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What are you working on this weekend?

Last post by MC84 « Wed Mar 03, 2021 19:30
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by ajmm » Sun Aug 25, 2019 14:37
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Mostly I’m gardening. Building dry stone walls, it turns out is the second most satisfying thing to unmasking a canopy.

But my girls are all going to bed very early these days so I’ve also had some great night modelling sessions (accompanied by The Constant Gardener -...

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I didn't realise that is a -500. I build this a few years ago in Air India Colors.

Orbital by Eastern:

RAF is also very nice.

Marco
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Wed Mar 03, 2021 19:30
F-Toys / Platz Models

Last post by smeg1959 « Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:51
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by mtcc75 » Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:14
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All,

Ive been discussing ( with some success) with Platz to do a rerelease of some of the older F-Toys Models as kits , like the Flying Color Series they currently do. So, Ill open it up to suggestions :

My thought List was :

A26 ...again
F-100
Il-2M
Swordfish
B-17G
S-3...

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More fuel for the bonfire. Alternated between work and monitoring imas66's evilBay auctions today. All built-up, obviously from the seller's own collection. Some gashapon highlights , all in US dollars and not including postage or GST ...

Bandai
$16.75 - D3A1 Val
$29.00 -...
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Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:51
Draw up your dream sheet, lets compare

Last post by smeg1959 « Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:36
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by Russ » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:34
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There are polls conducted on the KG144 blog from time to time and every now and then on other sites.

Lets go for an informal one here. Draw up a list of your choices of new 1/144 models if it was up to you.
Lets keep a few rough limits to engage practicality.

I'll go for ten...

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I would put a tick next to that one, too, Jonathan. SWMBO spent around 18 months working in Broken Hill long before we met, and we traveled to the township on a number of occasions for holidays with her friends in the region. I'd often slip off down to the local airport and walk...
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Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:36
Nostagia part 3 : Airfix missile at 1/144

Last post by ID19 « Wed Mar 03, 2021 21:13
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by teddybeer » Wed Mar 03, 2021 17:33
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Do you find that I am obsessed with Airfix (and my younger years ....)?
Well, you are right .... :lol: :lol: :lol:
So when I found this missile on Ebay, I didn't think long.
The only problem was that the tractor was not the right model, but I was able to find the right one...

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Great model! And nice vignetze, too!
When I was still doing 72, I was always looking for this kit. As far as I read, the molds are lost or damaged, so this has become a real rarity!
Fritz

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Wed Mar 03, 2021 21:13
HEADS UP: Another fake webshop?

Last post by smeg1959 « Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:11
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by Erik Hendriks » Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:21
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Hi all

Whilst browsing the net I stumbled across

No address, some vague contact info.

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And I believe yet another rebirth, this time as . And it would appear that at least some of the scam alert sites ARE finding it this time around (as per ). Again, anything and everything at unbelievable prices. Again, a weird company name. Needless to say, avoid like the plague....

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Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:11
An honest question: Gachapon, F-Toys, and the like.

Last post by 66_Foxtrot « Sun Feb 28, 2021 21:38
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by 66_Foxtrot » Fri Feb 19, 2021 13:14
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While I'm not new to 1/144 modeling, I am relatively new to the world of 1/144 modeling , thanks in large part to this wonderful forum. There is so much more out there than I could've imagined.

My question is, how does the Gachapon/F-Toys pre-built and pre-painted models fit...

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Lots of great responses to my question, and I appreciate all of them.
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Sun Feb 28, 2021 21:38
A bet ? Will there be an impact or not ?

Last post by ID19 « Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:00
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by teddybeer » Thu Feb 18, 2021 21:47
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I take the bets ? Will there be a shock ? :) :) :D :D :lol: :lol:
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Very nice!
Don't show to Greenpeace :mrgreen:

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Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:00
Well fan me with a plate of soup!! Look what I've found!

Last post by Tim R-T-C « Sun Feb 14, 2021 16:25
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by BigReg » Fri Feb 12, 2021 15:13
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I had a rummage around an old filing box this morning and came across the January 1995 edition (number3) of the old UKIPMS group 144 Military Aircraft Models.

Some young chap wrote two articals, cinverting Welsh Models Vac Forms.

Here they are for your entertainment.
news...

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I have a stash of old Railway Modelling magazines including many from my Dad's collection from the 60s and 70s and it is fascinating to see the evolution of the hobby.

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Last post by Tim R-T-C
Sun Feb 14, 2021 16:25
Help again

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by teddybeer » Tue Feb 09, 2021 20:52
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I would like to make a diorama with a BAC TSR ..... (we can dream, right ???? :lol: :lol: )

Could someone tell me what is the yellow truck in the circle (brand and use)?
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If not, what is the brand of the refueller below?
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Thank you in...

