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anti g ... like in Star Trek ? Hubert

Office photocopiers seldom have the same enlargement factor in X and Y axes. It is always a safe procedure to draw a vertical and horizontal line of the same exact length on the drawing to be enlarged, and measure them when enlarged. You will sometimes be surprised by the generated discrepancies ... Hubert

I would probably have left the « bashed corners » un-painted, or in a different colour (like putty color) or tone, pr sheen so that the rough appearance is visibly on purpose rather than poor workmanship. Fantastic work going on Hubert

They are absolute gems, and I guess that most current owners keep them to build them in the future. They were rare to start with, and the Paradise fires which destroyed Paul Fisher’s business made them even rarer. I am sure that whichever appeared on eBay would command high prices. Hubert

I love the puny look of the Loire 130. Of course, dreaming of a 1/32 version is in the scratchbuilding realm ... Hang-on there are already plenty of other projects on my virtual list Hubert

You’d see just a pile of white boxes, but ... let me give you the list from top-of-mind memory - F7U Cutlass - F 4D Skyray - TF-8 Twogar - F9F-8 Cougar - F5F-2 Panther - Sea Fury - PT-22 - Bell X1-E - Red Baron - Pitts S2-A - Bulldog Pitts Special That’s about it. In case you are wondering, yes, I love Fisher kits. Of course this list fades away completely in the shadow of Ernie’s one Hubert

The South Vietnamese one looks very much like the one Major Buang Ly, with his wife and 5 children as payload, landed on USS Midway on 04/29/1975, at the fall of Saigon. Hubert.

Agreed, it’s a Fouga Magister. Non-reglementary flying suit though ... Hubert

Landplanes : - Used by Laos : - South Vietnamese Air Force : By the French in Algeria, in green ... ... or grey ... I trust you can find US versions easily. Most were not very colourful nor unique. Hubert

I do not know what you want to do, but this one is certainly unique, and can be done with the Roden kit : Then there is this italian example, a bit of a mishmash between decos : And of course, versions for up North : Focused on floaties, I know, but I cannot resist them Hubert PS: sorry about the weird compressed look in the first two pics.

Hi Tony, I don’t want to be overly pedantic, but during WWII, you had liaison aircrafts like the Piper Cub or the Stinson L5 Sentinel, but no Cessna Bird Dog, whose first flight was in 1947. And of course, you had also liaison and observation aircrafts built on the British/Commonwealth side. I suppose you are looking for a US bird ? If you were using the « bird dog » expression as a generic term, then this remark is of course void. Sorry that I do not provide pics as expected, but I was a bit confused by your query Hubert

Outstanding soldering skills, on top of all the other skills Hubert

Tsss Tsss Tsss ... choosing the lazy way out aren't you ? Hubert

Since you mention it, how about that resin Mig-15 in Korean markings ? Hubert PS: nice haul, Martin

Neat and fast work, in short typically JohnB ! Hubert

Very sad to hear this. We had become friends over the distance, and I loved his witty humour and fighting spirit in everything he undertook. Blu skies my friend. Hubert

Even your scale jacks and trestles are stylish ! And I love your cutting mat, btw, and the clean bench Hubert

Varied of my side, and most of the time, silence, which is OK ... What I know is that you start with listening the Walküre, and you end with a desire to build a 1/32 Huey, or « Götterdammerung » and end-up with a wrecked Ta-152 or Me-262 Hubert PS: « When I listen to some Wagner, I finish with a furious desire to invade Poland », to quote Woody Alen

That black is really ... brilliant ! Hubert

Whilst it does not solve ALL issues, like small parts taking a ballistic trajectory to the other end of the universe, I have found that a jeweller’s apron has saved my knees many times, (as well as my head knocking on the desktop when crawling under it and battling with the carpet monster). As I have no need to collect precious metal dust, mine is not in leather, but in ordinary fabric. Very high on my useful tools list, just behind the scalpels and tweezers. Hubert

Actually, the smaller instrument on the left looks like a turn and slip indicator, whereas the central one looks more like the classical artificial horizon. I confess I am anything but familiar with the Mirage instrument panel design, but maybe the flight characteristics of the delta wing made the use of the turn and slip indicator, as a sign of the commands’ coordination, on top of the reference of the horizon, necessary ? In my quest for understanding, I could see that the later variants like the « E » had the radar scope in the middle, and the artificial horizon on the left. Hubert

A genuine ignoramus question : is the double artificial horizon on the IP prototypical ? Very nice work, Alberto Hubert

I sometimes wish I had a miniaturising machine like you do ! Hubert

Slow shipping may be an issue for Rog. He may have exhausted his stash before replenishments come along Hubert (who should have thought twice - at least - before making fun of someone else’s stash size )

Oustanding, vey inspirational build ! You attention to detail is second to none . Hubert