What's a 'sprengboot' then? Google translates it as 'Busting Boat'........ :unsure:Explosive (charge) boat.
Ummmmmmm ...... Is that a pluse jet on the back like a V-1 ???????
The "vanes" are the triggering device for the explosives. The idea was that as it approached it's target the crew locked the rudder and bailed out onto rafts.There is a different description how the "Tornado" works in this article (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprengboot_Tornado). The floats were the explosive loaded devices and some 2000 meters before the target they had to be jettisoned and reach the target alone, just because of the initial inertia :unsure:. The crew had to return in the boat (or whatever remains from it :lol:). Since only the floats were to be destroyed, the project wanted to save materials, not using expensive torpedoes.
That is very interesting. I think I have everything in my stash to make one ... !!!!! I'm going to have to check into this .......
That is very interesting. I think I have everything in my stash to make one ... !!!!! I'm going to have to check into this .......
Something just occurred to me, just how did this boat go fast enough to make the pluse jet function ???? Aircraft had to be launched by rocket or carried aloft. Hummmmmm.........
1/72nd NIAI-1 Fanera 2 Russian passenger aircraft. Never even heard of this one!
(https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/MM72-004.jpg)
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM72-004
Be interesting to build it straight out of the box, put it on the SIG stand, and wait for some JMN to go "now that's just bloody ridiculous!"..... :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:
Be interesting to build it straight out of the box, put it on the SIG stand, and wait for some JMN to go "now that's just bloody ridiculous!"..... :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:
Yes indeed. :wacko:
I just picked up this kit through eBay and it's pretty good.
Looks like it was a Burnelli-style lifting-fuselage type affair. Apparently a couple of dozen of them were built and used by Aeroflot in the 1930s.
Be interesting to build it straight out of the box, put it on the SIG stand, and wait for some JMN to go "now that's just bloody ridiculous!"..... :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:
"now that's just bloody ridiculous!"..... :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:
What a cool looking beast ! Nice to see the kit, but it looks like it would be easy enough to scratch....
Didn't they find the Hunley not so long ago?
I'm wondering what practicable weaponry - other then the spar torpedo which has always made me go :blink:- could be used by the Huntley and her kind ?
I'm wondering what practicable weaponry - other then the spar torpedo which has always made me go :blink:- could be used by the Huntley and her kind ?
Didn't they find the Hunley not so long ago?
Spar torpedoes and mines were the only available weapons.
Spar torpedoes and mines were the only available weapons.
Yup which were slightly more survivable then the "brace and bit" used in the American War of Independence. Was that barrel sub called the Turtle ? Mind you after failing to drill into the RN ship (copper bottomed) the crew member survived I seem to remember
The 1/144th Blackburn Beverly is in the test shot stage and the owner has said if someone can supply decent drawings he'll do an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy! http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234973041-blackburn-beverley-1144/page-2
Paul Harrison
The 1/144th Blackburn Beverly is in the test shot stage and the owner has said if someone can supply decent drawings he'll do an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy! http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234973041-blackburn-beverley-1144/page-2
Paul Harrison
Aircraft kits (injection)Trumpeter do (did?) a 1/32 Max, so it's cool to see one a size smaller. I've not built Mikro-Mir, although one or two of the aircraft kits are on my List.
MM48-011 1:48 Yakovlev Yak-18 £21.99 £18.33
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM48-011
(https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/MM48-011.jpg)
That's so cool...I can see a nice Falklands dio supplying Harriers
:thumbsup:
The general opinion around the camp was that the Bevs were 'Blocks of Flats with wings' and that they were SO ugly that the Earth repelled them rather than the wings generating enough lift to get them airborne. ;D :lol:
With BEVERLEYS? :o
Need a bit of a time warp there I reckon..........
In the Britmodeller thread several members petitioned for an Argosy and the Micro-Mir member is making very promising overtures. Fingers crossed. :thumbsup:
We plan to closely engage the British transport aircraft.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
it would be nice to round of the post-war British military transports with a Belfast.
Beverley is in stock at Hannants:
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM144-008
QuoteWe plan to closely engage the British transport aircraft.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
QuoteWe plan to closely engage the British transport aircraft.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
AAA or Mig's ? ;D
QuoteWe plan to closely engage the British transport aircraft.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
AAA or Mig's ? ;D
If it's a Beverley, wouldn't an elephant gun be more appropriate?
