TimJ Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) I've got a parcel on its way from Kingkit which, among other things, contains a Revell boxing of the 1/320 DC-10. Not my usual fare but it was only a fiver. Edited February 22, 2022 by TimJ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 9 hours ago, TimJ said: I've got a parcel on its way from Kingkit which, among other things, contains a Revell boxing of the 1/320 DC-10. Not my usual fare but it was only a fiver. That's great news Tim, I'm hoping you will consider building it here to help us tick off all those Matchbox odd-scaled Airliner kits. Cheers and thanks.. Dave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 17 hours ago, rossm said: I've just "won" HMS Duke of York on fleabay. That's great news Ross as we haven't ticked off any of Matchbox's Blue Range ships as yet. Let us know how you get on. Cheers and thanks .. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 23 hours ago, erniewise said: I've caught the bug, and I don't mean Covid! With all the Matchbox GB activity, I've just come across this post Ernie.... the B-25 in my favourite FF scheme will be fantastic to see and as you've already mentioned just the He111 in the Red Range to go! Cheers and many thanks.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 11:25 AM, Rabbit Leader said: That's great news Tim, I'm hoping you will consider building it here to help us tick off all those Matchbox odd-scaled Airliner kits. It will be appearing here when it arrives. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 The diddy DC-10 has arrived and WIP thread set up. 😀 DSCF3129 by timothy jones, on Flickr 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff J Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I think I have a problem. For my Twin Otter I've decided to do the floatplane version. At step 13 (the final step) the instructions state to cement parts 10 and 11, which at a glance look very much like parts 13 and 14... I've painted parts 13 and 14, but cannot even FIND parts 10 and 11. In fact I struggled to find the space for them on the sprues, but finally realised the numbers for them are printed in a different and bigger font (I found the 11 pretty quickly, but it just looked like a couple of lines rather than a couple of 1s) I'm really puzzled about this, because I have NO recollection of seeing these things. I tend to paint almost everything on the sprues, only cutting off when I'm close to building which was really only in the last week or so. So, fellow Twotter builders, what do your parts 10 and 11 look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossm Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 8 hours ago, Jeff J said: I think I have a problem. For my Twin Otter I've decided to do the floatplane version. At step 13 (the final step) the instructions state to cement parts 10 and 11, which at a glance look very much like parts 13 and 14... I've painted parts 13 and 14, but cannot even FIND parts 10 and 11. In fact I struggled to find the space for them on the sprues, but finally realised the numbers for them are printed in a different and bigger font (I found the 11 pretty quickly, but it just looked like a couple of lines rather than a couple of 1s) I'm really puzzled about this, because I have NO recollection of seeing these things. I tend to paint almost everything on the sprues, only cutting off when I'm close to building which was really only in the last week or so. So, fellow Twotter builders, what do your parts 10 and 11 look like? I had the opposite problem - I fitted the parts from the floatplane version as I didn't read the instructions carefully and didn't realise there were two variants of u/c attachment. The floatplane ones look very similar, enough to confuse you if you don't read the part numbers in the instruction diagram, but are slightly smaller and the rear is slightly higher up the fuselage. If I've now read it right the left hand one below is the floatplane version after being removed and the right is the landplane one waiting to be attached The landplane one just rested in place - note the mess left by removing the incorrect one and the floatplane one resting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Can anyone who has built / is building this one help out with the missing parts, if I assume you only use one set of these parts or the other ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff J Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, rossm said: I had the opposite problem - I fitted the parts from the floatplane version as I didn't read the instructions carefully...note the mess left by removing the incorrect one Oh that's a bugger! At least I'm not going entirely mad, but I'd swear in court that I'd not seen those two floatplane parts (at least not this year!