Who Is Into Scale Modelling?

[floppydrive]

Special Toys has 3 1/72 scale Italieri Hueys in stock, plus a 1/35 scale Huey by a new company - not sure if it's Hobby Boss or Trumpeter.

[Dr_PepPeR]

Cruzer,

 

Thank you sir, for the compliments!

 

 

Doc,

 

One of my dream projects is a 1/72 PAF C-130. The C-130 is just a beautiful bird, and seeing it in PAF livery makes it even prettier. My problem right now is that even as we had moved to a bigger house, my display space in fact got smaller. Until such time that I could convince the wife to let me put a glass cabinet in the family hall I wouldnt have parking space in my small hobby room for a 1/72 C-130. My space is already filled up with existing kits and of course my stash.

 

 

 

 

Btw, Italeri released a 1/48 kit of the UH-1D (which is almost identical to the UH-1H. ESCI came out with an even better 1/48 kit years ago but this one's out of production. The kits were labeled as UH-1D or UH-1H. The only problem is the sliding door windows; one was longer than the other. Standard Ds and Hs had the same size sliding door windows.

 

 

 

Gumboo,

 

Theres also a Lils store at the basement of SM Mega. And there's another at the Trinoma mall.

 

Herr Boelcke, why not wait for Trumpeter to come out with a 1/48 C-130? Then you can backdate it to the C-130s that the PAF have. I've always admired the PAFs camo on the C-130s, they look much better than the US or any other country's C-130s for that matter. That project justifies additional display space sir. I haven't seen the Italeri 1/48 Huey kits, all I have are their 1/72 kits. I hope one of the mainstream manufacturers gets working on 1/48 choppers, aside from Academy, Trump seems to be concentrating on 1/35 scale helicopters.

 

Special Toys has 3 1/72 scale Italieri Hueys in stock, plus a 1/35 scale Huey by a new company - not sure if it's Hobby Boss or Trumpeter.

 

I think the brand of those 1/35 scale Hueys is Panda - a DML subsidiary?

[Boelcke]

Doc,

 

1/48 C-130's too large. I just might force the issue and get it parked in the family room, but that's gonna cost me plenty. You know how wives are. They invented the concept of bribery. Joke!

 

Yes, the 90s PAF C-130 camo (quite similiar to the US desert camo, really) is very attractive. But if I do build a PAF C-130 it might be the usual Lizard scheme. Kasi I have a lot of pictures of the PAF L-100 (civilian version of the C-130) when we boarded the plane in Lipa. My daughter was fascinated with that plane.

 

[gumboo_rumboo]

update:

 

just bought a KITECH 1/72 scale AH-64 Longbow Apache.

 

Looks like I'll be spending a lot of sleepless nights with this project...

[Dr_PepPeR]

Doc,

 

1/48 C-130's too large. I just might force the issue and get it parked in the family room, but that's gonna cost me plenty. You know how wives are. They invented the concept of bribery. Joke!

 

Yes, the 90s PAF C-130 camo (quite similiar to the US desert camo, really) is very attractive. But if I do build a PAF C-130 it might be the usual Lizard scheme. Kasi I have a lot of pictures of the PAF L-100 (civilian version of the C-130) when we boarded the plane in Lipa. My daughter was fascinated with that plane.

 

 

Bribery works both ways Herr Boelcke. Surely the wife has her own 'hobby' you can use for leverage? In my case its the shoe and clinique toiletries collection.

 

update:

 

just bought a KITECH 1/72 scale AH-64 Longbow Apache.

 

Looks like I'll be spending a lot of sleepless nights with this project...

 

Haven't seen the Kitech 1/72 Apache yet sir, would you care to post some pix?

[Boelcke]

Bribery works both ways Herr Boelcke. Surely the wife has her own 'hobby' you can use for leverage? In my case its the shoe and clinique toiletries collection.

 

Eh. Shoes and bags. Ah, women.

 

 

Gumboo,

 

Looking forward to that AH-64. Good luck!

[Dr_PepPeR]

Has anyone seen the Hasegawa 1/48 Drakken in any local shops here?

[gumboo_rumboo]

.....

 

Haven't seen the Kitech 1/72 Apache yet sir, would you care to post some pix?

 

Here's the pic. Have'nt started it yet, medyo nabigla ako kasi ang liit!

 

Have to buy the basic tools such as; tweezers, blade cutter, etc.

[Boelcke]

You can do it, Gumboo!

 

 

 

Doc,

 

Havent seen that but if I do Ill let you know.

[Dr_PepPeR]

You can do it, Gumboo!

 

 

 

Doc,

 

Havent seen that but if I do Ill let you know.

 

Thanks Herr Boelcke. I was surprised when I saw it on FSM. I've been wanting to do a Draken for the longest time. Hope Gumboo can post in-progress pix here.

[shrike]

collector of 1/72 new fighter planes before I had at least 25 models before i stopped.

now bringing back the collection via 1/144 die cast fighter planes.

[wallace]

Malaki ba investment? Saan yun may best price na scale mods?

 

Thanks.

[Dr_PepPeR]

Malaki ba investment? Saan yun may best price na scale mods?

 

Thanks.

 

Actually not that much, for an average 1/72 kit, paint, brush and cement will be less than P500. Try Lil's in Megamall, South Mall or Parksquare 1, Hobbies and Comics in Makati Cinema Square. Ali Mall and Market Market, Special Toys at Filinvest, Virra Mall etc.

[hunter8080]

did a ship once!

[Dr_PepPeR]

did a ship once!

 

Wind powered or engine powered?