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June Model Aircraft and Wiffery

Started by NARSES2, May 28, 2012, 07:30:23 AM

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NARSES2

The IPMS (UK) page in the June addition of Model Aircraft is a nice little article by Chris Ayre on the virtues of Whatif moodelling  ;D :thumbsup: 4 photos including Kitbasher's wonderfull Welington/Hurricane Mistel

Even if you don't buy the mag it's worth looking at on the shelves just for this

Sister magazine SAMI has a nice build of the Gruman XF5F Skyrocket in WIF service markings, using the 2 blues and white scheme
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Martin H

Chris is a long time sig member. He asked me for some upto date details about the sig and a few photos for use in that article ;D
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Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

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kitbasher

Quote from: NARSES2 on May 28, 2012, 07:30:23 AM
The IPMS (UK) page in the June addition of Model Aircraft is a nice little article by Chris Ayre on the virtues of Whatif moodelling  ;D :thumbsup: 4 photos including Kitbasher's wonderfull Welington/Hurricane Mistel

Aah.  I was going to dismantle that one later this year to get a real world Hurricane IIb and a real world Wimpey C.XVI.  Do I disappoint the modelling public now??
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

PR19_Kit

Quote from: kitbasher on May 28, 2012, 08:40:43 AM
Aah.  I was going to dismantle that one later this year to get a real world Hurricane IIb and a real world Wimpey C.XVI.  Do I disappoint the modelling public now??

NOOOOOoooooooooo!  :o

That one's an icon in its own lunchtime, you can't dismantle it!
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

kitbasher

So the Heller (but Airfix BBMF-boxed) IIc that I had earmarked as a SEAC whif has now got to be converted to a IIb?  Oh no, what to do, what to do????
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

Radish

Hurricane IIC?? Easy....Swedish, Spanish Republican, Chinese, Israeli.....better buy some more!!
Once you've visited the land of the Loonies, a return is never far away.....

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Gondor

Quote from: Radish on May 28, 2012, 11:53:04 AM
Hurricane IIC?? Easy....Swedish, Spanish Republican, Chinese, Israeli.....better buy some more!!

Is that both kinds of Chinese ?

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....

NARSES2

Quote from: Martin H on May 28, 2012, 08:14:09 AM
Chris is a long time sig member. He asked me for some upto date details about the sig and a few photos for use in that article ;D

Yup, I noticed 2 of the photos were yours mate

Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 28, 2012, 10:36:16 AM
Quote from: kitbasher on May 28, 2012, 08:40:43 AM
Aah.  I was going to dismantle that one later this year to get a real world Hurricane IIb and a real world Wimpey C.XVI.  Do I disappoint the modelling public now??

NOOOOOoooooooooo!  :o

That one's an icon in its own lunchtime, you can't dismantle it!

As Kit says, that model is definately a keeper  :bow:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Army of One

I have seen that model a few times and love it.....be a shame for it to go.....
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

Geoff

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Quote from: Gondor on May 28, 2012, 01:39:42 PM
Quote from: Radish on May 28, 2012, 11:53:04 AM
Hurricane IIC?? Easy....Swedish, Spanish Republican, Chinese, Israeli.....better buy some more!!

Is that both kinds of Chinese ?

Gondor
Yep  KMT and early Red Army of China. Don't forget the recce version used by the French in Indochina in '46.

kitbasher

#10
Have my copy and seen the article!  Owners of the model in the article should autograph a page that we have mounted, framed and put on display at Telford!

Quote from: kitbasher on May 28, 2012, 11:03:51 AM
So the Heller (but Airfix BBMF-boxed) IIc that I had earmarked as a SEAC whif has now got to be converted to a IIb?  Oh no, what to do, what to do????

My quandary wasn't how to whif the Hurri, but rather should I whif it (and I know what it is I want to do), convert it to a real world IIb (again I know what I want to do), or do I dismantle the 'Op Mistletoe' composite?

Looks like I either don't whif the Hurri in the stash and convert to a real world IIb, or I find another Hurri (a Revell IIb) and do both!
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

kitbasher

Decided - I will bow to public demand and find a Hurricane IIb kit and save the Op Mistletoe build for the nation!
;D ;D
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

Geoff

Quote from: kitbasher on June 02, 2012, 09:03:26 AM
Decided - I will bow to public demand and find a Hurricane IIb kit and save the Op Mistletoe build for the nation!
;D ;D

:thumbsup:

lancer

Quote from: kitbasher on June 02, 2012, 09:03:26 AM
Decided - I will bow to public demand and find a Hurricane IIb kit and save the Op Mistletoe build for the nation!
;D ;D

A good thing too!! you'd have been lynched if you'd broken up that beauty.... :mellow: :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:
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NARSES2

Quote from: kitbasher on June 02, 2012, 09:03:26 AM
Decided - I will bow to public demand and find a Hurricane IIb kit and save the Op Mistletoe build for the nation!
;D ;D

Thank you kind sir  ;D

I've loads of Revell IIC's I can spare but no IIB's I'm afraid. The one I have I want
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.