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44 minutes ago, Icelandic Fine Art said:

.............. I do in fact have a 1/144 F4K Spey Phantom but I never managed to get round to finishing it.

Hi Alan,

 

is there any possibility of you revisiting, and finishing, your Phantom?  My 1/144 HMS Ark Royal will need quite a few once I have finished building it.

 

All the best,

 

Mike

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Hello Mike,

1/144 HMS Ark Royal IV!! That must be nearly 6 feet long. That's a significant achievement in itself. I plan to work on my 1/144 collection during the Christmas period as I mainly specialise in post-war fleet air arm. There's a huge gap in the market as it is individual and unrelated to its family of Phantoms; its difficult to capture the contours correctly at that scale but mine is taken from the actual dimensions of the aircraft itself. I will set to the task, come December.

 

All the best,

Alan

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£180 isn't a bad figure to be honest, too big for me (size not cost!) but Gannet and VC10 is appealing for sure. Best of luck with your venture and as it appears you enjoy doing it then that's most of the battle won.

Looking forward to how they appear in the box :)

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16 hours ago, GrahamS said:

Oooo I can feel a Vulcan coming on......

 

Graham

 

 

And "feel" a little harder

 

I've been chatting to Alan by email and he is quite well advanced into a 1/48 Victor B2 with Blue Steel.  Be still my beating heart 

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3 hours ago, JohnT said:

 

 

And "feel" a little harder

 

I've been chatting to Alan by email and he is quite well advanced into a 1/48 Victor B2 with Blue Steel.  Be still my beating heart 

I actually prefer the Victor, so it’ll just have to be both. 

 

I’m sure the bank won’t mind a missed mortgage payment or two....

 

Graham

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On 27/07/2019 at 16:06, JohnT said:

(...) he is quite well advanced into a 1/48 Victor B2 with Blue Steel.  Be still my beating heart 

 

A Victor ! :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: 

 

V.P.

 

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1 hour ago, GTX said:

Yes, yes, yes.....

 

1 hour ago, Homebee said:

 

:yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: :yahoo::analintruder: 

 

V.P.

 

And there is even more worse news for the wallet. Alan tells me another manufacturing source he rates is into a 1/48 Victor B1 model production

 

I will post a thread on Victor resins in rumourmonger later. 

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11 minutes ago, Head in the clouds. said:

I am getting married in 4 weeks hence, has any bride ever been stood up at the alter for a model ( resin variety)? I cannot afford both 😬🙄😭🤪😱🏥

The resin model will certainly be cheaper in the long run. However life will be a lot less fun....

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Another chat with Alan today. He has the Palouste ready, and also the baggage pod.

Now....pin back your lugs. He will do a Palouste for the 1/32 Bucc......and......

He happened to mention the word Jaguar....and the words 1/32 scale.

Seems he has a master stashed away somewhere which was produced many years back. He is going to dig it out and check it over. The main airframe is done, but he will need to measure up for pylons and tanks. I just happen to know where a live Jag is :whistle:

 

Is there no end to this man's talent? I just hope there is no end to the cash in our wallets.

 

Don't all jump at once, but things will happen.

 

Oh, and that other resin Vulcan mentioned above......it came from his original master when he owned the company that produced it.

 

There's more, but I'll leave you with this much for now.

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Let's just say I think this Alan chap is out to bankrupt me. With the list of products he has in development, I'll be buying one of each. And now that I've heard the phrase 1/32 Jaguar, the news just gets better and better.

 

Will Alan take organs in part exchange? 😂

 

Cheers,

 

Tom

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I received the replacement clear resin cockpit transparencies from Alan today. They are excellent - vey clear. Well done Alan!

 

John

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Hello All,

As regards a 1/144 F4K Spey Phantom, I understand that there is serious interest for such a classic aircraft and since my speciality is post-war Fleet Air Arm, I have decided to go ahead and start work on a 1/144 F4K FAA, immediately. For me, it is an easy subject to cover, the F4K, is easy to design but more involved in casting, nothing I that I am unable to solve. As soon as I have completed the drawings and the calculations, I will commence on the master and should have it to show on this forum, in about 6 weeks time, in between all the other projects I am working on. 

 

Alan

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Don't get distracted by all the others Alan ......  F-4K first;  F-4K first;  F-4K first............   :pray:  Afterwards;  a Sea Venom, Buccaneer S.1, Whirlwind HAS.9,  Firefly Mk.V, Scimitar,  and Wasp, and....... :wicked:

 

Mike

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Its ok Mike, the F4K has top priority right now and come rain or sun, we will see one here on this forum in 6 weeks time! I am still looking for all my stuff for the Ark Royal, so will let you know when I find it. As you also mentioned the wasp, I wonder what one would look like in 1/144 scale? S&M are bringing out a 1/72 Wasp at Telford. May be its time for me to dig out all my drawings and sketches for the Wasp. 

 

Alan

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