Airfix teaser shots on facebook

[Wez]

Yea but it just seems to us average modellers that its the same old same old.

What about a catalina for example? There cant be many of them knocking about.

I am a very average modeller myself but I do know a lot about aeroplanes and I know Italeri's P-47N is just plain wrong, you don't have to be an above average modeller to be able to compare it to a set of plans or photgraph's to realise this.

As for the Catalina, the Airfix and Revell ones are VERY old, if Academy hadn't bothered releasing their superlative versions of this aircraft we'd still be stuck with the Airfix or Revell kits - again I refer you to comment 2 in my previous post.

Wez

[eagle]

I am a very average modeller myself but I do know a lot about aeroplanes and I know Italeri's P-47N is just plain wrong, you don't have to be an above average modeller to be able to compare it to a set of plans or photgraph's to realise this.

As for the Catalina, the Airfix and Revell ones are VERY old, if Academy hadn't bothered releasing their superlative versions of this aircraft we'd still be stuck with the Airfix or Revell kits - again I refer you to comment 2 in my previous post.

Wez

I refer you to comment 2 in my previous post

[sammy da fish]

Sorry but I think it is either one of these Vampire/Venom/Meatbox. Due to that silver paint that has been used for the control surface, typical RAF. You can see the control surface has dimped skin to cope with countersunk rivets in thin sheet aluminium say 20 gauge thickness, therefore of around 40's/50's and not a lightening, which has PFCU's (Powered flying controls) and much higher forces on each surface. Another point is a trim tab is normally used for unpowered controls to assist the pilot in moving the controls and trimming. Domed or Mush head rivets being used on the trim tab will help in identifing what aircraft it is, somebody out there have a look at any of the above aircraft, if you live close to a museum, please!

That frame hoop puzzling, light weight and dimped to get the metal around corners. Colour looks American and only a cowling support of sorts nothing more????????????????

[thx6667]

Yea but it just seems to us average modellers that its the same old same old.

There are more people for whom it will be new, than there are for whom its the same old same old.

Edited September 12, 2012 by Jonathan Mock

[thx6667]

Sorry but I think it is either one of these Vampire/Venom/Meatbox. Due to that silver paint that has been used for the control surface, typical RAF. You can see the control surface has dimped skin to cope with countersunk rivets in thin sheet aluminium say 20 gauge thickness, therefore of around 40's/50's and not a lightening, which has PFCU's (Powered flying controls) and much higher forces on each surface. Another point is a trim tab is normally used for unpowered controls to assist the pilot in moving the controls and trimming. Domed or Mush head rivets being used on the trim tab will help in identifing what aircraft it is, somebody out there have a look at any of the above aircraft, if you live close to a museum, please!

That frame hoop puzzling, light weight and dimped to get the metal around corners. Colour looks American and only a cowling support of sorts nothing more????????????????

Already resolved - its a P-51D Mustang.

Link

[eagle]

There are more people for whom it will be new, than there are for whom its the same old same old.

there are more stars in the sky than there are fish in the sea. But i wudnt want to be the one that counts them.

Edited September 12, 2012 by eagle