What the postman brought today ....
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 09:27 AM UTC
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F-111 Aardvark, the controversial F-111 I've heard of, but F-111 Pig 
Whats up with that????
I am not sure why, but Pig is it's nickname in the RAAF.
You may be right, I may be crazy.
#439
Washington, United States
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 09:41 AM UTC
Ah, I thought that they had originated the Aardvark moniker. Worked on a project on RAAF RF-111 centuries ago at General Dynamics.
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
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 09:54 AM UTC
We never had A Models. Aardvark came from the USA. The RAAF had three versions of the F111, F-111C, RF-111C and F-111G.
I worked on many aircraft in my time and what amazed me about the F-111 was how solid it felt. You slap the skin and get a dull thud rather than a hollow sort of noise like with an F-18. Hard to describe.
I think the USAF and RAAF made a big mistake by retiring them.
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 01:54 PM UTC
A trip down to the local hobby shop and this is what I walk out with
Tamiya 250ml of thinner , flat brown , olive drab and khaki drab in a tempt to mix PC-10
Testors Model Master Exhaust buffing metalizer and Brunt metal metalizer .
And a new paint for copper , don't care much for the testors so I will give this a try ....Mr.Metal colour
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 02:30 PM UTC
Mr Metal colour is fantastic! Spray straight from the jar, or brush paint! Amazing stuff..
Post man bought me a 1/72 Trumputer Bear H and a set of brass barrels for my 1/350 Richelieu.. Two days in a row now!
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 03:27 PM UTC
Thanks Warren , was the first time seeing it in the hobby shop and they only had three jars of the stuff . Was going to pick up Vallejo copper but it didn't look right , has a fake appearance to it .
Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 05:30 PM UTC
Terri, I drove 47 miles to the LHS to purchase some Evergreen sheets, KS mesh screen and a Roden 1/48 Fokker DVII only to come away with one bottle of Abroid PROWELD.
Bob
If it aint broke dont fix it.
#439
Washington, United States
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 05:41 PM UTC
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
Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 06:02 PM UTC
Yep Mark, you are correct about the actor but when you only ride the bus (California revoked my license stating that I was a menace to the public by having a seizure while driving)it does not matter how close the LHS is, it still seems as far as the moon. Mail order is a God send.
Bob
If it aint broke dont fix it.
#501
Kerala, India / भारत
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Posted: Monday, June 07, 2010 - 06:10 PM UTC
It's been a while since i posted here. This is what i got over the last 2 months. All are 1/32 scale
Cheers
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 02:06 AM UTC
i've wanted an avro 504 for a while and 2 came along at once!
i got the smer kit for £1.99 on ebay and then found the blue max kit at less than half price , i couldn't say no really.
paul
#439
Washington, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 03:29 AM UTC
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California revoked my license stating that I was a menace to the public
I believed that before you finished the sentance.
I lost a cousin over 20 years ago to a seizure, take care of yourself.
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
Texas, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 04:29 AM UTC
@ Paul: I have not seen the SMER 504K in a while, nice catch.
@ Mark: it was a gift from uncle Sam and a little mishap in a P3. Sorry to hear about your cousin.
Bob
If it aint broke dont fix it.
#501
Kerala, India / भारत
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Posted: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 08:16 PM UTC
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It's been a while since i posted here. This is what i got over the last 2 months. All are 1/32 scale
Cheers
Oh dear...the link is dead. Let me try again
litespeed
News ReporterEngland - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 08:57 PM UTC
Nice collection there Raj! I was hoping you would re-post the picture.
are they pre-made airliners on top of the tv or ones from kits. Tell more please.
tim
#501
Kerala, India / भारत
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Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 03:00 AM UTC
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Nice collection there Raj! I was hoping you would re-post the picture. are they pre-made airliners on top of the tv or ones from kits. Tell more please.
tim
Thanks Tim
Yes, those are pre-made kits. Snap fit ones to be exact. All 3 are 1:200 scale B737 NGs. From L to R they are :
B737-800, B737-700 & B737-900.
The -700 & -900 i had purchased from Boeing store in Seattle while the -800 one was presented to me by Boeing in 2008 when i had gone there for the ferry of a new aircraft.
