Now Enlisting: FROG modellers
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#323
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Posted: Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 10:57 AM UTC
Robbie: "Would 60 Gallons be sufficient ?"
Forbidden Planet - 1956
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#372
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Posted: Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 11:08 AM UTC
They do turn up all over the place! I heard something about the Academy Avenger being a copy of the Frog. Might have some truth in it as it has all the features of a lend-lease FAA Avenger rather than a US example.
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#439
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Posted: Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 05:58 PM UTC
@ Jon, close, my example has FAA and RNZAF markings
@ Stephen, curiouser and curiouser, I've got the Academy Minicraft boxing of the TBF/M in the stash too. I'll have to check it out sometime.
Hanger Queens in Waiting:
Monogram 1/72 F8F-1
Corsair the Sky Pirate - 1/72 Ace A-7D
Century Series - Airfix 1/72 F-105G
Anti Shipping - Academy 1/72 PBJ-1D
Academy 1/72 F-84E
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#259
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Posted: Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 07:10 PM UTC
The Minicraft Avenger is the former Crown kit.
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 02:50 AM UTC
There are several and many early Academy 72nd kits--possibly every single kit from the 80s/early 90s--that are outright copies of other brands, with the molds slightly retooled (the recessed panel lines being the major noticeable item).
BUT, as such, I don't think the Academy kits should qualify as they ARE retooled. My opinion.
Jonathon, unless Crown also pirated the Frog mold, the Academy TBF is a blatant clone of the Frog. Compare the sprues here and here:
Academy
http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=AC%201651Frog
http://frog.cocardes.com/grumman-avenger-mk-ii-ref-f244
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 03:36 AM UTC
Jonathon is thinking of the 1/144 Avenger, which is indeed the Crown kit. It's the Seventy Twooth kit which traces its ancestry to Frog.
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#439
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 03:36 AM UTC
Still, I gotta check the Academy TBF in my stash, I have absolutely no recollection of the stand..
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I'm claiming a senior moment at worst...
Hanger Queens in Waiting:
Monogram 1/72 F8F-1
Corsair the Sky Pirate - 1/72 Ace A-7D
Century Series - Airfix 1/72 F-105G
Anti Shipping - Academy 1/72 PBJ-1D
Academy 1/72 F-84E
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#372
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 03:59 AM UTC
I'll have to find mine out but I'm pretty sure it came with the stand too. Its hard to tell the two apart from those pictures. Its a bit of grey area and unless we can prove that they are Frog or clones, known reboxes are a safer bet to qualify for the campaign.
I suspect that Academy have ripped off a few manufactures as I've had AFV kits that looked suspiciously like Tamiya's in the past.
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 06:38 AM UTC
Count me in, perhaps I can reduce my stash, by 1
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#323
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:31 AM UTC
Robbie: "Would 60 Gallons be sufficient ?"
Forbidden Planet - 1956
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:36 AM UTC
According to
Scalemates, that one is not Frog
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:41 AM UTC
As interesting as all these maybe's are, there is no need to stretch credulity, actual Frog model kits are common as dirt, and often priced accordingly.
Makes one wonder if the reason they went out of business is that they produced far more product than they could sell.
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#323
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 11:02 AM UTC
Robbie: "Would 60 Gallons be sufficient ?"
Forbidden Planet - 1956
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Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:36 AM UTC
I had a whole reply ready to go stating that the Yak 3 qualifies as a FROG..... and then I went back and read the link above which states everything I had said
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Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 04:19 AM UTC
Paid a visit to the Fleet Air Museum in Yeovilton this weekend. I was pleasantly surprised to find a small selection of pre-owned kits at the back of the gift shop. Quite a nice selection but some prices were a little high. I did however find a Matchbox HP Heyford, and a bagged Frog Westland PV3.
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Decals are missing, but they would be unusable if they were still here. It is however missing the prop and transparencies. If anyone has these bits in the spares and are willing to part with them, it would help me out a great deal.
Thanks
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Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 11:55 PM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 03:29 AM UTC
Did you look at the start date Dec 2013 and finish date May 2013
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 04:28 AM UTC
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Did you look at the start date Dec 2013 and finish date May 2013
Good one!
I will check my stash of completed models
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 04:35 AM UTC
Fixed and you should now be able to enlist
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 04:59 AM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 08:12 AM UTC
Enlisted, if nothing changes Me Bf110 found in Hannants
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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 08:15 AM UTC
Shame on you Jonathan! Frog campaigns have to be hopping, not rolling
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For there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
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