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World War II: USA
Aircraft of the United States in WWII.
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F4U-1 Tips or Advice
book1182
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Indiana, United States
Joined: April 12, 2012
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Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 06:10 AM UTC
Looking for some tips or advice anyone might have about a model I just finished. I posted the pics here. http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/27643

Any comments would be nice for my next model.
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 07:08 AM UTC
You got your pictures posted! Yay o/
I take it your scene shows a brand new aircraft getting sighted in?
Dangeroo
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 08:37 PM UTC
Sam, like your setup, certainly not one you see often! Great show!

Just one comment, wouldn't the guns have to be perfectly level for sighting? May be the angle of the pics but it looks like it's slightly firing upwards.

Cheers!
Stefan
drabslab
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European Union
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Posted: Friday, July 27, 2012 - 02:32 AM UTC
nice, and I am happy to see more diorama's on aeroscale, this really seems like a more "mature" kind of modelling to me because the birds are placed in a real setting.

I am intriged by the subject. I know that guns had to be adjusted and that this depended to some extend on the preference of the pilot; But I have no clue how it was/is done.
book1182
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Friday, July 27, 2012 - 10:44 PM UTC
Thanks Jessica for the help in getting the pictures posted. It is supposed to be a new plane just arriving to the pacific getting its guns sighted. I built it from the Tamiya kit and it was pretty easy and straight forward. Looking forward to more advice.
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