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Hmmm! An Issue
mtnflyer
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 03:18 PM UTC
I sent off for this MiniCraft 1/144 B-377 Stratocruiser, hoping that a different subject would break the modeling block I've been suffering.

Started just setting it together to get a sense of its scale, and Whoa!!! Hey! This might not work out so well.



Now I'm wondering if I should contact MiniCraft and try to squeeze a correct sprue out of them, or just put out for another kit and hope the right stuff is in the box.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 03:44 PM UTC
Minicraft is very good about responding to requests like this. Last time I needed parts they charged me a nominal fee, but I got the correct parts. Contact Sharon: sharon(at)minicraftmodels(dot)com
mtnflyer
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 03:54 PM UTC
Thanks Jessie. I,ll try doing that. In the interm, I'll give a Daco 737 a go.
jjasmine
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 04:16 PM UTC
Maybe you could make a "push/pull" out of it!

I bought this push/pull on purpose.

Jessie_C
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 05:04 PM UTC

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Maybe you could make a "push/pull" out of it!


The passengers would get awfully dizzy...
warreni
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 05:19 PM UTC
But if it went fast enough it would be VTOL!!
jjasmine
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 05:32 PM UTC

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Maybe you could make a "push/pull" out of it!


The passengers would get awfully dizzy...


That's probably true!!
Jessie_C
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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 05:52 PM UTC

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But if it went fast enough it would be VTOL!!


Briefly...
mtnflyer
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Posted: Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 03:06 AM UTC
I did email Minicraft as Jessica suggested. They responded very quickly and in a posiitve way. Hopefully, my replacement sprue will land in the mailbox soon.

Hats off to Minicraft, so far. I'm very happy!
mtnflyer
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Posted: Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 08:20 AM UTC
You know; I should just go ahead and build this thing for the "What If Campaign".

What if they really were working on a secret weapon?
What if this kit really depicts the "B-377 Stratocruiser Mk.II?
What if the engineers were totally drunk when they built it, and were reading the plans upside down?
What if they were just stone-cold drunk and didn't care about the plans?

Seems to me, it would make a fairly good "What If" entry.
jjasmine
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Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 05:31 PM UTC

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You know; I should just go ahead and build this thing for the "What If Campaign".

What if they really were working on a secret weapon?
What if this kit really depicts the "B-377 Stratocruiser Mk.II?
What if the engineers were totally drunk when they built it, and were reading the plans upside down?
What if they were just stone-cold drunk and didn't care about the plans?

Seems to me, it would make a fairly good "What If" entry.


I agree, it would definitely be a unique piece and there are innumerable possibilities for the background story to it.

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