JWM Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Rare case in my collection - model almost just out of the box (only a few details added or modified). This is Miles M38 Messenger from Pavla - a personal airplane of Marshal Montgomery ("Monty") Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Edited August 14, 2017 by JWM Switch to Flickr 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Very well made and finished Built the Aeroclub messenger as RG333 27 years ago at school, still have it. Now have 3 unbuilt Aeroclubs and a Pavla in the stash some may become Geminis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Ooooooooh, now you don't see too many of those built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 loosk great, I spent ages trying to fidn one of these with no luck! Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Gents, many thanks... Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazontipede Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 A Cardboard Connie! Excellent work! It looks just like the 1:1 they had flying at the Omaka Classic Fighters airshow back in 2011. Linked from http://ardmorepilot.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/classic-fighters-airshow-part-2.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Sweet! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I like yours model, becouse they are very rare ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Gents, meny thanks! Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 A beautiful Messenger Jerzy. How did it go together? I attempted Pavla's Oxford a while ago but scrapped it in despair! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 It was a while ago (exactly in 2003 - I just checked me notes) but I do not remember any serious problems. Only the canopy I would do now a bit differently perhaps. Oxford was a bit more tricky, also mostly due to vacu canopies and windows. I think current AZ model of Oxford is better. Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 4 hours ago, JWM said: It was a while ago (exactly in 2003 - I just checked me notes) but I do not remember any serious problems. Only the canopy I would do now a bit differently perhaps. Oxford was a bit more tricky, also mostly due to vacu canopies and windows. I think current AZ model of Oxford is better. Cheers J-W Thanks J-W. I think I might have to get myself the AZ version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 That is indeed a rare bird but you have made a first class job of it. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Gents, many thanks BTW - So far I rescued from p-bucket crisis all my threads about models from A to M (included) - this is about 140... I keep going on with this stupid job Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Definitely not a bird one sees often - nice one. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Very nice model Jerzy of a plane not often seen. Pavla did some nice kits with nice surface detail but they are not always easy to build. The Typhoon I built seemed to be in quite a hard plastic and it took ages to thin the the wing trailing edges and get the undercarriage bays to fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 Michael and Martin - many thanks for comments. The Pavla kits has sometimes surprising weak points, as it is in fact a short run. So the trust in quality must be limited in some way Regarding short-runs - I did one Potez XXV by Hit-kit and now I am doing the second one. The quality of plastic is dramaticly different! Apparently no ISO norm applied Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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