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David M. Knights

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  1. Sorry Bob. If anyone deserves one, you do.
  2. Also known as God's scale, or the one true scale. (Ducking for cover!) :lol:
  3. Chris B., our esteemed Journal editor had a great tip. Use a Silver Sharpie marker. It will reveal the slightest flaw in a seam.
  4. I have tons of light and seem to alwyas need more. Old eyes. I do have an Ott light and like the light it puts out.
  5. I can't recommend the Pace booth's highly enough. I tied my venting into our dryer venting with a simple T junction with flow selector.
  6. I've got one of these. http://www.pacepaintbooths.com/pace/ Best hobby purchase I've made in a long time.
  7. I love that scheme on the Avenger. So much better than the overall blue.
  8. That is nice Clare. Do you use a light cube or anything to difuse your light? BTW 72nd is indeed gentlemen's scale.
  9. Thanks for the input. I've found the alternate profile on MiG-17F Fresco-Cs, Polish Lim-5s and Chinese J-5s. I initially thought that the alternate nose profile was also present on the MiG-17 Frecso-As as well, but now I am not so sure. The alternate profile is present whether or not the antenna for the SRD-1M radar rangefinder is present. Right now I am leaning to the explanation that the alternate profile was done for the SRD-1M and is present whether or not the SRD-1M was installed. However, that is just a working theory and is subject to revision as further facts reveal themselves.
  10. Good tip. The only problem I see is if a modeler has a low power compressor and the long line generates too much static pressure for the compressor to overcome. If that happens, you get little or no air pressure coming out of the brush and/or a compressor burning up. I like the idea of cooling the line, Keith.
  11. Guys, I need some help. I love the MiG-17. I build in 72nd scale. If any of you have built the DML MiG-17 or J-5 kit you know that the nose is not correct. The top of it has a lump on it that bears no resemblance to reality. In doing research to correct the kit I came across something that I can’t explain and that none of my reference mentions. I am posting here in hopes that someone has an answer. I have used the following books as reference for the following. OKB MiG by Butowski and Miller Aerofax MiG-17 by Gordon The MiG-17 Fresco in Detail and Scale by Slatton Squadron/Signal MiG-17 in Action Squadron/Signal MiG-17 Walkaround Kagero MiG-17/Lim-5 All of the reference drawings in all of these books depict the curve on the top of the nose from the intake to the windscreen as a single radius curve. This is true no matter what version they are depicting. [/size] This is true whether or not the SRD-1M radar rangefinder is present. However, from photographs and personal inspection of two separate MiG-17s, I have found two different distinct nose profiles. One is the constant curve depicted in the drawings and illustrated in the photo below. This is a Chinese J-5 This is a Mig-17 Fresco-A But there is another nose profile. It rises higher than the ones above and then flattens out prior to the end of the nose panel in front of the windscreen This is a MiG-17 Fresco-C at Nellis AFB This is a Czech MiG-17 Fresco-C The bump is present on some aircraft whether or not the SRD-1M antenna is present. It can be seen on some MiG-17 Fresco-A & Cs, some Lim-5/6 and some Chinese J-5. It is not present on any MiG-17 Fresco-D that I have seen. The nose profile on the aircraft with the alternate nose is also different when viewed from head on, but I don’t think that makes any difference for the purposes of this discussion. This isn't an optical illusion. I've personally touched two MiG-17s with the alternate profile. Now can anyone tell me, for sure, anything about this alternate nose profile? Is it peculiar to a particular variant? Why do none of the mainstream western publications on the MiG-17 even mention it, much less illustrate it? I’d appreciate any accurate information on this issue. Thanks.
  12. The 3M blue tape I get at the store and use for some masking jobs is much thicker than the Tamiya tape. I am not talking width, but thickness. Part of what makes the Tamiya tape so good is how paper thin it is. This gives a very sharp line with little or no chance of buildup at the demarcation line. Frankly Tamiya tape is onoe of my top five modeling tools and supplies.
  13. At the Nats I picked up Daco's 3 jars of decal setting solution. Anybody have any experience with these?
  14. Can you point me to the Scaleliners website? I mixed my own SW Gold. I used an Insignia Red.
  15. Solvaset is stronger than Micro Sol and will occasionally melt a decal. However the stuff works great. I always test it on an unused decal.
  16. Very nice job on the O.D. That is a hard color to get to look good.
  17. Where are you getting the decals? Jet from Poland made some at one time. Apparently they are hard to come by now. I have a few of the sheets. Southwest seems reluctant to license a decal manufacturer to do decals of their birds. It is a shame. BTW, if you want a real eyecatcher, early in their history, Southwest briefly operated a single 727. It looks odd in the Southwest scheme. If you need any reference shots of SWA 737s, let me know. My wife is a SWA F/A and I have shot lots of pictures of those birds.
  18. Daco is the way to go for the -300 400 and 500 series a/c.
  19. Flat Future is used to make a nice, hard, acrylic flat coat. Some other flat coats are enamel based or have a color to them (Testors) that shifts the color of the finish on the model.
  20. I've heard if you add Tamiya Acrylic Flat Base to Future that it makes an excellent flat coat. I haven't tried it myself yet.
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