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My stash just grew again (2016)

Started by Spey_Phantom, December 29, 2015, 05:30:16 AM

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The Wooksta!

From ebay:

Revell Spitfire mk IIa (new tool)
Eduard Spitfire mk IXc Early
"It's basically a cure -  for not being an axe-wielding homicidal maniac. The potential market's enormous!"

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"She's died?!?  Then how's she meant to get the shopping home?"

The Plan:
www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic

Knightflyer

Yesterday

Revell Wellington Mk.II
and
Revell Merlin HMA.1

both from the Birmingham Ian Allan Bookshop (again!) and both £10 each
Oh to be whiffing again :-(

NARSES2

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 29, 2016, 03:24:26 PM

Revell Spitfire mk IIa (new tool)


So what's the verdict on it ? You have a few now

Quote from: zenrat on December 29, 2016, 02:04:12 AM

1/72 Fujimi Mitsubishi A5M4 Hayabusa


Nice kit
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

The Wooksta!

Verdict on the Revell new tool?  Accurate shape let down by vile wheels, incorrect canopy, incorrect u/c doors, awful prop, wrong ailerons (metal when they should be fabric for mk II), incorrect oil cooler, wrong shape radiator. 

Basically, it's a Va, not a IIa but you have to fix so many bits (using spares from an Airfix IIa built as the early mk I -0 and even then, you can't fix them all!) that you're better off just getting the Airfix kit and not having to faff about.

I have five now, and that's four too many...
"It's basically a cure -  for not being an axe-wielding homicidal maniac. The potential market's enormous!"

"Visit Scarfolk today!"
https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/

"She's died?!?  Then how's she meant to get the shopping home?"

The Plan:
www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic

Dizzyfugu

Quote from: KiwiZac on December 29, 2016, 02:21:59 PM
That Pikachu is the first kit my wife ever built! The ears wiggle when you move the head. He's not too big.

Oh, with special effects!?  ;D

NARSES2

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 30, 2016, 03:52:15 PM
Verdict on the Revell new tool?  Accurate shape let down by vile wheels, incorrect canopy, incorrect u/c doors, awful prop, wrong ailerons (metal when they should be fabric for mk II), incorrect oil cooler, wrong shape radiator. 

Basically, it's a Va, not a IIa but you have to fix so many bits (using spares from an Airfix IIa built as the early mk I -0 and even then, you can't fix them all!) that you're better off just getting the Airfix kit and not having to faff about.

I have five now, and that's four too many...

Cheers Lee, I won't bother, but it does beg the question why do you have 5 ?
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

kitbasher

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 31, 2016, 04:48:17 AM
Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 30, 2016, 03:52:15 PM
Verdict on the Revell new tool?  Accurate shape let down by vile wheels, incorrect canopy, incorrect u/c doors, awful prop, wrong ailerons (metal when they should be fabric for mk II), incorrect oil cooler, wrong shape radiator. 

Basically, it's a Va, not a IIa but you have to fix so many bits (using spares from an Airfix IIa built as the early mk I -0 and even then, you can't fix them all!) that you're better off just getting the Airfix kit and not having to faff about.

I have five now, and that's four too many...

Cheers Lee, I won't bother, but it does beg the question why do you have 5 ?

Tis whifworld, Chris - Brother Wooksta will build 5 OOB whifs that assume the numerous kit faults are real world design features  ;)
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

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A pair of Hobby Boss USS Momsen DDG-92 Arleigh Burke IIA Destroyers in 1/700, from Creative Models via eBay.

Looking to use one as the basis for the hull of a new RN Type 26 Frigate  in 2017, the other may follow r may be built as it.
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The Wooksta!

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 31, 2016, 04:48:17 AM
Cheers Lee, I won't bother, but it does beg the question why do you have 5 ?

I  ordered 3 from Uncle Frank but couldn't resist the first one on ebay.  Got number 5 as part of a lot with the Eduard 9.
"It's basically a cure -  for not being an axe-wielding homicidal maniac. The potential market's enormous!"

"Visit Scarfolk today!"
https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/

"She's died?!?  Then how's she meant to get the shopping home?"

The Plan:
www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic

zenrat

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 29, 2016, 05:31:17 AM
How big (or small) is the Pikachu model?  :blink: I have some 1:6 figure models at home, and I wonder how the ...thing's relative size might be?

It'll stand about 4" tall when completed.  I was guessing with 1/6 scale as none is given on the box but from the cartoons a Pikachu is about the size of a large cat so that seems about right.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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