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Aero-space / Re: Douglas A-20 What-If WIP

« Last post by perttime on April 20, 2024, 01:11:11 PM »

The life raft looks pretty square in the photo of this thread: https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/189426.aspx

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Aero-space / Re: Douglas A-20 What-If WIP

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on April 20, 2024, 11:48:13 AM »

Nothing significant done this evening beyond working on a inflatable life raft for the space behind the pilot that is dedicated to that item.  None of the A-20 or P-70 kits have the life raft included so you either make your own or purchase the aftermarket product that includes the life raft.  I have no idea what that life raft looks like when stowed but it was easy enough to modify another plastic part to represent the stowed life raft.  I also purchased the Squadron True Details resin wheel set for the A-20 Havoc which includes a "life raft" shape piece of resin.  Hard to decide if that is what a folded or rolled up life raft actually looks like but what do I know? 

In the attached images I am sharing the pale yellow rectangular shape is the Squadron True Details resin life raft shape and the tan color object that looks like a loaf of bread in bondage is my attempt at creating a life raft shape for the A-20 (TB2D).  I rather like my interpretation of what a life raft looks like when rolled/folded up for stowage.  I modified by very aggressive sanding a tarpaulin of some kid from Italeri.  It may have come from the 1/35th scale Opel Blitz truck kit but it was definitely from Italeri. 

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Aero-space / Re: It's a Mustang, but not as we know it

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on April 20, 2024, 10:17:43 AM »

Malcolm hooded Mustangs are the best Mustangs! 

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Aero-space / Re: It's a Mustang, but not as we know it

« Last post by The Rat on April 20, 2024, 08:35:07 AM »

First coat of Tamiya X-1 black, looks a little rough but I'll work on it. And no, this colour is not a base coat for silver. 

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Profiles and Pixels / Re: Apophenia's Offerings

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on April 20, 2024, 08:15:51 AM »

It reminds me of the Lockheed CL-1200 Lancer proposal to replace the F-104 Starfighter in some ways, the larger tail not so much but the high-mounted wing definitely. 

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Profiles and Pixels / Re: Apophenia's Offerings

« Last post by Gingie on April 20, 2024, 04:48:57 AM »

Love this one!

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Aero-space / Re: 1/48 VAR-22 Osprey 771 Sqn RN

« Last post by Gingie on April 20, 2024, 04:45:48 AM »

Really nice turn out smeds!

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Group and Themed Builds / Re: Ideas and Suggestions for GBs/Themed Builds

« Last post by robunos on April 20, 2024, 04:41:55 AM »

Wasn't this an option in the last GB poll ? That or something similar. I voted for it, have a couple of Builds ready to go . . .


cheers,
Robin.

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Stories / Re: Sabre Dingo

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on April 20, 2024, 03:52:34 AM »

A two-seat Sabre in 1/48th scale would be nice to see some day.  The only one that I have knowledge of went out of business/production years ago but maybe some day soon...

I have a 1/48 Fox 3 Studios TF-86 Conversion in the stash

I eMailed Gerry Asher/FOX 3 Studios fourteen years ago (2012) and was informed that they are now OOP with no current plans to bring it back into production and nothing further has come from that correspondence.   

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Land / Re: Westernising a SCUD TEL

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on April 20, 2024, 03:41:45 AM »

Scale-O-Rama.  Mate the 1/35th scale SCUD TEL with the 1/72nd scale SS-20 Sabre missile container and it might be an easy what-if.