1/48 Eduard 109G and another G and an E

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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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well this should be nice...
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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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Stikpusher wrote:well this should be nice...
Should be...BUTT, I've never seen a scratched conversion of a G-6 to a G-8...

...never...

Then there's the gear strut issue...sooooo...
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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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Manny1943 wrote:
Stikpusher wrote:well this should be nice...
Should be...BUTT, I've never seen a scratched conversion of a G-6 to a G-8...

...never....
Im no messer master, but what is the difference btwn a G6 and a G8?
Every take-off has a landing...some are just better than others
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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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CallSignOWL wrote:
Manny1943 wrote: Should be...BUTT, I've never seen a scratched conversion of a G-6 to a G-8...

...never....
Im no messer master, but what is the difference btwn a G6 and a G8?
A whole lotta scratchin'...

...basically, three recon camera ports on fuselage underside, one of which has a fairing that has some funky compound curves...
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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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Manny1943 wrote:
CallSignOWL wrote: Im no messer master, but what is the difference btwn a G6 and a G8?
A whole lotta scratchin'...

...basically, three recon camera ports on fuselage underside, one of which has a fairing that has some funky compound curves...

Oh he can do it with his weird magic Fermisness. And he'll make it look easy. :boom:
It's up to you how much money you want to spend and how many new words you want to create "correcting" something.
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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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Manny1943 wrote:
CallSignOWL wrote: Im no messer master, but what is the difference btwn a G6 and a G8?
A whole lotta scratchin'...

...basically, three recon camera ports on fuselage underside, one of which has a fairing that has some funky compound curves...
I found this drawing showing the two aft ports (simple, square cut-outs) and the more complex port forward of those:

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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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so the main difference is those two squares and teh bulge on the bottom?
Every take-off has a landing...some are just better than others
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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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CallSignOWL wrote:so the main difference is those two squares and teh bulge on the bottom?
...Yes...

And I believe it had a pressurized cockpit, which reveals itself by the kidney-shaped bump on the cowl bump on the R side...housing part of the compressor...like the G-5...
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Re: 1/48 Eduard 109G

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