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  1. colin ritchie
    1/35 Woo Hoo!
  2. colin ritchie
    I'd echo what Dave said , I've build the 1/35 QL over the Xmas break, and there are moulding marks that have to be removed on the main tank that suggest that a Boom version will be coming As for out of scale ,, Doesn't look too far out against a 1/32 aircraft does it?
  3. colin ritchie
    Fair enough , I'm 6ft 2in , and a fair number orf people are 10% smaller than me , so mixing and matching 32 and 35 has never seemed too important = just don't tell my friends over on LSP that
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    I'm moderatly active over on LSP , and yes there were howls of rage when this kit was announced, but I'm not one of the people demanding the head of the designed fro daring to produce kits to match the vast range of 1/35 figures/vehicles that exist in this "heathen" scale, (their words not mine) The 109 kit looks rally rather nice , and close to what I'd imaging a Tamiya 1/32 G6 would look like , the surface detailing is impressive , and it looks like it will build into a decent model , and you know that there are only a handful of 1/32 G series 109s out there each with their own issues , Hasagawa, Old and simplified, Revell, Soft plastic and an odd parts layout produced down to a price, and Trumpeter , say no more Yes it's a slightly odd choice for scale , but it looks an impressive kit , and 2% difference be dammed , I'm getting couple, now where did I put my Opel Blitz and Kublewagen models again?
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    I got a set via E-bay ,
  6. colin ritchie
    I pray it's a new tooling , but realistically I'd put money on a re-pop of the Revell kit with some additional parts such as the AGM-142, but I'd LOVE to be proved wrong
  7. colin ritchie
    Beautiful video .. thanks.. Now where did I put my hankies
  8. colin ritchie
    Since my one is embargoed until the 25th of Dec , you'd better believe I'm watching this build - and nice work so far !
  9. colin ritchie
    Nice ti see another Buc being built , I finished mine earlier this year , I passed on the revised intakes, and just went for FOD guards , as you can see I built it as an RAF S2B, I don't want to hijack this excellent build.. but perhaps a little encouragement might help you make progress If you need any encouragement , or a shoulder to cry on, drop me a line
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    There is a very small Eduard set for the Revell GR tornado , but it is long out of production and getting your hands on one is akin to hunting Unicorns the best option might be to get an Airscale generic set that should provide enough pieces to modify the kit IP It's strange that Eduard never released any sets for the current Revell tornado , you would think it would have been a massivly popular set , but no , there's nothing - hopefully that will change
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    A quick review of the kit suggests that only the GR1 specific parts , the front Instrument Panel has the square MFD, rather than the earlier round one , and a gun barrel are the only GR1 specific pieces missing - I think!
  12. colin ritchie
    Nope , not true , the Large Format TARDIS MFD i included in the kit as an option ,
  13. colin ritchie
    The absence of newer RAF specific weapons is a little disappointing , specifically Brimstones , but I have to assume that the release of this kit might well spur Eduard to stir themselves to produce weapons and PE sets , all of which have been sadly lacking for the Revell kit - but I've always been an optimist!
  14. colin ritchie
    Me too , now will someone do a set of stencils for the splinter scheme !
  15. colin ritchie
    Any got a link to Antarki decals that does not link to Facebook , I;d really like to order the Mirage 5 decals , but I don't have and never will have a FB account
  16. colin ritchie
    The first time I saw this I was convinced it was an April Fools prank, but this is beyond belief .. bring them on!
  17. colin ritchie
    Fingers crossed for the both the projects and Alan himself ..
  18. colin ritchie
    At last ! Wild Weasel 1 F-100F here I come!
  19. colin ritchie
    Put me down for a set , I'll make my resin legs detachable .. Thanks!!!!!
  20. colin ritchie
    My darling wife is a very tolerant soul , and very long suffering - probably just as well as it turns out ! Undercarriage - Hmm ,, well the first thing I did was to add dowels into the U/C bay to plug the legs into to give some lateral support , and then on to the axles. I'm still working on that , but 've added a sleeve through the centre of the main wheels to allow me to use something that'll take the strain, and as of this morning I looking at a wooden dowel soaked in Superglue and some subtle re-enforcing of the legs themselves - and the more of less permanent use of a cradle for those times it's not on display! I wish I had the facilities for lost wax brass casting! Hey ho on we go!
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    Well havng been married to me for almost 30 years m it seems my charming nature rubber off on her , poor soul! Yes that was the sheet I meant , I found that the 24" nose numbers scaled down almost perfectly for the rear numbers used by 12Sq Just put in what I hope is my final order to Hannants for bits and bobs, including lights , both Nav and Landing , and An/ALE 40 chaff dispensers, saves scratchbuilding !
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    At the risk or proposing yet more spending the refuling star symbols are available as part of any Phantom Stencil sheet , I ooked at them fro my one, but thankfully XX889 didn't have them later in its careerm, at least so the pics suggest Pals blue numbering , especially fro the 8" serials in Blue - have a look at the ModelDecal 1/71 V bomber set from Fantasy Printshop , it has a whole LOAD of numbers in Pale Blue that might be applicable Good luck - If anyone is interested , moving to the final stages with my one , c/C antennas just completed what my wife insists on calling the Bucc Butt Plugs , Engine Exhaust FOD guards Where does she get this language from!!!
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    Got mine to-day as well , I'll be replacing and adding a bunch of stencils, but I think the rest of the sheet will be put to one side form my next Buc I'm no sure if the red walkways that go over the engine covers are the right size for the kit m I havn't tried them for actual size yet , but I'm happy enough with myscratcg built ones , using red stripes, - As fro being ready , well see you at Telford maybe!
  24. colin ritchie
    thirded!
  25. colin ritchie
    Quickest purchase ever , thanks for the heads up - even if I don't use that much of the sheets its the least I can do to support them
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