Next Civil Project?

[Adam the Akrodude]

Apol's Kev. No on needs to get hurt here. I'm slowly backing away from this thread - not making any sudden posts. It will be OK.

Perhaps if it had be titled "My next civil project", then I would have understood it's purely about your next civil project. I interpreted your topic to be more an open discussion on what our next civil projects are - guess I like discussing my fav topic - ME!

I'll back off now but very much looking forward to your PAM AM C-97!

Cheers

Adam

[kfutter]

It's OK, Adam! I guess it's just something I'll have to get used to around here. Or just put MY in front of all my thread titles! Mine!

Kev

[tor lives]

I will also be building a 1/32 F-104N Starfighter in NASA markings - the one that Joe Walker perished near Edwards when he collided with that XB-70 during the GE formation flight -
Whilst Expo 2015 was a disaster for me, I'm determined to make Expo 2016 my biggest effort yet. See how I go! Cheers
Adam

Much looking forward to seeing the big NASA F-104N....did she carry a civil "N" rego??
Your Pitts looked superb in the A/CAM display Adam, and it was great to have her there, (truly some of your finest work)....so I don't think Expo 2015 was a complete loss for you
TOR

Hi Ray

Here's the NASA F-104N's during the 60's. There were heavily used in support of the X-15 program. The 104 had a very similar L/D ratio to the X-15, so with the flaps dropped, gear down and speed brakes out and throttle in idle, it glided like the X-15 - i.e, like a brick! So, all the X-15 pilots regularly flew the 104 and practiced landing approaches at all the dry lakebeds along the flight path of the X-15. Depending at what part of the flight a "issue" occurred in the X-15, this would determine what lakebed the X-15 eventually ended up. Neil Armstrong infamously did a bit of a skip off the atmosphere once and had the longest flight in the X-15 (Neil's X-15 cross country!) - even wondering at one point if he was going to have to land at LAX! Imagine the X-15 entering it's "high key" point overhead LAX at FL200. High key was joining the base leg essentially.

Joe Walker was one of the early X-15 pilots and got the altitude records in the "Bull" flying above 360,000 ft. In my opinion, Walker was one of the all time greatest test pilots.



Ah, you're too kind trying to cheer me up about my epic Expo fail! Next year I will have a lot to show - that is the plan anyway!

Cheers

Adam

See.....my problem is I love photos like this!!!, (how can ya not???), so how can I complain about thread drift
TOR

[kfutter]

I'll back off now but very much looking forward to your PAM AM C-97!

Yesterday I published my review of the new 1/32 Mosquito kit from HK Models:

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews ... p?rid=1518

And now I have some of the guys asking me if I could do a build thread - a review build of sorts. It looks a great kit, and I'm keen to build it, but I'm also keen for more of a smaller scale break at the moment. There's no way I can do both! At least, not until I can get more of the Corsair done and off my bench.

Hmm...

Kev

[hrtpaul]

I'm looking forward to the Tamiya Mosquito

[Adam the Akrodude]

I'll back off now but very much looking forward to your PAM AM C-97!

Yesterday I published my review of the new 1/32 Mosquito kit from HK Models:

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews ... p?rid=1518

And now I have some of the guys asking me if I could do a build thread - a review build of sorts. It looks a great kit, and I'm keen to build it, but I'm also keen for more of a smaller scale break at the moment. There's no way I can do both! At least, not until I can get more of the Corsair done and off my bench.

Hmm...

Kev

Hey Kev

Nice thread drift Sir!

All I can say is WOW! Isn't Tamiya also bringing out a 1/32 Mossie? Fantastic times indeed for modellers - so spoilt for choice. I can understand your temptation to build this beauty - you know you really want to deep down don't you Kev!

Cheers

Adam