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Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
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LUKGRAPH : Boeing F2B-1Posted: Monday, September 19, 2016 - 06:16 AM UTC
Łukasz Sznajder has sent us photos of the companys Boeing F2B-1
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Joel_W
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New York, United States
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Posted: Monday, September 19, 2016 - 08:42 PM UTC
I've been looking at all his 1/32 between the wars kits, as each offering looks better then the last. Honestly, the only reason I haven't bought any yet, is my worry about building a resin kit.
Scrodes
Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Monday, September 19, 2016 - 10:33 PM UTC
I'm with Joel. Biiplanes scare me and resin kits scare me.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 02:57 AM UTC
Dip your toes in resin with this one! Not to much rigging involved!
Kevlar06
Washington, United States
Joined: March 15, 2009
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Joined: March 15, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 04:06 AM UTC
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I've been looking at all his 1/32 between the wars kits, as each offering looks better then the last. Honestly, the only reason I haven't bought any yet, is my worry about building a resin kit.
Joel,
You should really give resin a try. I've been building resin for years, and it's really not all that different from plastic, other than you use a different glue, and in older kits, you may need to take some precautions in sanding. I wrote a feature article for Internet Modeler on building the CMR Short S-23 seaplane back in 2008. It describes some techniques:
http://www.internetmodeler.com/scalemodels/aviation/Czechmaster_Resin_1_72_Short_S-23.php
That was a bit of a bear of a build due to some warped parts, but overall not bad. The new 1/32 scale offerings from Montex, Silver Wings and Lukgraph are so much better. I've built a couple of Montex kits for customers, and have the Silver Wings P6E in my stash those are great kits packed with so much detail. The P6E only has one small pour stub at the tail to be removed, almost everything else is ready to glue together, just like a plastic kit. (Some small stuff on pour blocks is easily to remove with a Micro-Mark saw blade chucked in a Dremel tool). Take the plunge, I don't think you'll be disappointed! Tell you what, you do some resin kits and I'll learn to use photobucket!
VR Russ
bill_c
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New Jersey, United States
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Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 06:07 AM UTC
Glad to see more Yellow Wings planes being released.