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Airfix 1/48th scale TSR.2

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Mossie

#60
January 19, 2009, 03:11:59 PM
Like those bulged wheels.  Nice to see a fair bit of detail on the weapons bay, although I bet you hear the naysayers write the kit off on those ejector pin marks! :wacko: :rolleyes: :wacko:
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

avro683

#61
January 21, 2009, 05:30:55 AM Last Edit: January 22, 2009, 07:46:51 AM by avro683
They are a bit obvious aren't they. I wonder if that's why the main doors always closed after the undercarriage lowering cycle on the real aicraft?! ;D

Weaver

#62
January 23, 2009, 03:06:28 PM
LHS got their delivery (2 of) today while i was in there. Too rich for my taste at £28.99, I'm afraid.
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Mossie

#63
January 24, 2009, 05:01:48 AM
This months MAM has an article on the TSR.2, giving profiles of the prototypes at various stages & some detail shots of the Cosford machine.
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Aircav

#64
February 06, 2009, 10:22:28 AM
There was a local Air cadet Squadron Leader in the LMS the other day and he said he couldn't see the point of a major manufacturer like Airfix doing the TRS2, it should of been let to someone like Anigrand and he couldn't understand at all why Hannants were selling "What-if" decals for it, a complete was of time............................................. I nearly got the cross and gallon of petrol out.
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PR19_Kit

#65
February 06, 2009, 10:36:40 AM
Quote from: Aircav on February 06, 2009, 10:22:28 AM
There was a local Air cadet Squadron Leader in the LMS the other day and he said he couldn't see the point of a major manufacturer like Airfix doing the TRS2, it should of been let to someone like Anigrand and he couldn't understand at all why Hannants were selling "What-if" decals for it, a complete was of time............................................. I nearly got the cross and gallon of petrol out.

There are some bigots about still. I wonder how old he was?

Anyway, what's it got to do with him, he doesn't have to buy them? It's up to Airfix and Hannants and if they can see a market. Perhaps he'd never heard of Arba, Resitech, Merlin etc etc, all of whom did it already.
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Aircav

#66
February 06, 2009, 10:52:38 AM
He was about 40
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"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

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PR19_Kit

#67
February 06, 2009, 10:55:21 AM
As I suspected, it was scrapped before he was even born!  :angry:
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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

Weaver

#68
February 09, 2009, 04:04:13 AM
Quote from: Aircav on February 06, 2009, 10:22:28 AM
There was a local Air cadet Squadron Leader in the LMS the other day and he said he couldn't see the point of a major manufacturer like Airfix doing the TRS2, it should of been let to someone like Anigrand and he couldn't understand at all why Hannants were selling "What-if" decals for it, a complete was of time............................................. I nearly got the cross and gallon of petrol out.


Jeeezus.... :blink:

I'm not a TSR.2 fan and I love winding "The Faithful" up, but I don't for a second begrudge them a decent kit of it! After all, whether you like the thing or not, it's unquestionably important to the history of British aircraft, so who better to do it than Airfix?  :unsure:
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 - Indiana Jones

Lord Darth Beavis

#69
April 28, 2009, 02:18:21 PM
Got the last quarter-scale one from Starship Modeler.  This thing is sooooooo cool!

Somebody really oughta kick that git in the goolies!

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