Mike Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 You'd possibly be surprised at what I haven't built yet. I built most of the WWII stuff that would normally spring to mind as a kid, but not since I came back to the hobby. Haven't done a Hurricane, Mustang, B-17, Lancaster, I could go on... but I won't. I've got most in my stash though, so I'll get round to 'em... hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 5 hours ago, cherry268 said: I've never built anything with a propeller They don't make enough noise (in real life) I dare you to stand next to a propeller aircraft with no ear protection and the loud lever full forward 😋 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry268 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 16 hours ago, AltcarBoB said: I dare you to stand next to a propeller aircraft with no ear protection and the loud lever full forward 😋 Never heard a Lancaster set off a car alarm Heard a vulcan set of what sounded like a thousand😉😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 17 hours ago, AltcarBoB said: I dare you to stand next to a propeller aircraft with no ear protection and the loud lever full forward 😋 Heh. You'd get more damage standing in the same postcode as a B-1B on full reheat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 A WWII Luftwaffe machine.............not one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, mackem01 said: A WWII Luftwaffe machine.............not one! I have built a small number of German machines but always in Finnish or some other Axis country colours. I can't bring myself to apply a crooked cross. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Never, ever built anything WW2 Russian. No idea why. I do have a 1/32 Yak 11 in the stash, so that's close (but no cigar I guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Never built an F-16. Don't want to! Boring grey jet!! 😊. I don't do boring grey jets. Don't build Spitfires either! Never built an Avro Lincoln, Avro Manchester , Vickers Warwick or, Victor B1 but, that is probably because there aren't any!😉🤣 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, Albeback52 said: Never built an F-16. Don't want to! Boring grey jet!! 😊. I don't do boring grey jets. Don't build Spitfires either! Never built an Avro Lincoln, Avro Manchester , Vickers Warwick or, Victor B1 but, that is probably because there aren't any!😉🤣 Allan with regard to the F-16, I've always thought the F-14, F-15, F-16 and F-18 were good looking planes which follow the maxim "if it looks right, it is right". having said that, much as I like the look of these planes, never have I built one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 3/24/2020 at 2:39 PM, cherry268 said: I've never built anything with a propeller They don't make enough noise (in real life) Ah, but it's not the quantity, it's the quality. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry268 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Couldn't agree more😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Way, way back we went to the airshow at RAF Wethersfield. The prototype Concorde came flying in without a sound. The boom hit us about a second after she'd passed. No car alarms but no end of screaming kids. Possibly why I consider her the most beautiful aircraft ever built. There's something about a Merlin that brings a tear to my eye every time but jets do make an impressive sound. Another that I've never built is a B-17 even after seeing one at Biggin Hill apparently fly out of the ground nose down and crabbing like mad. I remember looking straight at the guy in the nose blister as it flew by. Possibly Ray Hanna at the controls and it was a beautiful hot day too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Spitfire - well, as a child, but I can think only of a Matchbox 1/72 that I finished (but without paint, I'm afraid - does that count?) I think I never finished the 1/32 Mk 22 (I've been a Matchbox-kid) I tinkered on at twelve or so and really messed a Revell 1/32 some ten years ago. But I never made a Lancaster, not even started one. And no Jolly Rogers Tomcat, though having seen (and loved) last countdown with Kirk Douglas as a kid. And yes, no Zero. But definitely wanting one. Once. Most likely the Tamiya 1/32. Edited April 9, 2020 by Chief Cohiba 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Bunker Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/8/2020 at 2:29 PM, Chief Cohiba said: And no Jolly Rogers Tomcat, though having seen (and loved) last countdown with Kirk Douglas as a kid. Just to save all that googling, I think you meant 'The Final Countdown'. And am I the only one to think 'Topgun' would have been better set in the gull grey/white era? A far nicer scheme than tactical greys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Nigel Bunker said: Just to save all that googling, I think you meant 'The Final Countdown'. And am I the only one to think 'Topgun' would have been better set in the gull grey/white era? A far nicer scheme than tactical greys. Uhm, yes, of course. "Final Countdown". I've seen it in German way back then, it's been translated into "Der Letzte Countdown". But, more important, I didn't want to mess this up with the Europe song, which haunted me in those difficult days of adolescence. Since then I get spots when only hearing the name. And I totally agree with the schemes. Everything looks better than this Low Visibility schemes. That these guys never think of us modellers, when painting their planes - don't they have a consultant for that? No designer involved? A, say, Karl Lagerfeld of warbird schemes? I mean, they do make an impression when invading other countries, so they should make a good impression, right? (Sorry, I'm going through my 5 minutes of nonsense. Will soon pass). 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Well after something like 47 years I have finally broken my Spitfire duck. I am building a brengun 1/72 MkVb Floatplane. Having a bit of a mare with the canopy I managed to shatter it trying to cut it to have it open. Luckily there is a spare canopy it's not the right version but it will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 05/04/2020 at 12:34, SleeperService said: Way, way back we went to the airshow at RAF Wethersfield. The prototype Concorde came flying in without a sound. The boom hit us about a second after she'd passed. No car alarms but no end of screaming kids. Possibly why I consider her the most beautiful aircraft ever built. There's something about a Merlin that brings a tear to my eye every time but jets do make an impressive sound. Another that I've never built is a B-17 even after seeing one at Biggin Hill apparently fly out of the ground nose down and crabbing like mad. I remember looking straight at the guy in the nose blister as it flew by. Possibly Ray Hanna at the controls and it was a beautiful hot day too. That would have been Don Bullock driving. He had a habit of using the valley at BH. Always pushed his luck till he put the Invader into the ground and killed himself and passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Never built a Eurofighter Typhoon. Too modern, too grey and too boring and until one appears in Dark Green, Dark Sea Grey, Light Aircraft Grey I won’t be tempted! Never built a tank either, but have a hankering to do the boggest of standard Shermans. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, Max Headroom said: Never built a Eurofighter Typhoon. Too modern, too grey and too boring and until one appears in Dark Green, Dark Sea Grey, Light Aircraft Grey I won’t be tempted! Trevor Well there was the one that appearred in Dk Green, Earth and Lt Grey as per 2nd World War colouring. I think that this has even made as a bog standard kit, but aftermarket decals are available for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy with a Beer Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 F-111 - though I now have both and an F-111A (or EF-111A depends on my mood when I build it) and an F-111G in the stash MiG-21 - also have one in the stash now Tornado - guess what? one in the stash Typhoon - yep, one of those in the stash too F/A-18F -yep, stashed F-22 - finally one not in the stash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 I've never built a BF-109, Zero, Lancaster, B-26, B-25, F-101B, T-37, T-28, F-90 ... Oh heavens, there's a bunch of them I haven't built! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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