Scooby
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I picked up my 1/48 Revell USA SR-71A at the local shop today, unfortunately it was missing the instructions and decals. I can't say this has happened to me in the past.
I emailed Revell Germany with a copy of my receipt for instructions and decals, hopefully I hear from them soon. I was redirected from the Revell USA site to Revell Germany, so it looks like the correct process.
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13 hours ago, Emvar said:
Scoob,
You've been a great trader/seller! Absolutely not parting with this set.......... I've been known to just sit by and wait..... very patient person as I will find one in 1/72nd scale.....
Cheers
Emil
I must of misunderstood your post, I thought you posted images of the 1/72 set you were trading for his 1/48 set. I thought he was very lucky to find a trader.But you two are still lucky, each having a 1/48 set. I waited too long and they sold out. I was actually in line buying direct from David when the person in front of me bought the last sheet. That close.
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On 4/1/2022 at 10:56 AM, ST0RM said:
I didn't think that the increment was $1, hence why I was thinking the way I did. But that makes better sense. I need more rest.
Cheers
What you need to worry about is when someone retracts a bid then bids $1.00 lower than your max bid, that is the buyer getting your max bid with a second account. I saw that all the time in the early days of eBay. I used to know by looking at the bid history if the seller had a second account to jack bids, the same seller would be bidding on all his auctions to raise the sale, this was also a way a seller could avoid listing charges by starting at a low starting bid then using the second account to raise the minimum sale price.eBay knew sellers were doing this. What did they do? They made it so other bidders couldn’t see who was bidding on the auctions, only the seller sees the full identity.
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On 4/1/2022 at 8:24 AM, andyf117 said:
eBay bid increments increase at various levels: https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/automatic-bidding?id=4014
One trick is to place bids with an added penny or two - I've won auctions literally by 1p, because the previous highest bid was a round number...
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12 hours ago, ElectroSoldier said:
What they've got there is some very expensive scrap metal.
Yes, when I was onboard the 225 it was very apparent there was a lot of titanium, the floors on the flight deck flexed as I walked on it. Can’t say I ever experienced that before on any other aircraft. Thin but strong flooring. -
14 hours ago, Dave Williams said:
Yes, that scheme. The Academy decals would work for me too if anyone doesn’t plan on using them.
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I have a complete sheet if you are still looking for one.
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Hi all,
Looking for these decals, particularly the Ukrainian Demo Team, I was involved with their North American tour in the 90s.
Thanks,
Scoob
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19 hours ago, ALF18 said:
I went looking for some of the Quinta Studios products a few days ago. First, I ended up on the North Star Hobbies site, in Russia. All prices in rubles. No way I am going to support that store during this war, or even after. I love their products, though, so I looked at the other links that Scalemates had, and stumbled on a store in Kyiv: https://plastic-models-store.com/
They have a bunch of Quinta Studios stuff in stock. Not sure if they were operating, I sent a query by their web page contact form, and got an email back a couple days later from Artem, the owner. He told me they are temporarily closed, and his employees are fighting for Ukraine, but he is still paying their salaries. He said they could take orders, but just couldn't ship them for a few weeks while they 'fight till the last drop of our blood.' I made an order for some Quinta stuff, which he said they would never buy again. I rationalized it by saying that this shop has already paid for their stock, and that I am helping that business in Ukraine during a difficult time. It may be slightly risky (hopefully the conflict continues to go relatively well in the Kyiv area), but I thought that at least I am paying salaries for brave Ukrainians who are fighting for their country.
ALF
SLAVA UKRAINI
I’ve purchased a lot of products from this same person, he is a great guy. Before the invasion he’d ship with Ukrainian candies and a thank-you card for my business. I purchased Foxbot Su-27 Ukrainian markings and masks. My co-worker Zoia is from Kyiv, so I always gave the candies to her. I pray for his safety.Zoia’s mom, brother, and brother-in-law are still in Kyiv, her mom would not leave and the others stayed to fight. He sister and sister-in-law and their small children are in Poland. She is trying to get them to Canada.
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Fabulous build! This will be my guide and my inspiration for my own build.
Gary
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10 minutes ago, Scooby said:
This might be good news in regards to the second Antonov 225, which is 70% complete:
“However, the concrete hangar in front of the wreck – where the second, unfinished airframe of the An-225 is reportedly housed – appears to be standing, despite numerous holes in its walls.”
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30653-russian-forces-retreat-from-antonov-airport
Update to my previous post, apparently the second 225 is located 30 Km away at Sviatoshyn airfield, the above report is not correct in regards to where it is located. -
This might be good news in regards to the second Antonov 225, which is 70% complete:
“However, the concrete hangar in front of the wreck – where the second, unfinished airframe of the An-225 is reportedly housed – appears to be standing, despite numerous holes in its walls.”
