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Bolton Model Bonaza

Started by Thorvic, December 16, 2008, 12:22:56 AM

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van883

Nice photos Martin  :thumbsup:

see you at MK I hope

Van

Geoff


PR19_Kit

The tilt wing Ford 5-AT is pretty excellent, well done who's ever it is.

And what's the back story on the RN Canberra PR9 (or B(I)8)?
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Aircav

Both the Canberra and the the V/STOL Tri-Motor belong to OGL Martin.  :bow: :bow: :bow:
"Subvert and convert" By Me  :-)

"Sophistication means complication, then escallation, cancellation and finally ruination."
Sir Sydney Camm

"Men do not stop playing because they grow old, they grow old because they stop playing" - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Vertical Airscrew SIG Leader

GTX

Is the Ju-187 a kit or scratchbuilt?

Regards,

Greg
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

Aircav

Quote from: GTX on January 13, 2009, 11:44:10 AM
Is the Ju-187 a kit or scratchbuilt?

Regards,

Greg

Its by Martin and I think its a Unicraft kit
"Subvert and convert" By Me  :-)

"Sophistication means complication, then escallation, cancellation and finally ruination."
Sir Sydney Camm

"Men do not stop playing because they grow old, they grow old because they stop playing" - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Vertical Airscrew SIG Leader

Martin H

steve is right ref the Ju 187.

The tilt wing ford is based on a real patent i found in one of Chris 707's patent office books.

The sea Cranberry, was built as a space filler for the long gone 72nd scale carrier flight deck i built for a cadet model display.  all 15 feet of it. I did have pics of it posted up on the original forum for this place, ill see if i still have them.
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

IPMS (UK) What if? SIG Leader.
IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

chrisonord

Hello to everyone I met up with at the show, it was great to be able to put faces to names and have the craic. As per usual, the just looking rule got booted into orbit, and I came away with yet more, bumph for the collection. One thing I do regret though is not buying the airfix Kaman seasprite that was on the first stall as you went into the main hall, there were 2 of them at the right kinda money too....BUGGER!! Never mind I am sure one will turn up again. Oh... and the trumpy TU-160 in 72nd scale..noooooo, how dare they wave that in front of me for 15 quid less than my LMS.
Chris 
The dogs philosophy on life.
If you cant eat it hump it or fight it,
Pee on it and walk away!!

Geoff

Bolton was the first show for the Cold War SIG as well. Chris (Falcon) is off line for a bit so - -

The first display was well received and we had a number of good general comments about the display. We had a large number of aircraft on the table covering a number of NATO and Soviet types both fixed wing and rotary, and a good line up of AFV's.
Thorvic's scratched RAF tanker fetched a number of comments from people who wanted to know if it was a kit- they were very impressed to find it was a scratchbuild, after we figured it out for ourselves.
A little more embaressing, well initially, was being asked a few times how we had got such a good "metallic panneling effect" on a couple of the Migs on display. We had to cough for the fact that the display was a bit light on the Soviet side so we had "cheated" by including 2 diecast Mig-21's, and the metal effect was so good because they were err, metal, most people saw the funny side of it.
The SIG is planning to display at the Huddersfield show in Febuary.
Pics to follow when Falcon is back on line.
GeoffP.

Martin H

Quote from: Geoff on January 14, 2009, 11:44:41 AM
A little more embaressing, well initially, was being asked a few times how we had got such a good "metallic panneling effect" on a couple of the Migs on display. We had to cough for the fact that the display was a bit light on the Soviet side so we had "cheated" by including 2 diecast Mig-21's, and the metal effect was so good because they were err, metal,

Tut Tut.................seeing as it was Cold war's first display i think we can let it pass....just this once  LOL
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

IPMS (UK) What if? SIG Leader.
IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

Radish

I can "fill out" the dark side with some stuff at Huddersfield in 1/48th:

Chinese J5A (MiG-17PF)
Polish Lim-5 (MiG-17F)
F-51D...Chinese Communist

and from North Korea:
F-51D, La-7, ....all based on "Us Intelligence" reports...ie, most likely fantasy :o
Once you've visited the land of the Loonies, a return is never far away.....

Still His (or Her) Majesty, Queen Caroline of the Midlands, Resident Drag Queen

Geoff