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Medicman71 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 12:10 pm That nav light has to be masked or it has a cover over it. In every pic in my Tomcat book. you can see the nav lights.

Great detective work Bruce. I think you have found the origin of the photo indeed...

Medicman71 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 12:10 pm That nav light has to be masked or it has a cover over it. In every pic in my Tomcat book. you can see the nav lights.

Welcome to the party Mike...

And to follow up… I found this shot looking down the intake to the compressor fan face… no plumbing https://www.net-maquettes.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery/SAAB_J_29_Tunnan/SAAB-J-29-Tunnan-00023.jpg?bwg=1653644547 That’s a typical jet intake. That's odd. By looking at the other photos , it ...

Hi Chris, I hope it’s okay to ask you but I’m not sure what I should be seeing here. Part of my problem is I view photos on my phone which in vertical/portrait mode cuts off the images. I’d really like to know, and I can tell based on what you wrote about this being painted over on the display airc...

Got the glove vane nav lights painted (well, I guess the lights have been painted for months, but I got a round to masking them off and painting the surrounding color). It's interesting how much of a visual difference it makes in the order you paint things (paint lens color first then mask vs the ot...

Great looking Hornet John.
Just a friendly note -- your Sidewinder appears mounted a little too far back on the rail.

Your Thunderbolt turned out great Carlos. I don't think your the only one who loves that story about Johnson surviving getting bounced by a flight of Fw's. I can't remember where I heard it the firs time. I wonder if it's in Great American Fighter Pilots of WW2 . Will have to grab my copy and see...

I used to get pazer IV and VI confused all the time

I do firmly believe kit can be built, if you feel like putting the effort in. I think your philosophy is much like mine Chris. I want a model to look like it's subject, and I'll try and fix anything obvious, but I can't be arsed over whether or not it has the right knobbly bit here, and thingy ther...

I like that Blackburn Shark! is that a FROG kit?