Nigel Bunker
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Well it was the early 1960s, the Beatles hadn't had their first number one single yet and Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister.
A trip to Woolworths in Reading (remember when Woolies stocked the entire Airfix range in their shops) and after much deliberating I came away with
plus the obligatory tube of
Does anybody else remember how it always took a tube of glue to complete a model?
Happy days
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4 hours ago, John B (Sc) said:
as most newsagents shut down.
I don't know about north of the border but here on the south side of Hadrian's Wall newsagents are some of the few shops allowed to open.
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No, it doesn't look possible. Oh well.
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Thank you for the information gentlemen.
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On 1/22/2020 at 9:16 AM, jaw said:
Xtradecal did a series of 4 Sqdn markings a while back but nit sure if they are still available.
Available direct from Big H in Lowestoft here .
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During my enforced isolation I was exploring my stash in the loft, and to my surprise I came across two Revell 1/32 Mk 88 Lynx kits that I didn't remember I had bought. Just a simple question - can I male a Royal Navy Mk 8 from this kit?
The only thing I have noticed to date is that I need to fit a folding tail which will mean scribing a break line and fitting a hinge mechanism.
Any help much appreciated.
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The ESCI F/A-18 does not build into am accurate production model. However it is a great basis for an MDD F/A-18 prototype (as Giorgio says) or a Northrop YF-17, although having to be modified in both cases.
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There was an article in Scale Aircraft Modelling, September 1994 (Vol 16 Issue 11) called 'Improving the Italeri F-15" which dealt with the F-15E kit. PM me if you'd like a copy e-mailed.
As Giorgio says, you'll need to check for a suitable weapons load, and you'll probably need some aftermarket decals.
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Italeri are not the first kit company not to use original sources. There was one Japanese company (name withheld) who copied at least one commercially available decal sheet. The man who designed the decal sheet told me knew this as they copied the mistake he had made.
It is much better to start from scratch and work from original sources, but I suppose the designers think it is easier to copy others.
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Get yourself a pot of Microscale Decal Film which costs about £4.00. Paint two coats of it over the remaining decals. That will hold them together.
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If it's Australian Mirage IIIs then "Mirage IIIO: Colours & Markings" by Paul Mason and Darren Motram, published by Mushroom Model Publications is unbeatable.
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19 hours ago, lesthegringo said:
What else is distinctively different?
Having converted a 1/32 Tamiya F-14A into an F-14D, from memory there was a new back end, new engine nozzles, new ejection seats, chin sensor and a myriad of smaller details. And also the DACO book on the F-14 as a reference.
So I'd recommend starting with an F-14A kit and adding details such as flying surfaces as you require. One of my colleagues at the local modelling club has built three of the Tamiya F-14A kits and describes them as the best kit he has ever built.
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I seem to remember that 892 Squadron borrowed a 767 Squadron Phantom when they were doing work ups on Ark Royal in the early seventies after one of theirs went u/s. However, after spending the morning searching my Phantom books, I can find no written evidence of this. Perhaps my memory is failing me.
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The Anigrand kit has serious faults - the wings are in the wrong place and the nose section is innacurate plus many othjer faults. There is a build here. I have been holding out for the Kinetic kit but if it's not going to appear then I won't be having a C-17 in my collection as I have no desire to spend over £150 on a kit and then having to take a razor saw to it
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If you have an Airfix B-17G then your best bet is to finish it as Coastal Command B-17G. If you want a Coastal Command B-17E then your best bet is to start with the Academy kit but remember to correct the dihedral at the wing roots.
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I think the best 1/72 F-4J is the later Hasegawa kit. I stand to be corrected but I think you will need aftermarket decals for VF-142.
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Hello Henri-Philippe and welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy your time here.
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1 hour ago, Whofan said:
Please excuse the ignorance, will this model be of the F-35 as flown now off the new UK carriers?
Yes, the F-35B is the one that will be used on the new carriers. However I suspect that the Academy kit will come with USMC decals initially so you may need to source aftermarket UK decals.
Oh how I long for Hasegawa to make an F-35C in 1/72.
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10 hours ago, Admiral Puff said:
I seem to recall that we were promised an article on how that conversion was done (SAM? Scale Models?) but don't remember seeing one. Did it ever appear, or am I just having another brain fade?
No, the modeller in question never got around to writing an article on how it was done.
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According to the IPMS Stockholm charts, for 361 Light Stone there is a choice of Tamiya XF-60 or Xtracolor X29. Dark Earth and Black are easily sourced.
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Of course, you could always start with an Airfix 1/72 Nimrod, and after some cutting and filling and filling end up with this:
(Not my model but made by a member of Thames Valley Scale Model Club)
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Ideal loading for an Aussie Hornet is a portable barbi under the fuselage with an eskie under each wing
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An excellent parody - well done Mike
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Freightdog made a resin one.
The Su-57 are arriving
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Can IPMS Russia please talk to Sukhoi and get the camouflage scheme changed to one that is easier to reproduce on a model.