Bozzer That's a serious commitment, for an expensive kit? Good progress, so far 👍
17 April, 22:19
Bike-Queen Bozzer, thank you sir! I dont mess around 😉
18 April, 09:02
Bozzer An easier way to sand your tires, is to insert a suitable socket, then attach it to a drill. Just apply light pressure though. In this hobby, everything is done with care. But damnnn.... that fuel tank looks awesome! That's an excellent idea!!!
Diorama Dude @ Jens J.: I thank you for your comment. That is not the final diorama. I do not risk to destroy the original rotor during this build. The main rotor and the tail rotor are placeholder, they are not fixed on the helicopter. The broken parts also placeholder.
18 April, 22:47
Bob Hall Very good lay out, I remember when that happened and was all set to deploy there, but the administration at the time decided to run away with their tail between their legs.
18 April, 23:21
Johnie added a new article to his personal gallery:
littleblackbear Thanks Carlos. Live Resin, Reedoak, and Def Models did a lot of the heavy lifting here with their fantastic resin casts. Those figures practically paint themselves!
John Nice job on this oldie! Might take a few pics on a black piece of poster board or something. The glare is washing out some of your excellent work! Your bench is so clean, how do you get any work done? 😄
17 April, 01:39
Clifford Keesler Thank you very much John. I will try the background. I never seem to be able to get the lighting right.
17 April, 01:51
John I have the opposite problem, mine are always too dark.
Alexander Amazing result, very clean paintjob and good weathering! 👍
Also great photography together with the base, it really adds to the realism/effect (such as pic. 78). 👍
一生还一夜 I'm researching on whether the GBU—8 can be equipped on the F4E during the Vietnam war.The finomlds kit provides no extra weapons despite its high quality.
18 April, 01:38
Marius Thank you for the appreciation, I am really flattered.
Regarding the GBU-8s, yes, they were certainly used in the Vietnam War, but NOT on the F-4Es back then. The GBU-8 was used in combat in the early 1969 for the first time. In Vietnam it was only a small number of F-4Ds from the 25th TFS that dropped the GBU-8.
Initially they used the rear cockpit radar scope, but ended up adding small TV sets to the rear cockpit to get better results. The TV screen was fixed on the right-side console of the WSO in not the most comfortable position. The WSO had to shield the screen with one hand against sun light and try to lock the target with the other. They used directly the bomb's seeker head for broadcasting the image in the cockpit. So no other external devices retrofitted on the aircraft were necessary. For target locking, the aircraft had to be more or less aligned with the target in boresight mode. For improving the locking and image contrast, the usual ECM pods had to me removed from the forward AIM Sparrow wells (as seen here in my Israeli F-4E) and fixed under a TER from under the wings pylons. This measure would have offered a more constant ambient lightning to the GBU-8 seeker and reduce optical interference. Other tricks and small changes further improved their performance in Vietnam.
Also Israel received from the US some GBU-8s for the first time during the famous emergency resupply mission of mid-October 1973 (Operation "Nickel Grass"). This new weapon could be launched from the already modified F-4Es freshly supplied from the USAF inventory. The GBU-8s were used for the first time by Israel in the October 1973 War after only a few days since delivery with just minimum instructions and familiarization. The very first practice flight was the combat mission itself.
Indeed, the Finemolds kit does not include any weapons, but the selection of equipment for the F-4 Phantom is so big, you can not include them in the kit without doubling the price.
Derek Rothfus Great job! Not too familiar with Vespid Models. How well did this go together?
17 April, 20:05
Asaf Erlich Thanks man, it went surprisingly well, but the PE parts are rediculesly tiny (1/72), so it's on the advanced difficulty side.
The value is great, im more of a beginner, but for the price of a single kit you get metal barrel and PE parts which is great, and the detail is absolutely incredible on 1/72, probably best in class.
Generally, the hetzer is not much of a complex build, I also have other models from vespid and will check how the others go
Ken Kolenovsky Incredible painting on this diorama. I absolutely love the modulation on the tank. Quick question: are you still perfecting the rubble? The reason I ask is that all the bricks are pristine. They distract from the excellent tank work you have done. IMHO some bricks should be broken to achieve the "destroyed building" look. Sorry if I have offended in any way with this comment but I am really looking forward to the finished production!
17 April, 12:49
Kim Branders Thanks ken, good remake about the bricks. They are already glued to the base but I will see what I can do 😉
Bike-Queen
Bozzer
Djordje Nikolic
walaroo
Diorama Dude
5+
Bob Hall
Johnie
Seb Talaga
Thomas Wirsching
Stéphane Jayet
MS K
Mike Thomas
littleblackbear
10+
Robert Podkoński
scaleffect
Sebastijan Videc
Clifford Keesler
John
Raphael Bernecole
Marius
DuperScale
7+
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一生还一夜
Asaf Erlich
Derek Rothfus
Mark Broughton
Kim Branders
Ken Kolenovsky