Fred Jack
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7 hours ago, thierry laurent said:
To me the C-47 is really the missing link. Used in nearly all conflicts of the second half of the 20th century, painted with schemes of all US services and many other countries, used for close to any role... It is a no brainer! The Hph kit is alas far too expensive: 750€ without the photoetched set... Come on... ☹️
DeAgostini make a far more detailed DC3 than Hph with even a metal skin for about the same price. It wouldn’t make too much modification to convert it to a C47.
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5 hours ago, quang said:
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Yeah but you can pack 28 1/32 paratrooper figures in it. Makes a lot of guns
Yea, the C-47s had holes in the windows for rifles. You could make it look like a porcupine.
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Yeah but you can pack 28 1/32 paratrooper figures in it. Makes a lot of guns
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34 minutes ago, cbk57 said:
I know many people still like those old Monogram kits, I built a lot of them myself, however I did that in the 1970’s and 1980’s. I would no more purchase one of those kits now than purchase a Walkman or black and white mini television from Radio Schack all though I owned both of those back then. I respect anyone that likes the old kits, I have very minimal interest in them as new research and technology makes them more obsolete every day. I hope they are all retooled with new versions as appropriate in 1/32 or 1/48. We have the new HK B-17 coming in 1/48 hopefully they will do more of these big bombers in 1/48 like the B-29 where it makes sense and do 1/32 where it makes sense.
I should make clear, this is my feeling only, I don’t expect anyone to agree, about these old monogram kits, in the 1970’s and 1980’s I hit a point where I quit building airplanes because I disliked the kit quality so much. I remember one thing about the monogram B-29 and that was the giant seam that was like the marianas trench where the fuselage halves were to go together. Even today I would spend hours trying to fix that seam if I build one of those, probably days. I was not that skilled back then, don’t claim to be now, but the quality of those kits were a misery. I had just enough access to TAmiya kits to know better was possible. For years I would not buy a monogram kit unless it was a car as I just got tired of how bad they were.
My I quit point was at about age 12 to 14 when I built the B-29. I ended up with this horrible gap where the fuselage halves went together so I tried to cover it up with scotch tape, then spray painted the whole thing silver. Did not work, did not know what filler was and threw the whole thing in the trash. I did not touch another monogram plane after that for years. I still mostly detest those kits. I built armor kits after that.
Some above have mentioned a 1/32 Dakota I would think that to be a kit that would make a lot of sense.
In the 70s I built all of the bombers and I at least was impressed. As a matter of fact, my first wife still has them. But bad quality or not, each bomber cost $20.
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20 hours ago, Tony T said:
My top five 1/32 would be:
Short Sunderland III or V
Handley Page Halifax — Hercules radials, rectangular fins, rounded or squared wingtips
Convair TB/B-58A Hustler
Consolidated PBY5 Catalina
Vickers Armstrong Wellington — late
(And in 1/48 an Avro Vulcan B.2 and Handley Page Victor SR.2 or K.2)
Wouldn't be surprised if some made it into IM styrene within the next five-six years.
Tony
Amen to the Halifax. Also a Short Sterling and a Hudson.
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Other than a good B-24 and a Halifax lll, I don’t want any WW2 four engine bombers. I wished that WW2 designers could have kept us future modelers in mind and made all bombers with folding wings.
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I have quite a few SPADS, both Roden and Hobbycraft. I also have a lot of Nieuports. So far I’ve been trying to find the best references for the camouflage colours. Then I realized that my best reference was in my stash. My WnWs Salmson instructions. They’re pretty specific on how to make various colours, even though they admit that no one is certain about WW1 colours, but to me they work. Thank you WnWs.
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On 10/19/2019 at 5:45 AM, reconspit said:
...unbelievable..., mustn’t there be a lot of aircraft in her...?
most of the aircraft were on deck when she was hit, and any that were below burned. But the Akaga and Soryu can’t be that far from her. The Hiryu was a different matter since she was miles away when she sank.
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On 10/9/2019 at 7:36 PM, Snowbird3a said:
Not sure what nailing/stitching has to do with bleed-thru, but no, I don’t believe the streaking bled through to the cockpit interior. Others may know more. I’m miles away from my references.
Tony
I realized that the nailing and painting had nothing in common.
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On 10/15/2019 at 8:10 PM, Snowbird3a said:
can you give us a reference for this ???