LOL - there's an excellent display of, and about, punt guns in the Royal Armouries at Leeds: it's priceless watching people's faces as they watch the video and listening to the kids, "he's hunting those tiny little birds with that HUGE gun? What the Hell?" :o
LOL - there's an excellent display of, and about, punt guns in the Royal Armouries at Leeds:
1/72nd Miles Aerovan (in CAD developement)
The Aerovan is indeed a lovely little aeroplane. I'd rather like to see Miles M68 "Boxcar" too. Just think what any of us could do with that detachable container!! Details below for those unfamiliar with the beast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_M.68 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_M.68)
A lovely little aeroplane, and extremely Whiffable too.
A friend of mine scratched, mastered and released an Aerovan in 1/72 last year. Bad news for him, but good on him for making the sacrifice!!Ive seen that kit! S & M models over here had a small batch, at a not so small price earlier in the year. The castings looked quite good from what I saw.
Several new things of interest to us on Whatifmodellers coming from Mikro Mir. Some may know about them already but I haven't seen them posted here.edited this last night but the edit doesn't seem to have gone through, anyhoo here's what I said. My bad, it's the Argosy that is being test shot and not the Hastings.
1/72nd Miles Aerovan (in CAD developement)
1/144th AW Argosy in military and civil versions (in CAD developement)
1/144th HP Hastings (wing sprue has been test shot)
Personally I want all of them!
Paul Harrison
The phrase 'Reasonably priced' and 'Hannants' rarely occur in the same sentence.........
Who do you think makes the S&M canberra?
Mikro-mir. So the price wont be much different.
Who do you think makes the S&M canberra?
Mikro-mir. So the price wont be much different.
I don't know these things, I just build 'em. ;)
Who do you think makes the S&M canberra?
Mikro-mir. So the price wont be much different.
I don't know these things, I just build 'em. ;)
I didn't know S&M did a Canberra. Might be needing a T.11. :thumbsup:
Who do you think makes the S&M canberra?
Mikro-mir. So the price wont be much different.
I don't know these things, I just build 'em. ;)
I didn't know S&M did a Canberra. Might be needing a T.11. :thumbsup:
IIRC it's a B2 out of the box. They had it at Telford last year.
Related to the Great Wall Victor B.2 (https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/gwh/kit_gwh_1004.shtml)?
The Kalinin K-7 is apparently out, but prices are high. I suspect it's the launch of their "Grounds for Divorce" range...
Shelf-Oddity do a replacement set: https://shelfoddity.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=25_65&product_id=171
The Kalinin K-7 is apparently out, but prices are high. I suspect it's the launch of their "Grounds for Divorce" range...
The Kalinin K-7 is apparently out, but prices are high. I suspect it's the launch of their "Grounds for Divorce" range...
£299.99 at the Big H https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM72-015?result-token=9EQld (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM72-015?result-token=9EQld)
£299.99 at the Big H https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM72-015?result-token=9EQld (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM72-015?result-token=9EQld)
Reading from Wikipedia, the AW52 was only a half scale version. The planned airliner / bomber version was to be twice the size. Sounds like it's ideal for a Scale-o-rama build with a smaller canopy and roundels.Or keep it 1/72nd scale and put some fireflash missiles on it, or some rockets under the wings.
Reading from Wikipedia, the AW52 was only a half scale version. The planned airliner / bomber version was to be twice the size. Sounds like it's ideal for a Scale-o-rama build with a smaller canopy and roundels.
An airliner version would be good, the projected AW55, but where the devil would you put the windows? Maybe all along the leading edge?
That's what concerns me about the current rash of 'All Wing' airliner projects, I bet there'd be a lot of initial resistance from the pax, even though most of them don't, and can't, look out of the windows in the current aircraft.
An airliner version would be good, the projected AW55, but where the devil would you put the windows? Maybe all along the leading edge?
That's what concerns me about the current rash of 'All Wing' airliner projects, I bet there'd be a lot of initial resistance from the pax, even though most of them don't, and can't, look out of the windows in the current aircraft.
That's been cited as one of the stumbling blocks in the real projects (both Boeing and Airbus have looked at it) along with emergency evacuation: not much wall space for doors as well as windows. Floor hatches would be blocked if the unercarriage collapsed, and roof hatches present a more convoluted route to safety than conventional side-doors.
