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'd love a good new Tempest and Typhoon moulding. Hopefully with bundles of rockets included too!
Since I didn't get to go to Telford this year, I spent my saved funds on a big eBay order from Hong Kong with the complete set of Eastern Express airport vehicles and Valom WWI...
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 wonder if anyone has the time to trawl this decade long thread and see how many of the 'wants' have come to pass!
For me I will build pretty much anything that comes out, but I'd love to see more of the early war RAF types including the BP Defiant as well as all the...
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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Totally agree. A lot of money goes into creating injection moulds and it seems such a waste to simply hand them over to a scrap metal dealer. To see the worth of reissuing these as kits, Platz need look no further than Minicraft/Academy and Revell MicroWings. Mouldings often...
Due to the success of HM usaf GSE set, I have intention to produce a similar set but for the Royal Air Force.
I found these great Mike Bell's drawing but I'm not able to understand the period and the aircrafts where these carts were used. I want to do a set of four but they...
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After calling the artistic foundry for the bronze statue of Sutch to place into HM headquarter (my room), I crossed his fantastic research and I found some Buccaneer photos with the gas turbine (It's a fictional situation but I think it represents the reality)....
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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thats why i always print my decal designs on regular paper first, if the fit's ok and the settings are good, then im using the decalpaper.
I would like to make this diorama.
British Recce squad.jpg
On an air base in Tunisia, at the end of 1942, at the beginning of 1943, in front of a Caudron Goeland in French colors, a reconnaissance group of the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry with 2 Dingo, 1 Daimler A/C and 1 Humber...
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I'd heard that Mike is always happy to assist, whether it being for modellers or those with interest purely in the historical aspects. Excellent feedback! I've finished a couple of my vehicles in SCC.2 Brown and I used Mike's recommendation for mixing Tamiya acrylics (in the PDF...
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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As producer there is a think in loop every time we start thinking about a new project: there is already a good kit? Resin kit are pricey and sometimes scare the modellers ( and we try to do them as simple as possible) so an already existing plastic kit always win.
I've been struggling a bit with researching markings for our Mk1 spit and 109E, and wondered if I could enlist your help. David very kindly lent me the On Target book which has been a great help, however I'm having trouble finalising schemes to design.
Essentially I...
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Thanks for those suggestions guys!
I think for the purposes of the KS, I'm going to make decals to represent four aircraft in the same squadron (or staffel.) I'm going to post the question on the busier thread though as I think it'll get more eyes on it :).
I am building the AMG early 109C as a D. There are 4 upper cowls in the kit, part numbers 4,5,6 and 7. Anyone know which to use for a Dora?
Thanks,
David
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from AMG's Facebook page. Checking out schematics and photos of the Bf109D-1, I suspect it is part 4. There's not a lot to distinguish between that and part 7, and I'm just going by the size and shape of the three little intakes. It is definitely NOT the option without them...
I was referred by my doctor to see a consultant Neurologist specialising in care of the elderly. Long story short, I'm getting old! Also showing a few signs of memory loss and very, very early signs of Parkinson's or Parkinsonism. When I explained one symptom of shakey hands...
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David
Our industrious Australian modelling friends have thought of that an developed a beverage dispensing hat to minimise such an occurance :lol:
Optimised for 'tinnies', but no doubt adaptable ...
The lockdown has allowed me to catch up with some of those 'when I get round to it' projects. As I normally take forever on research and detail I thought I'd do something simple.............should have known better but much fettling later I've crossed at least one of...
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My first job was in the NHS sharpening hypodermic needles!
David
I picked up this kit last year at a show because there wasn't much in 144th scale.
Just wondering which B24 variants can be made from the set. I assume a B24D, but which version would you make without the nose modification?
Of course I'll be eyeing up a post-war...
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The Cobra company used to do a fabulous Privateer and an update for this kit which featured new engines and front end so you could do the Navy versions.
Glen at Blackbird models now has the tooling I believe, albeit he replaced the original Vac transparencies with resin.
I want to build a couple of Vikings for my airport and I can only find WM vacform kits out there. Somewhere in the deepest recess of what is left of my memory tells me there was a proposed plastic kit. Is there such a beast and, if so, who produces/produced it? :?...
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Mike, have you thought about asking Densil if he will sell you the Eagle decals? He has helped me with spare bits many times over the years.
David
Do you know Mr. Parker ?
This is an N Gauge scale metal vehicle manufacturer.
He does not have a website, but you can ask for his catalog by sending him an letter with SAE and sending him a check for the amount of the models chosen (which are postage included).
His address: 19...
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I also have quite a few of Mr Parker's vehicles. The Jaguar Mk X is particularly nice. I shall try to take some photo's later, although none are painted up yet.
Very nice. I bought one of these also and just tested it last weekend (very, very loud!).
First two attempts were a fail but the third one worked ok.
I am also interested in any hints on how to best use it and how to prepare the master for forming. The attempt that worked best...
I agree, Miguel. It's sometimes a lottery as to the history of an F-Toys' release. More often than not, it is them and them alone, but the occasional issue - particularly early on - had its origins elsewhere.
As to those auction prices, I'm not surprised by the Shinden. Of Wing...
You may have noticed that at the bottom of the Board Index there is a little note for members birthdays. Those eagled eyed members of the group would have noticed yesterday was my 72nd Birthday. Not my 1/72nd!!
Anyway, Birthdays are for presents and as befitting an elderly...
I'm writing to share some of my thoughts about the hobby in our beloved scale.
This week I discovered a Czech decal and resin parts manufacturer called Armycast (). They have produced some wonderful, even mouth-watering sheets for T-6 Texans, P-51 Mustangs, T-33s and F-86...
I'm looking to start gaming in this scale (WW2 gaming, land).
Any good online sources for this scale?
Thanks
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Firstly, a big welcome to the forum! ;)
It is always a balancing act for wargaming versus modelling ... price versus detail. I am always quite amazed at the money some wargamers fork out to build their armies and air forces. As an example, take the Flames of War range. Whilst...
Am I alone in taking exception to Mark 1's pricing of their Gladiator?
I would quite like to add a Glad to my 1:144 fleet but find I can't justify to myself paying the price. It's not that I'm tight but compared to the rest of the Mark 1 range this seems to be over the top at...
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Kit pricing can be very random.
Even Eduard, their Czech Spitfire 4 set sells for the same price as their two-packs. Ditto their 4 part Avia 534 sets.
I also build 1/35 figures and you can get packs of a dozen figures for the same price of one or two, even from the same...
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