Calling all model kit fans - she's finally done

[stephec]

I made NCC1701D and took to handpainting every detail apart from lettering. Got three quarters of the way through when my girlfriend said I had to choose between playing with toys and sex...

Do you not combine them both?

 

[captain nemo1701]

I made NCC1701D and took to handpainting every detail apart from lettering. Got three quarters of the way through when my girlfriend said I had to choose between playing with toys and sex...

Tough choice

 

[classic33]

Tough choice

Bet he finished it though.

 

[MontyVeda]

I made NCC1701D and took to handpainting every detail apart from lettering. Got three quarters of the way through when my girlfriend said I had to choose between playing with toys and sex...

there's an obvious reply to that.

 

[stephec]

Bet he finished it though.

Finished what?

 

[Fnaar]

I made NCC1701D and took to handpainting every detail apart from lettering. Got three quarters of the way through when my girlfriend said I had to choose between playing with toys and sex...

 

[Bazzer]

I've got an Airfix Eurofighter which has been sitting in a drawer for five or six years. I'll have to get round to building it.

I've recently developed a hankering after Meccano, God knows why.

Admittedly not as satisfying in terms of the finished article, but repeatedly stabbing your thumbs and first fingers with the blunt end of a darning needle, will give you the same tender finger tip feelings and for a lot less cost.

 

[classic33]

on occasion, i'll see this stuff in a DIY store...

...and begin to wonder how big a model Eagle Interceptor might be if i used it to build one.

You mean this isn't yours?

 

[vernon]

I've recently developed a hankering after Meccano, God knows why.

Have you seen the price of Meccano?

http://www.meccanoshop.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Model_Builders_Sets_148.html

 

[Illaveago]

I built the Airfix model of the VC10 in BOAC colours in the 60s and have recently had the urge to make the model again. I cannot remember what happened to my old model, it probably got thrown out at some point in the past.
I remembered the model as being quite large but I couldn't remember what scale it was, I would have been a lot smaller in those days but thought that it wouldn't have made a great deal of difference.It was after dusting off my Corgi models of a Comet and Hercules in 1/144 scale that made me think that the VC10 that I made was much bigger.
It seems strange after all the years that I had lived under the flight path of RAF Lyneham with the planes flying in from time to time not to have noticed the size difference.
I still get the feeling of disappointment when I open kit boxes and look inside.

 

[classic33]

I built the Airfix model of the VC10 in BOAC colours in the 60s and have recently had the urge to make the model again. I cannot remember what happened to my old model, it probably got thrown out at some point in the past.
I remembered the model as being quite large but I couldn't remember what scale it was, I would have been a lot smaller in those days but thought that it wouldn't have made a great deal of difference.It was after dusting off my Corgi models of a Comet and Hercules in 1/144 scale that made me think that the VC10 that I made was much bigger.
It seems strange after all the years that I had lived under the flight path of RAF Lyneham with the planes flying in from time to time not to have noticed the size difference.
I still get the feeling of disappointment when I open kit boxes and look inside. View attachment 134720

That'll be tiny!

 

[midlife]

Should be slightly bigger than a 1/72 fighter ?

Shaun

 

[skudupnorth]

I have been drawn into model making again but instead of the usual Airfix/Revell jobbies I have gone down the Czech built Eduard route which have loads of giddy parts including photo etch cockpits ect ! Might keep me quiet for a while

 

[stephec]

I have been drawn into model making again but instead of the usual Airfix/Revell jobbies I have gone down the Czech built Eduard route which have loads of giddy parts including photo etch cockpits ect ! Might keep me quiet for a while

Do you shop at MJR in Hindley?

 

[Illaveago]

That'll be tiny!

It is about 13 inches long with a 12.5 inch wing span and it makes the Comet 4 in the same scale look tiny.