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                        AIRCRAFT - Latinamerican Air Forces

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Friday, March 11, 2005 4:11 PM
                        great Manuel! I have the interior of my P-47 sprayed and some of the detail painted... this week has not been good for modeling. I have been interrupted so much... Tomorrow I go to buy a new car, Sunday I go to my parents house to install my father's network... so it looks like next week MAYBE I will have a chance. I am going to a networking class all next week and those usually tire me pretty bad so it may be later.

                        I wish I could work some in between, the P-47 kit is a nice build, like the Tamiya Wildcat kit but more detailed! The only aftermarket pieces I am using is the Ultracast seat and wheels on this.
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Friday, March 11, 2005 11:53 AM
                        Dear friends:

                        By now, I have almost ready all the parts from inside fusealge from my Peruvian Air Force Mi-25, maybe in this weekend I spray it with Dullcote and glued both fuselage halves, by monday I updtae my progress.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        Swedish Mick
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        • From: Kopparberg, Sweden
                        Posted by Swedish Mick on Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:53 AM
                        Take a look at the brand new Brazilian magazine Plastinet, http://www.plastinet.com.br. Mostly in Portuguese but some articles also in English. A lot of information and walk-around pictures.
                        Modellbygge iFokus http://www.modellbygge.ifokus.se
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 10:33 PM
                        Just remember to scratch-build and add the dorsal fin on your P-47, since the ones on the Philipines did have it, and the Tamiya model does not include one. Other than that this is one of the best kits made by Tamiya.
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 7:00 AM
                        SAWI - that looks fantastic! That is the same kit I am using for my 201 plane.. I hope mine comes out as well as yours!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 7, 2005 11:32 PM
                        This is the P-47D of one of the mexican pilots of the 201 who got killed in an accident during training in Texas. The model is from Tamiya in 1/48, OOB and the decals from Aztec, finished in aluminum with SNJ ( my favorite aluminum paint)













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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, March 6, 2005 9:40 PM
                        ok got the interior sprayed on my escuadron 201 P-47... I must say I am more impressed witht he seats from Ultracast for this one than the seat for the Typhoon... seems to be much more crisp and better detail. Hopefully I will have some painting done tomorrow and can post some picks... but I think I am sold on these Ultracast items...

                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:48 PM
                        oooh a PBY-5 would be nice!!! let's hope Aztec DOES come out with more decals!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 11:41 PM
                        I finally found you guys....I am glad to see that someone is interested in latinamerican armed forces. To answer some of your questions, the decals I used on the B-25 were from a company called LGR in Mexico City (Circa 1991), but the company does not exist anymore. Now we can only hope that Aztec takes over were LGR left. By the way LGR also made decals for the HU-16 Albatross and the PBY-5A of the mexican navy in 1/72 scale. As for the T-33 info, I have recolected some over the years, so I'll be glad to pass it on to whoever is interested.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 10:04 PM
                        Wow, really great! I'd been looking for info on the MAF T-33 & the NdeM MD-500! Right before I left Japan I bought a Hasegawa 1/72 T-33 specifically to build the FAM T-33, since it was metioned in the Aztec Mexican Air Forces sheet I bought from them a while back. - Calvin
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 5:13 PM
                        wow!!! that is nice.. encourage him to join us! I am sure I could learn some things from him!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 3:37 PM
                        Dear Tom:

                        The Mexican B-25J come from Jose Luis SAWI Gonzalez from Camp Pendleton,CA, who have some good Mexican models, I hope he join us, just look at:



                        nice work SAWI¡¡¡¡

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, February 28, 2005 6:06 PM
                        Thats a good looking B-25 there Manuel!!! I need to branch out and make more "other country" models...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Monday, February 28, 2005 6:00 PM
                        Dear SAWI:

                        Congratulations for your B-25J from Mexican Air Force:



                        what kind of decal do you use? The only one I know was the old Lodela kit from Mexico from mid 80's at 1/48 scale...please tell us more about your model.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:27 PM
                        ok here are the ultracast seats... these are great for cockpits that already have enough detail but all you need to add are belts... well these (in my opinion) look more 3D than PE. Also the seats of the 3 sets I have bought so far look more realistic also.

                        Here's the ones for the P-47





                        its hard to see but that is another ultracast seat behing the P-47 one, for the Typhoon I am building right now... you can see the way the belts flow so naturally on the seats...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:57 AM
                        great Manuel! you must be proud to have a model displayed n the magazine! I have a long time to go before mine get displayed!!!

                        Thanks for the update... you sound like you have a LOT of kits ahead of you!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:51 AM
                        and let me update my models tho9900:

                        in my workbench:
                        C-130, Heller 1/72, Mexican Air Force
                        DC-10, Airfix 1/144, Mexicana de Aviacion
                        Mi-25, Monogram 1/48, Peruvian Air Force

                        next:
                        MD-500, Minicraft 1/48, Mexican Navy
                        P-47D, Revell 1/32, FAM
                        Willys Jeep, Revell /32, FAM

                        next:
                        Mirage 2000, Revell 1/48, Peruvian Air Force
                        Harrier, Airfix 1/48, Royal Navy
                        etc. etc. etc.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:43 AM
                        Dear friends:

                        Please take a look at the FSM Reader Gallery April issue to see my first Latinamerican model I ever made: a T-33 from the FAM, I hope this model likes you.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Friday, February 25, 2005 7:05 PM
                        ok here's who we have building so far and what:

                        Tho9900 - P-47, escuadron 201, F.A.M.