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I think the third image looks like the closest match due to the the more squarish structures and mid-mounted pumps providing closer resemblence to the tanker with the TSR-2, as the the mid image has the more rounded tanks and no centre mount pumps

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Wed Feb 10, 2021 18:12
How was your 2020 (in modelling)?

Last post by 66_Foxtrot « Wed Feb 10, 2021 0:44
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by Tim R-T-C » Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:04
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So I'd be interested to know how your modelling developed in 2020.

For me it was a very developing year. Having only gotten back into the hobby mid 2019 and produced a sum total of three 144th scale planes, I wanted to learn building, adjusting and weathering techniques. I also...

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Thank you sir, for the kind words. And the laugh lol.
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Wed Feb 10, 2021 0:44
Decal Reduction

Last post by ajmm « Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:15
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by mbittner » Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:59
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Does anyone know of a source that can take an already produced decal and reduce it to 1/144? For example, I have Russ' B-45 and Caracal has 1/72 decals for the B-45. I'm wondering if there's any source that can take that decal (I bought it specifically for this reason) and...

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Matt - I do much the same as David quite a bit, though have access to a decent laser printer I can use myself. I remove the background digitally - I tend to take scans of larger scale decal sheets and then you can remove the background colour and tweak it using various online...

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Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:15
Problems with FoxOne Ju-88

Last post by ID19 « Sat Jan 30, 2021 12:53
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by ID19 » Fri Jan 29, 2021 16:25
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I have recently bought the Foxone Ju-88 A4. It is my first model from this manufacturer and I was particularly looking forward to the nicely detailed cockpit. Now I'm a little disappointed, as the 'clear' parts are really anything but clear.
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Thanks Angus for your reply and advise!
I was already wondering about the price - no more than a Minicraft Ju. Obviously they have saved on work/material to bring the price down.
Good to know about the plastic quality, I have not taken it out of the plastic bags yet. Probably...

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Last post by ID19
Sat Jan 30, 2021 12:53
Nostalgia part 2... Airfix vehicles at 1/144

Last post by ajmm « Wed Jan 27, 2021 19:33
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by teddybeer » Wed Jan 27, 2021 14:42
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The Airfix boxart nostalgia would be incomplete if it weren't for the vehicles ....

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Airfix Raf Emergency set3.JPG
Airfix RAF Refuelling Set.jpg
Airfix RAF Refuelling Set2.JPG
Airfix Recovery Set.jpg
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Oh I loved these sets. Essential for playing toy soldiers in the sandpit at school.

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Wed Jan 27, 2021 19:33
AJMM's 2020 Yearbook

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by ajmm » Thu Jan 14, 2021 15:40
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I've taken to doing this every year. I find it very gratifying to look back at each build of the preceding year and pick out a favourite photograph of each. A very satisfying process.

So forgive what may appear to be self-indulgent (it's not intended to be).

As mentioned in...

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Yes - so true. I need do Fear is the Key then - I've seen the film which was set in the Louisiana so quite different. HMS Ulysses (his first?) is my favourite by some margin - the description of her charge out of the convoy at flank speed with the battle ensign out at the German...
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Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:55
Nostalgia ... Airfix in 1/144 scale ....

Last post by BigReg « Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:44
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by teddybeer » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:12
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For the oldest among us, remember these many boxarts that made us dream and encouraged us to make models (even if the result did not always look like boxart, far from it .... :evil: :twisted: :lol: )

Then as we grew up, we often gave up models until we discovered 1/144, which...

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Of Greg is one of the elders in the Group I don't know what that makes me!

I too have several Diverse Images in my collection, Stirling, Manchester, Whitley, Anson to name just a few. Plus I have the good fortune to have the artist behind the models, Sera,, in my local model...

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Last post by BigReg
Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:44
Fixing the Trumpeter Su34?

Last post by herbarnold99 « Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:56
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by Tim R-T-C » Wed Jan 13, 2021 17:38
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Hi all,

I stumbled upon this lovely priced kit the other day and I know it is a little basic in places.

I did read somewhere that the tails are wrong and someone fixed these with the parts from another kit, but I can't find that information now.

Any suggestions for the tails...

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>>>Which Trumpeter Su27 is it you used?>>>

Here's the kit I used, but any of their newer Flanker molds (Su-27/27UB/30MKK or J-11B) will work

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Stay away from the Revell and Dragon kits, they're awful.

Cheers
Herb

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Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:56
What will you be building in 2021?

