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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:42 PM

Welcome aboard.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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modelcrazy

Member since
July 2014

Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, March 30, 2015 10:46 PM

Mike,

Welcome to the forums.

The stabs can easily be reatached by drilling a small hole where the insertion pin was and gluing a metal pin in it's place. As far as the landing gear, you may have to do a little scratch building to achieve the degree of detail your looking for.

Start a new post in the aircraft section and post some pictures of your Tomcat so we can take a look at you issues.

Thank you for your service.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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fox

Member since
January 2007
From: Narvon, Pa.

Posted by fox on Monday, March 30, 2015 7:18 PM

Welcome to the Forums Mike! Glad to have you aboard!

Thank you for your service. Be sure to post pics of the Tomcat so we can get a look at it.

Jim Captain

Main WIP:

On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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checkmateking02

Member since
September 2003
From: AandF in the Badger State

Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, March 30, 2015 5:58 PM

Welcome to the Forum, and thanks for your service!

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GAF

Member since
June 2012
From: Anniston, AL

Posted by GAF on Monday, March 30, 2015 3:10 PM

Welcome Mike! There are plenty of modellers aboard who could fix her up as good as new.

Example: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/164115.aspx

You might want to post this request in the "Aircraft" forum (if you haven't already.

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Tojo72

Member since
March 2003
From: Western North Carolina

Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, March 30, 2015 2:07 PM

Welcome aboard.I'm not familiar with the kit,but I'm sure the A/C guys will help.

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Mapdog

Member since
March 2015

Who am I and why did I join...

Posted by Mapdog on Saturday, March 28, 2015 10:38 AM

My name is Mike. I retired from the Navy after 26 years. I am married and have two adult children.

My retirement gift from USS Enterprise was a 1:48 scale model Tomcat. It was detailed pretty nicely and built by somebody I met. The kit was Revell.

I used to build models as a kid. I never knew any technique or had an airbrush but I put together a couple of good ones.

It has a few broken parts and I want it to look good when it is repaired. I don't really have any idea how to proceed. The issues are: Both vertical stabs are off. 1 can be glued easily but the other has the insertion tab broken off. The NLG has one broken wheel. None of the landing gear impresses me on alignment or detail. I can't seem to find an aftermarket metal replacement kit.

Does anyone have any recommendation or offers to help repair? I can pay for service.

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