What would be top of your list for an aircraft model?
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JTD said:
With a little luck you might see XH558 in the air this year doing the rounds
You'll be lucky.Major funding issues again!!
They need £150k by March then 50k a month after that!!
http://www.tvoc.co.uk/
I always did suspect it would be a hard slog to keep in the air, if they dont make it happen for at least a fulll season then all that hard work & money spent will be for nothing along with a very empty pocket, I just cant see them maintaining that sort of monthly income as the project seems such a bottomless pit with little financial return!
CanAm said:
Eric Mc said:
If I still have the urge to do an airliner, I fancy doing another Aer Lingus one (to remind me of my teenage days spotting at Dublin Airport).
Snap! Except I was spotting the Air Lingus Bristol Freighters at Speke Airport.
I just about remember the Aer Lingus Carvairs - which of course trundled between Dublin and Liverpool for a few years in the mid 1960s.
I even have a 1/144 Carvair conversion kit (like the real thing, it needs a basic Douglas DC-4 as its underpinnings - the Minicraft model is recommended).
Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 21st February 08:45
Olimp are short run injection moulded models - so are a little bit more difficult to assemble than "normal" kits.
The FD2 was issued by FROG back in the 1950s so is rather crude by modern standards. FROG went out of business in 1976 but their moulds carry on in other's hands - mostly with firms in Eastern Europe.
The original Soviet ex-FROG releases were under the Novo banner. They were fairly common up until 1980 or so. Since then, they have re-appeared many times with different companies. The FD2 most recently came out in the guise of an "Eastern Express" kit.
Some of their moulds have ended up back in the West with Revell Germany. Their Shackleton, Skua and Blenheim have all appeared in Revell boxes.
There is also a kit knocking about of the FD1 although I can't remember who makes it.
The FD2 was issued by FROG back in the 1950s so is rather crude by modern standards. FROG went out of business in 1976 but their moulds carry on in other's hands - mostly with firms in Eastern Europe.
The original Soviet ex-FROG releases were under the Novo banner. They were fairly common up until 1980 or so. Since then, they have re-appeared many times with different companies. The FD2 most recently came out in the guise of an "Eastern Express" kit.
Some of their moulds have ended up back in the West with Revell Germany. Their Shackleton, Skua and Blenheim have all appeared in Revell boxes.
There is also a kit knocking about of the FD1 although I can't remember who makes it.
Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 22 February 12:49
Eric Mc said:
CanAm said:
Eric Mc said:
If I still have the urge to do an airliner, I fancy doing another Aer Lingus one (to remind me of my teenage days spotting at Dublin Airport).
Snap! Except I was spotting the Air Lingus Bristol Freighters at Speke Airport.
OK Guv, it's a fair cop.
Favourite models have to be the following:-
Tamiya Avro Lancaster 1/48 - Have two in store
Airfix TSR2 1/72, 2 in store and two 1/48 on order
Airfix Nimrod, 1 in store
Mosquito, have built and modified loads in 1/48th, would love to have one in a larger scale but haven't the room, (at the moment)
Hawker Sea Fury
Spitfire/Seafire
I also like building 1/350 scale ships either plastic with White Ensign brass or the White Ensign Resin kits. Stupidly fiddly, but well worth it.
Tamiya Avro Lancaster 1/48 - Have two in store
Airfix TSR2 1/72, 2 in store and two 1/48 on order
Airfix Nimrod, 1 in store
Mosquito, have built and modified loads in 1/48th, would love to have one in a larger scale but haven't the room, (at the moment)
Hawker Sea Fury
Spitfire/Seafire
I also like building 1/350 scale ships either plastic with White Ensign brass or the White Ensign Resin kits. Stupidly fiddly, but well worth it.
Having completed my Aer Lingus Boeing 707, I am now having a go at some space rockets.
Current project is the old Revell Redstone/Jupiter C. I bought the kit way back in 1983 and have finally decided to build it. The rocket itself is fairly simple to build. The difficult part is the gantry and launch platform which is extremely fiddly.
Current project is the old Revell Redstone/Jupiter C. I bought the kit way back in 1983 and have finally decided to build it. The rocket itself is fairly simple to build. The difficult part is the gantry and launch platform which is extremely fiddly.
bob1179 said:
I love Soviet aircraft, Mi 8's and Mi 24's are seriously cool, I built models of both when I was younger.
What I'd really love would be some airliner kits, TU-104/134/154's would be excellent, as well as Il-62's or Il-18's. Does anybody make kit's like these?
Hannants have Welsh Models IL-62 of Cubana in 1/144 and several models of the TU-154 again by Welsh Models in 1/144 scaleWhat I'd really love would be some airliner kits, TU-104/134/154's would be excellent, as well as Il-62's or Il-18's. Does anybody make kit's like these?
Shar2 said:
bob1179 said:
I love Soviet aircraft, Mi 8's and Mi 24's are seriously cool, I built models of both when I was younger.
What I'd really love would be some airliner kits, TU-104/134/154's would be excellent, as well as Il-62's or Il-18's. Does anybody make kit's like these?
Hannants have Welsh Models IL-62 of Cubana in 1/144 and several models of the TU-154 again by Welsh Models in 1/144 scaleWhat I'd really love would be some airliner kits, TU-104/134/154's would be excellent, as well as Il-62's or Il-18's. Does anybody make kit's like these?
Apache said:
1/48 scale Avro Shackleton AEW Mk2, and Fairey Gannet AEW Mk3. Decent 1/48 scale Stirling and Halifax would be good to compliment the Lanc too
Hannants, (sorry, just happen to be checking out whats been newly released and have no association to this company), have two versions of the Halifax in 1/48th, injection moulded. Classic airframe are bringing out a Gannet AEW very soon. There is a ASW Gannet out there as well.gopher said:
I'm about half way through restoring an airfix 1:144th Saturn V for my BiL, white coat on and command module undercoated. It's been an unusual but enjoyable experience, I had not tried to restore a built kit before.
Are you planning on following the painting instructions that came with the kit or do you plan to paint it based on photos of the real thing?Airfix's original painting guide was based on the full sized dummy Saturn V built for NASA in 1965/66 and used for mating tests with the launch pad and launch tower. This "article" had a number of different aspects to its colour scheme compared to the real Saturn Vs that started emerging in 1967. So, be careful what sources you are using for your painting references if you want to make sure the model looks like a real Saturn as opposed to the dummy one.
Thre main giveaway is the the fact that the black vertical panels on the 1st stage of the dummy are "topped" by a black band around the circumference of the stage. This black band was omitted from all the genuine Saturn Vs.
The Saturn V "preserved" at Cape Canaveral is mainly made up of the stages from the dummy Saturn V - by the way.
Regarding the 1/48 Halifax, this is from the French model makers, Fonderie Miniature (FM) and takes a huge amount of work to turn into a decent model - according to those who have built it. FM have just released a 1/48 Hampden as well.
Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 24th April 05:49
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