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Now availiable for order! John quoted £160 plus postage. Excited for mine to turn up!
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That is a fantastic result, so crisp and clean! Excellent work
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Sublime as always, Peter! Thankyou for taking the time to document your process, it never gets old and it fans the flames of encouragement for having a go at it!!
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Ooooh now THAT I'll jump on! Nothing looks quite as mean as a clipped wing MkXII!
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That is a real shame, they have some lovely stuff in their range
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Many moons ago, I built the 205. Engraved panel lines and other details are quite chunky, but considering the kits former life as a "toy" thats not unexpected. I really liked the pre-painted pilot figure! I remember it being an easy build, the plugs that cover the screws were a drag to fill. Overall fit was very good. All the comments about wheels and gear doors are correct, I can't remember if I changed the wheels out, but I certainly made new gear doors. The cockpit and wheel wells aren't barren, but you could really go to town detailing them. I remember being pleasantly suprised by the quality of the decals, both in printing and application. For what was at the time a really cheap kit, it's certainly great value for the money, i think i paid $20AUD on sale. Will it compete for accuracy with the latest and greatest without a bunch of laborious work? No. But it sure is a darn good looking kit that can be had for significantly less than the newer kits. Makes a fantastic canvass for trying some fun painting techniques! Sorry for the potato-cam quality pic. The model is currently in a box, in storage on the other side of the plane!
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Those are looking great, Kev!
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Very nicely done!
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Hope your back to 100% soon, Mike!
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There are a couple in 1/72, an old Esoteric Vacform (which is actually a really beautiful kit, the pinnacle of vacforms) and resin kit by CMR (which I've never seen in person and can't comment on). This one is the only 1/48 kit, although MikroMir is currently working on a 1/48 injection molded kit of the S39, and I do wonder if they're planning on following it with an S38. Time will tell!
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And that particular one is an all-wood, flying replica! The real one is even more beautiful-er
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Wishful thinking
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I was extremely fortunate growing up with a dad who was an award winning modeller, so right from the get go I had all the inspiration, knowledge and equipment ready to go. At that time, Plasti-weld, Testors and Humbrol enamels and the Paasche single action airbrush were all the name of the game. You can imagine how much has changed since THEN! Each time I've come back after a break from the hobby, the tools and equipment have evolved, along with the techniques, so there's always a change. Most recently, I try to have a go of something new on each build. A new painting technique, or surface texturing, or something. Just to learn something new and see if there's a technique I'd enjoy adding to my fold. For me, that's a part of the fun, learning a new skill to try to bring my completed models that little bit closer to the way I imagine they'll look at the beginning of the build. Denzil.
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Being away from the bench is proving to be an expensive exercise, too much spare time shopping for kits instead of building HOWEVER I did manage to snag the last of my all time Holy-Grail kits. Not a LSP, admittedly, but impossibly cool none the less! Tom's Modelworks 1/48 Sikorsky S38 The box is entirely lackluster so here's a perv at some of the parts within Details are cast resin and white metal. And a LOT of plastic strut stock. I'm already scheming about how to make a square metal-tube structure to go inside the top wing and booms, that will pick up the central strut, to make a nice solid model. Can't wait to have a go!! Given its holy grail status, that means I should never need to buy another model ever again, right?