Cheers
#501
Kerala, India / भारत
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Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 03:28 AM UTC
Picked up the following kits from Bahrain.
Now i had a question to ask of the Luftwaffe Experten here. If i remove the Radar Dipoles from the nose of the Me 262, can it pass off for a 2-seater trainer??? Or are the differences between the two too many??
Cheers
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 09:06 AM UTC
Raj, if you think it represents the trainer then thta is all that matters my friend. I thought the trainers were all taken over to be night fighters and such.
You may be right, I may be crazy.
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 09:21 AM UTC
Four days in a row!!
The modelling Gods are smiling on me at the moment! These are only the 3rd and 4th 1/48 scale kits I have purchased. I decided that is was almost impossible to get much of a collection of RAAF aircraft in 1/32, and this scale takes up much less room in the display cabinets. I know Montex makes a 1/32 Boomerang, but I am not that rich!
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Texas, United States
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Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 09:29 AM UTC
Warren, nice kits for your work bench.
Bob
If it aint broke dont fix it.
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 11:40 AM UTC
Yes!! 5 days running!!
No photos as these all came without boxes as part of a swap with a very generous person in the US of A..
All 1/35...
Dragon El Alemain Sherman
Fine Molds Type 95 Ha Go Japanes Tank
Italeri Carro Armato L6/40 tank
Italeri Crusader Anti-Aircraft Tank
Tamiya ?13/40 Carro Armato (with Aussie markings!!)
Tamiya Japanese Infantry
and finally
AFV Club CHurchill MkIII
Woohoo!!
and to top that lot off he also sent me...
Squadron Italian Medium Tanks in action,
Squadron Italian Armoured Vehicles of World War Two
and
Plans and decal sheets to build Sherman Firefly tanks as used by Lebanon..
Double Woohoo!! Never even heard of Fireflys being used by Lebanon. I have a little work ahead of me I think..
Thanks again Mike..
You may be right, I may be crazy.
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 02:21 PM UTC
... And then I went up the street to my postbox and found the 4 x 20mm Flak barrel sets I ordered a few weeks ago for just $6.99 instead of 25 Euros listed in other places..
Oh, and two aircraft of the Aces books, SE.5a and Albatross fighters.
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Friday, June 11, 2010 - 02:18 AM UTC
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... And then I went up the street to my postbox and found the 4 x 20mm Flak barrel sets I ordered a few weeks ago for just $6.99 instead of 25 Euros listed in other places..
Oh, and two aircraft of the Aces books, SE.5a and Albatross fighters.
Are you planning on starting up your own shop here ? Very nice haul indeed over the past five days !
Glad to see you picking up some WW 1 books
South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Friday, June 11, 2010 - 08:36 AM UTC
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... And then I went up the street to my postbox and found the 4 x 20mm Flak barrel sets I ordered a few weeks ago for just $6.99 instead of 25 Euros listed in other places..
Oh, and two aircraft of the Aces books, SE.5a and Albatross fighters.
Are you planning on starting up your own shop here ? Very nice haul indeed over the past five days !
Glad to see you picking up some WW 1 books
lol... I have been buying kits like this for years now Terri. I think I could open my own shop, but I do have plans to build all of them at some time. I try and build at least one per week..
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Germany
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Posted: Friday, June 11, 2010 - 09:23 PM UTC
Nice haul everyone!!
Today I got my dose of lucky modelling for this month:
mmost important are the gun sights for my "Aces2" FM-2. You might notice that I collected a bit of stuff for the Thud ... Nicolas diorama "Rolling Thunder" over at Armorama persuaded me to go with the HB kit for the "Pin ups campaign" ... though this is rather pornographic in comparison.
The Engine for the Tamiya kit is just a spice for a side project of the future KNIL-MIL machine ... a pilot named Deibel (devil) is just too cool to miss and he had 3 airial victories. The JAS-39 parts are also or a future project (though this is surely no side project as I also bought 3 CMK sets for it) .. I just liked the latest Czech Tiger meet aircraft:
(photos from different sources just linked for demo)
all the best
Steffen
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO HOBBY MORI
