Jump to content

avro683

Members
  • Posts

    2,706
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by avro683

  1. I must admit that I would punch out the decals as was the procedure with all Airfix airliners as I think that filling the windows in gives the impression of a toy rather than a model. Interestingly, however, Airfix have gone against their policy with their recently reissued Boeing 707 in that the windows are printed on the decal strip. The windows are punched out but there is no fuselage clear parts, originally included, to fill the holes!

  2. I think that Freightdog also sell some Lancaster related items Simon. And you're right about the tyres. White Ensign also did some but they may be difficult to find since the company's unfortunate dissolution.

  3. With regard to Saturday's episode, I still hate the new version of Thunderbird 3. It's far too chunky and looks like a kid's attempt to build the original model out of Lego - and I mean real Lego bricks, not the technical parts you seem to get these days.

    Also, during the Thunderbird 3 launch sequence, why do the two chairs follow different paths at the end of the railway track? They end up side-by-side again on that unnecessarily-large forklift thing that deposits them aboard the spacecraft.

    As for Sunday's episode, was I the only one who thought the archaeologist was going to turn out to be The Hood? I was wrong, but did you notice that he was voiced by Matt Zimmerman, who was the voice of Alan Tracy (plus many minor characters) in the original series?

    Haven't seen it yet...

  4. I've just read your first post again. Firstly, Airfix are a mainstream model company who have been producing kits for several decades and Mach 2 use limited run technology so to compare them like for like as you have is inherently unfair. Secondly, I find your comment that Airfix produce rubbish offensive and unwarranted. I have Cerebral Palsy and because of it I will never be able to build a model to the level of the outstanding work shown on this and other modelling websites. It's my problem, no one else's, I deal with it.

  5. Out of stock from Roy directly? Here's the page for this (wing details) set, in case anyone wonders. He also has a cockpit enhancement set that might be worthwhile, and so on.

    bob

    No, out of stock from Hannants. The other new sets are available. Ordering from Roy directly is good until the postage gets added. I thought about ordering from another aftermarket producer based in the US until the £35 postage was added. When it does come back into stock at Hannants, the aileron set looks good value and I will definitely order one when it's restocked, along with the cockpit set.
  6. Thanks Charlie from me also, new to me & useful, some in there I hadn't seen, our LHS has gone out of Tamiya pretty much, like the look of the rubber black in the XF range (87?), now to find someone who stocks it.:unsure:

    Steve

    Rubber Black is XF85 Steve.

×
×
  • Create New...