The Empty Sprue

The jig is up!

I love it when a plan comes together.

I wanted to figure out a way to be sure the holes that needed to be drilled in the ResKit resin wheel hub for the F-105 would be pefect

After several design adjustments, it all came together, and Im happy to say, both wheel hubs now have perfect perpendicular wheel axle holes

So.... I did a thing!

Its been a long while since Ive done any modeling, and this task was the last place I got hung up on with the F-105 build.

Since I have to drill a hole for the axle to go into the wheel hub, I wanted to be totally sure that the hole would be drilled perfectly straight.

So, I created this jig to use for drilling a perfect hole in the ResKit resin wheels hubs. The jig rests flat against the outer rings of the hub, and the recess allows for clearance of the raised details in the center of the hub, the long tube will keep the hand drill bit perpendicular.

Im gonna try a test print tonight

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Check out this amazing build! (Not mine)

one of diorama at World Model Expo.
Picture Credits to Erich Reist

Stay hydrated people!

An RAF Lancaster bomber in Lake Constance, Switzerland in 1954.

This aircraft ditched in this location back in 1944 while carrying out a mission against Germany.

This is why I don't build my stash! If I just wait long enough, newer, improved versions of kits I want to build get released! So long Hasegawa Hs-129 😪 😄

WOW! An -F model B-26! I better start making room, so much B-26 goodness coming from ICM 😍

💥SOON ON SALE!
B-26F Marauder
WWII American Bomber
Model: 48325
Scale: 1/48

💥СКОРО У ПРОДАЖУ!
B-26F Marauder
Американський бомбардувальник 2 СВ
Модель: 48325
Масштаб: 1/48

If this were a model on a show table, do you think the judges would dock you for crooked landing gear and wheel/tires? 🤔

Lookin' sharp - this F-4 Phantom FG.1 shows its radar cross section to its minimum in this frontal shot. This is XV587, 010, from No. 892 Sqn, Royal Navy - 20th October, 1974 (Godfrey Mangion / Aviation MT)

Awesome print of the F-105! 😍

“𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑫 𝑾𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬𝑳”
A 128th TFS Republic F-105 Thunderchief, Wild Weasel, tasked with the destruction of North Vietnamese surface to air missile (S.A.M) sites spies it’s target, however too late to stop the launch of a soviet built SA-2 Guideline missile.

30”x 20” framed print Recently sold to a buyer from Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺. Thank you 🙂.

https://www.hangar7art.com/product/wild-weasel/15?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=5

Mail call for a Mr. Thud!? Mr Thud?

Anyz placards and chrome strips, these look amazing, can't wait to get em in place

Turning attention to these awesome ResKit resin wheels and tires for the F-105. The detail on these normally mundane aircraft parts is really impressive, right down to the fine print on the sidewalls