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff J Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said: Can anyone who has built / is building this one help out with the missing parts, if I assume you only use one set of these parts or the other ? Correct. Anyone building the wheeled version of the Twotter will have these two parts going spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Jeff J said: Correct. Anyone building the wheeled version of the Twotter will have these two parts going spare. Jeff we have some wheeled ones in the Gallery might be worth a PM to the builder ? Best of luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Jeff J said: Correct. Anyone building the wheeled version of the Twotter will have these two parts going spare. Send me a PM with your address and I can help you out! Just to make sure, you need the fairings for the float version, right? I kept my spares from the Yeti Airlines build. Cheers, Ray 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 PK-73 Panther G arrived from Ebay today in mint condition . Please add it to the build list . I've added a build thread 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff J Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Ray S said: Send me a PM with your address and I can help you out! Just to make sure, you need the fairings for the float version, right? I kept my spares from the Yeti Airlines build. Cheers, Ray Yes, please! Parts 10 and 11. Will PM you. Cheers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Ray S said: Send me a PM with your address and I can help you out! Spirit of GBs! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, Enzo Matrix said: Spirit of GBs! Absolutely 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Morning all If I make sufficient progress with my MiG 21, I’ll fill that SHAR gap. Will see how I get on next week SD 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I've just won an early 90's boxing of the Focke Wulf FW190 A-4 R6/A-3 (PK-51) on eBay for £4.00 so you can cross another one off the list and I can add it to mine. I should really stop buying more kits and get one with those that I've already nominated but that's all part of the fun I guess. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I know what the mods will say but I do feel that in these single Manufacturer GB's a wanted parts/decals thread would be a great idea as we've seen above someone nearly always has something surplus to requirements to help a fellow member out who might never visit the wanted section elsewhere. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, stevej60 said: I know what the mods will say but I do feel that in these single Manufacturer GB's a wanted parts/decals thread would be a great idea as we've seen above someone nearly always has something surplus to requirements to help a fellow member out who might never visit the wanted section elsewhere. Hi Steve We did something similar in the Frog GB due to the exploding nature of Novo decals ! I will ask @Enzo Matrix, I don't want to get us as a GB in trouble but do want to do all we can to support people in getting their builds finished. I'll update everyone once I've had a chance to get Enzos thoughts. Cheers Pat 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Apologies for being offline for as few days / week everyone, however my home town of Brisbane has just experienced its worst 3-4 days of rainfall ever recorded and many parts of this great city are now effected by floodwaters. Thankfully the RL household and all family members are safe and relatively dry so I’ll get around to checking out everyone’s excellent progress shortly. Big thanks to Pat and all others for keeping the GB enthusiasm ticking over in my absence. Cheers.. Dave 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Wow - Google says we are 10,313 apart. BM makes it a small world Glad to hear you and yours are OK. Hope the same for your family and friends!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Rabbit Leader said: Apologies for being offline for as few days / week everyone, however my home town of Brisbane has just experienced its worst 3-4 days of rainfall ever recorded and many parts of this great city are now effected by floodwaters. Thankfully the RL household and all family members are safe and relatively dry so I’ll get around to checking out everyone’s excellent progress shortly. Big thanks to Pat and all others for keeping the GB enthusiasm ticking over in my absence. Cheers.. Dave Really glad everyone is safe and well with you Dave. We measure our rainfall in feet locally, as a local you develop webbed feet after a while Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, stevej60 said: I know what the mods will say but I do feel that in these single Manufacturer GB's a wanted parts/decals thread would be a great idea as we've seen above someone nearly always has something surplus to requirements to help a fellow member out who might never visit the wanted section elsewhere. 1 hour ago, JOCKNEY said: We did something similar in the Frog GB due to the exploding nature of Novo decals ! I will ask @Enzo Matrix, I don't want to get us as a GB in trouble but do want to do all we can to support people in getting their builds finished. It worked in the Frog Squad GB, so I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work here. One caveat though. As with the Frog Squad GB, this should be a community-minded thing. Should anyone want to make money from the transaction, then it should be carried out in the relevant BM forums. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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