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johneaton

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  1. Best glass work I've ever seen on that kit, Gil.  I'd be happy if one I built was as good as yours, which by the way is much better than the real things that I have seen.  I don't know if it is true of wartime production, but here is a photo of the one at Travis, which has many panes which are flat glass.

     

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  2. Your work looks nice, Stuart, and you will love the airbrush.  I recommend a gravity feed type.  For rigging I use EZLine as well as some I got from Wing Nut Wings when they were still active which works well for the streamline wires.  One thing to note is that on the Stearman the wires bracing the tail are about half the size of the ones on the wings.  The tail uses about 1/4 inch wide by very thin stainless steel streamline wires while the wing wires are about twice that size, also stainless steel streamline.  My hands are not steady enough for working with wire and I don't like the ceramic wire due to it's somewhat dangerous characteristics when it fractures.  As for stretched sprue, I've been modeling for close to 70 years and have yet to master it.😝

    Here is my DH-9A where I uses the EZLine and WNW elastic thread.

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  3. I've built the C-123, C-141B, and Sea Gladiator.  I never use the decals (well, I tried on the C-123) and they have all built into nice models with good accuracy, the latter which is my main bell ringer.  If anyone needs a Rareplanes or Mach 2 kit, I know a guy....


  4. I think it's done now.  Well, not really as I have forgotten the pitot tube.  I guess it had an early air data computer. 

    I painted the stainless areas around the cowl flap gills and installed some brass rod for the guns.  The XP-72 was going to have only six 50's instead of the usual 8 and the inner one was located further back in the wing.  Also, if it had gone into production it would probably had the same wing as the P-47N.  The last photo shows it with the ProModeler P-47N.  What a couple of brutes!

     

     

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