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Assuming you are building a Tamiya F-4, don't forget to keep the inter hood arched part — it's not in the Aerocraft set as it didn't need replacing.
Seats are a personal thing; some like a multiplex of resin tagliatelle to paint, others a cleaner etched strap approach, so no recommendations.
If you like detail the ResKit pylons and tanks are essential.
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Happy Birthday Mr Cross.
The Sunderland and Eddie Allen B-29 box arts were my favourites.
Two of my favourite Airfix kits too, reminding me of birthdays in 1966 and 1968 IIRC
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4 hours ago, europapete said:
I could go for a 1/32 Halifax.
Would prefer an early version with the merlins, front turret and triangular tails.
Alternate noses and tail fins would take care of early, mid and late, but would it need two different wings — or might one wing design accommodate Merlin and Hercules nacelles?
Like most who are interested, I'd buy only one boxing. If it were 1:48 then probably two: early and late.
Anyway, we'll see what happens.
Tony
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Yes, the hobby needs some benefactors who are happy to just break even, tooling wanted subjects with no more than fifty parts sold in cheap cardboard boxes with no decals or instructions. Just a quick stop-motion on-line assembly video.
That way we could very likely have [insert want here] in 1:32 scale.
Sourcing relevant AM would be half the fun.
I think we're heading in that direction with cottage industry 3D printing; but another benefactor, or entrepreneur as there would be money to be made, needs to create a finger-friendly non eye-stinging quick-drying alternative to cyanoacrylate glue.
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You should be more cautious with new thread titles like this one as it can cause a heart attack!
We've been waiting for a new 1:32 Streak and Flash ever since Kittyhawk said it would do them. Whether Zimi pick up the baton, who knows?
Italeri has the potential to do these subjects and would do a good job.
And yes, I want both in 1:32 scale
Tony
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Very tempted by the 1:48 Hampden next year.
I have a half dozen of their kits in 1:32 and 1:48 and liken them to Tamiya engineering moulded in Trumpeter plastic, but with crisper detail. Curious about this year's mystery kit.
I wish them every success.
Tony
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On 4/18/2024 at 1:45 PM, Tony T said:
The box says it "includes an air bomb".
When I was younger that meant a gas bottle for the soda siphon.
Nowadays I'm guessing self-administered nitrous oxide.
Tony
19 hours ago, monthebiff said:Not just any bomb has been included Ron but an "Air Bomb" !!!
Could someone please explain what a WW2 Allied "air bomb' is?
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Regards. Andy
It doesn't specify WW2 Allied, but they obviously (?) are referring to a finned air-delivered bomb-shaped plastic assembly item to glue underneath somewhere.
As for 1:35 scale, by and large I'm ignoring it, the way I have done with helicopter kits for donkey's years.
I will, however, take to it if Border et al start doing Cold War jets, particularly Vietnam era jets like the Thud, Voodoo, Vark, Phantom, Scooter, SLUF etc. TBH, 1:32 is a fraction too big for many Cold War jets, but we do like standardisation for any collection, otherwise we'd be happy with toy town box scale.
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1 hour ago, Eli Raphael said:
Gents,
Are there any markings for this Phantom variant from this era?
Would it be an interesting subject if available?
Thanking you,
I would love a set of Vietnam era RF-4C decals even without a decent 1:32 kit to put them on. Though we might get lucky with a Revell repop to convert the Tamiya, or a new creation from Red Pills, down the road a bit.
So 1:48 would be better even though Caracal have done mkgs for Udorn OO code Tumbleweed.
Would be nice to see Budweiser from the same unit, the Towel Rail OZ jets also from Udorn, and a Tan Son Nhut AC coded jet with the big red and white Compass Count self-destruct warning placard (round nose retrofit to six FY 65 jets with slightly larger no.3 station window below the laser recon set).
I don't have photos but there are some people here on LSP who have a few.
HTH
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2 hours ago, Pup7309 said:
Not at all 1/48 is a great scale for a Sunderland and there isn’t currently a decent one available. 1/32 would allow a full interior pimp-out but good luck finding space with the Wings on.
Tony the mention of family connection to this aircraft makes sense of your desire for it - hope it does come out and your dream come true.
Thanks. I'd be happy with a 1:48 Sunderland as a 1:32 kit would have a bit too much heft, though would look cool hanging from the ceiling in a barn conversion.
