I Feel the Need for Speed
#041
Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 - 09:15 PM UTC
Hi Nektarios
As Carl writes your Concorde would be fine for this campaign. We need more civilian aircrafts in the forum.
Welcome to the forum
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 12:31 AM UTC
#041
Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 03:06 AM UTC
Welcome back to the hobby and welcome to the campaign
Great banner - nice to see you are already supporting the campaign
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#243
England - North East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 07:14 AM UTC
Thanks Jesper I will probably go after market and may look at one of the aerobatic teams that used the Hunter, but first I have to buy the kit! The Hunter was certainly supersonic in a dive but not in level flight. Could be a neat model
Andrew
Pfalz DIIIa, Eduard 1/48 Uffz Max Hitschler Jasta 18 Late 1917
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 07:34 AM UTC
Signed up.
I have about 30 kits in the stash that would qualify for this campaign, I'll think I will just throw a dart over my shoulder and see which one it hits
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Andy
It's not the same, better, but not the same...
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:00 AM UTC
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 12:48 PM UTC
We need some early aviation speeders in here.
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I am frequently seen with blood shot eyes from staying up past my nap time to get the right colour scheme on my latest WWI model?
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 12:51 PM UTC
Oh, BTW we are one short of official.
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I am frequently seen with blood shot eyes from staying up past my nap time to get the right colour scheme on my latest WWI model?
#243
England - North East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008 - 11:52 AM UTC
I've got a Wright Flyer in the stash, that should qualify, even at 38mph
Andrew
Pfalz DIIIa, Eduard 1/48 Uffz Max Hitschler Jasta 18 Late 1917
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Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008 - 02:20 PM UTC
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Oh, BTW we are one short of official.
oh now were not! i dug my f-15e out of the stash and i enlisted.
Current builds-
mopar dio because i must
#041
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Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008 - 07:45 PM UTC
Andrew, the Wright flyer would qualify! It could be cool to have the two extremes represented in the campaign. The Wright flyer at the lowest speed and the SR-71 Blackbird at three times the sound of speed. As I recall Stefan already planned for the Blackbird.
Welcome onboard, Seth. I am looking forward to see your F-15 take to the sky
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Khania, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008 - 10:46 PM UTC
BIG TROUBLE....I have a dillema.....i ve heard about an X-15 KIT IN 1/48 AND I WANT TO ORDER IT......so what do you think,Concorde 1/72 or X-15 1/48??????????????HEEEEEEEELP!!!!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 12:53 AM UTC
Would be great to see Concorde, there is one near me, I must get over and get some shots for a walkaround.
Let me know when you are planning to start and I'll try and get over before then. Also if there is a particular shot you'd want let me know. Can't promise my photography will be any good though. No reason not to build two though
#243
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Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 04:50 AM UTC
OK Wright Flyer should be fun and even I can't mess up that cockpit. I will need som e rigging details tho, as the Revell kit doesn't look quite right in that area. Ah, snag, I think the kit is larger than 1/32, I'll check when I get home
I guess it must qualify for a speed record if it is the first ever!
This has the makings of an "I can't wait to start" campaign
Andrew
Pfalz DIIIa, Eduard 1/48 Uffz Max Hitschler Jasta 18 Late 1917
#041
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Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 08:07 PM UTC
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OK Wright Flyer should be fun and even I can't mess up that cockpit. Ah, snag, I think the kit is larger than 1/32, I'll check when I get home
I guess it must qualify for a speed record if it is the first ever!
I am quite sure it is actually a mistake that the upper limit in scale is 1/32. Carl is the main man of this campaign, but as second in command I do not see a problem with scales bigger than 1/32 - especially not for the Wright flyer. So continue your research.
@Nektarios, very difficult choice. The only real solution would be to build both
Go with what your guts tell you. Both builds will be 100% within the rules and the spirit of the campaign.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 12:20 PM UTC
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BIG TROUBLE....I have a dillema.....i ve heard about an X-15 KIT IN 1/48 AND I WANT TO ORDER IT......so what do you think,Concorde 1/72 or X-15 1/48??????????????HEEEEEEEELP!!!!
No penalty if you do both. I just ordered another Eduard Mirage III CJ. Its pretty fast. It is good to have choices.
As for breaking the sound barrier in a dive. Trans-sonic is trans-sonic. If you can document it, build it.
Wright flyer? I welcome it to the campaign.
Seth will be doing a F-15e
Just think of all the possibilities that are going unclamed. Jesper can't build them all.
(I think)
"Treat 'em Rough", Current Builds--Wingnut Rumpler
I am frequently seen with blood shot eyes from staying up past my nap time to get the right colour scheme on my latest WWI model?
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 12:23 PM UTC
We have 10 and we are official.
Speed to all.
"Treat 'em Rough", Current Builds--Wingnut Rumpler
I am frequently seen with blood shot eyes from staying up past my nap time to get the right colour scheme on my latest WWI model?
#041
Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 08:04 PM UTC
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Just think of all the possibilities that are going unclamed. Jesper can't build them all. (I think)
Good one
I am actually planning two builds. A mach 1 jet and a Bf 109 as second build. We will see if there is time.
Speed on!
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#243
England - North East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 03:24 AM UTC
Revell Wright Flyer is 1:39 scale, well inside the 1:32 scale upper limit. Phew! but your kind words noted. Just had a quick look at the kit, painting and decals (none) are a doddle, but rigging will be a nightmare - still it will certainly make a change from all the jets
Andrew
Pfalz DIIIa, Eduard 1/48 Uffz Max Hitschler Jasta 18 Late 1917
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Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 11:45 PM UTC
Must it be a manned aircraft? As a change of pace I might try a scratch x-43.
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 09:49 AM UTC
Manned or unmanned. We never considered this, did we? You cant really feel the speed if you are not in a speedy thing. But the campaign is all about speed. I am inclined to say build it. After all, speed is speed.
Something else comes to mind. Rockets. Space shuttle. They will work also.
"Treat 'em Rough", Current Builds--Wingnut Rumpler
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 10:34 AM UTC
I'll probably make something else too, most likely with a prop and floats. But I thought I'd cut my scratch building teeth with something fairly regularly shaped. Lots of three views of it on the internet too. Might be fun, which I guess what is it all about.
Khania, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Sunday, August 03, 2008 - 04:13 AM UTC
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I'll probably make something else too, most likely with a prop and floats. But I thought I'd cut my scratch building teeth with something fairly regularly shaped. Lots of three views of it on the internet too. Might be fun, which I guess what is it all about.
HMMMMMM....prop+floats....AND SCRATCHBUILT!!!!!!!
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Macchi MC72 440.68 mph(709.21 km/h)WORLD RECORD SPEED for Piston-Powered Seaplane
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Wojewodztwo Podkarpackie, Poland
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Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 08:20 AM UTC
Hi!
I'd really like to join but I cannot say if I find enough time then (it is too far from today to even guess
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My first thought was F-117 but this brick does not even beats 1Mach...
Maybe F-15 or F-16... F-14 has also sentimental meaning for me: Top Gun is a movie of my youth
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Carl, you had great idea for a ribbon, but I haven't seen if anybody made you one. So here is my try - if you like it: it's yours
. If you want to have anything changed (colors etc) just PM me!
Here is big one:
and here is "Campaign friendly format" (1Kb GIF, 50x20).
I'll try to join you guys later this year (this would be my first plane model since about 1988 (20 years...
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Andrzej
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Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 09:22 AM UTC
nektarios, you are a mind reader. Bonnie isn't she? Looks like she should go much faster than the paper plane that is an X43
