South Australia, Australia
Joined: August 14, 2007
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Posted: Friday, November 08, 2013 - 12:47 PM UTC
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Might be a stupid question, but what does KotS III mean?
I'm new here so... Please explain.
Robert Jan
Not a stupid question. One of the rules for this campaign was the aircraft must have flown before the end of 1934, and the Amiot 143 first flew in July 1934. It just squeaks in!
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Bangkok, Thailand / ไทย
Joined: September 17, 2013
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Posted: Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 05:40 AM UTC
Thanks for the answer, both Jessica and Warren. I will certainly join next campaign on KotS.
Robert Jan
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United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:01 AM UTC
Looks awesome Warren! Some of these older kits can turn out really well with some care. Shame about the decals but as you say should be easy to replace from an aftermarket sheet. Do you intend to at a later date?
On the bench: 1/72 Mosquito, Lightning F.6, DH.2,
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South Australia, Australia
Joined: August 14, 2007
KitMaker: 5,926 posts
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Posted: Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:12 AM UTC
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Looks awesome Warren! Some of these older kits can turn out really well with some care. Shame about the decals but as you say should be easy to replace from an aftermarket sheet. Do you intend to at a later date?
Yes Sir.. in the future I will do it, but unemployment puts a dent in my modelling funds..
I will have to check through my spare decals as well. You would think that somewhere in 35 years of decals I should find SOMETHING...
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Quebec, Canada
Joined: June 23, 2008
KitMaker: 414 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 01:36 PM UTC
Shame about the decals. It is a bit frustrating when one puts so much work into a model only to be blind-sided at the end by poor quality decals.
However, the Amiot is a very interesting aircraft , and the SMER/Heller is the only game in town.
Personally, I think I'm going to get SMER's 1/72 LEO 451.
With kits of this age ll you can do is your best - the Amiot is a very unique aircraft and should pique anyone's interest when you display it.
Congratulations, job well done.
South Australia, Australia
Joined: August 14, 2007
KitMaker: 5,926 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 03:32 PM UTC
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Shame about the decals. It is a bit frustrating when one puts so much work into a model only to be blind-sided at the end by poor quality decals.
However, the Amiot is a very interesting aircraft , and the SMER/Heller is the only game in town.
Personally, I think I'm going to get SMER's 1/72 LEO 451.
With kits of this age ll you can do is your best - the Amiot is a very unique aircraft and should pique anyone's interest when you display it.
Congratulations, job well done.
Thanks for that Richard.
I also have the Leo in the stash and the Potez as well. The kits are so cheap they are very hard to resist. I always wanted to build them when they were Heller but I was too young to be able to afford them at the time.. That's a long time ago!!
Cheers mate
Warren
You may be right, I may be crazy.