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2 hours ago, mozart said:
Who’s assuming that?
I believe that was your intention. You're a Muggist Max! (compute dyslexia and a word break).
The 18th April is the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid (82 years), Lucrezia Borgia’s birthday (544) -- and also that of “Mr Vark” F-111 Wizzo James E Rotramel (74), who has done a fantastic amount to get accurate Aardvark modelling resources achieved; just a shame he isn’t a 1:32 modeller. So, my wish list also includes a 1:32 General Dynamics F-111F.
As for the Sunderland, I’d like to model my biological paternal grand-father’s last flight in Sunderland Mk.III W4026 DQ-M from 228 Sqn. A tribute, not a morbid wish.
As for the Halifax, for me it has to be a late mark with Hercules engines, ‘rectangular’ fins and plexiglass nose, or a Halton with the luggage bay. Maybe 19 yr-old Navigator Patrick Burgess’s machine shot down by British coastal ack-ack after a bombing raid. No, sadly, he said not everyone got out. A splendid man who later became VP Rolls-Royce America, knew Lockheed Skunk Works Ben Rich and got to fly a NASA F-106B. A guiding hand for me at times. My adoptive Dad and he were both Navs on No. 511 Sqn Britannias at RAF Lyneham in the early 1960s. I’d be happy with the latter done in 1:72 by Airfix.
Per Ardua Ad Astra, or permezz tal-avversità tal-istilel as they might say in Malta,
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33 minutes ago, nmayhew said:
there would be more who post here if the site hosted images, which it doesn't
i can't be doing with the ball ache of using image hosting sites for WIPs i'm afraid
100% on the mark. My budget doesn't allow for paying for an image hosting site, assuming I am still competent to take the pictures. It's quite condenscending assuming that non image-posters do not build.
Tony
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18 hours ago, SimonCornes said:
The 2000C is a very nice kit and looks like a Mirage but be very careful with the windscreen - big risk of stress cracks if you are not very careful but apparently Aerocraft does a replacement resin one. I have a built 2000C, an unbuilt 2000C and a D/N and I hope to get one for two more D/N's to build a B and either a D or an N. Superb resin cockpits from Resikit but not cheap! Oh and the colour plates for markings look great until you realise that the right half doesn't match the left half - you have to remove them to get the matching left and right images! It's just the way they are stapled together. Oh and make sure you have the correct fin cap for the variant you are modelling - 3 options. The new Mini Modellers Data File is also worth getting for the Mirage 2000 IMHO.
The Aerocraft is the correct length but assumes chopping up and shutting the fuselage, as per rafju's link to the Cocardes conversion article, which involves reworking the glare shield etc too.
How much would the ResKit gear need to be reworked?
If the kit windshield is prone to cracking I'd be on the look out for a direct resin spare — i.e. a copy of the incorrect kit windshield as-is. The one thing that will always totally ruin a build is irrepairable clear parts.
That information has dulled my enthusiasm a little as it may "force" the modification.
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The box says it "includes an air bomb".
When I was younger that meant a gas bottle for the soda siphon.
Nowadays I'm guessing self-administered nitrous oxide.
Tony
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3 hours ago, mozart said:
...I do get pissed off with the perennial wish list cropping up at every opportunity, and yes I do choose to not read those threads once I see the direction in which they are heading.
The wish-lists are always a repeat set of subjects from most of us, including your Anson and my Su-15 included, so it's easy to tune it out like white noise or tinnitus.
What I was hoping for was constructive speculation as to what Halifax and Sunderland marks these might be and whether a minimum change kit could offer two versions? Or a civil Sandringham or Halton?
No one apparently has any more rumour data so it's best to maybe freeze the thread until it's picked-up (or not) by an official announcement.
Cheers
Tony
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2 hours ago, mozart said:
ALL of my photos Mike are taken with an ipad, not a difficult task.
My hands aren't steady enough and I don't have an image host to link them to here. An experience shared by many I suspect. I'm going to attempt some digital snaps later this year to send to the mods for posting.
But what's wrong with building and collecting unbuilt kits too? Surely most of us have an as-yet unbuilt "collection" in our heads?
8 hours ago, Pup7309 said:Haha! It’s Already in reverse- noted. Got threads crossed
As you were. Continue with speculation wishlisting from rumourmonger! 
The information seemed quite reliable (not from a mischief maker), and the prospect of a big Halifax is completely credible from a firm that's already produced multiple subvariants of two four-engined heavy bombers.
