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Offline The Big Gimper

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #50 on: July 20, 2016, 03:51:53 AM »
More details on the Noisy Star conversion kit. No pricing yet.

TWC72019 - Canadair C-4 North Star & Argonaut engines (original ejector exhausts) conversion pack, for all variants as initially delivered with exhaust stacks on both sides of each nacelle.


TWC72020 -  TCA Canadair Four engines (cross-over exhausts) conversion pack, with exhausts  on the outboard side and blanking plates on the inboard side of each nacelle and the raised upper cowling profile.


TWC72021 - BOAC Canadair Argonaut engines (cross-over exhausts) conversion pack,with exhausts  on the outboard side and blanking plates on the inboard side of each nacelle


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TWF72016 - South African Airways DC-4 early livery (circa 1950) decal set

TWF72017 - South African Airways DC-4 late livery (circa 1950) decal set

TWL72015 - BOAC Canadair C-4 Argonaut early livery (circa 1950) decal set

TWL72016 - BOAC Canadair C-4 Argonaut late livery (circa 1956) decal set

TWL72017 - Derby Airways Canadair C-4 Argonaut (circa 1960) decal set 

TWL72018 - British Midland Canadair C-4 Argonaut (circa 1963) decal set 

TWL72019 - Trans Canada Airlines Canadair Four (circa 1958) decal set 
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #51 on: August 13, 2016, 08:10:47 AM »
Not long to go now for the Valiant B.2:


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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #52 on: September 04, 2016, 05:20:58 AM »
Valiant B.2 conversion is now available...well, kind of...since I purchased the last available copy.
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #53 on: September 04, 2016, 05:34:19 AM »
Valiant B.2 conversion is now available...well, kind of...since I purchased the last available copy.

 :icon_sueno:
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #54 on: October 14, 2016, 03:24:21 AM »
Wish it was in 1/48...


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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #55 on: October 14, 2016, 07:19:30 AM »
WOW!  :-*
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #56 on: October 15, 2016, 03:03:02 AM »
I might have an idea of what to do with their 1/48 Blue Steel kit:



How about a manned version:


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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #57 on: October 15, 2016, 07:42:17 AM »
Now that is cool.
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #58 on: October 15, 2016, 11:18:19 AM »
Valiant B.2 conversion is now available...well, kind of...since I purchased the last available copy.

So available, as in the next time you tell us you are going OS, ;) My stealth Skoda needs a decent run.

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #59 on: October 15, 2016, 07:49:27 PM »
I might have an idea of what to do with their 1/48 Blue Steel kit:



How about a manned version:





Mossie in the UK What If SIG has built that manned version. Very good and appears on our stand when he attends

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #60 on: October 15, 2016, 11:19:21 PM »
Mossie in the UK What If SIG has built that manned version. Very good and appears on our stand when he attends

Beat me to it. I donated a 1/72nd X-15 canopy to that build. :)
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #61 on: October 16, 2016, 08:53:20 AM »
Strange, I posted a reply right after Zac's last post. No sign of it anywhere -----

anyway, AiM are doing a lot of the same subject in both scales

Here's one ---

http://www.aim72.co.uk/page182.html

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #62 on: October 16, 2016, 10:01:34 AM »
*Dman, that's enticing!* They really need to include the markings for "Songbird II" in the sheet for the early 310, esp. in 1/48, as it would help sell them in the US (in 1/48 it would go perfectly with the "Flying Rancher and daughter" figures Squadron sells/sold for use with the 1/48 Cessna T-50 kit (for those who don't understand, run a search on the old US TV show, "Sky King").

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #63 on: October 16, 2016, 09:17:26 PM »
Neil Gaunt is open to marking suggestions Evan, drop him a line and add what you've said here. If you have any photos it would help ---

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #64 on: October 16, 2016, 10:02:47 PM »
Neil Gaunt is open to marking suggestions Evan, drop him a line and add what you've said here. If you have any photos it would help ---
I'll have to go find my DVD of some of the episodes and see if I can find a good picture or two as well as do an online search.

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #65 on: December 11, 2016, 10:33:57 PM »
It seems AiM will take over the Magna Models line (although Neil will decide which ones would be more commercially viable)

http://www.aim72.co.uk/page6.html

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #66 on: April 16, 2017, 04:59:56 AM »
It seems Neil Gaunt has been very ill recently but has now recovered and back at it.

http://www.aim72.co.uk/page6.html

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #67 on: April 16, 2017, 05:19:42 AM »
They are talking of a 1/72 MOAB:

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #68 on: April 17, 2017, 01:07:55 AM »
Yeah! I'll be getting a couple of those myself

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #70 on: May 16, 2017, 08:06:17 AM »
Now if only they would hurry up with my requested 1/48 HP. Victor...
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #71 on: June 19, 2017, 03:46:17 PM »
Some photos of the Blue Steel kit:





My initial review is that the kit look fairly good.  The fit up and detail looks quite nice.
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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #72 on: June 20, 2017, 04:13:48 AM »
Neil has a Cessna CH-1 in works in both 1/72 and 1/48.
I have a couple of screengrabs of the CATIA model Neil posted in the Wings of Peace Yahoo group,
however I'm not posting them as I don't have permission.


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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #73 on: June 20, 2017, 05:32:12 AM »
Attractive bird, but troublesome and rather a failure.  I understand Cessna bought back and scrapped everyone they could.  I believe it was marketed as the "Cessna Skyhook" to go with the "Sky" names of other Cessna aircraft.

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Re: Aircraft In Miniature Limited
« Reply #74 on: August 04, 2017, 10:03:08 AM »
Some new News from AiM at last, I was getting worried his illness had returned.

http://www.aim72.co.uk/page6.html