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On 1/28/2024 at 9:01 PM, cngaero said:
A Varsity would be most welcome in the near future🤞
I think we might see one from Micromir later this year, after I encouraged them with my Warpaint book on the Varsity
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Scout coming too I believe?
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The Revell Rotodyne kit is far superior, albeit in 1/87th scale ( but close enough for 1/72) and can still be easy found. It has full interior with passenger seats, passengers, luggage and an opening side panel so you can see the interior. It also has a removable rotor head engine panel and depicts the Rotodyne at a later stage in development in 1960 with additional central tail fin.
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I have buit this kit as one of my Schneider Trophy racers theme . Very simple construction but looks the part.
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I photographed this Buccaneer at Boscombe Down on 18th March 1971 and it was in a high gloss finish then and only had the polar bear badge on the port side of the tail. Instead it had a small white shield on the starboard side of the nose with that polar bear badge on it.
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On 2/1/2024 at 9:40 PM, munnst said:
"Tally Ho red leader, down there on the left, Proctukas?"
My film mash up between a NOVA Percival Procter and a Revell Stuka.
Lots of filler, sanding, wet n dry and brasso. Cockpit is part Stuka, part scratch. Prop modified Airfix Kate.
Everything else is scratch or from the spares box.
Time to pop it in the photo booth.
"Yes Stanmore I confirm bit IFFy"
Very nice - built for the film but never used as it was found to be too difficult to fly. Instead they used radio controlled Stuka models.
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On 11/9/2023 at 10:16 AM, kev67 said:
Never new about the B25 as was used in the film, so googled it and found photos of it, one thing I noticed is how faded the red and green paint was
The red and green paint faded as it was actually fluorescent/ dayglo paint which always faded quickly in prolonged sunlight.
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The box art leaves a lot to be desired with distorted RAF roundels and a C.19 in 'silver/white' with 'Air Support Command' titles, as they were painted Light Aircraft Grey when they had those titles!
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On 12/19/2023 at 4:23 PM, Piotr Mikolajski said:
I am delighted that they have chosen WM159 as that is the actual aircraft I have flown in out of Hurn on 5th June 1968 and believe they used my photos as reference!
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Is that the old FROG/NOVO kit, as I am not aware of any other Mk.1 Wessex kit in 1/72?
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Well that's 29 pages of incredible CAD drawings and 3D printed parts. I wonder how many pages on the forum before we see a completed model?
How are you planning to make the transparencies? Vacu-form or is it possible to 3D-print them using clear resin?
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Very good - I wasn't aware of any Bassets have a single prop blade painted black & white on each engine?
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Preiser make seated figures for railway modellers in 'N' gauge which is close-enough to 1/144th
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On 11/16/2023 at 11:30 AM, Dennis_C said:
Hopefully so. In case LF did its own molds from scratch - might turn out on the cruder side like their other helicopter kits.
Will it be better than the Freightdog resin Wasp I wonder?
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1 hour ago, praded-dembelya said:
1/72
1/48 maybe.. Too big...
Absolutely - it has to be 1/72. Indeed 1/48 would be too big. We are in contact Sergey!
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On 9/1/2023 at 10:33 AM, Tiger331 said:
I'm calling this one Done !
Fitted the last parts earlier this week and removed all of the masking. Hope to get some good photos for the RFI section in the next day or so.
If Xtradecal had done their research properly, or waited for my Warpaint book on the Beaver, they would have provided decals for the wing markings. This Beaver should have ROCAF roundels above and below both wings and white Chinese serials beneath the wings! Bestfong decals No.48069 provide the correct decals in 1/48 scale.
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On 8/6/2023 at 6:32 PM, Smudge said:
Just picked one of these up from my local model shop. I was fearing the worst, but when I opened up the box it's not so bad. Original thoughts were to find some alternative schemes/decals, but the green RN option WV223, is quite fetching.
I haven't been able to find much in the way of reference material for this green Whirlwind. Are there any photo's out there? There is a similar machine on the cover of a Warpaint Series publication on the Chickasaw/Whirlwind. Is this WV223?
