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So, anyone have at least one good recommendation for purchasing RTV and casting material in the US or in North America?I have vac-form fuselages for the TF-86, F-86D, and CA-27. I am tempted to splice together bits from these to do a Sabre Dingo fuselage. One apporach I was tempted to use is use RTV to clone these, cast copies, and cut and splice those to do a Sabre Dingo fuselage.
Loving your thinking
With CP now merged with KCS, those locomotives could even find their way all the way down to the southern border of the US.If you want to try something different, I know at least two US railroads painted a diesel locomotive up in desert camouflage in 1991 to honor employees who were reservists called up for Desert Storm.
Canada did this in 2019
CALGARY, Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (CP) unveiled five specially painted locomotives on Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S. honouring the culture and history of the armed forces. The five Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACUs will take the message of military pride across the CP system.
CP personnel carefully studied the paint colours and patterns that branches of the Canadian and U.S. militaries applied to tanks, planes and warships. Based on their research, they devised five liveries for these locomotives:
CP 7020 wears North Atlantic Treaty Organization green, which the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in temperate climates.
CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates.
CP 7022 wears the grey, red and black colour pattern of modern Canadian and American warships.
CP 7023 wears a two-tone gray paint scheme designed after the livery applied to Canadian and American fighter jets.
CP 6644 wears the camouflage colours applied to Royal Canadian Air Force "Spitfire" fighter planes flown at the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.
Four of the five locomotives bear a Canadian flag on one side and American on the other. CP operates in both countries and employs veterans of both countries' military services.
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/canadian-pacific-honours-canadian-us-military-with-special-locomotives-300955863.html
I have vac-form fuselages for the TF-86, F-86D, and CA-27. I am tempted to splice together bits from these to do a Sabre Dingo fuselage. One apporach I was tempted to use is use RTV to clone these, cast copies, and cut and splice those to do a Sabre Dingo fuselage.
Great combo.
Using the 88mm Flak carriage is a terrific idea
Anybody know about the diesel engine installation on IIRC the Danish rebuilds? I wondering what the engine deck and rear look like. I’ve wondered if a 1/48th M-60 engine deck would fit.
It just occurred to me the TS-90 turret of the Panhard ERC-90 might be a good fit as well