We shall see.
The Sunderland seems a little more remote due to its bulk, but my thoughts are that H K Models are designing these in 1:32 but may be aiming to tweak the CAD to produce a 1:48 kit, or both. I'd get both in either scale but would have to drop 20% of the stash to justify two 1:32 offerings sold in suitcases.
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2 hours ago, VintageEagle said:
Thank you all! I could only find a Microscale sheet for 1/72. I found, however, stencils for early F-16:
https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/decals/syhart/decal_syhart_32905.shtml
Tony, I agree that using other sheets from 1980s F-16 is probably the easiest way. I’ll check what is available.
Thanks!
Roger
Remember also that F-16 insignia were smaller, like PACAF stuff, so 1:48 F-4 TAC and 388th TFW insignia would be anout right on a 1:32 F-16A, which opens up your search.
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1 hour ago, Archimedes said:
...You are, of course right and you don't need two merlins to do that: there is at least one example of a warbird Spitfires getting torque-rolled into the ground...
Kind regards,
Paul
Which is what a Mosquito is on one engine, but heavier.
Tony
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On 4/12/2024 at 5:30 PM, Archimedes said:
The mosquito does have the whole “If one Merlin is good then two Merlin’s are better’ vibe about it. It also helps one to say to your mate, “hold my beer and watch this.” And then shut down engine 2, go inverted and beat up the field….
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Kind regards,
Paul
That sounds like a deathwish in real life. You'd end up rolling one wingtip into the ground due to torque.
1st. If I got back to flight sim I'd love a realistic F-14A Tomcat programme and fly every difficult scenario, from a single motor compressor stall on approach to a flat stall spin, night operations etc.
2nd would be Phantom F-4K daytime launches and traps on the teeny Ark Royal, with rocketing and bombing target barges or shooting down Jindiviks for weapons practice.
3rd would be F-22 at night, delivering low yield Mk/B.61 silver bullets against troublesome targets South of the Caspian Sea. Just kidding (sort-of).
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9 hours ago, Pup7309 said:
Wishlist speculation threads being linked to from one forum to the next. Must be a slow news day
Id say the original rumour has the scale mixed up for starters. ICM - have they done a twin in 1/32 ? Or even a 4 engine in 1-48? And they’re bringing out a massive Sunderland in 1/32 - maybe. Or pigs might fly. Backwards
Where did ICM enter the equation? This is a suggestion about HK Models, aka Hong Kong Models, who have already produced B-17s and Lancasters in 1:32 scale.
Watch out, because you may get unexpectedly pooped on by a pig flying in reverse.
Tony
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31 minutes ago, CRAZY IVAN5 said:
So, how is their Mirage 2000c ? I ask because well, it's Kitty Hawk ,though I 've had pretty decent luck with their 48th FJs and Cougars.
Dunno. Want one though. The front windshield is about 5mm too long (correct for the 2-seater D but not right for the single-seater C). I'm not sure it'll bother me excessively, especially after making the front 2mm or so of windshield blended into the fuselage and painted as such.
There are some great builds on LSP, like Spiro's Greek one.
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25 minutes ago, SimonCornes said:
I wonder if the likes of Hannants will stock Kittyhawk kits again?
Hannants already are as Future Releases.
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I have vague memories of Microscale markings for a 388th TFW Block 1 F-16A from Hill AFB, Utah.
It would have had a black radome circa 1978-79, quickly superseded by the less conspicuous grey coating.
But maybe the scale was 1:48.
If it were me I'd search for black codes, serials from generic 1980s F-16C sheets, coloured 388th TFW & TAC insignia from wherever.
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Over on the Britmodeller Rmour Thread...
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235139234-hk-132-halifax-and-sunderland/
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The earliest I could find was for a Block 15 AFRes jet:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SS32205?result-token=Lx33E
Microscale must have done some back in the day for early Hill and Nellis aircraft, so trawling ebay etc might turn up something.
Tony
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Kotare Spitfire wins Modellfan Model of the Year award at the Nuremberg Toy Fair
in LSP Discussion
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Thanks. Brief mention of the '109 and three other unspecified designs following, around the 7 minute mark.
I wish Kotare well. It's nice to see a thriving new manufacturer regardless of their subject matter just touching my interests.
Single engine propellery things in £100 boxes seems the winning formula right now.
Tony