SleeperService Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 So true so true.... Chatting with one of my club mates earlier and I think I like the 'What If the De Havilland Design Engineers Were Useless' idea. It may get taken a bit further as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 The 109 STGB was my first group build ever and the result was the third airplane model that I have ever painted. I liked it so much that if my Frog Beaufort and Beaufighter are considered obsolete kits I´d like to be in this autumn exercise with them, too! If I´m in do I need separate threads for both kits or can they be handled together? V-P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 if my Frog Beaufort and Beaufighter are considered obsolete kits I´d like to be in this autumn exercise with them, too! If I´m in do I need separate threads for both kits or can they be handled together? V-P Beaufort replaced by the Special Hobby kit. Beaufighter replaced by the Matchbox, High Planes and forthcoming Airfix new tool kits. So they're both in! I can't see any reason not to have two similar kits in the same build thread. In fact, I am building an old Airfix and a Matchbox Beaufighter and they will be in a single thread. My Airfix Skyraider and Matchbox F4U-4 Corsair will have their own threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Beaufort replaced by the Special Hobby kit. Beaufighter replaced by the Matchbox, High Planes and forthcoming Airfix new tool kits. I've got a Highplanes Beaufighter which I'm trying to build up the courage to build, I know it's resin but !!! Have a feeling the Frog model would be the better of the two.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I've got a Highplanes Beaufighter which I'm trying to build up the courage to build, I know it's resin but !!! Have a feeling the Frog model would be the better of the two.......... I have an injection moulded High Planes Beaufighter. It will be a bit like whittling the parts from a block of flash... You could always build your resin one in the Resin Kits GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 HighPlanes Hah! Simples they are. Remember Merlin Models??? Now they were kits for real men... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I'd rather not.......... I though Unicraft models were bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I'd rather not.......... Yabbut every Beaufighter kit built now just makes the release of an Airfix new tool kit in 2014 all the more certain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I have an injection moulded High Planes Beaufighter. It will be a bit like whittling the parts from a block of flash... You could always build your resin one in the Resin Kits GB. I actually had to go have a look at the High Planes model....it is plastic!!!! Gosh that's how bad it is, it looks worse than any resin beasty I've built. Could prob sneek it in to the Resin GB, no one would notice, seeing how bad the moulding is, anyone would think it's resin!!! Actually planning to build the 1/48 MPM Uhu for the resin GB......nothing too challenging!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 HighPlanes Hah! Simples they are. Remember Merlin Models??? Now they were kits for real men... Hi have a few High Planes kits and after cleaning the parts they are very nice kits, with everything fitting well. The plastic surface is also rough but take some minutes with fine wet'n'dry and you've got a tamigawa ;-) Carlos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I hope you're right, at the moment it just looks like a box of pain!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Just use the right tools, files are mandatory. Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hi have a few High Planes kits and after cleaning the parts they are very nice kits, with everything fitting well. Actually, that seems to be quite a fair assessment of the kit. The wing root assembly looks to be excellent. I'm rather looking forward to building it. But it does look awful in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Electric Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 You can do more than one? Oh goody.... I've been frottering various kits and thinking how good they would be for this build. In fact, bearing in mind I have virtually NO new kits in an extensive collection, then I think the bulk of my stash is suitable for this! I may need some assistance from the forum in picking, although I'm thinking a Frog Boston or Spitfire XIII/IX or - the back marker - Frog Hunter FGA 9. I like Frog, oh yes I do... C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 You can do more than one? Of course! The more the merrier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowler0000 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Is this not due to start shortly?? (not that i'm ready, or anything...!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Of course! The more the merrier! Or misery loves company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I took a look at the Beaufort kit last night and spent the night wondering should I or should I not. From this day on I must hold myself not to read a single internet comment about their buildability, or I will lose the little courage I have left, but I am in this group build, thank you! I have four kits (the original red stripe Frog Beaufort, an Encore frogspawn, Frog Beaufighter NF1/F6C/TF10 and a Frog Mk.21) that I will try to shake and mix to have at least one of each :pig:s built. V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Well, in anticipation, I have taken the 'box and bits' photo of my soopa detayled P-26a Peashooter in all it's raised panel line and chunky flashness glory! Not long now... Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Is this not due to start shortly?? September 14. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Blimey, dont time fly? I had to go to page one to see the start date, then search to where I'd first posted - back last December I committed myself to this. Now just over two weeks to go till the agony, pain, fun starts! I think I may do my Testors 1/48th Spad XIII first, I have some nice decals for it. If I do the Starfix 1/48th [?] Spitfire 21 first I may get too depressed and put off modelling for life. I'll have to go to the storage unit and dig the Spad out. Its in a box somewhere there. I put all my stash on a computer Excel spread sheet, listing what models were in each box, numbering the boxes. But I forgot to actually number the physical boxes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Electric Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Well, in that case, the Frog Boston it is! OOB... no need to ask if this has been improved on by another kit! Should prove to be interesting, and I don't think I've seen one built up or reviewed. Brian Baker didn't include it in his round-up of Bostons, saying it was too crude! Excellent... Should be interesting to see just how much like a Boston it looks when it's done! C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) Does the kit have to be built oob, or can one do some work on it to improve it? Scratch made or aftermarket parts? Fred Edited August 28, 2013 by Black Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytuco Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) Hi all, After being away for a while, and having some severe cases of modellers block and hardly being able to finish my dinner nevermind a model - I was wondering if i could join in with you guys on this gb... I have a few kits I THINK?? qualify - maybe somebody with infinitely more knowledge than me can enlighten me... I'm looking to get involved with one of the following - can anybody please advise if any qualify?? 1/72 Heller messerschmitt bf109e 1/48 Monogram Classics Devastator TBD-1 1/48 Hobbycraft USAAC P-26 Peashooter 1/72 Airfix Boulton Paul Defiant NF.1 If anybody needs pictures of the boxes I can post up!! Thanks Tuco Edited August 28, 2013 by tinytuco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) Does the kit have to be built oob, or can one do some work on it to improve it? Scratch made or aftermarket parts? Your choice. You build it how you want to. It can be a nostalgia build - building it using the same materials and techniques which you used to build a similar kit umpteen years ago. Maybe OOB with no filling or sanding. Vaguely correct colours smeared on with a hairy stick. The whole decal sheet immersed in water and all applied all in one go! Or it can be a modern OOB build - built using your modern techniques: filling, sanding, maybe some rescribing. Paint applied with an airbrush. Or it can be the full monty. Rescribe it. Rebuild parts so they are more accurate. Thrown a lot of resin, PE or scratched parts at it. However you want to build it is fine. I will be building an Airfix Beaufighter, a Matchbox Beaufighter and a Matchbox F4U-4 as modern OOB builds. I'll also be doing the full monty with an Airfix A-1 Skyraider. But I'll keep my hat on... Edited August 28, 2013 by Enzo Matrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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