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Tuesday 13 August 2013

What...

... madness is this hobby we call kit bashing?

Beginnings of some basics to make the office look a bit busier:


But, horrors, look at the horizontal tail planes superimposed on 1/72 scale drawings:


Why ? Why? ! The vertical tail is spot on, so why, why this? I might have to scratch build...

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    1. My thanks, kind sir. It will look even better once the thing is closed up! But at least I'll know that I made an effort of sorts.

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  2. Ditto re cockpit.Hang in there old bean...

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    1. Cheers, Alan. Speaking of which, although I've had a bumper crop of broad and dwarf French beans this year, the runners don't look as if they are going to be up to much.

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  3. Yep, well done with the cockpit. Good luck with the tail!

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    1. I'm going to need it - it's going to be tricky, however I try to tackle it.

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    1. Paul, my Antipodean translator fails me - what is 'a pearler' ?

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  5. Cockpit ace, tailplanes shocking. Have fun correcting those...!

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  6. Vastly improved cockpit....tail planes almost look like they belong to another aircraft! will be building 2 of these soon for my desert war Italians so watching these posts for tips.

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    1. Cheers! Watch this space - I've just posted on the tail, which is proving to be a tricky job. My spares box is pretty useless, I mean, how often does one have a spare fighter tail to throw on one side?! There is, of course, also the issue of my lack of skill, but we'll draw a veil over that.

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