jenshb Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 11 hours ago, Starfighter said: Thanks for your great proposals! The RVAH-14 markings are brilliant, but were worn by early RA-5Cs only to my understanding - curved intake lips, short LERX and short nozzles. Mine is a late one, so that's sadly not an option. Thierry, did you know RVAH-14'S BuNo 150833 even visited Bierset in June 1969? No, RVAH-14 also had late Vigis - the image I posted shows the long LERX and straight intake lips. They did also use the early version in similar markings. Aigore and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 4 hours ago, A-10LOADER said: I'd go with this one. Steve Heavy 7 also used the reverse of the scheme shown above - big black star on a white tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 The white tail is nice, but black noses on Vigis are a no-no IMO. Kagemusha and jenshb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Starfighter said: black noses on Vigis are a no-no IMO. Absolutely. Ditto those weird red, white and blue combos that Heavy 12(?) sported for a while. That was just weird. Starfighter and easixpedro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 Couldn't agree more. Vigi radomes have to be white or tan. jenshb, Kagemusha and Oldbaldguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim61 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I like RVAH-7 the best. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 3/16/2022 at 9:14 AM, jenshb said: If you like a Mojito - RVAH-13:) Although my personal favourite is RVAH-14 with the eagle head on the nose. Intend to finish my Trumpeter Vigi in those markings whenever I get around to it. I'm still amazed that you've managed to design a complete model in less time than many people would build a kit. I still remember all the help you gave me for my RVAH14 Viggie back in the days on ARC, I'm still grateful for your wisdom and knowledge! jenshb, Starfighter, Landrotten Highlander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Aigore said: I still remember all the help you gave me for my RVAH14 Viggie back in the days on ARC, I'm still grateful for your wisdom and knowledge! That is gorgeous !!! And I 2nd those markings for that scratchprinted masterpiece Starfighter and Aigore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 8:44 AM, Starfighter said: Thanks for your great proposals! The RVAH-14 markings are brilliant, but were worn by early RA-5Cs only to my understanding - curved intake lips, short LERX and short nozzles. Mine is a late one, so that's sadly not an option. Thierry, did you know RVAH-14'S BuNo 150833 even visited Bierset in June 1969? Well, 'short' is relative - I have no exact numbers, but the CAD files alone have taken me not far from 300 hours until now... Hi Ben, As someone else pointed it I think RVAH-14 also used the later batch. I ignored they came to Bierset but I was still a toddler at that time! Air forces meets of that time gathered an incredible number of very heterogeneous planes. This was really a golden period regarding that! Too Bad our parents did not have digital cameras! 300 hours is impressive but as you succeeded in cramming them in 3 months, this is what I considered to be a 'short' period. Terrific work! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 Not a lot of progress this week, I'm busy preparing for a big model show in Germany this weekend - Euro Model Expo at Heiden. I managed to paint the cockpit and to add tons of Anyz knobs. In addition, the fuselage was closed. Besides that, I am busy redoing the wings again. @Richard J was kind enough to point out some errors and to provide extremely useful information which enables me to make the 3D model significantly more accurate. Thanks again for that, Richard! And here's what I did over the last few days: And last but not least, a crappy pic of the assembled fuselage. TheBaron, Sasha As, panzerrob and 42 others 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Fantastic! And if you can't decide on a squadron, just print another one:) Dragon, geedubelyer and Starfighter 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Awesome stuff, Ben! Good luck at the show. Kev Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Impressive work! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Outstanding! A really nice office in the making! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Stellar progress! The cockpit really does look fantastic. Matt Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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