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12th November 2008
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I will be leaving for SMW on Friday, but before
then, here is another small batch of reviews.
I've been working flat out for the past month to
get my builds finished, and should have 7 new
F-4's and 7 new F-16's on the various displays.
Catching up on some kit reviews, Xtradecal sheet
X049-72 covers an F-16C from Aviano AB as
displayed at the 1997 RIAT. Next, sheet
X72083 covers an interesting C-47D from the 49th TFW at Spangdahlem. And finally, sheet
X72090 covers A-7Ks from most of the operational ANG units and nicely complements the recently
released Hobby Boss A-7K.
  
See you all at Scale Modelworld - stop by the
SIG stand in Hall 3 and say hello! |
24th October 2008
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Well, the Nationals is rapidly approaching, and
it's all hands to the pumps. As we have
two displays to sort (USAF SIG and F-4 SIG),
there's plenty on the go - I have 6 F-16s and 5
F-4s which are rapidly approaching the painting
stage... However, I thought it would be
good to carry on with the updates, so here are
some more, mainly reviews.
First up is an oldie -
Two Bobs sheet 72-002
with markings for 3 F-16's from the 57th FW in 3
different Aggressor schemes. These are the
earlier schemes (note that this sheet dates to
2000). Next - to fix an error, I posted
the wrong pic of
Two Bobs sheet 72-075. I've fixed it
below, and also
relinked it here. Second is sheet
72-064, which covers
F-16Cs from the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis
AFB.
 
Next up is the start of my trawl through some
recent resin accessories, commencing with the
Dangerous TARS pod
(CO72001), as used by a number of US ANG units on their F-16's.
Next, we have some of the recently released
Modern Hobbies LLC resin, including
MH-001 (AN/ALQ-188 Pod),
MH-002 (MXU-648 Baggage Pod) and
MH-010 (AIM-120C AMRAAM). Plenty more to
follow!
  
Next, another kit finished - this time my
Hasegawa F-4D in the special "Flipper" scheme as
used by the 93rd TFS, 482nd TFW.
And finally, I've updated the "Attack"
section of the
Order Of
Battle. |
11th September 2008
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Just got back from a couple of weeks in Florida
(Orlando) - I was quite surprised how things
have changed since my last visit to the US (back
in early 2004). Back then, all the big
stores (Target, Wal-Mart etc) used to carry
models, but now the only place I found was
K-Mart, which had a small space dedicated... I
did find a model shop (a Hobby Town) but had to
drive 60 miles to Daytona Beach to reach it!
As a result, not too much on the modelling
front, although Alex Hunger/Phil Butler/Haydn
Hughes have informed me that we can expect a
Ford F350 "Bobtail" in 1/72nd from
Retrokit "soon"...
I see we've now passed 7,000 hits - great stuff!
Final thing to note is that Greg Williams from
Modern Hobbies LLC has put up some
pics of
my F-16C - I used his AIM-9L and AIM-120B... Go
take a look - and spend some money with him
whilst you're at it! |
23rd
August 2008
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Interest via the ARC link has been fantastic -
we're now on 6,700 hits, which is 900 in the
past 3 days - fantastic!
More new stuff - my 18th AS F-16C in the
"Advanced Flanker" scheme is here, and I've also
uploaded some pics from my recent visit to the
Luchtvaart Hobby Shop... If you're ever in the
Netherlands, it should be a mandatory visit!
And a little housekeeping - I've removed
everything from the index page pre-July and put
it into the
2008 Archive. |
21st
August 2008
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I never realised how much visibility the front
page of ARC would give us - Steve Bamford kindly
linked our site today, and since then we've had
over 500 hits! Thanks to all who came to
check us out - hope you like what you see!
Keep checking back, and why not join our forum?!
Also, apologies to all who found the site dated
6th July earlier this evening! I have been
trying to add a new gateway page and this caused
a small amount of trouble, resulting in me
having to restore the entire website from
backup!
The new gateway should be working, although
it depends on your browser as to whether you see
it or not.
www.usaf-sig.org should bring you to a nice
front page with a random pic from our gallery!
Give it a try and see if it works!
Finally, a quick call out to Alexandre Zart from
www.scalemodelbuilding.org - a new site
dedicated to providing a search engine for
modellers. It's only small at present but
will grow with time - give it a try! I've
also added a direct link to our menu bar - just
click on "Search". |
17th
August 2008
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Today sees a major milestone in the SIG - our
Leader, Haydn Hughes, has finally had his arm
twisted to provide some articles! And a
bumper crop too... Firstly, a review of the new
Hobby Boss TA-7C, built as an A-7K of the
4450th TG.
Next is Haydn's
F-4D 66-465 of the 7th TFS, 49th TFW. Next
up is an
F-105F 62-432 of the 561st TFS, 23rd TFW.
Next we have
C-7A 61-2592 of the 700th TAS, 94th TAW.
Then we have
A-10A 75-0262 of the 57th FWW in the
short-lived "Jaws" scheme. And finally, Haydn's
A-7K 79-0456 of the 4450th TG as covered in
the Hobby Boss kit review.
    
