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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: ICM
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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
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Other / panther & Lucanis Cervus, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Last post by ericr on Yesterday at 11:53:37 PM »panther & Lucanis Cervus, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
with a wood drill
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: A-90 Vista Cruiser
« Last post by Frank3k on Yesterday at 11:51:04 PM »Ken - There's a garbage disposal cleaner called Plink that comes in a plastic package with each ball in its own dome (about 1/2" in dia). Google image search
f you don't have any, I'll see if I have any saved up. They would make cool domes for the passengers.
f you don't have any, I'll see if I have any saved up. They would make cool domes for the passengers.
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Aero-space / Re: 1/48 HAR.4 Sea Knight
« Last post by Old Wombat on Yesterday at 11:20:31 PM »Nice addition to the VAR-22 in the Rescue Aircraft space! 
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: A-90 Vista Cruiser
« Last post by LemonJello on Yesterday at 08:27:27 PM »Cool!
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Aero-space / Re: 1/48 HAR.4 Sea Knight
« Last post by LemonJello on Yesterday at 08:21:20 PM »Instead of a Battle Phrog it's a Rescue Phrog! Gorgeous!
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Swords to Plowshares GB / A-90 Vista Cruiser
« Last post by Kerick on Yesterday at 11:22:09 AM »I've been intrigued by killnoizer's Tupolev landspeeder build on WIM. I was suggesting to him to add a Vista Cruiser dome structure so I decided to put my money where my mouth is. So I got out a 1/144th scale kit of the A-90 Ekranoplan to see what a Black Sea vista cruiser craft would look like.
I was fishing through the collection of canopies I have on hand and some looked like a good start.
I don't know if anything will come of this. Lots of fiddling around with the clear parts to see if I can make anything out of it. I would probably put some windows in the sides of the cabin too. Maybe some Aeroflot markings.
I was fishing through the collection of canopies I have on hand and some looked like a good start.
I don't know if anything will come of this. Lots of fiddling around with the clear parts to see if I can make anything out of it. I would probably put some windows in the sides of the cabin too. Maybe some Aeroflot markings.
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Other / Re: What-If Weapons - Air
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Yesterday at 09:20:10 AM »More what-if weapons.
This time a pair of 30mm ADEN gun pods from the 1/48th scale Airfix Harrier. The Harrier is now long gone but the gun pods were saved and retained in the parts stash.
As you can see in the attached images, the original ADEN pod was a bit janky right out of the box. The squared off front and rear of the pod never looked right to me and that was one of the reasons I had ignored the things for so long. The gun barrels inserted in the gun pods are from an ancient Monogram FW190 that offered many weapons for several variants. The gun barrels were intended for the 30mm Mk103 gun pods that were mounted under the FW190 wings for one version that performed in the bomber interceptor role.
I consider this to be a "rough draft" as I have several more of the ADEN pods to work with. I am sharing the images of this pair to show what could be done with less than ideal parts from some of these ancient kits that all of us have had to deal with in the past.
Also, I was looking for something that would fit on the 1/48th scale Academy Hawker Hunter F.6/FGA.9 to create an upgraded aircraft. The ADEN pods fit without issue to the Hunter fuselage and that was what compelled me to modify the things to improve the appearance. The clunky Airfix pods certainly need some TLC to make them presentable. With the ADEN pods attached to the Hunter I can remove/cover up the gun ports on the fuselage. This in turn provides more internal space for additional black boxes/electronics which all need space for any SLEP.
This time a pair of 30mm ADEN gun pods from the 1/48th scale Airfix Harrier. The Harrier is now long gone but the gun pods were saved and retained in the parts stash.
As you can see in the attached images, the original ADEN pod was a bit janky right out of the box. The squared off front and rear of the pod never looked right to me and that was one of the reasons I had ignored the things for so long. The gun barrels inserted in the gun pods are from an ancient Monogram FW190 that offered many weapons for several variants. The gun barrels were intended for the 30mm Mk103 gun pods that were mounted under the FW190 wings for one version that performed in the bomber interceptor role.
I consider this to be a "rough draft" as I have several more of the ADEN pods to work with. I am sharing the images of this pair to show what could be done with less than ideal parts from some of these ancient kits that all of us have had to deal with in the past.
Also, I was looking for something that would fit on the 1/48th scale Academy Hawker Hunter F.6/FGA.9 to create an upgraded aircraft. The ADEN pods fit without issue to the Hunter fuselage and that was what compelled me to modify the things to improve the appearance. The clunky Airfix pods certainly need some TLC to make them presentable. With the ADEN pods attached to the Hunter I can remove/cover up the gun ports on the fuselage. This in turn provides more internal space for additional black boxes/electronics which all need space for any SLEP.
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Aero-space / Re: 1/48 HAR.4 Sea Knight
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Yesterday at 06:16:02 AM »You are on a roll with these helicopter builds. Nice to see the Academy kit getting some love and attention in a bright colour scheme.