My idea for the windows is to make the areas next to them communal rather than have windows 'belong' to a particular seat. Cabin staff could keep an eye out to make sure nobody hogs them for too long.
An airliner version would be good, the projected AW55, but where the devil would you put the windows? Maybe all along the leading edge?
That's what concerns me about the current rash of 'All Wing' airliner projects, I bet there'd be a lot of initial resistance from the pax, even though most of them don't, and can't, look out of the windows in the current aircraft.
That's been cited as one of the stumbling blocks in the real projects (both Boeing and Airbus have looked at it) along with emergency evacuation: not much wall space for doors as well as windows. Floor hatches would be blocked if the unercarriage collapsed, and roof hatches present a more convoluted route to safety than conventional side-doors.
My idea for the windows is to make the areas next to them communal rather than have windows 'belong' to a particular seat. Cabin staff could keep an eye out to make sure nobody hogs them for too long.
Bang seats. One for every passenger. Imagine the sight as 300 passengers eject in a wave synchronised from rear to front. Glorious.
My idea for the windows is to make the areas next to them communal rather than have windows 'belong' to a particular seat. Cabin staff could keep an eye out to make sure nobody hogs them for too long.
An airliner version would be good, the projected AW55, but where the devil would you put the windows? Maybe all along the leading edge?
That's what concerns me about the current rash of 'All Wing' airliner projects, I bet there'd be a lot of initial resistance from the pax, even though most of them don't, and can't, look out of the windows in the current aircraft.
That's been cited as one of the stumbling blocks in the real projects (both Boeing and Airbus have looked at it) along with emergency evacuation: not much wall space for doors as well as windows. Floor hatches would be blocked if the unercarriage collapsed, and roof hatches present a more convoluted route to safety than conventional side-doors.
My idea for the windows is to make the areas next to them communal rather than have windows 'belong' to a particular seat. Cabin staff could keep an eye out to make sure nobody hogs them for too long.
Bang seats. One for every passenger. Imagine the sight as 300 passengers eject in a wave synchronised from rear to front. Glorious.
As for the KX-03, shrinking it down to 1/350th smacks a bit of 'fit the box' all over again. :(
If it's going to be a model of a BIG aeroplane, make it a BIG kit!
Shades of the proposed airliner version of the original Norhtrop wing. That primarily had windows in the leading edge though ISTR a bubble canopy over the lounge in the "stinger".
Reading from Wikipedia, the AW52 was only a half scale version. The planned airliner / bomber version was to be twice the size. Sounds like it's ideal for a Scale-o-rama build with a smaller canopy and roundels.
Exactly, which is why I suggested it earlier.
An airliner version would be good, the projected AW55, but where the devil would you put the windows? Maybe all along the leading edge?
That's what concerns me about the current rash of 'All Wing' airliner projects, I bet there'd be a lot of initial resistance from the pax, even though most of them don't, and can't, look out of the windows in the current aircraft.
Yeah, 49" sounds about right. 98" sounds even better.... ;D ;D ;D
I've built flying models a LOT smaller than that........
;D ;D ;D
You'd be willing to spend the £1,000 or so for a 1/72 kit? ;)
;D ;D ;D
You'd be willing to spend the £1,000 or so for a 1/72 kit? ;)
Well no, but I bet SOMEONE would. I can think of a few IPMS-UK members who'd fork out that sort of money just to say they had got one! :o
Now, why do I get the feeling you were looking in my direction when you said that Spackman. ;D ;) ;D
And no I wouldnt shell out that sort of cash for a model either.
AW55 was the Apollo.
An airliner version would be good, the projected AW55, but where the devil would you put the windows? Maybe all along the leading edge?
But there was a previous 'AW55' design, which was an all wing aircraft. They re-used the AW55 number for the Apollo after the wing designs all got cancelled.
Micro mir have released 3 d pictures of an L 13 zeppelin in 1/144th scale.
The only vehicle that might have been capable of breaking the World Air Speed Record and the World Water Speed Record AT THE SAME TIME! ;D
[Later] For the first time in my life I put a kit on backorder at the Big H... ;D
3D decals? How does that work then?Not a clue, unless its for the dashboard/ control panels.
