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Gondor

#75
September 26, 2022, 05:19:01 AM
My earlier comment should have said "Not buying one as it doesn't float my boat"  :rolleyes:

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Freightdog862

#76
October 03, 2022, 04:00:15 AM
Quote from: JayBee on September 24, 2022, 03:33:52 AMThe colour schemes in the WhatIf one are great.
FAA Korea
RAN
US Navy Dark Blue.

 ;D  :thumbsup:

I spoke to Paul Lucas earlier today about this, he made a good point. Xtrakit have included FAA and RAN options, but the Navy don't need floatplanes, since they have aircraft carriers. So for a what-if fighter scheme an RAF option might make more sense? 

I've ordered a prototype for now.

Colin

PR19_Kit

#77
October 03, 2022, 05:01:44 AM
Should it be in a Coastal Command or Fighter Command scheme though?  ;D
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

NARSES2

#78
October 03, 2022, 05:52:35 AM
Mine arrived today, looks a decent package. The 3D printed transfers look very good especially, but we shall see how they behave in use.

Quote from: Freightdog862 on October 03, 2022, 04:00:15 AMI spoke to Paul Lucas earlier today about this, he made a good point. Xtrakit have included FAA and RAN options, but the Navy don't need floatplanes, since they have aircraft carriers. So for a what-if fighter scheme an RAF option might make more sense? 

I've ordered a prototype for now.

Colin


Must admit I had similar thoughts, mine will probably be RNZAF SWP Theatre
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

zenrat

#79
October 04, 2022, 03:43:00 AM
Quote from: Freightdog862 on October 03, 2022, 04:00:15 AM
Quote from: JayBee on September 24, 2022, 03:33:52 AMThe colour schemes in the WhatIf one are great.
FAA Korea
RAN
US Navy Dark Blue.

 ;D  :thumbsup:

I spoke to Paul Lucas earlier today about this, he made a good point. Xtrakit have included FAA and RAN options, but the Navy don't need floatplanes, since they have aircraft carriers. So for a what-if fighter scheme an RAF option might make more sense? 

I've ordered a prototype for now.

Colin


Navy had floatplanes on battleships...

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..

kitbasher

#80
October 04, 2022, 04:39:34 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 03, 2022, 05:01:44 AMShould it be in a Coastal Command or Fighter Command scheme though?  ;D

SEAC/Tiger Force for island hopping, don't see a role in Europe/Mediterranean.
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
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NARSES2

#81
October 04, 2022, 05:39:19 AM
Quote from: kitbasher on October 04, 2022, 04:39:34 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 03, 2022, 05:01:44 AMShould it be in a Coastal Command or Fighter Command scheme though?  ;D

SEAC/Tiger Force for island hopping, don't see a role in Europe/Mediterranean.

Why I'm going SWP
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

PR19_Kit

#82
October 04, 2022, 06:40:48 AM
Quote from: kitbasher on October 04, 2022, 04:39:34 AMSEAC/Tiger Force for island hopping, don't see a role in Europe/Mediterranean.


They might have worked well in the Greek Islands, supposing history didn't go the way it really did.

And it never does in WhiffWorld anyway.  ;D
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

JayBee

#83
October 04, 2022, 08:19:04 AM
There could have been some FAA ones used for the defence of Scapa Flow in Orkney.
Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

Sic biscuitus disintegratum!

Cats are not real. 
They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

Any aircraft can be improved by giving it a SHARKMOUTH!

Rheged

#84
October 04, 2022, 08:38:54 AM
11years ago, one of my earlier orphan backstories was written about this aircraft.

https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=31265.msg480682#msg480682

Dunno if it's any use to anyone, but it's there!
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

Leading Observer

#85
October 04, 2022, 09:23:44 AM
Quote from: Rheged on October 04, 2022, 08:38:54 AM11years ago, one of my earlier orphan backstories was written about this aircraft.

https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=31265.msg480682#msg480682

Dunno if it's any use to anyone, but it's there!

 :wub:  :thumbsup:
LO


Observation is the most enduring of lifes pleasures

PR19_Kit

#86
October 04, 2022, 09:30:37 AM
It sure is there, and a darn good read too.  :thumbsup:

And that link to the video brought back oodles of memories as well. I was at Farnborough the year they demo'd the SRA/1, and its first pass was inverted!
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

NARSES2

#87
October 05, 2022, 12:53:42 AM
Quote from: JayBee on October 04, 2022, 08:19:04 AMThere could have been some FAA ones used for the defence of Scapa Flow in Orkney.


Thanks Jim,  I might have to get another one now  ;D
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Weaver

#88
July 24, 2023, 01:42:45 PM
There's a build review of the SRA.1 in the latest Airfix Model World magazine (August 2023).

Verdict is basically that it's good, but not for the inexperienced.
"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

NARSES2

#89
July 26, 2023, 05:57:24 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 24, 2023, 01:42:45 PMThere's a build review of the SRA.1 in the latest Airfix Model World magazine (August 2023).

Verdict is basically that it's good, but not for the inexperienced.

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that verdict, but I'd add that it requires a bit of effort as well.
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
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