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Started by Spey_Phantom, August 05, 2021, 10:06:23 PM

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kitbasher

#15
August 07, 2021, 01:40:44 PM
Starfix profits would increase if this became a GB!
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
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Weaver

#16
August 07, 2021, 04:05:28 PM
Quote from: The Rat on August 07, 2021, 11:05:04 AM
Quote from: Weaver on August 07, 2021, 10:40:27 AMI just had a look for reviews of the old ZTS Plastyk/Mastercraft TS-11 Iskra, which I KNOW is a nightmare because I've built it, but I can't find one review online.

This one? Built it last year, the absolute worst kit(?) I have ever seen.



Never seen that boxing, but if it has a full engine with no way to display it and a round-cornered canopy that 'fits' in a square-cornered hole, then it's the same one.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

The Rat

#17
August 08, 2021, 12:04:37 PM
Quote from: Nils on August 07, 2021, 01:09:04 PM
i remember this kit all too well, the horror, THE HORROR!!!  :o

Seriously reworked it into a recce:

"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/46dpfdpr

sandiego89

#18
August 08, 2021, 02:46:21 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 07, 2021, 12:05:56 PM


Even more if it has the name of the manufacturer AND the aircraft type moulded onto the OUTSIDE of the fuselage!  :o

Who did that?  Perfect kit for this theme! 
Dave "Sandiego89"
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

PR19_Kit

#19
August 08, 2021, 07:53:44 PM
Lindberg or Aurora I think.

A long time ago I had an F-86D that had 'F-86D' moulded into the nose, and it was around 1/48 scale so one of those two manufacturers would have been most likely.
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

Weaver

#20
August 09, 2021, 05:04:37 AM
Think I'm right in saying that the Revellogram 1/72nd 2-seat Skyraider has the name and type printed on the underside of one of the tailplanes...
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

PR19_Kit

#21
August 09, 2021, 06:09:55 AM
Quote from: Weaver on August 09, 2021, 05:04:37 AM

Think I'm right in saying that the Revellogram 1/72nd 2-seat Skyraider has the name and type printed on the underside of one of the tailplanes...


Cooo, I've got one of those knocking about somewhere, I'll take a look.
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

McColm

#22
August 09, 2021, 01:05:44 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 08, 2021, 07:53:44 PM
Lindberg or Aurora I think.

A long time ago I had an F-86D that had 'F-86D' moulded into the nose, and it was around 1/48 scale so one of those two manufacturers would have been most likely.
The Lindberg 1/72 Sikorsky HH-3E kit has come out better than the 1/72 Revell Sikorsky HH-3E. Try as I might,  I can't get the seem lines to disappear unlike the Lindberg kit.

The Rat

#23
August 09, 2021, 01:22:47 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 07, 2021, 12:05:56 PMEven more if it has the name of the manufacturer AND the aircraft type moulded onto the OUTSIDE of the fuselage!  :o

Pretty sure that the Hawk/Testors Swift had (c) 1954 on the underside of one of the tailplanes. Just checked my examples but they've already been sanded off and painted over. It definitely had recessed markings for roundels on both wing and fuselage, fin flash, and the serial near the tailplane.
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/46dpfdpr

Weaver

#24
August 09, 2021, 05:10:06 PM
The Revell FTB-scale B-47 has molded on stars-n-bars.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

sandiego89

#25
August 10, 2021, 02:21:02 PM
Atlantis 1/181 B-36, raised roundels, USAF and United States Air Force wording

Never having seen one, I was really excited when this was re-released and bought 2 last year.  I was less excited after opening the box. :-\  more of a toy kit from the old 1950's Revell, but hey its a B-36.  No landing gear, no detail.....





So any early thoughts on a "old kit" GB?  Does a modern reissue of a very old mold count?  Personally I don't think it should, bring out those old musty, stained, boxes!!   

Dave "Sandiego89"
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

zenrat

#26
August 11, 2021, 04:19:49 AM
Last time we did an old kit GB it was baed on the age of the mould.  Scalemates is a good source for this information.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..
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