Recent content by hamchuck

No sir, unfortunately not. Well, I'll be closing that door up again.

To Eduard: WHY?! For some reason, AFTER I cut out the landing wheel door, I looked at photos of the F9Fs on the ground. Apparently the wheel door stays up, even after the aircraft is shut down! I found one photo with the doors down, but on an aircraft that had suffered battle damage. Why have...

I got back to the Panther yesterday. Nose weight is in and I'm bending brass from the Eduard set. I'm a little disappointed in the instructions but I think I figured it out. Minor vent: Sawing out panels might be the most tedious job this side of sanding.

Above the contrails on/off button, to the left of the "Fortunate Son" switch.

I wish I'd seen this post sooner! Sorry, I've been MIA. I have a few photos to share. The last two are from Afghanistan 2012-2013, all the others are from Iraq 2005.

No progress, except for receiving some items I ordered. I'm usually geographically separated from my family but they came to stay with me a while. They've gone back so hopefully this weekend I can get back on it.

That instrument panel set looks perfect. About the only reliable-ish delivery service to here doesn't service Ukraine, but Sprue Brothers has it and I may as well get some other things I need from them anyways. Thanks!

Oh man, this cockpit needs some work. I cut out a non-existent hump behind the seat. That bulkhead is too far forward, too thick, and angled wrong. The canopy is supposed to have a plate under the aft portion. It needs a gunsight and I don't even want to talk about the instrument panel. It will...

Right, so here it is gents. The frame could use another round of stain/sand and I'm waiting for some ammo cans to arrive (if they do 🙏) to throw onto the Ford but overall I'm calling it done.

No ejection seat, certainly not a zero-zero seat. There's a video somewhere of a Brit jet that rolled off the deck and the pilot couldn't get out, couldn't get his canopy open. It's even crazier to think of landing on an axial flight deck, especially in a jet. Angled decks seem like one of those...

That could definitely work. Just don't tell anybody I put a Panther on an escort carrier 🤫.

I haven't sat and watched it in a long time but there's a cut of just the aviation scenes on YouTube that I keep going back to. However, it's not to be overlooked that Grace Kelly is in the movie.

I'm doing this one as part of a group build. Also it will help me pass some time while I wait for a couple detail pieces to arrive for my B-25 diorama. The kit is so-so. The cockpit is a bit simplistic and there's a hump behind the pilot's seat that's not there on the aircraft, so I've already...

Helicopter pilot. I'm here doing instruction. I used to love KFC and Popeye's but now fast food in general usually leaves me feeling like crap.

I chose Abu Dhabi. It can definitely get expensive if you're not disciplined. I knew guys who got into fancy watches and super-nice apartments, stuff like that. You can also live a lot more frugally and still be comfortable here. The hobby shop is Otaku ME. You can find it on Google Maps with...