1/48 XP-47??

MPM did the XP-47H in 1/72 injection. I find it a fun kit if one doesn't mind that it's not a shake-the-box type. It's currently sitting downstairs awaiting the return of my attentions.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Apart from MPM's nice little 1/72 scale kit (ideal for cross-kitting with a Academy or new Revell wings, u/c etc.), there are the 1/48 H and J announced by Accurate Miniatures due sometime.

Chek

That sounds a LOT like MPM's 1/72nd scale kit. 8-)

IIRC it's a good bit older than the MPM kit. Once I get a little more crap out of the way I'll see if I can dig it up.

Wasn't that AMtech?

It was (and let's hope is and will be!!) AMTech. Thank you for correcting me.

Chek

The announcement was made by AMTech, not by Accurate Miniatures.

Charles Metz

I had my mistake pointed out and apologised previously Charles. Must have been wishful thinking on my part.

Chek

I had fun with that one--did it up as a postwar racer, painted like a shark--dark blue gray on top, white underneath, and slapped on some slightly-adjusted P-40 shark-mouth decals--the thing really does look a lot like a shark.

Mark Schynert

It does, doesn't it? Got any pictures?

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Yeah, that sounds great; I'd like to see a pic too. Tia,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Well, I've got the pictures, and now the question is whether I'll figure out how to get them posted.

Mark Schynert

Well, after getting scammed by Photopoint.com I've been sticking to AOL's webhosting FTP files. Does Earthlink have a similar utility? Or try Photobucket.com. hth

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Okay,they're posted to abms--only the first file in the thread seems to have the images; the other six have rafts and rafts of jumbled characters. I'm also going to have to figure out how to resize images before I post them in ther future, as these (coming off of a 3.2 megapixel camera) are obnviously way too big.

Mark Schynert

Which image software are you using? In most of them is an option to resize the image, and convert it to the popular formats (jpeg, gif, tiff, etc)

Well, in this case, I loaded the images to disk direct from the camera, which it's now clear was not optimum. I have Photoshop Elements, which I have just begun to use--I imagine it has some resizing features. The images are starting out as jpgs, and I do have software that will covert to gif, tiff or pict, but jpg ought to work for my purposes.

Mark Schynert

It's not to late with digital pictures as long as you keep the original files safe and only play with copies :)

Jpeg seems to be the best compromise between picture quality and file size.

I'm still trying to figure how to shrink a .bmp. I didn't want to save the pic that way as most of my pics are jpegs but I must have hit the button before I realised where the cursor was pointed. Good ol' Microshit again. :(

Bill Banaszak, MFE