3D decals? How does that work then?
I believe they're 3D printed onto decal paper, so you get a raised effect similar to photoetch. There's a few companies that do them as aftermarket, such as Kits World.
But what advantage do 3D decals have over normal ones? :-\
AFAIK RAF roundels, for instance, have always been painted flat on the wings.
They are made by Witchcraft I tell you! Or 3D printing, its the same to me. I think they are the first mainstream kt to include them, quite forward thinking of them.
Colin
I'm with you Colin. I've been looking at some 3D printed figures on Etsy. I saw some at Telford a few years ago and they were good, now they look great. Another few years and they'll be rivalling injection moulding I'm guessing. And the price is very good through Etsy.
What scale is the F-105 set, please?
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lPmr_UlPZMs/X7Rsz0aaPcI/AAAAAAADGBM/ee0HjU7yVV4tq3wrkypla-0BO9VS1cinACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Quinta%2BStudios%2Binterior%2B3D-Decals%2B-%2BDetail%2BSets%2B%252812%2529.jpg)
But what advantage do 3D decals have over normal ones?...
It does make me wonder why they go to so much effort to make these decals realistic, only to hide them underneath a canopy never to be seen again, as the whole point of having such amazing items is to be able to see them. I'm probably missing something I know. :-X
Chris
It does make me wonder why they go to so much effort to make these decals realistic, only to hide them underneath a canopy never to be seen again, as the whole point of having such amazing items is to be able to see them. I'm probably missing something I know. :-X
Chris
I'll wait till 4D decals come out I reckon. Why only go half way......? ;)
I'll wait till 4D decals come out I reckon. Why only go half way......? ;)
I'd say that the stencil decals for modern military aircraft are 4D as it takes so bloody long to apply them all.
;D ;D
I'll wait till 4D decals come out I reckon. Why only go half way......? ;)
I'd say that the stencil decals for modern military aircraft are 4D as it takes so bloody long to apply them all.
;D ;D
I'm in agreement with you there Jon. Stenciling a Phantom certainly affects the perceived passage of time...
I once tried to apply all the stencil decals on a 1/32 Tomcat ... I'm amazed the aircraft got off the ground with the weight of all that paint!
I once tried to apply all the stencil decals on a 1/32 Tomcat ... I'm amazed the aircraft got off the ground with the weight of all that paint!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Nice and long-awaited,
Nice and long-awaited,
My thoughts exactly. Hannants' aren't quoting a price yet.
I've got an old MPM one in the stash, but my RNEIAF could do with a new one
The Fokker G1.A is showing up at £26.24 on Hannants. I bet it sells out fast.
I'm tempted by their Vickers Valiant in 1/144. What are they like to build?
Hannants have the AW.52 in stock, just short of £46. It's a bit steep for me so hopefully I can find a better deal somewhere else, as I do like the look of it.
Chris
I may end up doing the same Kit, it didn't show stock levels etc in the news letter just the price. Lets hope it goes together better than your last Micro mir kit...Kit. ;D
Hannants have the AW.52 in stock, just short of £46. It's a bit steep for me so hopefully I can find a better deal somewhere else, as I do like the look of it.
Chris
Either they've already sold out, or they haven't actually got them there yet as it's listed as a zero stock level item.
I've backordered one anyway, the hell with the price. ;D
Lets hope it goes together better than your last Micro mir kit...Kit. ;D
There are some on Ebay already for £56.39p. They are having a laugh
Lets hope it goes together better than your last Micro mir kit...Kit. ;D
I'm 110% with you there Chris! :o
In my local hobby store there are 4 in stock and are being sold for € 39,95 or 35,38 pounds...that is a heck of a difference, does your LMS post to the UK? The postage shouldn't be too steep from there.
I guess the import fees are to blame for the difference :banghead:
David aka 63cpe
But now you have to take into account the added VAT and the duty AND the blasted 'handling charge' if importing from Europe! :banghead:Hmm, yeah there is that...bugger. :banghead:
Well, in pain of being too political you can all blame BREXIT for that... :banghead:
Hmmm.....
I really want one of these, and it could be the last kit I buy for quite some time too , it looks nice on the sprue, but most do, I think I will have one but not just yet as I am sorting out everything I need for a new arrival of the furry kind. :thumbsup:
Chris
Chris (NARSES2) could you please delete my posts #220 and #222 in this thread as I've copied them to a proper build thread elsewhere.
