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Gee Bee R1 early version, 1/48, Dora Wings


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Looks great. Also love the original Gee Bee. There is something about its odd shape. 

 

Strangely a local furniture shop has a couple of large scale Gee Bees for sale as some sort of display item. Quite expensive though but very well made and accurate. 

 

I suppose they're something of an icon. 

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3 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Lovely work! How did you find the kit supplied masks?

 

>No, don't do it.

>>I gotta.

>Don't, they won't like it.

>>But I gotta...

 

<cough>

 

He, umm, lifted up the plastic bits and there they were.

 

:coat:

 

(Sorry Martin. Truly, I am.)

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1 hour ago, Rob G said:

 

>No, don't do it.

>>I gotta.

>Don't, they won't like it.

>>But I gotta...

 

<cough>

 

He, umm, lifted up the plastic bits and there they were.

 

:coat:

 

(Sorry Martin. Truly, I am.)

OK, I asked for that one but how well did they work as masks. I ask because I too have the kit and have had trouble with vinyl masks in the past.

 

Martian 👽

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  • 2 weeks later...

I purchased this kit from IPMS this weekend.

 

Really looking forward to building this aircraft. if there are any downloads for the instructions, that would be great :)

 

In the excitement of my purchase, the instructions were accidentally left out of the box haha! 

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2 minutes ago, Mikey-1980 said:

if there are any downloads for the instructions, that would be great :)

 

In the excitement of my purchase, the instructions were accidentally left out of the box haha! 


I think this is what your looking for? Apologies if the wrong model. 

1/48 Dora Wings Gee Bee Racer R-1

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7 minutes ago, Kushan_Farsight said:


I think this is what your looking for? Apologies if the wrong model. 

1/48 Dora Wings Gee Bee Racer R-1

 

Cheers @Kushan_Farsight

 

The version I have is the Early version that is in the thread here. But I suspect that the kit itself will go together in very much the same way?

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That Gee Bee is so cool! 😎  I love those stubby little racers and their history too.  I have the ancient Hawk/Testors 1/48 model but the paint scheme has always been too intimidating for me.   Vinyl masks would sure simplify that deal.  Thanks for showing your beautiful R1!  :clap2:

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On 11/1/2019 at 6:06 PM, markmcguire25 said:

Also, I'm tempted to build the one flown by Cliff Secord.  

The Gee Bee in The Rocketeer film was a Gee Bee Z, not an R like this model. See the link to a neat video of a very nice replica Gee Bee Z.

Mike

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og1MHoYY-mc

 

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