Now that Haydn has "seen the
light", I hope to be showcasing more of his
talent over the next few months! |
14th
August 2008
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I have started to make some changes to the
format of the site. The main area being
worked on at the moment is the Order Of Battle
section. At present, the main page is slow
to load and not of much use. To improve
this, I am in the process of reformatting the
individual type pages. These will now have
a table with the relevant section of the Order
Of Battle, with links to completed models in the
table. This should make it much easier to
find what you are interested in and to see what
we have completed! Sections completed so far
are
Bombers and
Fighters - keep checking back as I will
continue to update over the next week or so.
As with everything, this will take some time,
and the Order Of Battle list is also incomplete
- so please
email me if you can add to the list! |
11th
August 2008
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As promised, the remaining 2
decal sheets from Wolfpak -
72-006, covering the
P-3C, EP-3E,
SU-15TM, EA-7L, C-119L, F-16C and A-10A,
and
72-007, covering the F-15S, F-15K, F-22A,
AC-47D, AC-130U, F4U-5N.
 
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9th
August 2008
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As usual, I have to apologise
for the lack of updates. I'm working away
from home a lot at the moment and just don't
have time to keep the updates going... As a
result, this one is again limited to decal
sheets, although I've got a few more to come...
Firstly, 2 sheets from Two Bobs...
72-075 covers an F-16C from the 79th FS
painted up for the 2005 TMOTA, whilst
72-076 covers more Aggressor aircraft from
the 18th FS. Two sheets from Draw decal -
72s-Cessna5 covering an O-2 and
72s-DET-3 with Hamilton Standard prop
markings. And finally a sheet from WolfPak
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72-005 with markings for KC-135R, F-16C,
A-10A and a B-24D.
 
 
I do have some kits to review - 1/72nd Academy
F-16C, 1/72n ICM Mig-29C ("9-13") and 1/72nd
Trumpeter F-105G - these will follow when I
figure out a way to photograph the sprues...
Other new stuff? Well, the ex-AMT/ERTL
X/YB-35 is now out from Italeri - it was £32.99
in my local model show and Hannants have it at
the same price...
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6th
July 2008
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Firstly, we've now reached 5,000 hits!
Thanks to all who check out the site on a
regular basis...
Next, we have some more
decal sheets which are quite interesting.
First up is
Astra Decals who have released a new sheet
(ASD-7214) covering F-16C/D's from the 22nd FS and 23rd FS
at Spangdahlem. Next is a really
interesting sheet from AeroMaster (AN72228) which provides
USAF and U.S. Air Force markings in Insignia
Blue - this will be really useful as a lot of
kit sheets don't use the right blue.
Finally, we have a sheet from
Techmod covering US "Stars 'n' Bars" as used
by most services from 1943 until the current
day (72410).
  
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