Another rescue dog Chris, I wasn't ready for adopting another yet as it was still quite raw after losing Thor, 12 months on. But, I saw his picture on a rescue site and said to myself, I have to have him. ;DHmmm.....
I really want one of these, and it could be the last kit I buy for quite some time too , it looks nice on the sprue, but most do, I think I will have one but not just yet as I am sorting out everything I need for a new arrival of the furry kind. :thumbsup:
Chris
Hannants appear to have sold out anyway mate ;)
So moggie or doggie ? ;D
Well done mate :thumbsup:I was gourmet to wait until I had moved too hopefully further up north for me too, but he snagged me ;D
As and when I get another dog, it won't be until after I move up north, it will be a rescue one.
Well done mate :thumbsup:I was gourmet to wait until I had moved too hopefully further up north for me too, but he snagged me ;D
As and when I get another dog, it won't be until after I move up north, it will be a rescue one.
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(Gotta love auto-correct/text. :banghead:)
What the... where on earth has that word come from. I am not sure I have ever written that word before ;D any way made me laugh too. :thumbsup:WWell done mate :thumbsup:I was gourmet to wait until I had moved too hopefully further up north for me too, but he snagged me ;D
As and when I get another dog, it won't be until after I move up north, it will be a rescue one.
The truth comes out! The poor little bugger's dinner! :o
(Gotta love auto-correct/text. :banghead:)
And if they don't nab you for duty and VAT and 'handling charges' when it gets here too.
Fingers crossed on that one, I shall keep you posted when it arrives as the store I got it from is one I have bought stuff from for quite some time and he is reasonably priced and has some nice and also unusual stuff.
And if they don't nab you for duty and VAT and 'handling charges' when it gets here too.
Yup, be interesting to see what happens Chris. The UK signed a Free Trade Deal with the Ukraine in November 2020, although I'm not 100% certain it's come into force yet, so you could be ok.
And if they don't nab you for duty and VAT and 'handling charges' when it gets here too.
Yup, be interesting to see what happens Chris. The UK signed a Free Trade Deal with the Ukraine in November 2020, although I'm not 100% certain it's come into force yet, so you could be ok.
And have the HMRC and the UK Border Force, AND the Post Office taken any notice of it? :-\
And have the HMRC and the UK Border Force, AND the Post Office taken any notice of it? :-\
You can reclaim it from HMRC if they charge you when there's a Free Trade agreement, but the Post Office ? No idea
Just seen sprue shits of a 1/144 scale Handley page hastings. Looks good, but they aren't fooling me. ;D
Chris
The joys of using my phone and not proof reading what I write ;DJust seen sprue shits of a 1/144 scale Handley page hastings. Looks good, but they aren't fooling me. ;D
Chris
'Autocorrect, I'm tired of your Shirt!!' ;D
I'm just amazed the 'Sweary Mary Detector' didn't ping that one, as I've had the term 'sucks' altered before...
I wondered if it gave any fucks but found out it doesn't give a frak. :-X
....or, in the case of the Trident, to stab them INTO the wall.......?
I found my Mikro-Mir 1/144 Beverley kit last night, after it having been lost since the last Telford and that's WELL over a year ago!
I looked it it in a new light............. :-\
Here is a three view of it from Bill Gunston's Aircraft of the Soviet Union, 1983.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1674/B31Nwg.jpg)
I was trying to work that out, definitely not Russian looking.
Just seen something that I am sure Tophe would approve of Belyayev DB-LK in 1/72nd scale, as a future release.:wub: Yes, interesting! (even if I would prefer 1/144) :unsure:
I like the sound of that. :thumbsup:Haha, I shall be doing exactly the same Kit. ;D ;D
But I'll reserve judgement on buying one until I've actually seen some sprues and the instructions.
And to see if they match............ :-\
"So here's the Dever."
"Wow. Which way up is it?"
"So here's the Dever."
"Wow. Which way up is it?"
You just have to trust the painter's got the codes the right way up ;)
The floats with fins (a very rare feature) make the PSN-2 a triplex-boom airplane somehow <_<
Much Whiffability there! :thumbsup: