Ran across this one today, thought about all of you guys who get mad when I talk about 1/72 scale being God's Own Scale.
Got a bit of a laugh and thought I'd post the link. Have fun!
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1/1 scale boat kit... Serious!
Jan 05, 2010
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of course we do. those damn 1/72 guys have some strange beliefs and beautiful cars.
Scary how well you know me!
Looks fake (CGI) to me.
Why does it not list toward the outboard motor?
John
It's an art installation. More info can be found at the artist's site ...
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I'm guessing with welding and such going on, he likely gutted the interior of the "parts". In the case of the motor, who wants to weld near gas?
Here's a 1/1 Airfix Spitfire:
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...talk about sniffin' glue!
All I can say is, "Wow..." Woulda loved to have been one of those kids. I noticed that, although the single parts had excellent detail (ie, the pilot), the kit as a whole was lacking in comparison to similar kits from the asian manufacturers...
Aw, c'mon! SOMEONE had to say it!
I loved watching the video and hope that Airfix does similar things in the future. Cool beans!
-ahill
The model was an exact copy of the first injection kit released by Airfix.
The pilot did get special treatment. It was done by creating a mould of James May (the present - also presents Top Gear) wearing an RAF pilot gear.
Altogether pretty spectacular - they did have to put a ribbing structure inside the wings so that they wouldn't droop.
But other than that all the parts were scaled up replicas of the original
1/72 kit and glued together and painted by the children.Fantastic series (James May Toy Stories) if you get a chance to see it.
Cheers,
Nigel
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"Nigel Heather the-heathers.co.uk>" The model was an exact copy of the first injection kit released by Airfix.
Next thursday here in DK :-)
And I enjoyed his build of the Lego house.
thought about
You see my car lately? Now that's a weathering job!
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr
Can you imagine how hard it was to clip the parts off the sprues!
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
"Mad Modeller" skrev i en meddelelse news:N7udna2fNsvXttXWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com...
I would call that a washing job.
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