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Title: Wingnut Wings
Post by: The Big Gimper on September 27, 2019, 08:51:18 PM

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Avro Lancaster B Mk.I/III in development (Production has been delayed. Now not expected until 2020)

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: Old Wombat on September 27, 2019, 09:38:52 PM

So, which small-to-medium-sized country do I need to mortgage to buy one? ???

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: The Big Gimper on September 28, 2019, 01:10:34 AM

And don't forget the cash you have hidden in the Cayman Islands!

Avro Lancaster Mk.III 'Dambuster' (Production has been delayed. Now not expected until 2020)

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Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 28, 2019, 06:34:49 AM

So how would this one compare to the HK Models one?

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: Rickshaw on September 29, 2019, 11:43:50 AM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on September 28, 2019, 06:34:49 AM

So how would this one compare to the HK Models one?

This one was obviously intended to be a movie prop.  The HK one? 

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: The Big Gimper on October 04, 2019, 12:45:59 AM

Hi Brian:

I had coffee this morning with Mike Belcher of Belcher Bits.  Mike makes decals and resin items for the 1/32 Lancaster.

He saw the Wingnuts Lancaster sprues at the IPMS Nationals in Chattanooga. His comment is that it will be better than the HK version.

http://www.belcherbits.com/ (http://www.belcherbits.com/)
http://www.belcherbits.com/images/decals/bd33combo.pdf (http://www.belcherbits.com/images/decals/bd33combo.pdf)

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: KiwiZac on October 17, 2019, 04:22:47 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on September 27, 2019, 09:38:52 PM

So, which small-to-medium-sized country do I need to mortgage to buy one? ???

Just take the option I'm thinking about: they're releasing a forward fuselage/cockpit kit as well.

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: Story on May 17, 2020, 06:04:05 PM

Hobbyists are mourning the demise of Sir Peter Jackson's Wingnut Wings World War 1 model-making company.

But despite obituaries being written on hobbyist websites, the company has remained silent on its future, and there was no indication on the company's website that its employees had lost their jobs.

"The company has shut down," former Wingnut artist Malcolm Laird confirmed.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/121537116/sir-peter-jacksons-wingnut-wings-model-company-shuts?fbclid=IwAR2KFVVu9B1iZE9QNPrr9841lcKpVT340ikm4NbtkRigNWZ9CtgZ1nfW9AE (https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/121537116/sir-peter-jacksons-wingnut-wings-model-company-shuts?fbclid=IwAR2KFVVu9B1iZE9QNPrr9841lcKpVT340ikm4NbtkRigNWZ9CtgZ1nfW9AE)

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: KiwiZac on February 24, 2021, 09:45:19 AM

Hi all,
This weekend is the first of New Zealand's two big airshows this year, Wings Over Wairarapa. The host airfield is home to The Vintage Aviator Limited's (Sir Peter Jackson) flying WW1 fleet. Yesterdat this popped up on TVAL's Facebook page:
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I'm at the show on Saturday so I'll be taking photos and asking questions, fingers crossed they can shed some light on the future...or at least some hints about whether all is truly lost.

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: KiwiZac on March 04, 2021, 07:07:38 AM

I didn't find out a thing - the two or three staff were busy selling and, given there were paying customers and I had my nephew with me,
I didn't want to wait around and take up their time.

But it looked like a clearance sale to me. It was rather telling that there were no new products on display and the only built model was a broken Camel Blu-tacked to a base, rather than a pristine build in a sealed case.

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Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 02, 2021, 01:49:42 AM

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Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: Dr. YoKai on April 02, 2021, 03:42:49 AM

From the side of the box "Sparrow hawks sold separately"(flees)

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: Frank3k on April 02, 2021, 03:46:02 AM

Just under 7.5m (24.5') long. Niiice. It would make a nice cozy cat hideout.

Title: Re: Wingnut Wings
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 03, 2021, 01:24:26 AM

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