                        Swedish Mick - Mig23, Cuba
                        Saab Draken, San Martin

                        lodni_k - P-51, F.A.D.

                        cote1995 - P-47, F.A.M. escuadron 201
                        Willis Jeep, esquadron 201
                        ?

                        peruytu - ?



                        if I missed someone or have the incorrect information on here let me know!

                        thanks! Tom
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Friday, February 25, 2005 6:55 PM
                        ok it took awhile but both the seat and wheels for my P-47 as well as the decal for escuadron 201 came in! I'll take some pics tomorrow for those of you that haven't seen ultracast stuff... REALLY good looking.. the seatbelts look better than PE in my opinion as they are more 3D looking...

                        I'm ready to go! I noticed the guatemalan markings look good and I might use those for a later builds. They have a Mayan warrior on the sides of the aircraft.. really nice detail to the decals!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:59 PM
                        oooooh... I like that camoflauge scheme!!!! It is going to look great I am sure!! I will be starting my P-47 as soon as the seat arrives! whould be on this coming Thursday!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Saturday, February 19, 2005 10:39 AM
                        Dear friends:

                        Great tho9900 for those Ultracast seats for your Typhoon...let me show to all and specially for the Peru modelers fans my next model:



                        ...well, this is the real Hind-25 from the Peruavian Air Force but this pictures is usefull for my Monogram 1/48 scale model, I hope this liked you.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Friday, February 18, 2005 9:03 PM
                        ok slight setback but it's worth it.. after getting the Ultracast seats for my typhoon I was so impressed I ordered them for my P-47 as well.. and tires too... those seats are awesone and alone they improve the cockpit 200%!!! will post pics of the typhoon seats as soon as I finish painting them tomorrow... at $4.50 US for TWO seats it is well worth it! for me I am a habitual builder and usually do more than one of the same subject in different styles... so two seats helps out!!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6:39 PM
                        Manuel

                        Either the Tamiya or Hasegawa kits are good... just enough detail to make it look right, if you are strong about detail then there are many PE and resin kits to make have more detail.

                        If you are looking for somewhere to order online, www.squadron.com is a great place with fantastic customer service. Also it is in TX so not too far from you. Plus they always have sales!

                        Tom
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:26 AM
                        Dear tho9900:

                        ...and talking about the P-51, I think to buil one with Guatemalan markings and a very very interesting Maya nose art. Along time ago I buy the Mayan Gods decals sheet from Aztec to use the Mexican Air Force markings for my Mexican A-24, and this decals include a very well Guatemalan scheme:



                        by now I dont have the P-51 model, but please can you tell me wich is the best to buy it?

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:47 PM
                        ok!!! I got my P-47 this weekend at the Hobby Lobby 1/2 off sale... I ordered the decals from Aztec and I am waiting on them... in the meantime I am building a Typhoon for the Aussie GB then will proceed to the P-47 and probably a P-51D at the same time for the Tuskegee airman build. The P-51D (Tamiya) looks very basic to put together so I am not worried about stalling on it.. haven't looked at the P-47 yet...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, February 7, 2005 5:46 PM
                        Great Manuel! I ordered my escuadron 201 decals so hopefully will have them soon!! I am excited to start this one... we've picked up a few people since the last time you were here... I'll get this posted inthe Aircraft section for us tonight...

                        Good luck!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        cote1995
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by cote1995 on Monday, February 7, 2005 9:16 AM
                        Dear friends:

                        I change the title of this GB for jus Aircraft, maybe in the future we start an Armor Latinamerican GB... I just start to build an OOB Monogram's Mi-24 Hind at 1/48 scale with the Aztec decals for the Peruvian Air Force, I have the decals, just I need more modeler time.

                        Best regards

                        Manuel

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 6, 2005 9:00 PM
                        Thanks Calvin!

                        That sweet bird is a Mig-29 Fulcrum C from the FAP (Peruvian Air Force). I'm glad you like it... I mean, how can you not like a piece of art as beautiful as that.
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, February 6, 2005 5:06 PM
                        well finally finished the Martlet (WIldcat in british clothes) for the Battle of Britain group build (Well 98%, just waiting on antenna wire and some final touch ups)

                        Ordering my decals from Aztec tonight and the P-47 as well... the only AM I am doing on this one besides markings will be an Ultracast resin seat... those things are NICE!!! perfectly molded, seatbelts look better than PE etc... I bought one for the Typhoon I am doing for the Aussie build and am sold from now on!

                        Will update you when they come in!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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