Last post by MC84 « Thu Jan 07, 2021 13:13
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by ajmm » Sat Jan 02, 2021 21:36
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I confess I’m largely one of those people who just grabs a kit from the stash and has at it rather than work to any master plan. But I do enjoy linking my builds where I can or having a theme that runs through several (for me, last year postwar US Naval aircraft was one).

This...

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An increasing problem, older one in Boxes, 2 Showcases with Models who won a Medal.

The good thing is: I don't expect a Kit of the Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch , so the An-225 will be the biggest plane in that scale :D

Marco
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Last post by MC84
Thu Jan 07, 2021 13:13
'Round the World....in well a year.....

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by cowleyi » Sun Jan 03, 2021 22:52
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All....

Here's a thought. I remember vaguely a decade ago, for a particular activity or anniversary a world group build' with an 'old' Airfix Lockheed Hudson diorama being presented at Scale model world.

A number of modellers with expertise in varying areas from...

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Amazing idea .... and a beautiful thing to do to work divided and still work together :idea:

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Sun Jan 03, 2021 23:23
ok, I have a facebook

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by Jonathan » Sun Jan 03, 2021 22:50
This topic was posted 60 days ago

Every aircraft model I build with a few exceptions, are those seen at one time or other on Kwajalein, Marshall IS.
Facebook has been a huge resource as there have always been airplane geeks there.
If you have a facebook too - see if this is a shortcut you can view this album....

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Sun Jan 03, 2021 22:50
Canopy Masking

Last post by BigReg « Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:57
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by 144flynavy » Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:37
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Masking 144 canopies for me is the hardest part of the build.

I learned some new techniques that might be helpful in this link:

The one that stood out for me is matching a curve on the canopy with a circular template.

Receptive to other techniques to make canopy masking...

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Greg, the Do17 masks are yellow tape. My problem is more operator error. It hasn't stopped me ordering another set for my TQ69 project for this spring.
David

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Last post by BigReg
Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:57
F-8 Crusader Microscale Decals

Last post by 144flynavy « Sun Dec 27, 2020 22:11

by 144flynavy » Sun Dec 27, 2020 22:11
This topic was posted 67 days ago

Been on an F-8 Crusader kick ever since the recent F-Toys releases.

Never fully realized the number of changes to the F-8 variants (A/B/C/D/E/E(FN)/H/J/K/L/P).

Anyway, I have this Microscale decal sheet 44-085 I would like to start using:

In the pursuit of accuracy, I...

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Sun Dec 27, 2020 22:11
Gaudy Paint Schemes-Hello Revell-Germany

Last post by smeg1959 « Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:46
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by 144flynavy » Sat Dec 05, 2020 18:32
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Wonder if Revell-Germany will release a kit with the above paint job?

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At the foot of their home page under Contact Us ...
Prices in USD The decals are available in different scales (1/48, 1/72, 1/144, etc.)

Looking through the site, the 1/144 options cover a , a and a - all three Mexican - as well as a couple of multi-scale sheets of national...

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Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:46
shipping times

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by ID19 » Wed Dec 16, 2020 20:35
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Just something astonishing for me:

I ordered (the last) Foxone Ju-88 at HLJ. To help someone, who didn't know what to give me for Christmas 8-) . Not as pricey at it used to be but still not really cheap. That's why I went with the cheapest shipping method (uninsured, no...

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you got lucky. it seems terribly irregular to me.
I ordered a DVD from Malaysia on Nov 17th. tracking shows package last seen in Frankfurt A/M Nov 29th... :(

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Thu Dec 17, 2020 0:22
How do I print my own decals?

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by ID19 » Mon Nov 16, 2020 21:50
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Ok, too often I'm looking for the decals I want, or start I cannibalizing a complete decal sheet for just a few figures/letters.
I'm seriously thinking of making my own, but I'm not sure what I need and what the cost will be.
My current laser printer is obviously not suited, so...

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Like Nils said: just print the designs on plain paper first, cut them out and try if they fit the model
That should save some decal paper :D

BTW, Spanish car model shop Spotmodel.com offers a PrintLab custom decal printing service.
You need to design your decals using Corel...
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Mon Dec 07, 2020 21:39
Aichi Val

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by Fabiolone » Fri Nov 13, 2020 15:10
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I'm honest with you, I'm an elliptical wing feticist. Spitfires, heinkels, etc...the more the merrier!

Aichi Val is on my mind in these days. I noticed only a 1975 Crown kit and a rare F-toys.

Do I forget anything else?

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That’s a new one to me too. I’ll definitely be spending some time there!
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