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  1. Reskit is also working on the engine and exhaust nozzles in 1/32. https://www.facebook.com/101014195345703/posts/f-105-thunderchief-exhaust-nozzle-132-148-and-172-for-148-hobbyboss-80333-kit-f-/398466868933766/
  2. The Reskit offering is in Development. It says 1/48 and 1/32. https://www.facebook.com/reskit.official/posts/763355859138350/?paipv=0&eav=AfbMZt5d4hZhFTdfpXUubLpMWdi3--ifICS_i9pwF_h2fQa2pfUi5AqQmWrSJi1McNA&_rdr
  3. Bill, You might also consider the Quinta Studio 3D A-6A Cockpit Set. I used the A-6E TRAM Set. They are pretty good. https://quinta-studio.com/en/product/538/
  4. The model kit industry has two defining themes. What will sell worldwide and how passionate the company president is about making a specific subject in a specific scale. The sales data shows that 1/32 is in third place after 1/48 and 1/72. Based on that reality 1/32 projects often get put on the back burner. Sorry about that. However if the company president says "you will make this aircraft in 1/32 and you will make it really good". Modelers will get a nice new model kit to build. It doesn't matter if you are Tamiya, Academy, Trumpeter, Jetmads, or whoever, it's all a matter of selling your product and keeping the boss happy.
  5. Finally!!! I pitched the 1/32 Raptor to Trumpeter, Hong Kong Models, Kittyhawk, and Tamiya. They all said NO. Too big. Too risky. Only the USA has them. Won't sell internationally. It's not sexy enough. It's not combat proven. Etc, etc, etc. Of course it's only the best air-to-air fighter in existence right now (2022). I contacted them and offered to help. I hope they get it right.
  6. You're correct. Trumpeter makes an "A, B, and D".
  7. Trumpeter "D" model decals. Trumpeter doesn't make an "A" kit.
  8. So at Trumpeter, Tamiya, ZM, Revell, and Academy HQ's they are not eyeing the prospects of a 1/32 F-22A Raptor or a 1/32 F-35A/B/C Lightning II kit? Duh, of course they are. But there's one slight problem. Lockheed-Martin's licensing requirements: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/contact/licensing-information.html From what I understand LM has to have a say in the final product produced plus they will receive royalty payments for all units produced worldwide. That's a show stopper for some model kit manufacturers. I know Trumpeter shelved their plans some years ago because of this. Don't know about the others. Sad for us modelers. Dave Mason IPMS Philippines
  9. Brian gave a talk to my T-38 Lead In Fighter Training class at Holloman AFB way back in 1981. He described his T-28 mishap in Thailand where he was badly burned and the hospitalization and rehab it took to get back on flight status. He is an awesome pilot that can really inspire fellow aviators. I know he inspired me after I was injured in a 1986 mishap. He's a great pilot and a very good author. I salute him! Dave Mason B777 Captain
  10. I work closely with Trumpeter (aka Hobby Boss) and they are committed to producing 1/32 scale kits for the forseeable future. Large Scale Modelers are well represented at Trumpeter. Dave Mason IPMS Philippines
  11. Hi all, Mr Song did leave Trumpeter and is working to start his own model company. He is currently working on some 1/48 aircraft projects and some 1/35 armor projects. He has nothing to do with the 1/32 Wing Scale B-25J project. He advises that project would be way too big for him right now. I also asked Trumpeter if they knew of the WS B-25J project and they know nothing about it. They did meet Martin at the Nurenburg show, saw the test shots of it, and talked about it with him but there was no plans to do anything with him. The un-disclosed "Chinese" person or persons that Martin was dealing with will remain unknown. If Trumpeter/Hobby Boss or Song are approached by the person or persons unknown with the offer of producing a 1/32 B-25J they will let us know. It is not Dragon either. Nor any other well known Chinese kit producer. It is a completely unknown person(s). The test shots of the new 1/32 Trumpeter A-6A Intruder are in the works. The metal molds have been cut and plastic will soon be flowing. As soon as enough sprues are made Trumpeter will send out some test shots to selective people for review. One of the first samples will go to IPMS Philippines. As soon as we receive it we will pow-wow over it and give a report to the LSP community. Trumpeter thanks everyone for being patient. After the A-6A is finished they will do the long awaited and much more popular A-6E TRAM version. This prommises to be their best selling kit ever. It will be tough to beat the 25,000 copies they sold of the 1/32 A-10A but if any kit has a chance the Tram Intruder is it. Happy Modeling, Dave Mason IPMS Philippines
