Quote from: kerick on November 07, 2022, 06:52:35 AMDo you know what the diameter should be for 1/72? RW or kit size would work for me. At least it looks like nice clean casting.

I can measure it when I get home tomorrow. Even the little ones looked nice and clean, DB do a great job of casting.

on order:

-2 x 1/144 Mini Hobby Models P-51D Mustang
-2 x 1/144 CC Lee Mirage 2000-5F (ex-Heller)
-1/144 4D model C-130H hercules

From the eBay Fairy:

HobbyBoss 1/48 F-84F. Possibly RAuxAF..?
XtraDecal 1/48 Jet Provost 1 & 2

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 08, 2022, 04:25:40 AMIMHO the Heller donor is only worthwhile if you want the M look, but it has (some) weaknesses.

No, i really prefer the N look but i've solved the issue by buying the Italeri N kit. Heavy panel lines and all but at least they're engraved.

Two  1/24 Italeri  truck accessories packs

Quote from: McColm on November 08, 2022, 11:46:52 PMTwo  1/24 Italeri  truck accessories packs

Which one?  There are a few.  I have the one with the roo-bar and two figures.



Today I went to checkout a newly opened Hobby Shop (Dandenong branch of Metro Hobbies).  It was very small without a lot of choice kit wise but it will be a usefull source of paints, glue, tools etc and I can get stuff I order from their website sent there for collection if I want (it's only a 35 minute drive).
Other than a couple of paints I also brought home an Airfix Beagle Basset. Whilst pondering colour schemes on the drive home the idea of doing it in Fields and Meadows popped into my head...

Bought some cheap kits mainly as spares from EvilBay. All in God's Own Scale, as usual:
- An Italeri Boeing X-32 JSF. No immediate plans, but if there ever was whif fodder, this is it.
- two Airfix Harrier GR.3's. While the kit to have really is the Esci/Italeri one, I got fed up with waiting, and I do have a good idea. And they came with good aftermarket weaponry..
- An Airfix Eurofighter EFA. Together with the old Airfix F-105, possibly the most inaccurate model I've seen, but, as Kit will be aware of, there is a very particular use for the jet exhausts.. Plus it came with extra German decals which I need badly for the current Luftwaffe spree I'm in. 

Quote from: zenrat on November 09, 2022, 03:08:37 AMWhich one?  There are a few.  I have the one with the roo-bar and two figures.

Is that a special Australian edition then? 

Quote from: zenrat on November 09, 2022, 03:08:37 AMOther than a couple of paints I also brought home an Airfix Beagle Basset.

It's strange how a few pots of paint or glue always feel the need to be escorted to their new abode.

Quote from: zenrat on November 09, 2022, 03:08:37 AMOther than a couple of paints I also brought home an Airfix Beagle Basset. Whilst pondering colour schemes on the drive home the idea of doing it in Fields and Meadows popped into my head...

So it will accompany their Bulldog's when they stray farther from home then ?

Just arrived In Stock at BNA Model World & just ordered:

2 x Airfix 1/48 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 (AX12012) - 1 x RAN (anti-shipping), 1 x RAMs (tactical strike)

The price has gone up about 35%-40% since I requested notification of their arrival & I didn't have that much in the account but I had to have them & found the money.


Not sure what to do with the old mould Airfix S.2 in the stash, now.

Quote from: zenrat on November 09, 2022, 03:08:37 AM

Quote from: McColm on November 08, 2022, 11:46:52 PMTwo  1/24 Italeri  truck accessories packs

Which one?  There are a few.  I have the one with the roo-bar and two figures.

I've got to get the other set Fred..kit 2 of the pair..I have ideas which involves the heli transporter and that set has useful parts .

Quote from: kerick on November 07, 2022, 06:52:35 AMDo you know what the diameter should be for 1/72? RW or kit size would work for me. At least it looks like nice clean casting.

It's 15 mm across the very front face of the intake on the 1/72 scale part.

Quote from: DogfighterZen on November 08, 2022, 02:15:09 AM

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 08, 2022, 01:24:06 AMI recommend the Academy kit. While the Heller M offers the square wings and the fin fillet, it has raised details and is IMHO not as crisp and easy to handle as the Academy P-47D.

Thanks for the suggestion, Dizzy! 
I did realize that the changes needed to make the academy P-47D look like the N variant aren't many so I'll probably use that one.

While IMHO the Heller Jug is a poor kit, it's good whif donor potential.

As for raised details, use them as templates for scribing recessed panel lines or just sand them smooth.

Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 09, 2022, 11:09:03 AM

Quote from: zenrat on November 09, 2022, 03:08:37 AM

Quote from: McColm on November 08, 2022, 11:46:52 PMTwo  1/24 Italeri  truck accessories packs

Which one?  There are a few.  I have the one with the roo-bar and two figures.

I've got to get the other set Fred..kit 2 of the pair..I have ideas which involves the heli transporter and that set has useful parts .

No that's not it, it's the one with the three drivers,  rear indicator display and hose couplings.