As a newbie here I’m a bit hesitant in suggesting this, but how about a separate board dedicated to all aviation modelling topics, ie actual model-making (kits, scratch builds, radio-controlled, whatever) rumours and discussion of new releases, nostalgia for the good old days of Airfix and Frog, and kit collecting? I hardly ever get around to making anything nowadays, but I’m quite active collecting stuff on eBay. Any other nerds out there want to talk about Airfix packaging styles?
Erm… are you allowed to quote yourself? Anyway, I forgot to include the Herpa/Starjets/Gemini/Dragon type stuff.
So how about it, Mods?
As a newbie here I’m a bit hesitant in suggesting this, but how about a separate board dedicated to all aviation modelling topics, ie actual model-making (kits, scratch builds, radio-controlled, whatever) rumours and discussion of new releases, nostalgia for the good old days of Airfix and Frog, and kit collecting? I hardly ever get around to making anything nowadays, but I’m quite active collecting stuff on eBay. Any other nerds out there want to talk about Airfix packaging styles?
It might all look a bit cheesy to some people now, but as a lad I often used to lay awake into the early hours of a Friday morning, trying to remember where the boxing gloves were…
It might all look a bit cheesy to some people now, but as a lad I often used to lay awake into the early hours of a Friday morning, trying to remember where the boxing gloves were…
Singha. The taste of my beloved Thailand.
Singha. The taste of my beloved Thailand.
Bugger. Meant to post on the Modern Military Aviation board.
Not that 60’s West German VTOL experimental job? EWR VJ101 or something? No idea of the place or serial.
Most accounts I’ve read about the RTAF-5 say that it was built entirely from scratch, but I reckon at least the tail and forward fuselage must have come from one of the OV-10’s the RTAF operated. Not quite sure what they hoped to achieve, because surely the whole point of the Bronco’s twin boom/twin engine design was to free up and optimise the fuselage layout. Wasn’t there a small passenger/cargo compartment in the rear fuselage?
By the way, if anyone is planning a holiday to the “Land of Smiles” (Thailand) I can reccommend a side trip to the museum. Easy to reach from anywhere in Bangkok, entry is free, and you can climb all over some (but not all) of the exhibits to your heart’s content. Also a gift shop selling, amongst other things, Siam Scale decals.