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December 02, 2003, 10:54:48 AM
anybody know where i can get an edgely optica kit from? i've got a bit of an idea that i'm doodling with at the moment, and would love to build one for shipboard use...i know its crazy, but i think it would be kind of groovy, esp for asw patrol (great visibility, and w/ a more powerful fan and stronger undercarriage and structure could actually carry some kit), ship to ship liason visits, hopping between carriers, ship inspection during blockades/customs work.

failing that, i DO have a set of 1/72 optica plans if anybody wants some...

bit silly, but hey....so am i

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Aircav

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December 02, 2003, 11:25:26 AM
Wow, thats going back a bit Ben, I think I've got a cutaway drawing for that bird somewhere and I dont envy you trying to vacform that canopy  :o

All the best
steve
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retro_seventies

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December 02, 2003, 01:51:27 PM
i know mate, i'm going off the deepend a little here with this one i think - i'm certainly leaving myself open to some stick...ah well.

that canopy is really going to be a bit tough - maybe i could try and update it with a flat plate canopy instead? not full on tandem flat plate like a cobra or anything, but something a little easier to scratchbuild than that big perspex onion! - maybe less glare from a flat plate anyway...

no idea about a model then chaps?

darn....

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Nick

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December 02, 2003, 03:12:54 PM
Edgeley Optica
Looks like you could use a Gazelle for the cockpit area, might save you some time and you could fill the rear seating area with camera gear or claim it's a COD machine.

Nick B)  

TsrJoe

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December 02, 2003, 03:26:20 PM
iv got lots of info on the type, manufacturers brochure, etc. if you wany i will happily copy it and post it down...no idea re a model tho (altho im sure there was a resin kit avaliable some years back?) again it was the cockpit area that put me off... <_<

cheers, joe  :ph34r:  
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retro_seventies

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December 03, 2003, 11:56:40 AM
thanks for the kind offer joe, appreciate it greatly, but i think i'll be ok for now - i've got some 1/72 plans that will help me build one from scratch if there's nowt out there, and like lancer says, i can probably find me a short cut somewhere somehow with that cockpit...

hmmmmmm....

let me look again for that kit online....brb
"Computer games don't affect kids. I mean, if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristin Wilson, Nintendo Inc, 1989.

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December 03, 2003, 12:04:51 PM
nope, couldn't find a thing....

scratchbuilding it is then.

arg.

"Computer games don't affect kids. I mean, if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristin Wilson, Nintendo Inc, 1989.
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