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Ah, I remember Hobbycraft's boxtops from their "Tron meets Thomas Kinkade" period. Had a MiG-27 that was seizure-inducing.
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Great job! Matchbox didn't seem to capture the lines of the air intake correctly. Kudos to the original owner for the excellent conservation, you cartainly made the most of it.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Yikes, there are things on the list that I actually built... but forgot... old age is sneaking up on me! Remembering another one, the Foxhound was also vilified in early kits, one was reboxed by Revell but I don't know who made the moulds, and then there are the 1/48 Migs by Lindberg - 21, 25, 31 - which have always been rare and now have probably been consigned to the landfills.
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I remember a booklet in which Ken Duffey built the then-available Soviet jet kits. IIRC he ended modifying pretty much everything. For example, the jet intakes are parallel, when they ought to converge lower down...
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Hello there, I have an idea brewing... Do you know of Cold War kits of Eastern bloc aircraft that are visibly inaccurate due to lack of information? Of course the reply, from a modeller's point of view, is "all of them", but the kit that started this idea was the Pioneer "Su-21" with its boxy intakes and delta wings. Off the top of my head I can think of: Italeri Mi-28 Havoc (kit no. 176) Revell Yak-25, vintage kit Revell Su-25 (Tsukuda mould) Esci Mig-29 (The Aurora Mig-19, basically the Huckebein with red stars and a radar, is in a different league. Educated guess, hearsay, or just "if you can prove me wrong you're a Communist spy"?)
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Hi, I have both the fighter and bomber boxing of the Yak-28. Haven't tried so much of a dry run yet, but I can tell you that the other kits of this manufacturer (who went by the name of Xuntong) are well detailed, possibly even over-engineered. The part count is high as is usual from this manufacturer and the bits look good on the sprues. I can also recommend their other kits, the Tu-2 and Il-4, if you can find them. The problem with the il-4 was being "rushed" to production, and some parts have a rough-ish finish. I've seen built and finished yak-28s and they look great.
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1/72 Frog Vultee Vengence Mk II
Bonehammer replied to gamevender's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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It's a beauty. Well done.
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These are the pods you're looking for... maybe?
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Hobbyboss MiG 15 UTI in 1/72nd Scale.
Bonehammer replied to Alex Gordon's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Looks close enough to me, Alex! Sometimes Soviet planes are camouflaged in the museum but it seems like this one flew with her spots: Very nice job, especially with the hairy stick. -
I did this when I bought a partially glued Vulcan: put the model in a bag in the freezer for 30 mins or so. Frozen glue is weakened and you can snap the parts clean off. The brake fluid is also a must to remove paint: don't use it for brake lines once it's opened, it absorbs moisture that you definitely don't want in there.
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What a cool diorama, brings back memories of going camping 30 years ago... This is the Hasegawa model I reckon?
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It's a treat to see your progress! I have a question. Is the resin leg able to take all the weight of the model, just so? No metal 'core'?