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30653-russian-forces-retreat-from-antonov-airport
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On 3/4/2022 at 2:39 AM, caudleryan said:
The entire front of the plane has been destroyed. The rear of the plane looks salvageable and maybe a couple of the engines. I think the wings suffered too much damage to be salvageable. I'm wondering if they are able to graft the front fuselage of the second partially built plane onto the rear of the damaged one. Or, they might be able to use the entire fuselage of the second one and scavenge what they can and basically build a new aircraft. It looks like the damage extends back to the wing and therefore the wings collapsed to the ground.
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On 3/1/2022 at 2:44 PM, P-38 guy said:
It's been reported to have been destroyed also.
Mike
Where did you read the second unbuilt 225 was destroyed? The aircraft wasn’t located in the same airfield and is 70% complete.I'm hoping it is intact and gets finished when this is all over.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/antonov-an-225-kiev-ukraine/index.html
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On 3/27/2022 at 4:25 PM, ALF18 said:
Interesting about the leaves. Perhaps the cannabis style is a prediction of what the Liberal/NDP coalition plans to do with the RCAF... 🙂 OOPS! Sorry for the political slip. It won't happen again.
ALF
And shockingly they selected the F-35, tens years late though. Hopefully they don’t do something to fudge the contract and revert to the Lada (Gripen). Putin is the greatest seller of the F-35 in the airframes history.Nice to see you back, really miss you on Facebook too. But I’ve sort of taken a break from it too, can get tiring with all the conspiracy theorists who flock there.
Hopefully you move into a big castle soon and can resume full scale modeling again. Are you waiting for the price of plexiglass to drop so you can install custom built display cabinets?
Look forward to your build, I had a back seat ride in a 104 too, I’ll need to look up the tail number. It was a variegated dual at 417 in 1982. The jet had just returned from Europe.
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On 3/13/2022 at 7:16 PM, phantom said:
The colours you listed are correct. Could be light changes, printing changes on the photo. Also, note, in THIS photo, the port wing tank has standard Green and Dark grey from the basic everyday non aggressor scheme. But of course there is nothing to say you can not add just a little more blue to your model.
Nose radome is also the early green scheme. Happened often when the nose radome was swapped back and forth with the recce nose. -
On 12/7/2021 at 8:15 AM, jgrease said:
Gee, I never considered myself "paranoid" about losing my freedom to a government willing to coerce people into doing something they may not want to do. Just concerned about overreach. Maybe Australia has a different perspective than the US. How about that? But this wasn't supposed to get political so...
John
You never lost your freedom, no one was forced to get vaccinated, Ukrainians lost their freedom. -
On 3/24/2022 at 7:07 AM, Rob de Bie said:
I would go one step further: I only experienced spiderwebbing when ingredients were chemically reacting, or curing very rapidly because of incompatibility. Therefore I would try another thinner.
Rob
At 5% thinning this person will definitely have spiderwebbing.
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On 3/10/2022 at 1:50 AM, Ryan Hothersall said:
Have any of the Antonov Airlines AN-124s survived, as nothing has been mentioned about them.
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On 2/27/2022 at 9:21 PM, habu2 said:
In 1990 the An-225 accompanied two Su-27s to an airshow at Oklahoma City. I was there with fellow photographers Jay Miller and Katsuhiko Tukonaga to photograph the aircraft. I got to go on board the An-225 and into the cockpit. Katsu flew on the -225 and shot an air to air session with the Su-27s. His photos ended up in a later issue of Koku Fan. Mine only made their way onto a local website. Links below:
I too sat in the cockpit in 1990, we had it and the two Ukrainian Mig-29s as our guest at our airbase for the North American tour, I’ll never forget how thin the titanium floors were and how much they flexed. -
32 minutes ago, A T Lee said:
A news on this sheet? Any projected release date?
I keep hoping (since 2019). It’s gotta be close soon. -
Awesome build.
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On 1/15/2022 at 9:22 PM, Rob Arsenault said:
If anyone is interested to discuss the Argus, the blog was mine. The aircraft were originally bare metal. They were corroding too quickly so by about 1960 they were painted a light Blue grey. By late 1960s they were painted FS 501-109 blue grey. You can reach me at planesandtrains@gmail.com if interested. I just ordered 3 Mach 2 Brittanias but I can't fine the AIM conversion kits (of course...late to the party). I sent AIM an e-mail. We will see what happens. For the interested, I have illustrated the Argus book by Baker/Campbell too. Cheers! Rob
The National Film Board has a film on the development and construction of the first Argus aircraft. I can get it free on my smart TV, rather old film but great footage and information on the first aircraft coming off the production line.
GWH 1/48 Su-27 "Flanker B" heavy fighter building record
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Very nice build! Really enjoyed the progress pictures and will use it as a reference for my own build.