tonyot Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 2 hours ago, JWM said: Great as always! Are they both Special Hobby? There are few of 1/72 Wirraways, among them two of SH/MPM concern, one from 1996, second from 2010 (named "new tool" here: https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?q="cac+wirraway"++1%3A72 ) . Actually I do not know the difference among them...Have you experienced with both moulds by chance? Regards J-W Hiya J-W, The only Wirraway kits that I have built in 1/72nd scale are this one from MPM which is quite an old limited run injection moulded kit, typical of early MPM with lots of flash and a limited interior with vacuformed canopy; And these two from Special Hobby; Which are the same basic kit but with different decals. The Special Hobby kits are lovely kits with full interior and options for a resin late style cowling containing the air intake incorporated into it,....but with an early Harvard style cowling included on the plastic parts. I`ve not seen the contents of the other kits so cannot comment really. Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Thanks everybody for your very kind comments, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael louey Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 6 hours ago, tonyot said: Hiya J-W, The only Wirraway kits that I have built in 1/72nd scale are this one from MPM which is quite an old limited run injection moulded kit, typical of early MPM with lots of flash and a limited interior with vacuformed canopy; And these two from Special Hobby; Which are the same basic kit but with different decals. The Special Hobby kits are lovely kits with full interior and options for a resin late style cowling containing the air intake incorporated into it,....but with an early Harvard style cowling included on the plastic parts. I`ve not seen the contents of the other kits so cannot comment really. Cheers Tony Tony's covered the details pretty well. Just a few comments - The MPM kit has a major outline flaw in it - the fuselage sides taper from front to back when looked at in plan. They should be parallel. The SH kits are correct here. The 2nd SH boxing (Rabual) has extra resin to cover the different early cowling type and a fairing for a once off "single seater Wirraway" The other kit available is the High Planes kit which is very accurate in outline and has a nice vac form canopy (which may need to be trimmed down for height based on experience from a friend's build). It's a limited run kit (actually High Planes first kit) and needs a lot of small detail scratched but ends up looking very nice. Cheers Michael. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tausugAir Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 The brush painted one is very much my choice: my admiration always for brush painters whose resulting handiwork is undistinguishable from that of airbrushed. Thanks for sharing your inspirational brushwork. Farouk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 18 hours ago, Michael louey said: Tony's covered the details pretty well. Just a few comments - The MPM kit has a major outline flaw in it - the fuselage sides taper from front to back when looked at in plan. They should be parallel. The SH kits are correct here. The 2nd SH boxing (Rabual) has extra resin to cover the different early cowling type and a fairing for a once off "single seater Wirraway" The other kit available is the High Planes kit which is very accurate in outline and has a nice vac form canopy (which may need to be trimmed down for height based on experience from a friend's build). It's a limited run kit (actually High Planes first kit) and needs a lot of small detail scratched but ends up looking very nice. Cheers Michael. Cheers Michael,.....but the SH kit only includes a late style engine cowling in resin,.....the earlier one is on the plastic sprues mate. I`ve never found a photo of the `one off' single seater but it is quite intriguing! All the best, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael louey Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 2 hours ago, tonyot said: Cheers Michael,.....but the SH kit only includes a late style engine cowling in resin,.....the earlier one is on the plastic sprues mate. I`ve never found a photo of the `one off' single seater but it is quite intriguing! All the best, Tony Hi Tony, Thanks for the clarification - I haven't looked at my copy for a while - I only recall it came with an extra cowling and the single seater fairing. As this is an early version I thought the new cowling would be the one for the early airframes. I've seen the photo of the "Secret Weapon". I'm pretty sure it was in one of my AHSA (Aviation Historical Society of Australia) journals. I'll try to find it and if so, I'll pm you to see if you want a scan. Cheers Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 37 minutes ago, Michael louey said: Hi Tony, Thanks for the clarification - I haven't looked at my copy for a while - I only recall it came with an extra cowling and the single seater fairing. As this is an early version I thought the new cowling would be the one for the early airframes. I've seen the photo of the "Secret Weapon". I'm pretty sure it was in one of my AHSA (Aviation Historical Society of Australia) journals. I'll try to find it and if so, I'll pm you to see if you want a scan. Cheers Michael Cheers Michael,.....if you come across it that photo will be very interesting, I meant to say that the kit doesn`t include a Vickers K Gun either, which is a shame. All the best Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMLA Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Congrats! Nice one! It's great inspiration for me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 23 hours ago, Michael louey said: Hi Tony, Thanks for the clarification - I haven't looked at my copy for a while - I only recall it came with an extra cowling and the single seater fairing. As this is an early version I thought the new cowling would be the one for the early airframes. I've seen the photo of the "Secret Weapon". I'm pretty sure it was in one of my AHSA (Aviation Historical Society of Australia) journals. I'll try to find it and if so, I'll pm you to see if you want a scan. Cheers Michael 22 hours ago, tonyot said: Cheers Michael,.....if you come across it that photo will be very interesting, I meant to say that the kit doesn`t include a Vickers K Gun either, which is a shame. All the best Tony Gents, There's a photo of "The Secret Weapon" on p.59 of Stewart Wilson's book on the Boomerang, Wirraway and CA-15 (see my post on the previous page for a pic of the book's cover). Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, mhaselden said: Gents, There's a photo of "The Secret Weapon" on p.59 of Stewart Wilson's book on the Boomerang, Wirraway and CA-15 (see my post on the previous page for a pic of the book's cover). Cheers, Mark Cheers Mark,.....but I don`t have that book and have you seen the prices,.....just cannot afford one. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 3 hours ago, tonyot said: Cheers Mark,.....but I don`t have that book and have you seen the prices,.....just cannot afford one. Tony Yeah...I know. Some books go for silly prices. I refuse to pander to the trend and will only buy when the book is priced reasonably. Thankfully I've been pretty lucky and managed to find most items on my wants list without sacrificing body parts. Check your email when you get a chance! Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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