Tag: Airfix
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Douglas Devastator – Part One – I Was Devastated
Well, not actually devastated…which apparently means ruined with overwhelming shock and grief. More like surprised and delighted, in a geeky way. Someone was selling old dead plastic model kits for tiny prices. It was not even the swap-meet portion of the Victorian plastic model show – just a few table-holders who decided to get in…
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Grumman Martlet Mk IV – Part Three – A Long Way
It is said to be a long way to Tipperary but it cannot be much further than the distance between the modern Airfix kit and the 50¢ baggie of my childhood. Today’s work on the Grumman Martlet emphasised this to me as I undertook the delicate job of closing the fuselage. It required the subtle…
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Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Nine – The Roll-Out
Well, as Marty of Marty’s Matchbox Makeovers says, ” I’m happy with that… “. ( I highly recommend his YouTube videos on toy car restoration. ) The Airfix Liberator was never going to be better than its moulding would let it be – and there were issues in the fuselage fit and the decals for…
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Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Six – Old Mould
I must admit that I am torn many ways in writing about the Consolidated Liberator kit from Airfix that I am currently engaged upon: a. It is an old kit. When this was first released I was in the 10th grade. I am older than that now…71 to be exact…and I suspect I have aged…
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Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part Three – Good Idea – Bad Idea
I’m not the person in the factory who designs the planes, okay? I’m just the one at the end of the line who glues ’em together. So it’s not my fault. The Liberator is a heavy bomber – in all senses of the word. It needs to be well-built to survive. So does the model.…
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Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part Two – The Green Crew
And green they are – if not in experience, then at least around the gills at that horrible chromate colour in the aft fuselage. The cockpit is proper FS cockpit green for the Skipper and the co-pilot but everyone else has to work in the cheap section of the plane, and the cheap sections are…
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Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part One – Swappies
The swap has been done – Paddy – a gentleman who read my advertisement on Gumtree – called and we have exchanged a Revell flying boat kit for an Airfix bomber kit. We both seem delighted with the deal and I will devote this kit to my workshop after the Boeing Fortress Mk III is…
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Walk In Or Walk Out?
And we’re not talking about wing walks either. I want a kit. And a specific kit – having done my research in regard to it. Its the best for my purpose – and good news – it was a new Airfix release late last year and has been seen in the local hobby shop in…
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Boeing Fortress Mk III – Part One – Happy Birthday, You Old Kid…
Okay. Put on your retro panties and pull them up. Now wander back to your childhood and the time you were given birthday money and were let off for the Saturday to visit every hobby shop in town. a. DId you visit every shop in town? Yes you did. b. Were you tired out? No, you weren’t.…
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Curtiss Tomahawk – Part One – De Sales, Boss! De Sales!
Boxing Day Sales are a potent lure for many people in the town – if they have been abstemious during the pre-Christmas rush, have not over-indulged at Chrissie lunch, and are not trying to clean the house …they can rush out and try to buy the things that the retailers weren’t able to flog off…
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