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carsanab
| gunsight question Posted by carsanab on Friday, October 15, 2010 1:04 AM Im working on the Tamiya 1/48 F4u-1D (mototug version)....whats up with the gunsight included in the clear sprue??? Never seen a sight like that.....anyone???? Almost loos like cross between a flashlight and a magnafying head visor...... is this correct or just a crazy interpertation of a sight.....curious to see pics of it if its correct.... thanks CS
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Hans von Hammer
| Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, October 15, 2010 3:11 AM It's molded in clear so that you can paint the rest the rest of the gunsight, but keep the relfector clear... That's the piece stiking up at angle. THere's a "picture" that gets shown up through the tube in the vertical that reflects off the clear glass and back towards the pilot, hence the term, "reflector Gunsight". When the power's off to the sight, it's just a piece of clear glass in front of your face... Here's a Spitfire gunsight, rather typical of all early war reflector gunsights.. The lead-computing sights of later on were a little more complicated, but over ran on the same prinipal.. When the sight's on, the stadia and range lines would appear in the clear glass.
Mark8 sight with power on and simulated target
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carsanab
| Posted by carsanab on Friday, October 15, 2010 10:52 AM Thanks Hans....shame on me....I didnt notice that the reflector piece is not molded on the sight,that threw me off and made the sight look strange. Now that I see your pic it all makes sense....I couldnt find a pic on the net from your angle... I guess I will need toadd athin piece of acetate to complete the sight.. Thanks Carlos
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Hans von Hammer
| Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, October 15, 2010 11:43 AM Good call... An acetate reflector will always beat the molded-in reflector, IMHO... Molded parts are always outta scale... The actual reflector on the 1/1 scale sight is less than a 1/4 inch thick...
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wjbwjb29
| Posted by wjbwjb29 on Friday, October 15, 2010 5:22 PM Hello; On the subject of sights I was wondering how the sights on the F3F-1 worked. It looks like a telescope to look through but there are ring sights on either side of the tube. Bill On the Bench: Trumperter Tsesarevich on deck Glencoe USS Oregon
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Hans von Hammer
| Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, October 15, 2010 6:38 PM That's exactly what it is, a 2-or3-power telescope with crosshairs and stadia lines for ranging..
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hkshooter
| Posted by hkshooter on Monday, October 18, 2010 10:37 PM I replaced my tamiya corsairs sight with the lovely Quickboost sight. extremely nice unit, comes with acetate reflector. Ya get three for $6.
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Hans von Hammer
| Posted by Hans von Hammer on Monday, October 18, 2010 11:24 PM Got a picture, HK? Wanna see that.. My eyes are starting to go bad scratchbuilding 1/48sights...
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stikpusher
| Posted by stikpusher on Monday, October 18, 2010 11:57 PM Hans are you getting soft in your old age... buying AM resin instread of scratch building?
US Mk.8 gunsights
US K-14 gun sights
US N-3A/B Gun Sights F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town! U is for URANIUM... BOMBS! N is for NO SURVIVORS... - Plankton LSM
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Hans von Hammer
| Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:14 AM
Wish it wasn't true, but I had to give up on the gunsight I was working on in the Twin Mustang... Just can't see it... However, if I find the mad money for an optivisor soon, I'll stick with scratchbuilding and this AM crap will be a just a momentary lapse, eh?
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bondoman
| Posted by bondoman on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:36 AM
Not as good; but 2X readers from CVS are about the same. I'm all screwed up because my winkers are bad so I have an optivisor too over the Buddie Holly's. Bondowander: some years ago I was the lead exec on a major remodel of a group of office buildings in SF.
Actually still am. But, I got to be friends with the Chief Engineer, ie the guy who ran the complex. Now, that's no small thing. He had a couple dozen engineers working for him, a whole floor of one of the towers set aside as his HQ, etc. Turns out he collects... Norden Bombsights. And repairs and restores them. Now, that's a really big deal to me, and they are kept carefully in a controlled area of, not gonna tell you which building.
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Hans von Hammer
| Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:36 AM I've actually operated the Norden from"FiFi" (although it wasn't slaved to the aircraft and autopilot), I was able to call upthe corrections from the IP to bomb release on the airshow bomb-runs... I've also used the bombsight trainer, which is a Norden mounted on a frame about10 feet above a moving map that scrolls past under your chair... The "pilot" sits up there with you and uses a yoke to make left and right corrections. We played with it fora coupledays after restoring it for the American Airpower Heritage Museum.
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Justin Sheedy
| Posted by Justin Sheedy on Friday, August 26, 2011 11:46 PM Hi, Hans. My name's Justin Sheedy, I'm an author, and I'd like to ask for your permission to use this magnificent image re the Spitfire gunsight on the front cover of an new E-book that I am soon to release. Please see details of my new book, "Nor the Years Condemn", a WW2 (air war) historical fiction, at the link below. http://crackernight.com/2010/02/10/justin-sheedys-next-book-ghosts-of-the-empire/ I would potentially like to use this image in place of the RAAF 'eagle' Badge as seen on the cover at the link: Unfortunately the Australian Government recently declined permission for me to use this image as it cannot be used for 'commercial purposes'. Please do let me know, Hans. (If you agree to my using your image on my new E-book cover, I'd obviously include a credit to you in the Acknowledgements page of the book.) My email is justinsheedy@hotmail.com. More draft book covers here: http://crackernight.com/2011/08/12/a-request-for-good-advice-re-new-e-book-nor-the-years-condemn-by-justin-sheedy/ Your sincerely Justin Sheedy
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Hans von Hammer
| Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:15 AM Email inbound, Justin...
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