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#30
April 17, 2005, 06:15:52 PM
Well, it's just after 7 pm Sunday over here.
I got as far as the first stage of putty but had to break for the 3 Orion chicks on "Enterprise" (have a man-ho weakness for semi-clothed green women, what can I say?).

So, instead of getting a kit DONE, I've simply added to the pile of works in progress.  Good thing is that I can work on the different stages of various kits on the go.

And, when I'm done these two, I'll finally have a pair of Phantoms in my collection!

:)  
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Ollie

#31
April 17, 2005, 06:17:22 PM
Cool!

What putty did you use on that one?

I bought a tube of Bondo yesterday, and it's pretty liquid compared to the Tamiya...

:unsure:  

nev

#32
April 18, 2005, 01:39:33 AM
Hey, just change it from a weekend build to a week build  ;)

Looking good tho Baz, shame about the Canopy thing as Phantoms look so much better with the cockpits open (we discussed this many moons ago and I think we came to a collective conclusion that planes with double canopies look cool with them open, planes with single canopies don't).
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Ollie

#33
April 18, 2005, 09:02:58 AM
Totally not Nev!

A P-51 with all the flaps dropped and the canopy open is cool, so are the majority of prop fighters...

C-FWOL is prettier with the canopy open on the ground for instance.

;)  :wub:  

nev

#34
April 18, 2005, 12:00:39 PM
no, thats a different kind of open canopy!

I'm talking about hinged canopies, not sliding ones  :tornado:  
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Ollie

#35
April 18, 2005, 12:01:47 PM
Well then, you should have made the precision, eh!

You got me all worked up on this...

:rolleyes:  :rolleyes:  :cheers:  

Gary

#36
April 18, 2005, 06:19:23 PM
Hey Nev, I've always been facinated by the sliding Javelin's canopy. How would rate that one?

Getting back into modeling

nev

#37
April 18, 2005, 11:06:35 PM
Its a Javelin, anything about it is ugly!  :P

Apparantly the first time top Russian designers saw it they were appalled by its dreadful looks and all around ungainlyness  ;)   "It'll never flyski" they said.
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Davey B

#38
April 19, 2005, 12:16:22 PM Last Edit: April 19, 2005, 12:16:58 PM by Davey B
In terms of overall aesthetics, the Jav was just a subsonic Phantom  :P

It didn't fly, the air just leaped out of the way in mortal terror  :dum:

Still, Phantoms: lookin' good, Baz!

lancer

#39
April 19, 2005, 01:00:15 PM
QuoteIts a Javelin, anything about it is ugly!  :P

Apparantly the first time top Russian designers saw it they were appalled by its dreadful looks and all around ungainlyness  ;)   "It'll never flyski" they said.
BURN YOU HERITIC!!!!!!!!!! :dum:  :dum:  :dum:  :dum:  :lol:  :lol:  
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Radish

#40
April 19, 2005, 01:14:01 PM
The Javelin.....AWESOME.
I just love it.
It's so massive and slow!
Fantastic :P  B)  B)  
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John Howling Mouse

#41
April 19, 2005, 07:53:03 PM
QuoteIts a Javelin, anything about it is ugly!  :P

Except it's T-Tail, naturally (JHM: Proud owner of a 1:48 vacformed Javelin---but only the one; oh, and a little Airfix kit, too)
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

John Howling Mouse

#42
April 19, 2005, 07:55:15 PM
QuoteCool!

What putty did you use on that one?

I bought a tube of Bondo yesterday, and it's pretty liquid compared to the Tamiya...

:unsure:
Just good ol' Tamiya silver putty.

The Bondo stuff is very liquid, especially at first; I found it helped to stick a long piece of sprue in the tube and actually mix it around since it does separate in the tube a bit.

Eventually, it seems to thicken up towards the end of the tube's use.
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Ollie

#43
April 20, 2005, 05:20:13 AM
Roger Barry,

my initial tests show that it's not bad at all, I'll keep on mixing the mix though...

:unsure:  :cheers:  

Leigh

#44
June 10, 2006, 12:37:12 AM Last Edit: June 10, 2006, 12:39:19 AM by Leigh
While fishing around wondering whether I can make an R.A.F. Phantom from an F-4S kit stumbled upon this again.
So what's that Baz eleven and a half months for a one week build?
Any progress?
Or are the Rhino's banished to the same place as my Barracuda, Hellcat, Skyraider and A-37 you know that shelf on the bench where half completed project gather dust.

I invite all and any criticism, except about Eric The Dog, it's not his fault he's stupid


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