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Started by Mike Wren, October 07, 2004, 12:33:47 PM

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Mike Wren

October 07, 2004, 12:33:47 PM

deadline is saturday, here it is with the paint on...

Mike Wren

#1
October 07, 2004, 12:35:05 PM

and most of the decals & painting done...

John Howling Mouse

#2
October 07, 2004, 12:45:30 PM
This is so freakin' cool!    :wub:

Way to go, man!

Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Swamphen

#3
October 07, 2004, 07:08:34 PM
Ay kewl dude!!  B)  

Captain Canada

#4
October 07, 2004, 07:50:34 PM
Wow Mikey, is that ever cool !  Love the RAAF idea.......sweet ! Was she used to good effect in Vietnam ?

My illusions of making the deadline were burned up when I spent 7 weeks in Halifax.........which is really too bad, as I had a few good intentions !

:wacko:  
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Ollie

#5
October 07, 2004, 07:53:16 PM
Nice!

What's its mission again?

Skippy, Skippy, say ciao to that old clapped out Bell, Skippy, Skippy here comes the new XV-1...

:dum:  :cheers:  

Tophe

#6
October 07, 2004, 09:30:43 PM
still one day to wait till the announced Saturday... :)  I hope your camera will not be in a jam the very day... :)  
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Mike Wren

#7
October 08, 2004, 03:44:17 AM
well, the RAAF trialled 6 of them in 1957, although they found that something a bit bigger was required & turned to license-producing the Westland Walrus HC.1(Rotodyne)

Mike Wren

#8
October 08, 2004, 03:45:12 AM
QuoteI hope your camera will not be in a jam the very day... :)
me too, Tophe  :unsure:  

F-32

#9
October 08, 2004, 04:56:47 AM
Sweet......................hang a couple of AIM-54 Phoenix under the wing for sh*ts and giggles :P  

JoeP

#10
October 08, 2004, 09:01:31 AM
Eez kool! B) Can't wait to see the finished product.  ^_^

JoeP
In want of hobby space!  The kitchen table is never stable.  Still managing to get some building done.

Mike Wren

#11
October 10, 2004, 02:02:28 PM
it's finished! A McDonnell XV-1, one of 6 being evaluated by the RAAF in 1957, most of the decals are from an Italeri Huey with the yellow bits made from solid yellow decal sheet

after some last minute tribulations:

both cans of satin varnish spray I had we duff, hence the matt finish

the vac-formed side pieces looked awful when fitted so I ripped them out & made the frames from plasticard, the reasoning being that the Australian crews needed a bit more ventilation in the tropical temperatures...

then my camera battery was flat...

:D  

Mike Wren

#12
October 10, 2004, 02:04:12 PM
other side...

John Howling Mouse

#13
October 10, 2004, 02:12:45 PM
It's a great feeling to open this forum and find another FINISHED model I can't wait to "acquire" by archiving their pics into my "Models By Others" file folder.

Bravo, man!  Love the extra ventilation idea, too.

It IS Australian-piloted after all---can just picture those guys with their legs dangling out the sides as they bank over gorges and coastlines alike!

Great job!

:wub:  
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Swamphen

#14
October 10, 2004, 03:30:32 PM
A+ Mike boy!!

My christmas list includes $50 at HobbyTown, to get the stuff I need to actually start building some stuff!
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