One man model 3D fabricated ABS kits from Japan

[jcf]

I was looking at the instruction sheets for the L-188 and I started to wonder about some of the words and phrases he used. Some of it reads like bad porn. Does he need an english speaking editor or might he be joking around? 

If you mean the use of the word erection, it simply means assembly and was long a
common term used for the "assembly and maintenance" instruction manuals for US
aircraft.


It's also a term regularly used in construction.

[NARSES2]

It's also a term regularly used in construction.

Certainly was in my day Jon

[McColm]

I have just been on ebay and noticed that  One Man Models are releasing the following kits during 2022;
1/72, 1/48 & 1/32
Kawasaki C-1
AW .15 Atlanta
ERJ145
Short S.17 Kent
Lockheed L188 & P-3C water bomber
HS748 trooper version
Deux Ponts
P-3C.
1/200 &1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

The kits don't come with instructions as you have to download them, they are very pricey and you will need a lot of photos of your chosen topic.
The  1/72 HS748/ Andover AEW that I chose hasn't turned out too badly.




I must have lost a few parts so I added some of my own.

[PR19_Kit]

1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

That would be around 4-5 FEET long! 

[scooter]

1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

That would be around 4-5 FEET long! 

Fred, we found your airship for Capt Fat Hamster

[The Rat]

I have just been on ebay and noticed that  One Man Models are releasing the following kits during 2022;
1/72, 1/48 & 1/32
Kawasaki C-1
AW .15 Atlanta
ERJ145
Short S.17 Kent
Lockheed L188 & P-3C water bomber
HS748 trooper version
Deux Ponts
P-3C.
1/200 &1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

When will I ever get my Hindustan Marut? WHEN?! Oh, woe is me... 

[elmayerle]

I have just been on ebay and noticed that  One Man Models are releasing the following kits during 2022;
1/72, 1/48 & 1/32
Kawasaki C-1
AW .15 Atlanta
ERJ145
Short S.17 Kent
Lockheed L188 & P-3C water bomber
HS748 trooper version
Deux Ponts
P-3C.
1/200 &1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

When will I ever get my Hindustan Marut? WHEN?! Oh, woe is me... 

I'll second that request, but skip the headbanging - got few enough brains now

[The Wooksta!]

I have just been on ebay and noticed that  One Man Models are releasing the following kits during 2022;
1/72, 1/48 & 1/32
Kawasaki C-1
AW .15 Atlanta
ERJ145
Short S.17 Kent
Lockheed L188 & P-3C water bomber
HS748 trooper version
Deux Ponts
P-3C.
1/200 &1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

When will I ever get my Hindustan Marut? WHEN?! Oh, woe is me... 

Alliance do/did a resin one, plus there was a vac form kit, possibly early MPM.

[zenrat]

1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

That would be around 4-5 FEET long! 

Fred, we found your airship for Capt Fat Hamster

Hmmmmmmm...

[rickshaw]

1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

That would be around 4-5 FEET long! 

Fred, we found your airship for Capt Fat Hamster

Hmmmmmmm...

Only cost you 50,000 yen, mister.  You prepared to pay?  We have it ready by Monday!  Yessiree, all packed and on it's way!   

[elmayerle]

I have just been on ebay and noticed that  One Man Models are releasing the following kits during 2022;
1/72, 1/48 & 1/32
Kawasaki C-1
AW .15 Atlanta
ERJ145
Short S.17 Kent
Lockheed L188 & P-3C water bomber
HS748 trooper version
Deux Ponts
P-3C.
1/200 &1/144 HMA.23 rigid airship with biplane

When will I ever get my Hindustan Marut? WHEN?! Oh, woe is me... 

Alliance do/did a resin one, plus there was a vac form kit, possibly early MPM.

Yeah, if you can find an Alliance one these days.  The vac-form was, IIRC, Czech but I don't remember the exact manufacturer.  Given all the on-oeff prototypes that have been kitted, you'd think an aircraft like the Marut would be more widely kitted.  One thing I've always wondered about the Marut, was the one loaned to Eqypt to flith test the E300 engine still in Indian markings or was it in Egyptian markings?

[McColm]

Hi All,
You will be pleased to hear that the pre-orders for the 1/72 and 1/48  £107.24 & £178.73 of the Breguet Br.765 Sahara with rear opening doors are now available.






The rest of the range.

[PR19_Kit]

GULP! 

I wish I could afford one, the Deux Ponts always fascinated me when we watched them land at Heathrow in the 50s. NOSEwheel first! 

For some reason the Deux Ponts, the Stratocruisers and the Connies always did that, levelling out at the VERY last minute before touchdown. Later on I noticed that Beverleys it too, and I never did figure out why.

[zenrat]

GULP! 

I wish I could afford one, the Deux Ponts always fascinated me when we watched them land at Heathrow in the 50s. NOSEwheel first! 

For some reason the Deux Ponts, the Stratocruisers and the Connies always did that, levelling out at the VERY last minute before touchdown. Later on I noticed that Beverleys it too, and I never did figure out why.

See here.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/33779/why-was-the-boeing-377-stratocruiser-frequently-landed-nosewheel-first-on-touc

And apparently Super Guppies do the same.  https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/72766/why-does-this-aircraft-land-nose-first

[PR19_Kit]

Hmmm, a whole lot of opinionated people on that Forum for sure! And only American people too, ignoring the fact that Connies did it as well.

Not that I could prove it, but I reckon it had something to do with the wing incidence angle relative to the fuselage. To get the wing to STOP flying when they were landing it needed to be at a small angle of attack relative to the air flow, and if the wing was at a large incidence angle relative to the fuselage that would induce a nose down pitch on approach and landing.

The wing incidence on a Beverley is pretty large, and that's from personal observation......