Disaster Strikes the Nerd

OT Anybody have an idea as to the number of planes with Tarheel in the name. I've thought about painting a plane in black and white and putting Tarheel markings on it. My dominant tomcat, and thus most of the kittens within a mile's daddy) is named Tar Heel. TH is going on five this year AND whipped a coyote. If thay isn't the signs of the big man what is. It might be interesting. BTW He is the traditional tux pattern with the same black spot on his rt. heel as is father Tucker, hence Tar Heel in keeping with the T first name. His son is Tiberious and daughter Thea. The 4 are indistinguishable.

QUOTE: Originally posted by BlackWolf3945 Sorry, I take all that stuff for granted sometimes... TGR is Three Guys Replicas. They made a couple of sheets covering most, if not all, of Preddy's mounts, including one aircraft flown by his brother Bill. Both of these sheets had been out of production and were going for astronomical amounts on evilBay. Anyhoo, after getting your email I started to thinking; TGR is now affiliated with AMtech and their stuff is listed on AMtech's website. So I checked and came to find that both sheets are listed and there's nothing like "SOLD OUT" or "DISCONTINUED" anywhere near either of them. So they may be available again, I dunno. Here's the link to AMtech's website. Click on "Three Guys..." and then on "List All". They're the second and third sheets listed. You're still welcome to the kit sheet I have, but you may want to look into finding out if the TGR sheet is still available (Tarheel Ace Part 1) because they're undoubtedly better quality than Hasegagme's. As a matter of interest, here's the review for 'Tarheel Ace Part 1' from M2. (Modeling Madness.) Lemmee know what you wanna do. As of now the kit decals are out the door on Monday...

BlackWolf, YOU 'da MAN!!! They got EXACTLY what I need!! Yesterday, I was ready to "eat the pudding", and then you singlehandedly have restored order to the galaxy! Again, many thanx.

Yes, please proceed with sending the sheet, anyway, one can never have too many backups for similar disasters.

Sorry, I take all that stuff for granted sometimes...

TGR is Three Guys Replicas. They made a couple of sheets covering most, if not all, of Preddy's mounts, including one aircraft flown by his brother Bill. Both of these sheets had been out of production and were going for astronomical amounts on evilBay.

Anyhoo, after getting your email I started to thinking; TGR is now affiliated with AMtech and their stuff is listed on AMtech's website. So I checked and came to find that both sheets are listed and there's nothing like "SOLD OUT" or "DISCONTINUED" anywhere near either of them. So they may be available again, I dunno. Here's the link to AMtech's website. Click on "Three Guys..." and then on "List All". They're the second and third sheets listed.

You're still welcome to the kit sheet I have, but you may want to look into finding out if the TGR sheet is still available (Tarheel Ace Part 1) because they're undoubtedly better quality than Hasegagme's.

As a matter of interest, here's the review for 'Tarheel Ace Part 1' from M2. (Modeling Madness.)

Lemmee know what you wanna do. As of now the kit decals are out the door on Monday...


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QUOTE: Originally posted by BlackWolf3945 Hey Nerd, I have the kit sheet of whence you speak, shoot me an email with your mailing address and they're yours. If these fail I do have a dupe of the TGR sheet with these markings, but transfer of ownership would involve some heavy-duty $$$!

Thanx a zillion, BlackWolf, as you likely know by now, I have e-mailed you my mailing address. One question remains, what is the "TGR" sheet which you speak of? I'm kinda bad with these acronyms.

That's never happened to me before! Wow, that;s just really bad luck, dude! Thank god, blackwolf has the decals!

Hey Nerd, I have the kit sheet of whence you speak, shoot me an email with your mailing address and they're yours.

If these fail I do have a dupe of the TGR sheet with these markings, but transfer of ownership would involve some heavy-duty $$$!


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ModelNerd, I'll look around in my P-51 kits but I don't think that I have those markings. If I do i'll let you know. Sorry to hear that...

I put my decals in a three ring binder and in plastic pages. Some even go so far as to also include them in ziplock style bags inside the pages.

Hope that helps a little.


Sorry I do not have any P-51's at the present time. Good luck. See if someone might make a set for them. There are plenty of aftermarket decal manufacturers.,

Good Luck.

Not to hijack this post (sorry about your decals) but how old were the decals in question? Is there any way to protect old decals from destruction over time until we're ready to use them?

QUOTE: Originally posted by 13b20 Can you just add the "3rd" by painting? No other help available from me sorry.

It's a completely different logo, not to mention tail numbers, etc.

Can you just add the "3rd" by painting? No other help available from me sorry.