[Fly's 1/32 Hurricanes...]

I'll be dumping my PCM and getting one of this!!!!!

[IDF F15C Commando]

You are welcome.

 

Paulo

[IDF F15C Commando]

GusMac,

You can leave both ailerons on the down position. Their hydraulic actuators bleed pressure while the aircraft is not being powered causing the ailerons to drop on their own weight. The flaps on the other hand, have locks to keep them in place.

Good build and I am looking forward for the completion.

 

Paulo

[32nd scale Tempest arrives]

It's entirely new tool.

That is good news!

[32nd scale Tempest arrives]

Gents,

  I truly hope that the Special Hobby Tempest is not the same as the PCM model.  I have the PCM and it is terrible, even with all that resin and photo etch.  I know what many people say about being a short run kit, but for $60-70, I hope to get something a little better quality.

 

Paulo Dubon

[Tamiya Replacement Parts]

Rick,

What parts are you looking for?

 

Paulo Dubon

[WnW OOP models just getting higher and higher!!]

That is nonsense!   

[1/32 Revell Bf 109G-6 (early) "White 17" 7. /JG 53 Italy, late 1943]

Good luck with your build!

[Fitting issues with the Italeri 1/32 Mirage III]

Thanks 

[Fitting issues with the Italeri 1/32 Mirage III]

Youngtiger,

  If you are planning on getting or already have one of this Mirages, you will notice that the assembly of the lower wing goes all the way to the bottom of the intakes.  This design will make it very hard to erase the seams inside the intake.  What I did was to cut the lower wing part at the very front, just ahead of the gun wells, along the seam of the upper intake piece, which sadly has about a millimeter gap.  By doing this I was able to erase the seam much more easier than the way the model comes.

[Belgian F-104G Starfighter. Italeri with lot's of aftermarket WIP.]

Danny,

It is good to see the job you are doing with this model, it gives me hope with the Mirage I'm building. What did you used to weather the wheel bay?

 

Paulo

[Fitting issues with the Italeri 1/32 Mirage III]

Dennis,

Thanks for the comment. Can you imagine fully engineered 1/32 tamiya Mirage III? I am willing to sell a kidney to buy it if it ever happened.

You are right about the partnership between those two, too bad Italeri did not match the Tamiya's standard.

[Fitting issues with the Italeri 1/32 Mirage III]

Thanks guys. I'll post more pics soon.

[Fitting issues with the Italeri 1/32 Mirage III]

Gentlemen,

  I apologize for my lack of skills in English composition, but I will do my best to write a little about the new Italeri Mirage.

  I am fully aware that Italeri kits are not up to the standards of Tamiya, Hasegawa, etc. but for the price of their new Mirage III, I was expecting a little better quality, regarding the fitting of the parts.  The parts on the sprue trees look quite nice, and the assemblies of internal components fit well, but when it is time to assemble other components, for example the jet intakes, the kit just does not fit well.  I also had a bit of trouble with the wing assembly, because if it is flush on one end there will be a gap on the opposite side.  So far this model has been very putty hungry, and frustrating.  To make it a good nice looking model, you will need a high level of expertise, which I do not have, and lots of patience.     

  I am building the kit with the Atar 9C, to represent one of the few upgraded Israeli Mirages at the time of the Yom Kippur war, unfortunately, the Isracast tail assembly does not fit well, for that reason I modified the kits tail to make it work.

  I think the kit can make a nice looking model when completed, but I do not think it is going to be an easy build.

 

 

Here some photographs of the build so far.

 

 

 

I used the Eduard cockpit upgrade.

 

 

 

 

Some lead wire for hydraulics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of putty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1/32 HK B-25]

Dennis,

  I did not think about that!  I will give it a try.

 

Paulo

[1/32 HK B-25]

Gentlemen,

I have a HK B-25 but unfortunately I can not find the instructions. Is it possible for anybody, that have build one to help me get copies of it?

Thank you very much.

 

Paulo Dubon

[1/32 Tamiya F-16C Barak]

Thanks guys.

[1/32 Tamiya F-16C Barak]

Gentleman,

  I started this model in 2009 while I was in Iraq but i did not finish until a couple of years ago.  I used the Isracast conversion kit and the Academy Python 5 missiles.  Suggestions are welcome.

 

Paulo Dubon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FAG 354 Tamiya Mustang]

No fregues, que buena onda! Are you from Guate also?

[FAG 354 Tamiya Mustang]

Hello Tuni,

  I was born in Guatemala and I enjoy when fellow modelers build "Chapin" birds.  I am about to start my Mustang and I will attempt to replicate 336, with rocket mounts, red lightning bolt and un-cuffed propeller.  If you need some pictures please let me know.  

  Unfortunately, I am not able to see your post photographs.

[1/32 KW T-28 OOB]

Correction, the model is KH not KW!

[1/32 KW T-28 OOB]

Gentlemen,

   Every couple of models a build, I do it as OOB.  In this case is the new Kitty Hawk T-28, which is pretty good, except for some fitting issues around the cowling panels, and fragile control sticks.  Other than that, this is a nice model to build.  Again my friends, suggestions are welcome.

 

 Paulo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[It's a Corsair Jim. But not as we know it......]

David,

  That is a very nice Corsair, and with that brand new look it looks great.  I have not build a model with the "Factory fresh" look, but after seeing yours I would like to give it a try.

 

Paulo

[1/32 Tamiya F4U-1C completed]

Thank you guys.

[1/32 Tamiya F4U-1C completed]

Finally completed.