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jimbrae
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Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 01:03 AM UTC
First shown on the BBC, this is the idiosyncratic James May's attempt to achieve a liflelong ambition - a 1:1 Scale Airfix Kit...

It comes in several parts but don't miss any of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-gjJIbBEBI&feature=related
NickZour
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Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 01:47 AM UTC
Great vid!!

As I see he doesn't use any detail set?

Cheers Nick
thegirl
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Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 02:02 AM UTC
I want one !
Tomcat31
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Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 09:54 AM UTC
This was also discussed when the program first aired in the UK having seen the plane in the flesh they did an amazing job over the three days it took to build but it does need some filler in places

The full episode can be found on BBC's iplayer here

when I'm back home tomorrow i'll upload some of the photos i took from when the bulldogs visited RAF Cosford in November just before Scale Model World.

mother
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Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 01:00 PM UTC
Man can you imagine the cutters needed for the Photo Etch
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