Small Scale Military Headquarters

Don't forget the "Indiana black snakes" ANG F-16 BCA exclusive.

JL

Picked up a series 3 Russian Mig-15 at a Pompano Beach, FL Wal-Mart.

It was the only 1:18 aircraft in the store.

Excellent idea grilledcheese!

I hang mine from the ceiling which means I would not see the top of the wing anyway.

Two gold stars for you.

I think the mystery plane from Admiral will be the F-5.

I wonder if 21st Century will show a prototype de Havilland Mosquito.

I believe it is a favorite of Roy S.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

Those movable shields are there to control the amount of cooling air that enters the engine cowling. The cylinder head temperature can be controlled by opening or closing these shields.

They are open for take off and climb.
They are closed for startup, warm up, low power descents & ground storage.

I concur with tmanthegreat. My first run Wal-Mart Atlantic Avenger with the missing screw plugs has a tight wing hinge and there is no sag with the wings extended. My second run Atlantic avenger (the one with screw plugs and pitot tube pre installed) has hinge joints that are not as tight. The wings...

The most of any one mold... The bbi F-18 (twelve)


Golden Dragons
Marauders
Blue Angels #1
Blue Angels #2
Blue Angles #3
Blue Angles #4
Blue Angles #5
Blue Angles #6
Australian RAAF 75 Sqn
Australian RAAF 2OCU
Jolly Rogers
Red Devils

Spotted the "Daisy June" Corsair at the Boca Raton, FL Toys "R" Us.

Rang up $39.99

I got the last one.

Order in! good deal!

Excellent:

Jason, count me in for one of each paint version.

Thank you for all your hard work and for making this hobby more enjoyable.

Long live 1:18

Excellent work Spudkopf.

An excellent sleuth you are indeed.

Very compelling!

Another possibility for the "hook" clue... Quote from a report about the Doolittle raid... Unfortunately, American Naval Intelligence did not know that ahead lay a line of approximately 50 Japanese radio equipped fishing boats that formed the early warning surveillance network extending seven to eig...

It’s also interesting to note that the 65th Doolittle Tokyo Raiders reunion is going to be held in San Antonio Texas this April 2007.

Is not the home base of Admiral Toys somewhere in Texas…

Here is a good site thats full of B-25 info.

http://www.b25.net/main.html

I found a B-25 with a tail hook. The Navy did indeed land this thing on the USS Shangri La Its a Navy version of the B-25 called "PBH-1" Quote from the source.... PBH-1H 43-4700 (BuNo 35277) was modified for aircraft carrier catapult launch and arrest retrievals. The first landings and catapult take...

Jason...

Your second and third hints were not prefaced with the "1:18" in the header of the message.

Was this intentional?


Hope all is well with you in China.
Love the guessing game.

Hot Damn…… I think I got it! Read on……. Father = General Bill Mitchell was often regarded as the father of the USAF (for Mitchell Bomber) (thank you Jericoeagle1 & tmanthegreat) Oil = Jimmy Doolittle was named manager of the Aviation Department of Shell oil Company in which capacity he conducted num...

I am liking the sound of this...

That works out to 63 2/3 inch wingspan in 1:18 scale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R4D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_glider

Scroll down to bottom of page for pic of Tender Terror.

viewtopic.php?t=3839&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=140

I believe the civilian version (Hughes 500) was designed for 4 occupants. The civilian version is certified for single pilot operation. Staying under your maximum gross weight is necessary for vertical take off and vertical landings in zero wind. In zero wind it takes about 20 - 30% more power to ho...

I want to put some figures on the external chairs of my new MH-6 little bird... What are the proper bbi figs to use? I was thinking #217-16 "Chopper" Harris - Night Stalker Or perhaps #217-18 William Thomas - Special OPS. Would these two figs be out of their element riding on the external chairs of ...

My Admiral 262 was missing a total of 8 screw covers from under the wing.

I just checked my mailbox and...
There were my missing screw cap covers. They are painted the correct color too.


I just wanted to give Admiral some Kudos for the first class customer support.

It's good marketing & sales I believe. The folks who wanted to buy only 1 Flight 19 avenger will buy the lead ship which is #28 Taylor. It's should be the most requested of the bunch. If you want the Alien then you also buy one of the other four ships in the series. I beleive this is done to encoura...

Based on the clues I think the aircraft is a Piper product. "Piper J-3 CUB" perhaps. Piper did make a lot of light planes for WWII. Read the beginning of Piper's Biography... William Thomas Piper, Sr. was born in 1881 at Knapp Creek, a small village in New York. There his father dabbled both in dair...