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  1. Pritch
    For the scheme shown, you need to replace the roundels with something that actually looks like a kiwi -- a suitable size from the Ventura sheet 4890 for instance. The two Gecko Graphics sheets, if you can find them, are excellent for all schemes used by the RNZAF, but nothing is specific to the TA-4K. Here's two fun ideas: The Two Bobs sheet with the RNZAF Skyhawks (including TA-4K) as acquired by Draken. Flying in the final RNZAF colours scheme (all green) and still with RNZAF roundels as well as Draken markings. You'd have to convert the cockpit to the Kahu all glass version though. Or the TA-4K Golden Scooter scheme (painted in gold paint for the RNZAF 75th anniversary) with the Model Alliance decal sheet. Note that the laughable turkey roundels would have to be replaced, and the side stripes should come to a point on the nose, not wrap around.
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    No. You'd have to find better decals.
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    That's a sad looking bird in the kiwi roundel. I wonder how accurate the rest of the kit is.
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    My initial lessons were in a dual control Morris Minor. I was weird but sort of reassuring that the instructor had his own steering wheel and pedals. Don't know how common that was (it was the 50s) but I've never seen one since. Subsequent lessons for things like 3-point turns on extremely steep hills were in a Triumph Herald. It was the loosest rattliest car I've ever been in because of it's construction. After much practice in the family car (a Morris Oxford), the first car I bought was a BMW Isetta. Loved it. Fond memories.
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    Ooops, no I haven't. I mistook the links and photos above for the new kit after seeing the KP box art. Sorry. I had a look at my notes, and at the time I got rid of the Fly kit I wrote that it had finer surface detail, but the shapes of the fin, fuselage and canopy differed from the Aeroclub kit. Looking at photos and published plans, I decided that the Aeroclub kit was more accurate. Don't ask me exactly how, because I can't do a side-by-side comparison any more. Tony
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    Looking at the sprue shots, this is an identical re-issue. Same blobby resin bits as well. It's not a bad kit at all. I just happened to end up with two different kits and made the choice to stick with John Adams' Aeroclub one, although the differences were minor. What with the Aeroclub white-metal bits, a couple of Martin Baker Mk4 seats from PJ, the Reskit wheel set, the Brengun cockpit set and Ventura decals, I'm satisfied. I even prefer the (thickish) vacform canopy over the injected one. Don't let me stop you -- the PJ seems to be the only game in town at the moment and it'll make a fine model. Tony
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    I bought the previous Fly release of the Strikemaster, hoping it would be better than the Aeroclub kit. It wasn't, and in the end I sold it. It was less accurate, and the surface detail was too coarse for my liking. So ... is this an improved kit, or just a re-release? Will I be tempted to get it just for the new parts? Tony
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    Aquilafer, not water bearer
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    It's "Manawanui", not "Manawanai". Manawanui (literally 'manawa'- heart, 'nui' - large) means steadfast. And, for the record, after the loss of controls the captain did everything right.
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    Those are not versions of the same photo, they're two separate photos. The poses are different. Look at the positions of the hands, particularly the girl on the right.
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    Thanks Dave. Very useful.
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    I have three observations, looking at it on the sprue. 1. Yes the flaps are wrong. Glue them shut, rescribe or forget about it. 2. The kit covers all window options. There is glass for a fifth window each side on the clear sprue, and the inside of the fuselage is scribed deeply for easy removal of the space needed to fit it. 3. The track seems to be about 73mm, which would scale out to 11'6" between the engines, which looks ok to me. Tony
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    Talking of Winkel Brown, who test flew many Luftwaffe aircraft, when he was asked this question his answer was emphatically the Messerschmitt 262. His justification was the fantastic performance and delightful handling. On that basis it didn't change the outcome of the war, but had the potential to. We were saved by Hitler's insistence on trying to use it as a bomber.
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    Just a thought. Has anyone considered the possibility of replacing the wings with a pair off an Airfix Vampire. Or a Classic Airframes two-seat Vampire, or even an Alley Cat Vampire? Even just grafting the two-seater front fuselage and tail on to (eg) an Airfix kit? I have all three, and maybe I could sacrifice one.
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    No, it's not picking nits, it's just being observant. The size of the lettering is right but the kerning between the last two numerals was wrong. To me it looked like it had been monospaced.
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    No luck trying to watch it -- just a technical equivalent of "Eff off". Same as I get for any attempt to find some method of watching Antiques Roadshow (which used to be very popular on TV, and then just disappeared). I hate to say it, but the UK is showing signs of becoming rather insular.
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    Falcon are definitely still in business, and do many for other manufacturers, but their website could probably do with a bit of updating. Look on the Hannants site (under 'Falcon'), and there are three new 1/72 and three new 1/32 canopies recently added. I have one for Hasegawa's 1/32 P-40.
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    Yoda speaks in 'periodic' sentences (look it up in Wikipedia). It's how Latin is written, and got drummed into me when I learned Latin in high school.
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    You might get some tips here: https://falconmodels.co.nz/howto.html
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    I think the decals sheet that would suit you would be Ventura V4898 (8 inch serials, British 1920-1939( http://venturapublications.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=v4898 This sheet has black with white outline in a number of styles, measuring out to 4.2 mm high -- which is 8 inch in 48th scale (32nd scale would be 5.6 mm)
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    Falcon (Clearvax) and Squadron canopies are still available. The possibly-not-quite-up-to-date website is www.falconmodels.co.nz. In the UK get them from Hannants; in the US get them from Squadron.
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    Am I imagining things, or did the Eduard 1/48 Fokker E.V / D.VIII come with two wings, one for fresh plywood and one saggy?
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    You sometimes have wonder what decal artists have available to them to work from. Probably just one side-view photo for the RNZAF trainer in the case of IcraCast, because their diagram shows the wing roundels on backwards. However, at least the IcraCast kiwi is accurate, while the Caracal kiwi looks more like a red turkey (although the placement diagram is correct).
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    Hendie Before you get too far into printing the tail surfaces, I think you should have a look at a walk-around of the real thing: https://jamesfahey.smugmug.com/Avro-504K/ I can't see any "nails" (or rib stitching), and in fact I can't even really make out the rib tapes. Tony
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    The Alpha Flight Sunderland is not without its problems. Bad casting, some warping, some broken parts -- all can be fixed, but the wrongly spaced portholes would be difficult to put right. Plus it's a Mk.III, not the Mk.V that I want. I got one many years ago, before the price of postage made getting large kits from overseas impossible, and I'll finish it one day. For some reason it does include a Mk.V nose turret. The Sanger kit is both Mk.III and Mk.V, but would be a lot of hard work and is not really a consideration because of shipping costs.
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