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kaledonian101
#1 Posted : 01 October 2010 17:28:40

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You have many fine ship's so i was wondering if you would consider making an airplane.

Not just any airplane, the wooden wonder of the second world war......The Mosquito.

This all wood plane would be an excellent build and, if im honest, i have a personal reason for this to be available. My grandfather flew them and said they were fast, maneuverable and feared by the Luftwaffe.
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Good idea,but rather than the Mosquito I would like to build the P38 Lightning as it has always been a favorite of mine.

I have seen this site and watching with envy at the Germans

http://www.wettringer-mo...read&threadID=27892

If I was any good at German I would have tried to subscribe to it, should have paid attention at school Crying
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#3 Posted : 26 March 2012 11:40:02

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WW2 Dacota, the ole DC-'s. An old favourite. I'm doing the Lancaster bomber by Hachett, great yes but would love an old Dak.
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don't forget the zero that de-ag are doing,it is truly awesome to look at and build.
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#5 Posted : 26 March 2012 16:22:47

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if you want wooden aircraft how about howard hughes spruce goose. now that would be a big buildBigGrin
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#6 Posted : 26 March 2012 16:24:15

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Thats two very good ideas, I would personally prefer the Mosquito, but a Lightning would prove an interesting build as well!!!
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all great ideas. if i can change period how about a sopworth pup?
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#8 Posted : 09 April 2012 14:54:41

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B-17 flying fortress.
Current builds:
The Victory (of course)
The Endeavour
The Bismarck
Lancaster Bomber
And any model kit that catches my eye
Everything from 1/35 military to Godzilla and anything in between.
Oh and a suit of armour. ( yes real knights armour )
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What about a lancaster bomber - dam buster variant?
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Dambuster? niceBigGrin
Or Heuy troop transporter, Vietnam era.
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The Endeavour
The Bismarck
Lancaster Bomber
And any model kit that catches my eye
Everything from 1/35 military to Godzilla and anything in between.
Oh and a suit of armour. ( yes real knights armour )
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How about a great British icon that made an historic bombing run to give the Argentinians their first slap in the face in 1982..I speak of course of the beautiful Vulcan bomber.
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#12 Posted : 23 October 2014 08:58:04

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all great ideas, but i would really like to see planes that i worked on like f-15 or the f-16 even the buff. but they would have to be a build like the zero. now for me that would be an awesome finished model..just my 2 cents. Cool
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#13 Posted : 23 October 2014 11:32:55

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Dontshootme wrote:
How about a great British icon that made an historic bombing run to give the Argentinians their first slap in the face in 1982..I speak of course of the beautiful Vulcan bomber.

Smuggler wrote:
What about a lancaster bomber - dam buster variant?



All great ideas! I'm afraid the Lancaster has already been done as a Partwork by Hachette and so would be very unlikely to appear again even as a varient, unless of course it was done to the same standard as the current DeAgostini Spitfire Partwork.

As to the Valcan bomber, now you're talking! I would sign up to that in a heartbeat. I also promote the lynx helicopter and a large scale R/C AH-64 Apache Longbow as partworks as well.

I would seriously rate the Apache as a Partwork that would be wonderful.

Image that you constuct the detailed quality airframe, the extreme detailed cockpit with lit instrumentation panel and flashing lights. Construct the radar array and the 30mm cannon and tactical array. The gun mounting mimics the real thing and follows you around. Pinhole video cameras linked record every flight and save moving flight footage on to a camera card, so you can download it to your PC for playback later to experience the thrill of flying the real Apache.

Next you constuct the helicopter engines in stages following the step by step instuctions to put them together, lubricate them and run them in. The model is twin engine; to boost power and also to provide redundency backup in case of a unit failure. Battery backup is another safety feature providing enough power for a controlled decent in the unlikely event of a double flame out.

Next you construct the detailed weapons systems and have choice of different weapons configurations to choose from so you can build it your way.


There is also a choice of different decals from different countries to choose from so you can mimic the Apache air wing from your own country if you wish!

There you go, how does that sound guys? Drool Drool Drool

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Sounds goodBigGrin But I doubt you would be able to have a detailed engine and cockpit and still have room for r/c gear and camera - it's one or the other especially with a narrow airframe like the ah-64 has.

Steve
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stevie_o wrote:
Sounds goodBigGrin But I doubt you would be able to have a detailed engine and cockpit and still have room for r/c gear and camera - it's one or the other especially with a narrow airframe like the ah-64 has.

Steve


On reflection I think your right Steve a detailed static model would probably be the way to go, as space considerations do take presidency over detail when talking R/C. But imagine if you could combine the two it would make it truly unique.

Ok! Well how about a static model then guys? Drool Drool
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Compromises generally have to be made when its RC. If you want detail then Static is the way to go.
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Tomick wrote:
Compromises generally have to be made when its RC. If you want detail then Static is the way to go.


Very true Mr T. I put forward for the static model then please. BigGrin

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Sure would be a cool kit Cool
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#19 Posted : 05 December 2014 00:45:15

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What about a Tank?

Could go either way with this, R/C like the Tamiya kits or a large scale fully detailed static kit.

Hachette did the Tiger (very poorly in some areas) so what about a Sherman?

I know Trumpeter offer some nice scale plastic kits with great interior detail, so maybe the way to go would be R/C?

Tamiya R/C kits are in the region of £600-£700 upwards, spread that out over a few of years & it's not so bad.

A nice 1/16 or 1/24 R/C Sherman would be on my wish list.

Wilfy
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#20 Posted : 05 December 2014 00:57:33

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The bearded 1 wrote:
B-17 flying fortress.


Have you seen the Meng B-17?

1/32 scale, it's enormous & a fantastic kit, has a stand that is wall mountable & fits in the bomb bay.

Not cheap though, about £250 & you can get Eduard Bid Ed sets £160 for the two & then there's the resin engines, guns, wheels etc!

Nice though. Cool

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