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Not knowing any drummer in my vicinity, I'll stretch my arms halfway across the globe to give you a hug, Dale
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Hey, it just occurred to me that a new member here has his head so overblown and full of s#%&t that it could pass as The Moon in Ryan's 1:1 Moon-landing diorama
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30 minutes ago, TJTX said:
The only thing I have to think about now is since I have such good pictures, perhaps I should scrap the 1/32 scale build and switch to 1/1 scale?
Methink you should do a 1:1 F-14 instead
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Do we need further proof that we are dealing with a raving lunatic ?
Hubert, just holding the trigger on a list of flowery and gross expletives
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Besides the fun we may have in this thread, the fact is that a new member comes here, with an ambitious - if not totally lunatic - project, and has an abrasive if not outright insulting tone in most of his posts .... This is not linked to the poor command of English of this member, who has demonstrated his/her english was good enough, but to an arrogant behaviour expressed by someone with the interpersonal skills of Komodo dragon ...
Why do we tolerate this attitude ? I am personally fed up with this thread and the tone of the posts of the original poster. It’s high time we send this member and his project to where they belong ...
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If I ever get the courage to tackle my MiG-17, this is the one I’d like to do ...
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Nice one ... Now we need its Western counterpart, the SNCASE Vautour
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2 hours ago, TJTX said:
Thankfully I have found a -3 to trade for my -1. So as soon as I can complete that trade and get a few minutes at home, I'll get this party started.
Good to hear ! Looking forward to see you converting this beast into a peaceful bomber ...
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Hi, you had the same post on LSP before it vanished, and then you post here, how strange ...
If your intentions are real, you will get the same type of answers than on LSP: this is a vey ambitious (and not cheap) endeavour, and you need to make sure you get the grasp of what it means to build a full-size static replica of a modern jet. If you are aware of it, and have the drive for what is a very long-haul project, than fine. After all, a Chinese man built, on his own, a steel replica of an A-320...
A word of advice however : you may not be a native english-speaking person. But, in a first post, asking for donations rather than eliciting help and advice is a « surprising » approach, especially when I remember reading on the - apparently deleted -post on LSP that you had no intention of spending one cent ...
HTH
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8 hours ago, GusMac said:
Is it IM?
Would love one but not sure I can justify the cost.
It is definitely resin.
I have read somewhere a price tag of GBP 180. Not cheap, but that is a lot of resin you get, and not unreasonable compared to a similar-sized IM jet. Plus Boris will make this price tag lower in USD or Euro soon. Kind of instant clearance rebate
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17 minutes ago, [CAT]CplSlade said:
How about a 1/32 kit of a paper airplane?
There is actually a 1/32 paper kit of both the Tu-95 and B-58. And a 1/33 one of the B-52 ... so paper kits of airplanes, close to kits of paper airplanes
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So sorry to read this. Condolences to Joy, her family, and to you as well, of course.
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Ok. I’ll have another go ....
Do-17
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1 minute ago, seiran01 said:
Paul Fisher did a beautiful 1/24 Bugatti 100P kit...
Yes, I know. That is why I said « existing in kit form »
. Still an unlikely choice (but Paul did it on commission).
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Lovely kit, beautifully finished and weathered : it has that unique « well lived » look.
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I can’t remember where I read that Hataka lacquers were good, and acrylics only so so ...
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If it’s about what does not exist ...
HP Heyford, HP Hampden, Lockheed 14, CF-100, CF-105, B-35, Saab J-35, Sikorsky S-39, Amiot 143, Boeing Clipper, Boeing Stratoliner ....
About unlikely aeroplanes existing in kit form, how about the 1/24 Bugatti 100 P and Gloster VI ?
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With you on this one, Rog. I much preferred the glazed-nose sans-turret versions (not that it would change my purchasing decision - as I am doing camoed things. So a totally irrelevant opinion for the guys selling it
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Extremely well done, and an outstanding result
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Anyone has anything to say about the cowlings' shape
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Be aware that the R-2800 had pressurised ignition lines (to avoid arc-sparkles at altitude). Therefore, the ignition lines were metal tubes, and not braided cables. This is one instance where a smooth wire will be more useful than a braided one.
Hubert
PS : and I love that cockpit
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I went and checked the LSP thread on this kit. It effectively went south in one day
... so sad ... ( in the meantime I went to a modelling expo south of Lisbon, in Montijo. Some nice kits, not many in 1/32 - about 6 or 7 overall -, of which at least 2 P-51s and 3 Spitfires, and all «plagued » -IMHO- by ‘Spanish-school’ type of finish, but for a nice, if a bit bland in the hall’s poor lighting, Tempest).
It’s a nice subject, it’s a 1/32 twin, it spanned WWII to Vietnam, and it can even allow some civvies’ schemes. Rejoice, and get on with the wrong cowlings, whether you modify them, design-and-print new ones, or wait for the inevitable correction and detailing sets
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Hey, this is good, basic, logical, detective work ! Much better than wild « gutfeel » speculations
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And in this case, it goes to show that the A-26 was not such a big airframe.
Oh, and a last mathematical reminder : a 1/32 kit has roughly 11.4 (11.390625 to be precise) times more « presence » than the same aircraft in 1/72.
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Civilian, with lots of red, yellow, blue, white ...
At worst, NMF or silver lacquer with yellow wings ...
Now that is REAL taste
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Saturn V Real Size Scale Model
in General Discussion
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So guys, all these discussions about 1:1 replicas, and ships, got me thinking ...
I intend to build a 1/5 (let’s be reasonable and think about mooring fees
) replica of the most beautiful liner ever built, The Normandie 
. Of course, internal fittings will have to be adapted to make it usable ...
As I have :
1) a faint idea about ship-building linked to my ship-modelling experience
2) no idea about real ship building requirements (well, some in fact, but I am too important to deal with such trivia)
3) no competence in steel-welding
4) not the first cent for this project
I am counting on you all to do the work and money-supply for me...So, please (see, I am being nice) donate everything you can. And when it is finished, and I have all the pretty girls running after me, I will be the Ruler of the World !
How is that for a project ?
Hubert