Small Scale Military Headquarters

well. here goes. My thoughts and opinion on my most recent purchase. your mileage may vary. Purchased from flying mule, shipped via ups. fm was a pleasure to deal with and the box arrived with a crease on one side that transferred slightly to the box. not a big deal to me. my enjoyment is derived fr...

Releasing the F-106 and the voodoo is thrilling news. These are the heady heydays or the 1/72 scale.

my gibberish in the above post is due to my learning curve on my new smartphone. i hate predictive text and my fatfingering doesn't help either.

i first called aikens today. no more free shipping. i then called and placed an order with flying mule. 159.99 + free shipping. i have made many a purchase from aikens in the 1/72 scale and will continue to do so. flying mule has earned my business a few times as well when aikens has been out of sto...

Sigh. Y'all just has to post these pics. I has a heck no before reading this thread. I mean rely, would y'all quit spending me hard earned money!! Wife will have kittens when this box shows up........

great transaction experience with Razor17019. very good price, great packaging for delivery, quick shipment time (although, we live in neighboring states), and very responsive to all questions and concerns. i now have one of my favorites, daisy june, getting ready to hang in my bonus room. the enjoy...

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iballdriver, I was in Richmond just last week and stopped by to visit museum...Very nice. Favorite museums I have visiited - USAF Museum, Navy Museum (Pensecola), RAF Museum (outsie London). i took flying lessons from one of the Va. hall-of-famers, E. paul rembold. i think he learned to fly from on...

normandy wrote: wow, someone else who doesn't drink coffee........I thought I was the only one........

i never drank coffee, then i started doing redeyes and daysleeeps....

I live near Castle Airforce Base, for those of you who are not familiar you would not believe what they have sitting out there in the sun, SR71, B-52, B-36.... Anyone here ever walked around a B-36?? http://i54.tinypic.com/admgp4.jpg http://www.castleairmuseum.org/ondisplay.html man, they have some...

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Delta Team : A+ trader. product delivered as promised, pack well, and with TLC. a positive experience.
bc

30-40 bucks? wow. i know you do good quality work, but i was planning on converting 2 bbi corsairs. hm. let me ponder it. thanks for sharing your thoughts.
bc

pickelhaube, will you be able to replicate the entire prop/hub assembly? i have heard back from all mfg.s and they have no spares ( so they claim). i am thinking that i can cleave the blades from the hub and mount them in the hobby-lobby hub. i have no problem with painting the blades. i think that ...

A1 please.......(sigh) dreams come true. right?

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/spare_5_blad ... 1_prd1.htm

found on hobby-lobby they have a 5-blade replecement kit. with stickers. with.stickers. awesomeness.
bc

thanks for the offer. looks like the hub and blades will be available in march. bc pic- thanks for the suggestions and thoughts. after looking again at the prop hub, i had a similar thought. take the original blades, sever them at the base. (i'd need another 3 bladed prop for this to work though). m...

pic- thanks for the suggestions and thoughts. after looking again at the prop hub, i had a similar thought. take the original blades, sever them at the base. (i'd need another 3 bladed prop for this to work though). mount the new blades in thier hub. sever them at the base. mount the original blades...

you know, buckyroo
i thought about that. but was unsure if they were the same propeller assmemblies in reallife. i am leaning towards getting the smaller diameter static prop. thanks for making the measurements.
bc

i did some online/internet research last night. as far as i can determine, the diameter of both the 3 and 4 bladed props is 13' 2". for some reason, i went itno the research expecting a noteable difference, but at this point, there is no difference. think i'll make some calls and get some birddogs o...

thanks Snake. will do. i guess i'll break out my corsair prop and measure the circumfrence, then do some other math-y stuff on the proportions, then find an arteest in plastic. i think pickelhaube is already task saturated.
dang this obcession.
bc

found these websites. i have my f4u in a box still. can anyone determine the diameter of the 3 bladed prop? i'm leaning towards the 4 bladed variant. http://www.aerotechmodels.com/Static%20Propellers.htm http://www.hobby-lobby.com/4_blade_propellers_367_ctg.htm or is there another way to go about th...

there are 2 on ebay.....happy hunting, it is a grand bird.

Pickelhaube,
what are your thoughts and insight on this?
bc

Got to thinking about the Corsair and it's later variants. I queried JSI if they sold/provided propellers only, they said no. I was considering the task of converting a 3 blade into a 4 blade prop for the corsair, but quickly agreed that such a feat was beyond my abilities. what do y'all think? i kn...