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A difrerent way to build/present a model kit

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Dizzyfugu

September 12, 2018, 06:28:08 AM
Just stumbled upon this neat ...interpretation of a vintage Airfix 1:72 EE Lightning F.3:





Creative!  :thumbsup:

PR19_Kit

#1
September 12, 2018, 08:03:42 AM
That model was at Telford a few years ago, and it was even more impressive in the plastic than it is in the pics.

Because of the lighting there it was very difficult to see the wires supporting the various parts and it looked for all the world as if they were suspended in mid-air!

VERY impressive indeed.

And he saved a lot on glue and paint as well...........  ;) ;D
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ericr

#2
September 12, 2018, 08:17:52 AM

how nice an idea !

Martin H

#3
September 12, 2018, 09:00:31 AM
I heard that Hornby bought it off the guy who built it, and its now at their visitor centre.

Dont know if its on display thou.
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#4
September 12, 2018, 12:15:11 PM
It was in 2011, found it in my photo archive.

jcf

#5
September 12, 2018, 06:12:06 PM Last Edit: September 13, 2018, 08:58:13 AM by joncarrfarrelly
Thanks for that, I've been trying to find those images for ages.  :thumbsup:

I've always thought it would be a brilliant full size sculpture.

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September 12, 2018, 06:14:33 PM
IIRC, it was by Dean Flyer, formerly of Britmodeller.
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#7
September 12, 2018, 07:45:13 PM
Badass.   :mellow: :mellow:
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PR19_Kit

#8
September 12, 2018, 10:58:05 PM
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on September 12, 2018, 06:12:06 PM

I've always thought itvwould beca brilliant full size sculpture.


Finding a team of guys to actually do it might be a problem in the UK though. Actually cutting up the 1:1 scale Lightning would reduce most of them to blubbering wrecks!

But it would look amazing if it was done.
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

zenrat

#9
September 13, 2018, 01:43:46 AM
What happened to the 1:1 Spit James May built?  You could do it with that.
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Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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PR19_Kit

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September 13, 2018, 02:17:33 AM
Quote from: zenrat on September 13, 2018, 01:43:46 AM

What happened to the 1:1 Spit James May built?  You could do it with that.


It's at Cosford, I saw it a few months ago, complete with a 1:1 scale model of James May himself sitting in front of 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

Old Wombat

#11
September 13, 2018, 04:23:47 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 13, 2018, 02:17:33 AM
Quote from: zenrat on September 13, 2018, 01:43:46 AM

What happened to the 1:1 Spit James May built?  You could do it with that.


It's at Cosford, I saw it a few months ago, complete with a 1:1 scale model of James May himself sitting in front of it!

That's cool! ;D :thumbsup:
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#12
September 13, 2018, 07:03:28 AM
I remember that, great idea!  Didn't someone on here also do something with painting instructions, following it exactly and painting on hashes lines and dots?  Might have been John Howling Mouse, but I can't find it.
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#13
September 13, 2018, 07:14:34 AM
Have Hornby/Airfix had that on their stand occaisionaly ? I seem to remember seeing it on at least a couple of occaisions.

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September 13, 2018, 07:21:23 AM Last Edit: September 13, 2018, 07:41:03 AM by joncarrfarrelly
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 12, 2018, 10:58:05 PM
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on September 12, 2018, 06:12:06 PM

I've always thought itvwould beca brilliant full size sculpture.


Finding a team of guys to actually do it might be a problem in the UK though. Actually cutting up the 1:1 scale Lightning would reduce most of them to blubbering wrecks!

But it would look amazing if it was done.

In GRP duplicating the plastic kit parts.  :thumbsup:
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