Biggu Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 10 hours ago, MrB17 said: Agreed, they do look sharp in civilian liveries, considering the current greyout found everywhere. I had a couple of flights on Pacific Western Electra’s back in the early 70’s while in air cadets. This ex PWA Electra in US register, might have been one of them. They also operated a fuel tanker as well, it was overall NMF with the fin logo. We locals often referred to PWA as “Piggly Wiggly”. Cheers Jeff LOL, when I was in Air Cadets in the 1970's flying out of Castlegar, we were flying on the 737-200 and due to weather , mountains, and break downs we called them Please Wait Awhile... but it is very cool to see Airspray flying them these days as an air tanker.... super cool... nice pic ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 10/25/2020 at 3:20 AM, tnuag said: Because I work in 1:72 and the arrival of the Mach 2 Britannia prompted the Argus conversion, together with the Yukon and CL-44 conversions. I may do a 1:144 kit at some stage, but there are lots of other aircraft and GSE which are on my list. The arrival of MSLA 3D printing has also given me a whole new range of possibilities. Does this mean no Valiant B.2 conversion in 1/144? (I thought there was a plan for one on your website) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB17 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Biggu said: LOL, when I was in Air Cadets in the 1970's flying out of Castlegar, we were flying on the 737-200 and due to weather , mountains, and break downs we called them Please Wait Awhile... but it is very cool to see Airspray flying them these days as an air tanker.... super cool... nice pic ! Might have run across you then, I was in 676 Squadron in the 70’s, drum major and my gliding scholarship was in ‘75 in Nanaimo (Cassidy). I recall some 581 Squadron members there, probably have their autographs in my log book. Very good times! Lots of flights on the PWA 737’s, I was an airframe tech in Namao in the late 70’s and I would come home to Victoria every chance I got. Sometimes I got a flip on the “Sacred Sow” CC-137, and then connected in YVR to PWA, or sometimes PWA from Edmonton Municipal. Castlegar certainly has a reputation as an inhospitable airport when the weather is bad. Cheers Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnuag Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 The 144 Valiant B2 is designed and a test shot produced - it will come when time permits. It will be 3D printed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB17 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I would like to compliment you @tnuag on the Argus conversion. I almost missed out, snagging the last one from Hannant’s. I have lived on Vancouver Island since 69, and the Argus was around quite a bit, sometimes flying radar patterns for the Navy, over my house. Made a few trips up to Comox as an Air Cadet, I even have 8mm of one taxiing around. A dish rattler she was! Also I remember one stopping in at CFB Namao when I was working on Herk’s. Towed into the hangar overnight, and 4 large metal drip trays were pulled from the forward weapons bay. Only aircraft I knew of that brought along its own drip trays! (non operational trip). I believe it was one of the last cross country Argus trips in 1980. I was pleasantly impressed with the quality of your work, now I just have to bring the Mach 2 components up to your standard. Cheers Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnuag Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Thank you for the kind words, and hope you enjoy the build. Quote . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 6:39 PM, tnuag said: The 144 Valiant B2 is designed and a test shot produced - it will come when time permits. It will be 3D printed. Amazing! That’s great news! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cf18hornet Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) Does anyone know or has anyone heard if there will be a reissue of the Argus conversion set in the future? When they were originally released money on my end was short but things have improved greatly with Covid restrictions finally being eased. Unfortunately now I can’t find a set anywhere. thanks in advance. Mark Edited June 12, 2021 by cf18hornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnuag Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Yes, the Argus conversion will appear again, but not from Aircraft In Miniature Limited. We have passed the masters to another organization who will make an announcement when it is ready. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnuag Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) I have just received an email from Mike Belcher in Canada, this says it all. it reads Belcher Bits has taken over production with a release date in the fall. Their email address is [email protected] for anyone wishing to place an order. Edited June 13, 2021 by tnuag Formatting corrected 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cf18hornet Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 7 hours ago, tnuag said: I have just received an email from Mike Belcher in Canada, this says it all. it reads Belcher Bits has taken over production with a release date in the fall. Their email address is [email protected] for anyone wishing to place an order. Thank you. That’s fantastic news. Belcher bits is Canadian like myself so that will benefit me greatly with shipping costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnuag Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 It seemed obvious for the Argus to go to Belcher bite as we have collaborated before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cf18hornet Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 29 minutes ago, tnuag said: It seemed obvious for the Argus to go to Belcher bite as we have collaborated before. Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belcherbits Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 On 6/13/2021 at 2:20 PM, cf18hornet said: Thank you. That’s fantastic news. Belcher bits is Canadian like myself so that will benefit me greatly with shipping costs. Re: Postage Don't be so sure:) My experience has been that it is cheaper to mail parcels to the US than to anywhere in Canada, and cheaper still to mail them overseas. This goes against all logic, but it has more to do with certain parcel rates which are not available for internal (within Canada) mail. On the other hand, this will be a large and heavy conversion , so the preceding will probably not apply. We'll see. Mike Belcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cf18hornet Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) On 15/06/2021 at 06:25, belcherbits said: Re: Postage Don't be so sure:) My experience has been that it is cheaper to mail parcels to the US than to anywhere in Canada, and cheaper still to mail them overseas. This goes against all logic, but it has more to do with certain parcel rates which are not available for internal (within Canada) mail. On the other hand, this will be a large and heavy conversion , so the preceding will probably not apply. We'll see. Mike Belcher Interesting. I haven’t had a parcel delivered to me from within Canada in years so I guess things have changed. Oh well. I’m still going to buy the set from you and look forward to when it’s released. Edited June 17, 2021 by cf18hornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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