Minicraft was formed by Al and Mary Trendle in Torrance, California in 1968. As Revell’s Head of International Sales, Al had connections with Hasegawa and Crown in Japan and Academy in South Korea. Not unexpectedly, the bulk of Minicraft’s early catalogue comprised rebadged kits from these companies. From 1999 on, all Minicraft production moved to China. With re-pops of kits from Airfix, Heller and even Zvezda, nothing was ever produced in the US, even those kits exclusive to the company itself. With its demise in October 2022, this GB is a celebration of Minicraft kits. Original kits from Crown, Airfix and the like are welcome, though the Lancaster is best avoided!
Runs from 10 December 2022 to 12 April 2023.
Just one Minicraft boxing in my collection at present - the TBM Avenger, a more recent boxing with the prepainted canopy frames, here in Uruguayan Naval colours
I moved house just before Christmas and am still setting up life in new location, which includes resurrecting and reassembling the man cave. With a great field already under weigh for this GB, I will hold off doing a B-25 as I had planned and...
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Thank you so much Jonathan, Tim, Miguel and Fritz. :)
If it wasn’t for the fact I have been forewarned that my 2023 workload could well exceed 2022, a year where I’m on target to record my lowest number of completions since I returned to our hobby in 2006, I’d almost have been lining up two...
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If he had been making this one, F_IV might beg to differ. :lol:
Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Like nils ... sorry, SpeyPhantom ... said elsewhere, these kits can be a worthwhile challenge and a way of developing new skills or devising workarounds. The one downside is...
I suppose like many on here I have had mixed experiences of Minicraft kits. I recently built a C6N Saiun/Myrt with not exactly satisfying results and was subsequently able to pick up the Bandai effort which is far superior.
A batch of eBay purchases last month included the...
I will start in this GB with a C-130. For this I still use the parts of Extratech for the interior. Unfortunately, there is no cockpit. Here you probably have to resort to self-help. Overall, this is a nice kit. It would be a pity if no buyer of the mold could be found....
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Primed few little parts.
What color have the propellers? The kitplan doesn't say anything about it.
When you wake up in the morning after a disturbed night's sleep. You remenber your nightmare, a Group build of one of the worst kits in collection, The Minicraft Satan's spawn mothered by Crown, the BF110.
Some of you may recall that in my youth, 22years old with hair, I was...
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It certainly is easy compared to this . . . .thing!
But you're giving it the right treatment!
The Kwajalein to Roi-Namur weekday commuter job has employed a number of aircraft types over the 60+ years of the Pacific Missile Range. Two L-188s worked it from 1978 to 1981. They were acquired by the US Navy, which seems to have a special unit for this type of transaction,...
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Just viewed your latest uploads to the Painting Showcase. If these Electras are anywhere near as good, we're in for a treat. ;)
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