Random humorous in joke title that means sod all to you

The Wooksta! · January 18, 2024, 07:42:51 AM

You know I'm a sucker for Blohm und Voss stuff and this kit was one of my favourites. I bought one at a show in 1996 and had it together by the end of the day. I don't have it any more.

Fast forward ten years and I spy one in a box at Telford. Mine! Willie was annoyed but relaxed when I explained what was going to happen to it. It fell into rubber and got cloned. I cast several, assembled one and then forgot about it.

It was rediscovered recently and it ticks a few boxes, so time for a revisit.

I like the thread title. It stays.

The Wooksta! · January 18, 2024, 07:46:09 AM

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Obligatory box lid. Toad's packaging was always quite distinctive

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Box contents. The white metal has disappeared, along with the instructions. They were often a highlight of Toad's kits. Full of humour and tips, you got the feeling that the manufacturer was one of us.

However, this was one of Toad's last kits, as his usual casting partners had a falling out and dragged Toad down for a time. The individual who did the mastering, moulding and casting for the later kits was an absolute shark. The quality wasn't there and soon, neither was Toad.
There's a great deal more to the story, but not for an open forum.

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Some of my clones. I can do much better now.

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And progress so far. The wing has had a few sink holes filled and needs another coat. The fuselage/tail boom needs some filling and sanding as the transition is a bit crap.

No, still not changing the title.

PR19_Kit · January 18, 2024, 08:07:35 AM

'Swing' meaning 'Swivelling'?

The Rat · January 18, 2024, 08:56:32 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 18, 2024, 08:07:35 AM'Swing' meaning 'Swivelling'?

Or the kit is a real toad.

The Wooksta! · January 18, 2024, 09:24:53 AM

It's correctly a skew wing.

And no, I'm not changing the title.

kerick · January 18, 2024, 09:33:53 AM

Don't change the title! At all! Ever!
Looks interesting. Did anyone ever build this, or was it just on paper?

chrisonord · January 18, 2024, 10:00:11 AM

This lools like something I would build too, I shall be watxhing this.

The Wooksta! · January 18, 2024, 10:05:51 AM

NASA built a similar thing in the 1970s and it flew. The Blohm und Voss proposal remained on paper.

Richard Vogt was one to push the envelope of design, with cutting edge proposals that to the layman look completely insane. No realistic procurement office were likely to put any into production, let alone service.

The Wooksta! · January 18, 2024, 10:14:27 AM

Scheme? I'm going for another late war patchwork camo, with an NMF fuselage with 02 panel lines, 02 nosecone, 81/82/76 wing, 82/83 fin and rudder with a mixture of colours for the tailplanes. It may get an RVD band on the tail, but I don't know what yet.

Obviously, they lost, so overpainted RAF roundels and an Air Min number.

I am considering another one or perhaps two, because to display it's unique selling point the U/C has to be up. The third one would be part dismantled on a Queen Mary trailer.

Weaver · January 18, 2024, 08:56:15 PM

Typically over-thought attempt at obscure humour which will probably be misinterpreted as some sort of snarky dig,

I think we should all petition Lee to NEVER change the thread title so that he has to do it just to remain a rebel...

Rick Lowe · January 18, 2024, 09:14:30 PM

Quote from: Weaver on January 18, 2024, 08:56:15 PMTypically over-thought attempt at obscure humour which will probably be misinterpreted as some sort of snarky dig,

I think we should all petition Lee to NEVER change the thread title so that he has to do it just to remain a rebel...

Adding my vote to NOT change the thread title...

kerick · January 18, 2024, 09:33:40 PM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on January 18, 2024, 09:14:30 PM
Quote from: Weaver on January 18, 2024, 08:56:15 PMTypically over-thought attempt at obscure humour which will probably be misinterpreted as some sort of snarky dig,

I think we should all petition Lee to NEVER change the thread title so that he has to do it just to remain a rebel...

Adding my vote to NOT change the thread title...

The anthem of old folks...never change!

The Wooksta! · October 31, 2024, 02:59:06 PM

I did manage to find the instructions, plus a second set from the one I did thirty years back. Which is handy as I need the template provided for the undercarriage doors.

The white metal undercarriage also reappeared but not the nose gear.

This has been resurrected...

kerick · October 31, 2024, 04:00:59 PM

Good!
Finding missing pieces is always a plus. A positive communication from the goddess of styrene and resin!