Postwar navy.

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Orb, I have 4, I repeat 4 carriers in the works That's not including the few aircraft I have on the bench too.
I've several other ships that are haunting & taunting me to get to them....

4 carriers and their entire air wings at the same time? I'd be more than overstrained by that!

[Hippy Ed]

Orb, I have 4, I repeat 4 carriers in the works That's not including the few aircraft I have on the bench too.
I've several other ships that are haunting & taunting me to get to them....

4 carriers and their entire air wings at the same time? I'd be more than overstrained by that!

The aircraft I have going are carrier based but, not for these carriers 1/72 & 1/48 birds. I'll start in on the air wing for the Hornet sometime soon tho

[Nektarios]

I just did The "ships-to-build-in-the-future"-list is definitely growing fast... Your LaFayette looks sharp! What are those other four ships?

The other four ships are Kilauea class ships.

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Orb, I have 4, I repeat 4 carriers in the works That's not including the few aircraft I have on the bench too.
I've several other ships that are haunting & taunting me to get to them....

4 carriers and their entire air wings at the same time? I'd be more than overstrained by that!

Hmmm I ve never tried that. Four carriers at the same time seems too much for me. My record is three at the same time but it took me 2 months to finish them. When i worked on two carriers at the same time it took me 3 weeks to finish them.

[Hippy Ed]

4 carriers and their entire air wings at the same time? I'd be more than overstrained by that!

Hmmm I ve never tried that. Four carriers at the same time seems too much for me. My record is three at the same time but it took me 2 months to finish them. When i worked on two carriers at the same time it took me 3 weeks to finish them.

It is a handful to say the least & right now, the 1/700 Hornet is on hols... awaiting some pe details (railings, hatches,etc) a friend has in his spares box. The 1/542 Forrestal is a restortation (complete rebuild) which, I'm taking my time with

[Sauragnmon]

Ed, I can sympathize with you for working in the slightly larger scales on the aircraft - I've been cranking out work on a couple of wingy things of late, in my usual What-If style - an IRIAF F-14, modified with Russian assistance into a multirole package akin to the F-14D, and a Sovietized CF-105 Arrow. I can toss up some pics if you boys want. Yes, contrary to the rumors, I am not dead, I've just been working on wingy things, thus nothing to post.

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Yes please do post some pics that would be very interesting.

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http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95 ... 0_1412.jpg http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95 ... 0_1413.jpg I LOVE CATS!

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I LOVE CATS!

I love Cats too but then again who doesn t. Good job gtb

[Hippy Ed]

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95 ... 0_1412.jpg http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95 ... 0_1413.jpg I LOVE CATS!

Nice bro Ya do need ta work on yer lighting tho!!
I got 3 Rev Tomcats in the stash (all 1/48. 1-D & 2 As)

[Hippy Ed]

Ed, I can sympathize with you for working in the slightly larger scales on the aircraft - I've been cranking out work on a couple of wingy things of late, in my usual What-If style - an IRIAF F-14, modified with Russian assistance into a multirole package akin to the F-14D, and a Sovietized CF-105 Arrow. I can toss up some pics if you boys want. Yes, contrary to the rumors, I am not dead, I've just been working on wingy things, thus nothing to post.

I have various projects going right now which I work on just to keep my mind occupied
So, you're doin' Whiffers ay? Kewl
My SBD-1 1/48 Acc Min


Fuselage is now closed up and being prepped for paint.
Been backdating a 1/72 Kangnam RA-5C to the A-5A which is about 1/2 done nopw.

[Sauragnmon]

Alright, current pictures only so I'm not spamming horribly, here we go. First up, the IRIAF Super Alicat. Who can spot the changes? I'll give you guys a day to spot them and then I'll tell you all.







Some are obvious, others are a little more subtle.


Next up, we have the MiG-105 "Arrowski" as I called it, a Sovietized CF-105 Arrow. Started as the Hobbycraft 1/72 CF-105, I did it gears up since the gears were being a pain. I Carved the hatches on the weapons bay open, and built a simple enough weapons bay into the model to house an R-27T "Alamo" missile, one of three in principle. I also put on two R-60 "Aphids" and repainted the canopy lines so it looked like the MiG-25's canopy. The flight stand is a manhandled coathanger.








I also decided to finish up my Ki-61 Hien I started a long time ago, in a colour scheme from Ace Combat Zero. I was inspired by a forum I've been around, where some have signatures of aircraft profiles, their favourite aircraft, in ace colour schemes from the series.






Tada, questions, comments, queries, rude remarks welcome as always.

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I have various projects going right now which I work on just to keep my mind occupied
So, you're doin' Whiffers ay? Kewl
My SBD-1 1/48 Acc Min
Fuselage is now closed up and being prepped for paint.
Been backdating a 1/72 Kangnam RA-5C to the A-5A which is about 1/2 done nopw.

Nice

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Very cool Tomcats! I used to build some planes too before starting with ships. To go with the F-14 topic...here's a little 1/144 diorama I once built.

Alright, current pictures only so I'm not spamming horribly, here we go. First up, the IRIAF Super Alicat. Who can spot the changes? I'll give you guys a day to spot them and then I'll tell you all.

I'm not expert but most obvious I think are the canards (good idea btw), I can't tell if there are any more modifications...

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Alright, current pictures only so I'm not spamming horribly, here we go. First up, the IRIAF Super Alicat. Who can spot the changes? I'll give you guys a day to spot them and then I'll tell you all.

Tada, questions, comments, queries, rude remarks welcome as always.

In addition to the canards there are Soviet/Russian missiles and bombs and the aircraft is re-engined.

Are there any more differences???

[Sauragnmon]

Canards - yes
Russian Missiles and bombs - yes, R-27ER's and KAB-1500L's pictured, going to add R-73's as well.
Engines - yes, Saturn-Alyuka AL-31's off a scrap Su-34 I have - they fit like it was meant to be too.
Additional? Yes there is, but it's a sneaky and subtle one.

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My favorite color CAT! I'm a RAIDER FAN! http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95 ... 0_1521.jpg

[Hippy Ed]

Alright, current pictures only so I'm not spamming horribly, here we go. First up, the IRIAF Super Alicat. Who can spot the changes? I'll give you guys a day to spot them and then I'll tell you all.

Tada, questions, comments, queries, rude remarks welcome as always.

In addition to the canards there are Soviet/Russian missiles and bombs and the aircraft is re-engined.

Are there any more differences???

Besides the awesome looking Canards & Soviet weaponry, I spy some additional wing fillets (fences?)

[Hippy Ed]

I have various projects going right now which I work on just to keep my mind occupied
So, you're doin' Whiffers ay? Kewl
My SBD-1 1/48 Acc Min
Fuselage is now closed up and being prepped for paint.
Been backdating a 1/72 Kangnam RA-5C to the A-5A which is about 1/2 done nopw.

Nice

Thanks The RA-5C to A-5A has been in the works for awhile now and, is part of a large project I'm working on in my uncle's memory. He was one of the Officers who had brought the Vigis into the fleet & was the LSO who carqualled VAH-7 &1 whhich became the first active Sqns to use the Vigis in 1961.

[Sauragnmon]

Nope, no wing fences. There's the glove strakes, but those were already there. Like I said, it's a real subtle last piece.

The canards on the Super Alicat are actually mounted on partially-extended original glove vanes, which were puttied to flesh out and fit the canards, stolen off my Su-34.

GTB, Jolly Rogers markings are real nice, but trust me, when you've been around enough aircraft modeling areas... and you've seen just about EVERYTHING in Rogers markings... Ugh.