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Spot-On Designs models

Started by TsrJoe, April 02, 2017, 02:44:41 PM

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Weaver

Also, what is an "EXG1 Anti Gravity Test Vehicle"?
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The Wooksta!

Probably black and triangular shaped...
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Vlamgat

Quote from: Weaver on December 08, 2018, 06:45:35 AM
Suggestions:

1. You need some more photos up on your site and some longer descriptions to go with them. Nobody's going to buy a part they've never heard of that they can't see and can't find any information about.

2. Since you're doing the AEW Islander/Defender nose (ordered one  :thumbsup:), you could do some other bits that go with it:

a. The AEW prototype was based on a BN-2T Turbo-Islander airframe with Allison C250 turboprop engines, so why not do an engine conversion for the Airfix kit? That should be a decent seller even to non-whiffers.

b. The AEW machine had an gas-turbine auxiliary power unit (I think) in a pod on the lower right-hand side of the rear cabin. This should be relatively easy to make and would let you sell a complete AEW Defender conversion kit.

c. You could do the CASTOR prototype nose, with the wide, flat radome for ground-surveillance radar. Again, bundled with the turboprops, this would make a complete conversion set.

d. Britten-Norman have displayed (and sold, I think) a Defender 4000 prototype with an LLTV turret on the nose, a disc-shaped belly radome, and big ESM pods on the wing that rather resmble those on the Nimrod MR.2. Bundle the turboprops etc, etc...


Note that Omega Models have done all these, but as full resin kits, not conversions, with a price to match...

Be great to have this all in 1/48 to convert the Valom Islander!

kitbasher

Quote from: Vlamgat on December 15, 2018, 09:08:34 AM
Be great to have this all in 1/48 to convert the Valom Islander!

A 1/72 Islander back on the shelves would be good.  I say 'Islander', I mean 'Islanders' - piston and turbine, with Defenders of all marks thrown in for good measure.
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PR19_Kit

Quote from: kitbasher on December 16, 2018, 03:13:21 AM
Quote from: Vlamgat on December 15, 2018, 09:08:34 AM
Be great to have this all in 1/48 to convert the Valom Islander!

A 1/72 Islander back on the shelves would be good.  I say 'Islander', I mean 'Islanders' - piston and turbine, with Defenders of all marks thrown in for good measure.


Including the Trislander.............
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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Regards
Kit

Weaver

Quote from: kitbasher on December 16, 2018, 03:13:21 AM
Quote from: Vlamgat on December 15, 2018, 09:08:34 AM
Be great to have this all in 1/48 to convert the Valom Islander!

A 1/72 Islander back on the shelves would be good.  I say 'Islander', I mean 'Islanders' - piston and turbine, with Defenders of all marks thrown in for good measure.

Omega Models do a range of them in resin, but they're not cheap: https://omega-models.com/ (Islanders under 'Civil Planes', Defenders under 'Military Planes').
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 - Indiana Jones

elmayerle

Here's one that could provide several options to whiffers:  in 1/72 and 1/48, the three-foot extension the CFE wanted for the Hunter.  I could see this applying to be single-seat and dual-seat aircraft.  I don't know if new forward fuselages from the transport joint on would work or if a "simple" plug for that would be best.
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Weaver

Ryan Wheatstone on Twitter has just posted pics of a completed RAE Spaceplane and a Pyramid:






(Posted with permission)
Original post: https://twitter.com/RyanWheatstone/status/1131123598071148544
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 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

PR19_Kit

The Pyramid looks remarkably like the BAe STAND project, perhaps the STAND was a low speed aerodynamic test bed for the Pyramid, despite what BAe would have us believe?  ;) ;)

https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=45629.msg819319#msg819319

They're both very nicely built, love that semi-matt finish.  :thumbsup:
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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

Any news on the Scott-Furlong Predator and the Hawker P.1128 conversion?
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Gondor

Quote from: kitbasher on October 13, 2019, 11:47:33 AM

Any news on the Scott-Furlong Predator and the Hawker P.1128 conversion?


I shall ask the proprietor about them at the Glasgow show next Saturday if he doesn't reply hare first.

Gondor
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JayBee

Quote from: Gondor on October 13, 2019, 01:21:10 PM
Quote from: kitbasher on October 13, 2019, 11:47:33 AM

Any news on the Scott-Furlong Predator and the Hawker P.1128 conversion?


I shall ask the proprietor about them at the Glasgow show next Saturday if he doesn't reply hare first.

Gondor

As shall I.  :angry:
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kitbasher

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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

JayBee

Just back from the Glasgow show and Both Gondor and I quizzed the main designer for spot on models.
There has been a problem with the production of the decals (which were being sourced from the Chzec Republic) and this has caused a major failure in the enthusiasm mode of said chief designer.
This has also affected production of the P1128.
We have been assured by him that they will be produced, but he is currently blocked by a glacier that is crossing in front of him!  :rolleyes:

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!

TsrJoe

finally managed to get back into production.
The SpotOn website should be up and running (thanks Karen) with live notes on availability and stock levels.
I am in the process of taking snaps ov the various conversion pieces, as noted its a bit incongruous having them listed but not illustrated showing the pieces, oops

New items are being added weekly, the next major items being a set of Soviet spaceplanes, BOR.4, MiG.105 and 'Urgan' as well as reissued Saab 210A and 210B models.
recent accessories fresh out of the mould include a pair of Hawker Hunter wingtip tanks as well as the Boeing AGM.86A SCAD.

cheers, Joe
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