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IPMS AVON....11th August

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andrewj

#30
August 12, 2013, 10:32:56 AM Last Edit: August 12, 2013, 10:35:46 AM by andrewj
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome yesterday, it was a privilege to join you and thanks for the very positive reaction to the models. It was a great show and IPMS Avon are to be congratulated on their organisation and the new venue.
Great to meet Mike , Trevor , Kit and the others and spend time dicussing Whiffery, I know many people think we're not quite sane ,but after seeing some of the wargamers yesterday I'm convinced we're saner than them .
For anyone interested I've just posted up the "Supermarine Eastfire" here,
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37499.0.html

I hadn't posted it before because I wanted to debut it at the show yesterday.

Andrew

P.S. I almost forgot , I met the legend that is Mike McEvoy.

PR19_Kit

#31
August 12, 2013, 11:35:26 AM
Quote from: andrewj on August 12, 2013, 10:32:56 AM
I know many people think we're not quite sane......

Most of them think we're totally INsane!  ;D

My own Club's Secretary's face was a picture as he passed by the SIG stand and recognised me. THEN he looked at the models and was just aghast, he's definitely NOT a believer! I'll be taking the Eagle B1 Special to the club meeting on Thursday and I'll probably get slung out as it's at his house.  ;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

kitbasher

#32
August 12, 2013, 01:28:21 PM
Just taken another look at the photos and it was really nicely laid out - really good symmetry.  Well done guys.
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

ChernayaAkula

#33
August 19, 2013, 10:21:40 AM
Lots of good stuff on display there!  :thumbsup: Love the TSR.2 with turrets!  :thumbsup:

Would be cool to see more pics of the in-flight pusher-prop Ar E. 555, the Ar E. 555 with engines in the wing roots and the rainbowy F-19.
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

PR19_Kit

#34
August 19, 2013, 12:22:55 PM
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on August 19, 2013, 10:21:40 AM
Love the TSR.2 with turrets!  :thumbsup:

Glad you like it, see here for more about the build :-

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37459.0/highlight,eagle+b1+special.html

I'll take some piccies of the 'mirror finish' F-19 and post them. It was built by my late friend Rob Hill and he had it on his desk at BAe Brough for some years. He was THE cockpit lighting guy at BAe, maybe even the world as Lockheed Martin 'borrowed' him for some F-16 upgrades.
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

ChernayaAkula

#35
August 20, 2013, 07:39:35 AM
Whoa, that one flew right past me.  :o Didn't know it was yours. That's what I get for not checking the Theme Builds often enough.  :banghead:
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

darthspud

#36
August 20, 2013, 09:10:11 AM
The Bling'd Stealth was a sight.
Mind you Kit had it hidden at the back of the display.

What's next a rainbow decorated F35-B?
too old for a paper round, too young for me pensions, dammit, back to work then!

PR19_Kit

#37
August 20, 2013, 11:21:53 AM
Quote from: darthspud on August 20, 2013, 09:10:11 AM
What's next a rainbow decorated F35-B?

Or pink?  ;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

darthspud

#38
August 20, 2013, 11:30:14 AM
FAB1 Pink?
too old for a paper round, too young for me pensions, dammit, back to work then!

PR19_Kit

#39
August 20, 2013, 12:35:36 PM
Quote from: darthspud on August 20, 2013, 11:30:14 AM
FAB1 Pink?

Is there any other sort of pink?  ;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

darthspud

#40
August 24, 2013, 03:07:18 AM
thankfully it's a colour I don't have, SO A TOTAL NON-STARTER! :thumbsup:
too old for a paper round, too young for me pensions, dammit, back to work then!

Rheged

#41
August 24, 2013, 06:33:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 20, 2013, 12:35:36 PM
Quote from: darthspud on August 20, 2013, 11:30:14 AM
FAB1 Pink?

Is there any other sort of pink?  ;D

Is that the same shade as Hereford Cowboy Land Rover pink?
"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

PR19_Kit

#42
August 24, 2013, 03:40:41 PM
Quote from: Rheged on August 24, 2013, 06:33:41 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 20, 2013, 12:35:36 PM
Quote from: darthspud on August 20, 2013, 11:30:14 AM
FAB1 Pink?

Is there any other sort of pink?  ;D

Is that the same shade as Hereford Cowboy Land Rover pink?

Oh no, FAB1 pink is PINK!

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

Steel Penguin

#43
August 25, 2013, 12:46:31 AM
almost pejorative pink, but just the good side of the line.
the things you learn, give your mind the wings to fly, and the chains to hold yourself steady
take off and nuke the site form orbit, nope, time for the real thing, CAM and gridfire, call special circumstances. 
wow, its like freefalling into the Geofront
Not a member of the Hufflepuff conspiracy!

darthspud

#44
August 25, 2013, 01:55:34 AM

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Is that the same shade as Hereford Cowboy Land Rover pink?
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That's a dustier pink from memory, more very dilute iron oxide primer and hemp mixture, 10% primer 90% hemp
too old for a paper round, too young for me pensions, dammit, back to work then!
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