AntPhillips
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A few years ago I thought it possible, as they seemed to be following the excellent and much missed Dynavector vacform kit range and turning out injection moulded alternatives of kits like the TSR.2 and then the Sea Vixen, Trumpeter stepped up and did the Wyvern followed on by Airfix with their Javelin, and then Trumpy with the DH Hornet, most recently ClearProp have done a SkyShark, so that only leaves the Scimitar and Gannet from the Dynavector range.
Personally I would love to see one, but although us FAA modellers think its a no brainer, as you point out it is a little bit niche especially for companies that need to sell thousands of kits to make a return on their investment.
I live in hope, especially as the Dynavector kit is now as difficult to find as the proverbial rocking horse poo (I'm excluding he Classic Airframes Gannet as thats equally as difficult to find).
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After transitioning from the Phantom to the Tomcat in 1975, the Ghostriders were first assigned to CVW-6 (Tailcode AE) aboard USS America, they did 3 cruises with CVW-6 between '76 and '78, before transferring to CVW-7 (tailcode AG) aboard the then brand new USS Dwight D Eisenhower for its initial 6th fleet deployment in '79, this cruise also coincided with the tone down orders and they ditched their bright yellow markings for the more subdued hooded skull Ghostrider marking.
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There is of course, the all encompassing "List of Ship Kits" >>>HERE<<< , I'm not sure how up to date it is but it has served me well over the years
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I'm in the same boat, I did contact John at Aeroclub qiite a few years ago about mine, he thought he might have some spares hanging around, but I never followed it up with him. Thinking about it logically though, if the ones in our kits have yellowed then any spares he might have had would probably also be yellowed.
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19 minutes ago, ArnoldAmbrose said:
Gidday, I'm very interested in following this idea. I have an Airfix Leander built many years ago, it is now missing the screws and entire superstructure. I had an idea of converting it to a Leopard class with the two turrets, scratch building a new superstructure. This era of warship is not my forte, and I'm not overly concerned if the dimensions are slightly different, as long as it looks OK. I apologize if I appear to be a philistine with this last statement.
I'll still try to get it as accurate as I can. Chewbacca's build of HMS Puma will no doubt be a goldmine of info for me. (Hope you don't mind, Chewy). Looking forward to seeing this develop. Regards, Jeff.
Hi Jeff,
Back in the early 80's, Airfix Magazine did an article called "Cats & Cathedrals" detailing the conversion of the Airfix Leander into both Type 41 and Type 61 Frigates.
DaveCov has a pdf version of the article here: https://www.davecov.org/modelling/reference/airfixmagazinearticles/warships/pdfs/January_1982_Cat_and_Cathedral_Class_Frigates.pdf
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On 9/16/2021 at 6:56 PM, dov said:
Did you look at the48ers. He has non. Look at the web.
Happy modelling
The only problem is that the 48ers has a €160.00 minimum order value for UK customers
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17 hours ago, Dads203 said:
.........Quite a few years ago popped down to see Ant Phillips @AntPhillips and the generous chap gave me this little kit as a gift.
It had been started but not very much at all - you could say more taken off the sprues than any real building.
Wow Dan, I remember that visit very well, you and Chris ( @stringbag ) relieved me of a fair bit of the stash that would certainly never get built in my lifetime, I reckon it must be getting on for 12 years ago now as the funds raised went into our wedding fund and me & Gill celebrated our 11th Anniversary earlier this year.
It doesn't look like you're using too much of the original kit though, I'll be sure to follow along as it's always good to see one of my ex's getting the treatment (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, if you know what I mean)
Happy modelling
Ant
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I'm pretty certain that they didn't have the airframe mods (salt water resistant materials) required for shipborne operations, so were limited to land based operations.
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That looks fabulous David, she is really taking shape now
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Eduard are doing a couple of etch sets, links to instructions below:
https://www.eduard.com/out/media/53267.pdf
https://www.eduard.com/out/media/53268.pdf
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Fabulous build and finish, those hull plates really do look very effective, I'll certainly copy that when I get around to building my Dad's ship
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5 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said:
I couldn't resist a little research. I found the purpose of the mini-sub quite interesting. Wikipedia says...
.........As of 2019, the Navy plans to replace the ASDS with the Dry Combat Submersible, a similar midget submarine being developed by Lockheed Martin.
Whilst Lockheed Martin may be the prime contractor, the actual minisubs are built by MSubs here in the UK in Plymouth.