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/WPS106?result-token=i3k07
I'm interested in any external details specific to this Whirlwind, such as the cabin access step etc. Also, if this is WV223 she has additional windows in the cabin door.
I believe WV223 in this green scheme (Green Parrot) was a VIP/Admirals Barge aircraft. Would HAS.22 be the correct designation? Maybe HCC.22 ?
I'm thinking of buying the Warpaint book. Are there any other pictures inside?
Cheers
As author of the Warpaint book on the Whirlwind, the cover photo is WV204. Inside there are close-up starboard side photos of WV223. Yes, both were designated HAS.22s
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I am curious about what scheme you are doing. Why are you keeping us in suspense? I have four Beaver kits in my stash, one will be Army Air Corps as flown in by me, one in United Nations colours, one in the short-lived South Arabian (S.Yemen) Air Force camo as seen at Hurn before delivery and one in a polished metal and dayglo orange USAF scheme with colourful tail insignia. Go on, spill the beans on yours?
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Interesting and great job for a fantasy project 'What if'....and the USAF were so close to having these!
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Looking good. Be aware, depending on which scheme you are doing, not all Beavers had the four cabin roof windows. There will be a Warpaint book on the Beaver coming from me soon.
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On 2/25/2023 at 5:08 PM, New Tool said:
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I think he means this is a rumours thread, not an announcements of kits scheduled for release thread.
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On 5/30/2023 at 6:02 PM, vampiredave said:
I must emphasise that I am not an expert on individual paint schemes but was most fortunate to interview a number of former 'Blue Diamond' team members when I researching for my book on RAF aerobatic teams, including Brian Mercer and Brian Allchin. They both stated that the paint scheme was "Rich Royal Blue overall with a white lightning flash running the length of the fuselage.............."
I think " Rich Royal Blue" was just a colloquial term to cover it! From all the above I think we can deduce that the main body colour was BSC108 Aircraft Blue which was 'a smidgen' lighter than BSC110 Roundel Blue. Therefore Delta Jets at Kemble got it right on their Hunter T.7. Very sad that that aircraft no longer wears the " Blue Diamonds" scheme and was repainted in a boring over silver scheme by the new owner!
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Wow 23 pages later and a couple of years down the line. I am in awe at this incredible work, but call me the devil's advocate, the S&M 1/48th Wasp kits were made and just waiting for boxes and decals, when Mel Bromley suddenly passed away. So where are these kits now? Will they suddenly emerge under another brand name?
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12 hours ago, vampiredave said:
This may prove interesting?
It was while the squadron was detached to Cyprus (January 1961) that the first aircraft began to be ferried out from the UK, painted in the new and distinctive Rich Royal Blue colour scheme. The colour scheme for the Hunters had been carefully chosen by Brian Mercer: Treble One was Black. White gets oil-stained beneath the fuselage. Red is the Belgian team's colour. Orange is an aesthetic disaster. Yellow is for Training Command. Green is considered unlucky. But Blue is the RAF colour.
Flt Lt Brian Allchin had joined the squadron in February 1959 and flew with the reserve team the following year. He went on to fly with the official team in 1961 and 1962 and had a personal interest in the selection of the colour scheme: It was befitting a premier team to have its own individual colour scheme and there had been various experiments, all based on shades of blue. One trial involved a white aircraft nose and cheat-line, which extended the length of the aircraft, together with variations in the rake of the fin flash. In the end, it was my aircraft (XG186) that was completed in the ultimate scheme by a team from Cellon, with the remainder of the aircraft being repainted at Cambridge.
Thanks Dave - I'm glad you came in on this. Despite that quote, that still doesn't define what shade of blue Cellon used? As Paul alluded to, why would it be necessary to use a different shade of blue when BSC110 Roundel Blue was readily available?
Airfix BHC SR.N4 Hovercraft
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I built mine in Hoverlloyd colours, but the tail logo decals disintegrated. If you don't do the Hoverlloyd livery, could I have the tail logo decals please?
As mentioned above, fitting the skirt needs some pasticard as there are gaps at the back. Also it was difficult fitting the transparent roof.
Not enough cars in the kit, so I added some N-Gauge cars by Oxford Diecast.