Pete Fleischmann

Crazy story Martin- I remember when that jet went down, but never heard the final report. Interesting- I put an F-16 out of control when I was a young Lt doing much the same during a BFM engagement. Basically I assaulted the pitch rate limiter and roll rate limiter at the same time during an aggressive offensive reposition (which the jet didn’t like) and it departed. Luckily for me I had plenty of altitude to rock it out of the deep stall and recover. good times. cheers Pete

Hmm. Never heard of a shorter nose cone on the F-15. Fun fact: the entire F-15 is held together by a single Phillips head screw on the tip of the nosecone If you remove this screw, the ass falls off the jet. Just kidding. Pete

Down for this one- which reminds me- the cockpit still needs the gear handle! cheers P

Hi Hubert, For the Eagle, when powered down the ADI will drift and roll a bit, but will stay mostly level. cheers P

Pretty slick! nice and tight. that’ll win a medal- cheers P

Here’s a closer look at the hybrid panel. photo taken earlier with a few details to go- cheers P

Thanks Martin! Spearhead Squadron! Great shot! P

Thanks Oliver. I’ve got some scratchbuilding to do behind the cockpit. I wish I could ask you to do it for me.. cheers P

Hello friends! I started messing with the big Tamiya Eagle. Thought I’d build it up as an Israeli Improved Baz; which is similar to a MSIP Eagle, with a few twists. for startsies, the IAF cockpit is black. I started with the Aires tub, and sanded off the side console detail to try out the Quinta or Red Fox cockpit set(s) To get the correct configuration for an IAF Eagle, I had to create a hybrid from both Red Fox and Quinta sets. I used the Red Fox instrument panel; carefully cutting away a few Items that were better represented by Quinta, and married the two. Although the Quinta IP was gorgeous, it is sized to overlay the kit IP..and was too big to fit the Aires blank instrument panel. The Red Fox was a drop in fit with the Aires. The standard grey background of the instrument panel was carefully painted out with black. Grey areas of the side consoles were also painted out. The aft bay 5 is significantly different on an Israeli Baz; and will need some work The Aires cockpit fits very well with some careful sanding and much dry fitting. I’ve read that the Aires pit is a little short; but seems ok so far The HSI and ADI on the Red Fox panel were pretty dopy; so those were replaced with Airscale decals. The side consoles are all from Quinta. More to follow! cheers Pete

Ahhh … The F-16 in its purest form. love it! cheers Pete

Hi Oliver- glad to see you here. keep up the inspirational work my friend best Pete

Thanks! she’s the belle of the ball here in Iowa cheers Pete

Cosmo, Wendy, and Finn. All related, but different litters. Cosmo is always happy! Wendy is the matriarch and boss. Occasionally grumpy. Unfortunately I lost Finn in August at 3 & 1/2 years. He was a once in a lifetime dog, my best friend, and I miss him terribly. Dogs are too good for this world- Pete

Holy smoke. that is super nice- love the scheme and finish! Well done my friend! Pete

Very cool. just bought this kit- here’s my 79 FJ40 (that’s my Hilux in the background) cheers Pete

Yes! we are gonna fly the L-39 together- I promise!! Pete

Thanks Harv- I will try to be better about posting here! cheers Pete

Well hello there MARU! Was missing you- Took me a while to find you! You didn’t leave many breadcrumbs, but people who love you led me to you. I had to reset my password here at LSM (couldn’t remember it) just to let you know that I am thrilled to have found you here! I haven’t posted much here, but I will now, knowing that this is where you landed! PM me and we’ll catch up! big hug Pete

Awesome! I am so excited about this one!! Im in for two sets for sure! cheers Pete

Hi Gents, this one is done! thanks for looking- cheers Pete

Thanks Peter- you’ve always been one of my favorite modelers, so a compliment from you is a shot in the arm cheers Pete

Hey all, the base is pretty much done- and here is the first test fit on my cluttered bench- Harold from AMS Resin is casting me some straight, in-flight blades from a master that I made. The kit blades are molded with droop, which is great for a display on the ground, but won’t work for my in flight display- cheers Pete

Tail rotor is up-

Thanks all for the encouraging words! a few filters with my iPhone- looks almost believable! cheers Pete

Just need to build the main rotor, finish up the display base, and this’ll be done! cheers Pete