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I know the feeling, impossible to concentrate indoors in this heat, so I took my 1/35 Thales Goalkeeper kit out to the back garden to give it a primer coat, big mistake, one of the photoetch footsteps decided to come unstuck (possibly heat related) and promptly headed to the floor, you thought the carpet monster was evil, just wait till you meet the gravel monster
I've gone cap in hand to RPG Model to explain the predicament and so far their response has been excellent
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On 7/18/2021 at 11:36 AM, XF442 said:
Hi all, according to scalemates the kit has recently been re-issued by Trumpeter (No. 05618). Are there any differences to the Gallery/MRC boxing?
AFAIK there is no difference, the Trumpy kit is a straight reissue, they've also reissued the USS Wasp/Iwo Jima LHD kits and the USS New York LPD kit too, my understanding is that Trumpeter and Gallery are both owned by the same company,
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Hi Jon,
That looks fantastic, the gun tubs are are vast improvement and I think you're right about the hull plating, she's going to look great.
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Fantastic build of a very old kit, I do love these lightships, there are a couple close to me, the first is at the National Waterfront Museum of Wales in Swansea Marina, they have the former Bristol Channel Helwick Sandbanks lightship:
http://www.swanseamuseum.co.uk/visit-swansea-museum/boats-and-ships-on-display
And closer to home tied up at a private wharf on the river Neath, but much more difficult to see and all too sadly neglected we have the former Normandy veteran LV72, she was the lightship marking passage off Juno beach in Normandy from mid June '44:
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I'll be sure to follow along, my dad was in the Merchant Navy during WW2, he crewed aboard the SS Samoa (most UK Liberty ships names began with Sam.....), I have this kit also along with the L'Arsenal upgrade set and plan to mount her on a nice plinth along with his medals.
He had a partcular soft spot for the Liberty ships, and was proud to have crewed one.
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On 6/26/2021 at 9:38 PM, Wafu said:
Got mine today and I’m not disappointed.
Sea Dart and Sea Wolf next on the list.
I've jumped in and ordered a Phalanx too, hopefully by the time that lands the Sea Dart / Sea Wolf combo will be available, it strikes me that 1/35 is also the perfect scale for this type of kit.
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Ooh, look what just arrived:
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Some superb craftsmanship going on here, whenever I visit BM now the first thing I look for is are there any updates to this thread
There's something about Victorious that appeals to me, along with the couple of Airfix 1/600 kits I already have (one to be finished as she was when initially rebuilt and one to be converted to how she was just before the fire that terminated her career), I've now also just picked up a Heller 1/400 Illustrious/Victorious kit for a future project.
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On 6/10/2021 at 4:56 AM, dnl42 said:
Very nicely done!
I know nothing of helicopters. Is it possible top build the Apollo version from that kit?
It depends on how accurate you want your kit to be, the mainstream Hasegawa (and Revell re-issue) kit represents the later SH-3H version, whereas the Apollo Sea Kings were SH-3D versions, the main difference is that the earlier version had shorter sponsons without the Sonobuoy Launchers and MAD Bird extensions.
There are conversion kits out there and some of the Hasegawa kits include the short sponsons, Hasegawa did release an SH-3D kit but availability of it is like the proverbial "hen's teeth" or "rocking horse manure". There are decals available from Starfighter/Old 66 Decals.
There is a breakdown of what parts are included in each Hasegawa kit on the Modelling Madness site: http://modelingmadness.com/splfeat/kr/has48e.htm
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It's in stock at LuckyModel: https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=RPG-35016
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3make that 2 available when I looked
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On 5/16/2021 at 6:57 AM, robgizlu said:
Hi Jeff - Styrene glue definitely won't work - I'll be using CA (super) and Gator's Grip (sadly no longer available) PVA
Hi Rob,
Apparently Gator's Grip is back by popular demand:
https://gatorloup.wixsite.com/gators-model-studio/gator-s-grip-hobby-glue
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2 hours ago, Simon said:
It's doing it again today - I got two alerts for this post at 12.45 and 13.05 (EDIT - and at 13.25):
No big deal, but thought you'd like to know Mike.
Simon
Hi Simon,
I posted that new thread and I did edit it shortly thereafter I wonder if that's what caused the double notification.
Any Chance Airfix would do a 1/48 Scimitar???
in Aircraft Cold War
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Going back to the late 90's early 2000's, Fine Scale Modeler ran a survey for most wanted kit and for several years on the trot, in the 1/48 scale poll the NA Vigilante came top, about the same time Trumpeter came on to the scene and jumped in and produced a kit, they must have thought it will sell like hot cakes, but apparently it didn't do that well, just goes to show that not every modeller is prepared to put their money where their mouth is.