Tony
I’ve been into WW1 aviation for 60 years, and during that time had read a lot of books and talked to a few WW1 Pilots. I’d love to give you a reference, but I don’t remember which book(s) I read it from.
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On 10/4/2019 at 11:35 PM, Pup7309 said:
The cheaper shipping option sometimes takes a while and has no tracking. Not sure about email problems.
I have the same problem with my early DVll directly from WnWs, but I don’t despair because they always take a long time.
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On 10/2/2019 at 10:04 PM, RadBaron said:
Quite a few kits (and a few Duellists sets) at 30% off.
https://www.wetanz.com/brands/wingnut-wings
Do I really need an FE2B.....?
I just got my 30% off French Salmson. It came very quickly. I was going to get the RE8/ Halberstadt CL2 duelist, but I was surprised that they didn’t have it, since it is not Out of Production.
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Fokker ordered the fabric to be nailed on to cut production costs. Maybe this is why Aces, like Udet, who received Fokker built D-Vlls had their wings replaced with Albatros built wings.
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On 10/2/2019 at 11:03 PM, Gazzas said:
In da UP you need something for those long cold winter days, eh? I SO Do Not miss snow!
But I have my own backlog of WNW kits to build.
I’m from the UP. Glad I moved to CA. For those who don’t know, The UP stands for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It has four seasons, Last Winter, Winter, Next Winter, and Mosquito/Black Fly Season.
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20 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:
Traditionally, to the best of my knowledge, only the F-100 through F-106 (excluding the XF-103) are considered part of the Century series of operational/full production jets. While the number 107 itself would be included in the Century series numbering system, I don't believe anyone really considers it to be part of the established series itself.
All of the 100s jets were Century Series. I don’t think the F-110 stayed Century Series when it was changed to F-4.
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6 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:
I don't think the '107 is actually considered to be a Century series bird.
The century series started with the F-100 and ended with the F-110, of course the F-110 later became the F-4 Phantom, so the F-107 is definitely a Century Series Bird.
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I saw one at the Musee de Millitaire in Brussels. I couldn’t believe how small it was.
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On 10/7/2019 at 3:20 PM, Fred Jack said:
There are plenty of planes in production that are much bigger than the 101. Each person has different tastes.
Have you folks ever had the privilege of seeing a wing of Voodoos in flight like I have?
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Since Fokker had the fabric nailed on instead of stitched, does anyone know if the striping bled through to the inside of the fuselage? I guess this applies to the early DVll as well.
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1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said:
I must be in the minority, as I'm not a huge fan of the Voodoo. I dont hate it, but I'm not a huge fan.
We have a 102 here at SAC, and cant say I'm a huge fan of it either. 106.....different story all together.
The Voodoo is a decent looking plane, and we have on at SAC as well, but it would be HUGE in 32nd.
The cost to make an IM or resin 101 in 32nd would be pretty high......high enough that Im not sure any manufacturer IM or resin would be able to recoupe that cost
There are plenty of planes in production that are much bigger than the 101. Each person has different tastes.
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In the ‘50s every kid looked in the sky to see Voodoos fly overhead and fell in love with them. There are a lot of us baby boomers around, but not even one 32nd injection moulded model. If people knew how good they looked next to a F-104, everyone would want the pair.
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On 8/14/2019 at 12:48 AM, Pup7309 said:
WNW is featuring new kit images of kits in development...
Handley Page’s, Dr1s, Hansa-B D1, and now another new kit in development!
Also, if you haven’t been on WnWs page, they “sold out” their Albatros decal series only to rerelease each sheet with a model Albatros.
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On 10/6/2019 at 7:26 AM, Stevepd said:
If I was looking at doing a BoB mk1 Hurricane with no real subject knowledge, which kit would you recommend: PCM or the Fly kit?.
Steve.
I have both PCM Hurcs, the wood wing and the metal wing and like them both, although I have always preferred the Mkllc.
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Until the end of the War, paints, such as Olive and dark blue, either faded or changed color. As far as the Japanese, “Meatballs”, they rapidly changed to a reddish rust color during the war.
We have 32nd B-17, B-24 and Lancasters (plural!). What's next? B-29?
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Actually, Monogram’s last releases were an A20 ( Korean War B26) and a B26 after they finished making all those Mitchell versions in 1/48.