  12. Hi Sean, On 21 Jun 1966 Lt Eugene Chancy was piloting F-8E S/N: 150910 with Squadron number NP101. He was in a formation of VF-211 Crusaders that merged head on with a formation of North Vietnamese Mig-17's. Lt Chancy fired on one of the Mig's and hit it's wing which then separated from the aircraft. The NVA pilot did not eject and rode the plane into the ground. Lt Chancy was subsequently awarded the Silver Star for this accomplishment. http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=29668 Aircraft F-8E 150910 was destroyed a year later on 9-11-67 when it lost all hydraulic power and the pilot had to eject. I have not found any photos of F-8E 150910 but Lt Chancy said it looked like all the other F-8's in the Squadron at that time. My email address is: davidmasonmd11capt@yahoo.com Send me your email address and I will send you all the photos I have of VF-211 Crusaders at the time of the shootdown. Cheers, Dave Mason
  13. Roger, This link will get you to a page that has the 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-3 instructions. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10057684z/70/1
  14. Hi Gentlemen, I will talk to Mr Song tomorrow and ask him to add a reply to this thread. If you didn't already know it Song is the lead aircraft design engineer at Trumpeter/Hobby Boss. He handles just about all of the 1/72, 1/48, 1/32, and 1/24 aircraft projects that Trumpeter/Hobby Boss is working on. He has many young artists working for him that do the research, CAD drawings, master making, and test shot corrections at the factory in Zhongshan, China. He is very busy. He often works 16 hour days 7 days a week. LSP is one of many web sites that Song and the rest of the group at Trumpeter/Hobby Boss regularly frequent to gage the pulse of the modelers around the world. He also takes in the advice of long time model builders and military aviators. There are also many behind the scenes emails, exchanging of photos, and museum visits that take place that are never mentioned on web site blogs. For LSP viewers Mr Song is your direct link to Trumpeter/Hobby Boss. You can not get to anyone more involved in making new aircraft kits than Mr Song. He is very gratefull for your inputs. Dave Maason IPMS Philippines-Bert Anido Chapter
  15. Dear Gentlemen of LSP, Last week Trumpeter sent me a test shot of their new SU-25K Frogfoot kit. They were particularly interested to see if the overall dimensions were correct. Apparently there has been some discussion over on ARC that there are some flaws in the new SU-25K kit. I dug into my references and came up with a variety of sources from the RUSJET web site: http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw.html These drawings show the Su-25K and Su-25UB along with a scale in meters. Measuring the length of the SU-25K from the tip of the nose (not including the air data sensors) to the aft part of the drag chute housing (not including the ECM antenna) I came up with 14.25 meters (1425 cm). I also measured the engine nacelle from the most forward edge of the inlet to the most aft edge of the exhaust and came up with 6.1 (610 cm) meters. I then went to the scale conversion web site: http://www.wwmodelclub.org/extra/sd_scalecalc2.htm and converted these values into 1/32nd scale. I came up with 17.53 inches for the fuselage length and 7.5 inches for the engine nacelle length. Turning to the model I measured the fuselage length to be 17.4 inches long and the engine nacelle at exactly 7.48 inches long. So yes the ARC modelers are correct. The Trumpeter kit is .13 inches too short. I used this same methodology and found the wings to be .05 inches too short. I have notified Trumpeter of this defect. Their response was that the mold (which is made of metal) is exactly correct but when the plastic cools after it is injected into the mold it shrinks just a little bit hence the .13 difference. They said that no one ever measured the cooling shrinkage factor before so they had no empirical data to go by. Now that this study has been done they can scale up the master mold so that when the completed product shrinks it will be perfectly in scale. Many thanks to the ARC modelers for bringing this to Trumpeters attention. Dave Mason IPMS Philippines-Bert Anido Chapter
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