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Offline The Big Gimper

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Wingnut Wings
« on: September 27, 2019, 08:51:18 PM »









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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2019, 09:38:52 PM »
So, which small-to-medium-sized country do I need to mortgage to buy one? ???
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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2019, 01:10:34 AM »
And don't forget the cash you have hidden in the Cayman Islands!

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2019, 06:34:49 AM »
So how would this one compare to the HK Models one?
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Offline Rickshaw

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2019, 11:43:50 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? 

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #5 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/images/decals/bd33combo.pdf
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2019, 04:22:47 AM »
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.
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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #7 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

Offline KiwiZac

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #8 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:
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr

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.
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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #9 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.

Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
Untitled by Zac Yates, on Flickr
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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2021, 01:49:42 AM »
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2021, 03:42:49 AM »
From the side of the box "Sparrow hawks sold separately"(flees)

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2021, 03:46:02 AM »
Just under 7.5m (24.5') long. Niiice. It would make a nice cozy cat hideout.

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Re: Wingnut Wings
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2021, 01:24:26 AM »
 ;)
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