FrankCrank
Old layabout
..........if it was me I'd grab an air gun and put it out of its misery. OK, let it gather dust for a few weeks if you must, but in the end it's the kindest thing to do......
Calling all model kit fans - she's finally done
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Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
As postman says it has taken me back. The talk of destroying it reminds me of my Airfix Buccaneer, the original 60's one with folding wings, rotating bomb bay, folding nose and opening air brakes. My brother and my cousin convinced me that it would look great if they shot it up with an air rifle. It was a sad moment when it was destroyed, it just broke into large pieces nothing like the real thing.
I am in the process of trying to recapture the memory of that model prior to it's destruction with a new kit.
I am in the process of trying to recapture the memory of that model prior to it's destruction with a new kit.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
The balsa model used to be covered in tissue paper which had to be shrunk with water and then covered in shrinking dope once it had dried. Larger models could be covered in silk or nylon. Heat shrink plastic film came into use in the late 60's.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
I sat on my Concorde 
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Dope ....
marknotgeorge
Hol den Vorschlaghammer!
- Location
- Derby.
In a bid to stop my dad vegetating away watching crime dramas, I bought him a couple of Airfix kits for Christmas. Now he's busy filling the house. What have I done?
OP
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captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
It's actually 1:350 scale, made by Polar Lights (US import, retails for about £90-100 but I got it on ebay for £50). Interestingly, if you had the Enterprise D from ST TNG on the same scale, it would be about 6ft long
.BTW, the First Aid manual turned out to be nicely the right thickness to prop it up while the cement glue was setting for the warp engines. Luckily, it didn't get any glue on it
. MPC models have just released a nice 22 inch long Eagle from Space 1999 that's my next challenge. Sunday mornings, modelling away, listening to the Hairy Rock Show on Planet Rock. Bliss.
I sat on my Concorde
Are you sure it wasn't Miss Goodbody (or whatever you call her) that sat on your Concorde.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
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captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
You can always revisit the past by purchasing 'stick and tissue' kits from the the Vintage Model Company
Favourites from the Keil Kraft, Veron, Mercury, and Frog ranges are available as replica kits.
I've been busy laser cutting formers and wing ribs for some large - 42" duration rubber powered models.
The airframes look like this 1939 Bullock Streamliner:
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
You got a laser then? Doesn't it set fire to the wood?
midlife
Guru
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n always revisit the past by purchasing 'stick and tissue' kits from the the Vintage Model Company
Favourites from the Keil Kraft, Veron, Mercury, and Frog ranges are available as replica kits.
I've been busy laser cutting formers and wing ribs for some large - 42" duration rubber powered models.
The airframes look like this 1939 Bullock Streamliner:
I've got my eye on their Caprice.....built and flew one in the 70's
http://www.vintagemodelcompany.com/kk-caprice.html
Shaun
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Make sure that you fit a dethermaliser and activate it even when doing shortened tow test flights. Mine did three or four test flights before catching a thermal and disappeared out of sight. A bitter-sweet moment.
