Recent content by Adam Baker

Found this picture this afternoon that explains the bow tie symbols. Makes a lot of sense.

I'm not sure how exactly it works, but it is for filming the ordnance leaving the a/c. The test plane itself has several cameras mounted on various locations pointing toward the ordnance being tested. My guess it's to determine angles and that sort of thing. Here's a shot of a VX-23 a/c testing...

So decided to pull a kit out of my stash for the first time in a very long time. Kit is Hasegawa's 1/48 F/A-18E Super Hornet, and will be built using Fightertown Decals VX-23 Salty Dogs decal sheet. I will be building Salty Dog 400. Contemplating an aftermarket cockpit, but a friend made the...

Hasegawa F/A-18E & Fightertown Decals

Latest Acquisitions Thanks errains! It was just b/c of the birthday money that I got what I did today. I've kinda been looking at both kits previously, without any real serious intention of being either, but since I had the money today, I decided to go ahead & get them. We're getting ready to...

Excellent additions to the armies!

Latest Acquisitions Happy Birthday to me! Yesterday was my birthday, and my wife got me a 40 dollar gift card to the local hobby town, and my mom gave me 100 dollars, so I decided to use both at the Hobby Town. Also decided to try out a pair of God Hands nippers, have heard great things about...

Wow, talk about battlefield ingenuity.

For the first time in awhile, I've actually put in a decent bit of time at my desk over the last few days. A couple weeks ago I picked up an egg plane double kit w/ an F-4 and an F-15, and I've spent time every day over the last week working on it. Put down some primer on it last weekend to...

Latest Acquisitions A couple recent acquisitions. I think egg planes are turning in to a bit of an addiction, lol. I stop at almost every hobby shop I find, and look to see if they have any EP kits, and when they have something I don't already have, I typically snag it. The local Hobby Town...