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Knock,Knock, anybody home? Just wondering if everybody slipped into a parallel universe or just putting your feet in the blocks waiting for the preorder button. Anyway, here's a cool head on shot of an A-10 in Bulgaria. Notice the picture distortion at the curved wingtips from the vortices. Brad
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Im looking over the great pics that Sam took and really gets me thinking and wondering what simple tricks and hints can be divulged on your finishing techniques and what you did to achieve that great look. Did you post any info in prior pages by any chance? Im so wanting to get my hands on one as does everyone else following and looking for that elusive preorder button. Thanks Sam for the great pics and to Alpha and xplaneguy for their in-depth coverage.
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I just went back through the first 15 pages of the thread and noticed that a lot of pics seem to be missing. Was this a result of the server crash that happen a while back? I was looking for pics of when the hog had the improved paint scheme applied and find some finishing techniques if any were posted.
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Here's a shot I took myself back in 2005. It's obviously a very close formation shot I took at Reno. The pilot of the P-51 is a friend of mine named Bill Andres who you used to live in the San Juan Islands and was among other things, an Apollo astronaut. He flew around the moon in Apollo 8 and BTW the pilot of the Hawg is his son. I sent him this picture back then and he loved it so much that he sent me a picture he took of an earthrise over the lunar landscape!!!! I would have posted it sooner but it took quite awhile to recover it from my old computer and ,being a purist, this is straight out of the camera. Just thought I'd throw that out there while we're twiddling our thumbs waiting for that preorder button to materialize. Brad oops,don,t know how to back out the smaller shots!1 Photo
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Wow that's amazing Brad! Not too many can say they are friends with an astronaut...And the A-10 makes the P-51D look like a model!My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Hey Todd, sorry about the multiple images. I wanted to increase the size for better detail but then couldn't figure out how to delete the smaller pictures without deleting the whole damn thing!! My bad. Anyway, Maj. General USAFR William Anders is now a spritely 84 years old and has a great little air museum at Skagit Regional Airport that includes that P-51 Val Hala, named after his wife Valerie. It's right on the way to the San Juan Island Ferry dock, so if you come up to fly with us on the island this spring/summer, you can stop into the air museum and check out the cool collection. Also, if you ask the docent or Bill's son Greg if you can go up to Bill's office, you will see that framed picture that I posted hanging on his wall. Blue skies, Brad P.S. I'm all ears if someone wants to tell me how delete the other images from the post
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That sounds fantastic Brad...Just wondering if we have to build an Ark just to make it to Summer!My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Nothing new from Alpha lately. Guess he's in the Far East giving his final OK on the production run on this A-10 and no doubt checking out some of the next round of upcoming offerings.
Hopefully, he'll give the green light for the pre-order to open soon. :a10
In the meantime, it's cold here, and the Mrs. has put together a big pan of lasagna for dinner. I'll eat a slab for you T-Cat:Cool:
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Yes Alpha is currently in the Far East as you say. Nothing official but I would expect the pre-sale for this A-10 to go live within the next 30 days.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by downwindleg View PostHey Todd, sorry about the multiple images. I wanted to increase the size for better detail but then couldn't figure out how to delete the smaller pictures without deleting the whole damn thing!! My bad. Anyway, Maj. General USAFR William Anders is now a spritely 84 years old and has a great little air museum at Skagit Regional Airport that includes that P-51 Val Hala, named after his wife Valerie. It's right on the way to the San Juan Island Ferry dock, so if you come up to fly with us on the island this spring/summer, you can stop into the air museum and check out the cool collection. Also, if you ask the docent or Bill's son Greg if you can go up to Bill's office, you will see that framed picture that I posted hanging on his wall. Blue skies, Brad P.S. I'm all ears if someone wants to tell me how delete the other images from the post
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Originally posted by Twowingtj View PostNothing new from Alpha lately. Guess he's in the Far East giving his final OK on the production run on this A-10 and no doubt checking out some of the next round of upcoming offerings.
Hopefully, he'll give the green light for the pre-order to open soon. :a10
In the meantime, it's cold here, and the Mrs. has put together a big pan of lasagna for dinner. I'll eat a slab for you T-Cat:Cool:
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