Yup, here they come. About time the Canberra gets its due. Dare I dream? A 1/32 scale Sea Vixen? Okay, I'll settle for a Meteor. And, of course, a 1/24 scale Hawker Hunter. "We are not worthy! We are not worthy!" Assembling _that_ would be a Holy Thing. :-)
Pat
Never saw a Frog Canberra, but one of the earliest models I ever built was the
For real fun, put the Frog Vickers Vimy together sometime. In pre-superglue days, that was like being condemned to Hell regarding the inter-wing bracing struts. Put tape on them... put rubber bands on them... and watch them fold up diagonally as the glue dries. That being said, the Frog Miles Magister glider was one of the first model kits I ever built, under the "Airlines" release label. :-D
Pat
Man has a tendency to look back on a "Golden Age" in the past, but I have to wonder of we are actually living in a Golden Age now.
Let's consider. After years of mediocre or downright inaccurate Hunter kits in 1/72, we now have the two beautful Revell ones. Trumpeter has had a really good go at filling in the FAA gaps - Wyvern, Sea Hawk, Sea Fury, Gannet. MPM will shortly release a Sea Vixen FAW1 and the FAW2 version will be in an Xtrakit box. The same has happened with Meteors (FR9, F8) with more to come (F4 and, wonder of wonders, a T7). And there are no less than three companies - Academy, MPM, Trumpeter - all threatening us with Lightnings.
Yeah, Airfix models played a very important part in my youth also; first model I ever painted was a Airfix Ar-196 floatplane. Now.. regarding that 1/12 model of Kylie Minogue that Airfix intends to do in their Doctor Who series... is it possible to capture that petite super-heated ultra-vixen's innate lust in a five-inch-high styrene figure? I think not.
Scale _this_ down to five inches high:
Pat
RB-57 conversion kits? You can those coming a mile off, can't you?
Pat
What the hell's going on? Are you *trying* to give me a heart attack or summat????
That's more than mortal man can handle.
Yeah, the big bubble dome on the Canberra's pilot's position means that superdetailing the cockpit will be something worth doing, particularly with a replacement vacuform canopy.
Pat
"Enzo Matrix" wrote
Now we just need up-to-date Javelins and Buccaneers and the set will be complete. Or complete enough for me anyway. Although some of the more esoteric Brit test a/c would be very welcome in injection plastic form. Yes, I know there's resin, but I'm not too keen on mixing resin kits and a hot, humid tropical climate...
RobG (the Aussie one)
Pat Flannery wrote in news:yNWdnWpmXq2h54DVnZ2dnUVZ_r6rnZ2d@northdakotatelephone:
A hobbit? You leave our Kyles alone, mate. :-)
I've seen that clip before and I love it. One of the very few genuinely beautiful women in the public eye, IMO. I just wish she'd return my phone calls.
RobG (the Aussie one)
on 5/4/2008 9:57 AM RobG said the following:
Ah, Kylie.......... I had saved this YouTube video just for something to help me wake up in the morning.
willshak wrote
To take this further OT... while we're talking petite and sexy, search YouTube for 'Alizee'. She's a sweet little French thing - I don't speak Froggy, and bubble-gum pop really ain't my bag, but !ZOWIE!, talk about Big-Badda-Boom. I don't have her number, or I'd call and leave a message...
RobG (the Ausse one)
I'd be greedy and ask for Vampires, Venoms, a Swift and a Scimitar as well! :-D
seeing one flying must be amazing, that wing is almost impossible wrong. it wasn't a kit, some guy scratched the whole section to add to the bird.
That is Kylie singing the words to "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" over a backing track from New Order's "Blue Monday". That's quite outrageous!
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Pity. Most of those kits came with a propellor.
Peace and justice,
"Enzo Matrix" wrote
Bailiff!...
Yes, you're right Enzo. Those additions would indeed round out the set.
RobG (the Aussie one)
Rareplane kit had a Y1B-17 along with B-17C and D variants.
Tom
Had the same experience back then with the original Vimy kit. About that time Dave Boksanski turned me on to MEK and I started churning out biplanes.
The Magister was a trainer. I think you mean the General Aircraft Hotspur II. There was even a variant with two fuselages. Airmolds did a conversion for it. Imagine a realy sleek, svledt Zwilling. :-)
Tom
Call me Sgt. Schulz: I know nothing. OTOH, I'll bet somebody here does know what the boats were like.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
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