UH-60L Blackhawk build) for the fuselage and leaving the wings alone and horizontal stabs alone. We'll see how it goes. Thanks to all for the info you guys provided, you convinced me to pull the trigger on this kit. If anyone's looking for a new project and wants something besides yet another Spitfire or grey jet, do yourself a favor and check this one out. JimRice, Iain and scvrobeson 3
Iain Posted March 23 Posted March 23 On 3/21/2025 at 6:10 AM, MikeMaben said: https://www.detailandscale.com/meetup/t-28-trojan Maybe some other reason ?? Fabulous link Mike - much appreciated! Iain MikeMaben and John1 2
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