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Models "in a high state of possibility"

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JayBee

#75
December 15, 2010, 10:01:45 AM
Mach 2  did an injection one in 1/72.

Jim
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PR19_Kit

#76
December 15, 2010, 10:49:31 AM
Martin, Thanks for that, I knew it was one of those obscure US firms that did it.  ;D

Phil, You and me both! I have the Airmodel vacfrom 'kit' of the Huskie (the word 'kit' is used her in its widest POSSIBLE sense!) and actually started work on it decades ago, but it's one those jobs that have stalled for umpteen reasons.

Jim, Did they now? I didn't know that, and even a Mach 2 Huskie couldn't fail to be better than the Airmodel heap!
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

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philp

#77
December 15, 2010, 11:55:15 AM
Have seen the Mach 2 kit and there is no way I am paying that kind of price for that quality of kit.  Would rather try the vac :blink:

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Gondor

#78
December 15, 2010, 12:25:15 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on December 15, 2010, 12:54:57 AM
Those seat cushions are the dogs doo-dahs  :bow: :bow:

I agree whole heartedly  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Gondor
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PR19_Kit

#79
December 15, 2010, 02:56:34 PM
Quote from: philp on December 15, 2010, 11:55:15 AM
Have seen the Mach 2 kit and there is no way I am paying that kind of price for that quality of kit.  Would rather try the vac :blink:

You haven't seen it yet!  ;D

I'll try and find the darn thing and post some piccies, but it could be some time!

They had at least one Huskie at Upper Heyford when the 20th TFW flew F-111s from there, the thing used to clatter past on Armed Forces Day carrying a huge red 'water bomb' thing underneath it, but they never 'bombed' anything sadly. It always looked as if a crash was inevitable when the main rotors hit each other, but then they never did.......  ;)
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

philp

#80
December 15, 2010, 03:21:10 PM
Yeah, I was kidding about the vac ;D

I never saw them in action but have taken a few pics at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB
pics start with this one, there are 5 total.
http://picasaweb.google.com/modelphil/AirMobilityCommandMuseum#5368234273403468066

And there is one at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB
pics start here (5 pics)
http://picasaweb.google.com/modelphil/HillAerospaceMuseum#5368215508940364498
and here (4 pics)
http://picasaweb.google.com/modelphil/HillAerospaceMuseum#5368216376783365042
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John Howling Mouse

#81
December 15, 2010, 05:30:11 PM
Yep, at the root of it all is a Testor's 1:32 Huskie.  You'll barely be able to recognize that by the time it's covered in all the scratchbuilt bumps and warts I'm working on.
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anthonyp

#82
December 15, 2010, 07:08:48 PM
... two...  There are TWO votes for the Phoenix II GB?!  With this crazy thread, and everything else in the "On the Bench" forum sitting there unfinished, there are a total of TWO VOTES for the Phoenix GB?!

Yes, this was a subtle hint to GO VOTE FOR THE PHOENIX II!!!!!
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#83
December 16, 2010, 05:55:33 PM
Quote from: anthonyp on December 15, 2010, 07:08:48 PM
... two...  There are TWO votes for the Phoenix II GB?!  With this crazy thread, and everything else in the "On the Bench" forum sitting there unfinished, there are a total of TWO VOTES for the Phoenix GB?!

Yes, this was a subtle hint to GO VOTE FOR THE PHOENIX II!!!!!

Three now  :thumbsup:   http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30607.0.html
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#84
December 16, 2010, 05:57:59 PM
I have cast my votes and I am not changing them.
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#85
December 17, 2010, 08:36:52 AM
5 now changed my vote :wacko:
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#86
December 17, 2010, 01:47:34 PM
Maybe the Phoenix II GB should just go ahead anyway (regardless of the vote numbers) to guilt some of you into finishing these!

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JayBee

#87
December 17, 2010, 02:19:02 PM
Quote from: GTX on December 17, 2010, 01:47:34 PM
Maybe the Phoenix II GB should just go ahead anyway (regardless of the vote numbers) to guilt some of you into finishing these!

Regards,

Greg

You know Greg, thats not a bad idea :thumbsup:
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!

Gondor

#88
December 17, 2010, 02:27:51 PM
They say that Reincarnation is making a comeback as well

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....

John Howling Mouse

#89
December 18, 2010, 08:09:55 AM
Sure, we could simply do a shared thread.  I still have the first prize, unused, in its original box (first winner, Leigh, refused to accept it).  I would just want to ensure that at least 5 or 6 entries are going to be made----models that have a clear record of significantly stumping their builder over the course of time.  And we need to give people sufficient time to complete their models.  After all, these are subjects that have proved to be too much for the builder for one reason or another: they hit obstacles they couldn't solve or the project just exhausted them at some point, etc.



Here was Leigh's original winning model: a Saunders Roe 2.  A very worthy winner, I thought, but there hadn't been many (or any?) other completed builds so I believe he felt it hadn't been a fair contest and he wouldn't accept the prize (he had just moved at the time and I needed his new address but Leigh wouldn't respond to PM's or e-mails).  At any rate, he had his reasons and this prize has sat, unused, ever since (years).





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