Mikro-Mir

scooter · October 22, 2025, 05:05:14 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 22, 2025, 02:35:20 AMThe Westland Pterodactyl's very steampunk, isn't it?

I've never seen anything that more needed to be powered by a sphere of glowing green liquid and crewed by an anime girl in a leather flying helmet and a talking dog with long floppy ears in my life...

Could also do well as a post-apocalyptic flying craft

NARSES2 · October 22, 2025, 05:09:38 AM

May well be in the "wrong scale" for some, but it will still be tiny.

Perhaps arm it with a very light mg and it would become an anti drone aircraft ?

scooter · October 22, 2025, 05:13:29 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 22, 2025, 05:09:38 AMMay well be in the "wrong scale" for some, but it will still be tiny.

Perhaps arm it with a very light mg and it would become an anti drone aircraft ?

7.62 might be just the right size.

jcf · October 23, 2025, 11:04:18 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 22, 2025, 05:09:38 AMMay well be in the "wrong scale" for some, but it will still be tiny.

Perhaps arm it with a very light mg and it would become an anti drone aircraft ?

The wingspan of the Pterodactyl V was 46' 8", 11.667" in 1/48 scale. Two Vickers MG with 1200 rounds firing forward and it was to have a turret with two Lewis guns, the guns mounted on their sides.
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jcf · October 23, 2025, 11:24:39 AM

Here's a link to a 2022 paper by Tony Buttler on the Pterodactyls, built and proposed:

Westland-Hill Pterodactyls

Weaver · October 23, 2025, 11:51:00 AM

Quote from: jcf on October 23, 2025, 11:24:39 AMHere's a link to a 2022 paper by Tony Buttler on the Pterodactyls, built and proposed:

Westland-Hill Pterodactyls

Cheers Jon, that's very interesting.

Beermonster58 · December 01, 2025, 10:58:46 PM

Latest Mikro mir announcement is a 1/72
L T V (Project Pluto) nuclear powered cruise missile.

Got to love Mikromir for their choices! 😊

PR19_Kit · December 02, 2025, 03:23:12 AM

Fantastic Plastic did that a while back, quite a neat looking missile. Like a Regulus 2 with added boosters!

Beermonster58 · December 02, 2025, 04:22:53 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 02, 2025, 03:23:12 AMFantastic Plastic did that a while back, quite a neat looking missile. Like a Regulus 2 with added boosters!

They did indeed! At an equally fantastic price! 😂

PR19_Kit · December 02, 2025, 04:55:09 AM

Quote from: Beermonster58 on December 02, 2025, 04:22:53 AMThey did indeed! At an equally fantastic price! 😂

EVERYthing they did was like that, sadly.

Beermonster58 · December 03, 2025, 08:31:07 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 02, 2025, 04:55:09 AM
Quote from: Beermonster58 on December 02, 2025, 04:22:53 AMThey did indeed! At an equally fantastic price! 😂

EVERYthing they did was like that, sadly.

Tell me about it. I was very tempted by their Vickers Supermarine type 559 until I saw the price........!

The Wooksta! · December 03, 2025, 05:14:18 PM

One of the few I bit the bullet and bought it.

The Rat · January 15, 2026, 10:37:55 PM

New Dash-8 coming out. About time, the Hobbycraft ones are getting rare.

https://aeroscale.net/news/dash-8-planned

Beermonster58 · January 16, 2026, 12:37:01 AM

New Dash - 8 is very welcome and, in 1/72 too😊👍. While Mikromir kits m ay not be the easiest builds, one cannot fault their imaginative cboice of subjects.
Maybe a Dash-7 might follow?

Captain Canada · January 16, 2026, 04:18:41 AM

Saw that on my Facebook feed this morning. Cool news for the enthusiast for sure. I like their rendering in the grey, like a covert kind of deal. So many options for the bird, US special ops, various coast guards, Gonzo. Might be an excuse for Leading Edge to produce their conversion set again.

https://modelingmadness.com/scott/decals/led/le72075.htm

I would love to see this continue on to the Dash-7 Beermonster. Such an under represented piece of machinery ! I'd really like to see the -7 in 144th scale thos.