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Whiffs found on Facebook

Started by philp, June 08, 2013, 10:40:54 AM

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TheChronicOne

(NEW PAGE - there are two other "new" builds at the end of the previous page! )


By David Watson found on the "Facebook Scale Modellers " page.

"Lost my Tamiya decals for my 1/48 F15J so used WW2 Japanese  ones instead. "




Link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crumblebuilders/permalink/1556866294516502/
-Sprues McDuck-

TheChronicOne

By Joe Carter found on the "Facebook Scale Modellers " page.

"Revell easy build Phantom 1/72 as a "what if" Red Arrow ! My grandson bought it for me because he knows I like Phantoms "







Link here:
-Sprues McDuck-

TheChronicOne

By Roger Smith found on the " Facebook Scale Modellers" page.

"All done except for armament.. 🙂 "









Link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crumblebuilders/permalink/1564335933769538/



Interesting considering the upcoming GB.
-Sprues McDuck-

scooter

Quote from: TheChronicOne on June 29, 2021, 04:51:48 PM
(NEW PAGE - there are two other "new" builds at the end of the previous page! )


By David Watson found on the "Facebook Scale Modellers " page.

"Lost my Tamiya decals for my 1/48 F15J so used WW2 Japanese  ones instead. "




Link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crumblebuilders/permalink/1556866294516502/

Saburo Sakai approves
The F-106- 26 December 1956 to 8 August 1988
Gone But Not Forgotten

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PR19_Kit

That Red Arrows Phantom works surprisingly well, even if there was zero chance of it ever happening in the RW.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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

TheChronicOne

Yeah I'm with you! I really like it.  :wub:
-Sprues McDuck-

Old Wombat

Quote from: TheChronicOne on June 29, 2021, 04:51:48 PM
(NEW PAGE - there are two other "new" builds at the end of the previous page! )


By David Watson found on the "Facebook Scale Modellers " page.

"Lost my Tamiya decals for my 1/48 F15J so used WW2 Japanese  ones instead. "




Link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crumblebuilders/permalink/1556866294516502/

This one I really like! :thumbsup:
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est

NARSES2

Must admit I do like that Japanese WWII style F.15  :thumbsup:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

scooter

The F-106- 26 December 1956 to 8 August 1988
Gone But Not Forgotten

QuoteOh are you from Wales ?? Do you know a fella named Jonah ?? He used to live in whales for a while.
— Groucho Marx

My dA page: Scooternjng

Snowtrooper

Quote from: TheChronicOne on June 29, 2021, 04:50:22 PM
"So I bought this at Hobby Lobby on sale for $10.99 and thought it was a real bargain until I tried putting it together!!! The WORST kit I have ever laid hands on! Nothing fit! Quite a surprise since I thought Academy made quality kits."
Well, Academy also sells a Starfighter that makes the Matchbox one look accurate... Academy's NEW kits might be high quality, but their F-16 is the endlessly repopped Hasegawa's 1970's vintage YF-16 from the time when Hasegawa was less known for their quality and more for that they were among the first to make a kit of a new jet fighter, never mind if it was an early prototype, mock-up, or based on fuzzy spy photos (ie. their "MiG-23").

At least it is a better parts source for whiffing than the Mister/Mastercraft F-16 (itself a shoddy knockoff copy of Italeri F-16), in that Academy's burner can is not a smooth piece of plastic pipe... :rolleyes:

NARSES2

That Nimitz is certainly spectacular  :thumbsup: Love the inclusion of the Star Wars thingymagig  ;D
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

DogfighterZen

Quote from: Snowtrooper on June 30, 2021, 02:06:32 PM
Quote from: TheChronicOne on June 29, 2021, 04:50:22 PM
"So I bought this at Hobby Lobby on sale for $10.99 and thought it was a real bargain until I tried putting it together!!! The WORST kit I have ever laid hands on! Nothing fit! Quite a surprise since I thought Academy made quality kits."
Well, Academy also sells a Starfighter that makes the Matchbox one look accurate... Academy's NEW kits might be high quality, but their F-16 is the endlessly repopped Hasegawa's 1970's vintage YF-16 from the time when Hasegawa was less known for their quality and more for that they were among the first to make a kit of a new jet fighter, never mind if it was an early prototype, mock-up, or based on fuzzy spy photos (ie. their "MiG-23").

At least it is a better parts source for whiffing than the Mister/Mastercraft F-16 (itself a shoddy knockoff copy of Italeri F-16), in that Academy's burner can is not a smooth piece of plastic pipe... :rolleyes:

I don't know much about those older F-16 kits from academy but their modern kits of the F-16CG/CJ are very good, both in detail and fit. I haven't built the one i have in the stash but i did a dry fit of the main parts because i wanted to see how the CMK resin CFTs would fit on the fuselage and everything was good. :thumbsup:
"Sticks and stones may break some bones but a 3.57's gonna blow your damn head off!!"

jcf

Posted on 'The Aviation Historian' FB page as a preview of the new issue:
"Here at TAH we don't make a regular habit of publishing "What-if?" articles, but this one by the late Melvyn Hiscock — about how rearward cockpits could have given photo-recce Spitfires a much longer range — has a pedigree stretching back to legendary test pilot Jeffrey Quill."



http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/public-downloads/preview-PDFs/tah_iss36_spread2_spitfire.pdf

Flyer

I like the look of that :thumbsup:

I think putting the cockpit of most WW2 fighter aircraft back towards the tail improves their looks, not the best choice from piloting point of view but that matters not on models :mellow:
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Tophe

 :wub: I tried so on Mustangs in my book "Virtual Mustangs" but just for fun, without technical reasons... ;)
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]