Ronald Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Hello there I was watching a you tube modeler build a Tamiya 1/48 scale Tomcat and notice he build the engines in two different ways one engine was wide open and the other almost closed since I do not know to much about jets or modeling them is that the correct way to model the engines, forgive me for asking but having the engines look different looks funny If I was modeling a jet I would have the engines the same accurate or not Ronald Edited February 9, 2018 by Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mquan Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Ronald, YOU are the modeler/artist and you should build it to suit your desires. The youtube modeler replicated the "typical" stance of shore based Tomcats, whereby upon landing, one engine is shut down and the engine nozzle petals open. The plane taxis on the remaining engine to the ramp and shuts down with the hot engine shut down with the engine nozzle frozen in the closed (taxi) position. Whether it is "correct" or not depends on your point of view or scenario you want to portray in your model. HTH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Thanks Mike I understand now about how the real thing works as far as the model goes it's my choice Ronald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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