joachim Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Wow, Pat is doing a nice job over here; http://www.bubbamoose.com/models_rvhp_be12.html Pat, what AF are you going to mark this bird? Greetings Joachim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Keeper Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I've always liked the lines of the Be-12 and although it doesn't fit into my WWII collection I've got the Soviet/Revell kit of the bird. Wonder if I'll ever build that dog? Cheers, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mandrake Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I've got the Soviet/Revell kit of the bird I doubt it as the kit you refer to is most likely a Be-6 not a Be-12. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov-47 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 (edited) Hi Joachim - my plans are to just use the Soviet decals that came with the kit. BTW, the kit comes with markings for four a/c: Soviet, Ukrainian, Egyptian, and Vietnam. I'm familiar with that old East German Be-6 kit. Haven't taken a good hard look at it, but it's pretty bad and would require major surgery. Maybe these RVHP guys would do one? - Pat Edited May 16, 2005 by Kalashnikov-47 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Guys, FWIW, there are some photographs of the Be-12P water bomber on my website at :- http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/visits...2002_day07.html including some interior shots. You need to scroll down a bit....... I have the RVHP Be-12 kit still to make - after the Trumpeter Flanker, Amodel Mya-4 and a million other kits!! Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickeyThickey Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Suggestion for the exhausts: add a couple of small, wire handles, paint them red and call them FOD covers. It'd probably look better than trying to make them look like they're not solid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joachim Posted May 16, 2005 Author Share Posted May 16, 2005 Hi Joachim - my plans are to just use the Soviet decals that came with the kit. BTW, the kit comes with markings for four a/c: Soviet, Ukrainian, Egyptian, and Vietnam. I'm familiar with that old East German Be-6 kit. Haven't taken a good hard look at it, but it's pretty bad and would require major surgery. Maybe these RVHP guys would do one? - Pat Hi Pat, Looking verry nice so far!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you don't mid i putted this link here Keep on going :) :P greetings from the Netherlands Joachim ps, If you are looking for a good family for the Ukrainian decals, then i know a good house for them ;) :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov-47 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Joachim - I noticed that you're interested in Ukrainian subjects. You can have the decals if you really want them. :blink: I need some larger ones so I can make my Trumpeter 1/35 Mi-8 into a Ukrainian aircraft. When I was in Kosovo (1999/2000) I was a regular passenger on Ukrainian Mi-8's. Look here: http://www.bubbamoose.com/hip.html I want to model one the helicopters I actually flew in. - Pat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joachim Posted May 18, 2005 Author Share Posted May 18, 2005 (edited) Joachim -I noticed that you're interested in Ukrainian subjects. You can have the decals if you really want them. :D I need some larger ones so I can make my Trumpeter 1/35 Mi-8 into a Ukrainian aircraft. When I was in Kosovo (1999/2000) I was a regular passenger on Ukrainian Mi-8's. Look here: http://www.bubbamoose.com/hip.html I want to model one the helicopters I actually flew in. - Pat Hi Pat, I saw your Ukrainian Mi-8 photo's some time ago and i really was happy to find them. They are Great photo's of an great helo. They are the one of a view good painted Ukrainian helo's! I'm jalouse on you, you lucky man!!!!!! That is a nice theme of modelling. I also wanted to start on modelling where i fly in, but then i started the Ukrainian AF mania :P The decals would be great. Sorry i can not help you with those big ukrainian roundals. Manny greetings Joachim Edited May 18, 2005 by joachim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Keeper Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 I doubt it as the kit you refer to is most likely a Be-6 not a Be-12. Thanks for the clue I wound up checking the kit only to find that the extra large tube of glue included with the kit had leaked and ruined a vertical stabilizer. You can see what the glue tube looks like. Anyone got the Revell number for this kit so I can attempt to get a replacement? tia, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Nostalgia just hit me like a ton of bricks... thats no Revell, thats Plasticart. IIRC thats GDR (East German) kit. When I got into this hobby in the late 80's - early 90's, that kit was the pinnacle of perfection. I wanted to have that kit so much that I actually traded half-assembled Be-6 from a buddy of mine. Interesting times those were... Regards Z.S. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Anyone got the Revell number for this kit so I can attempt to get a replacement?tia,[/size][/font] That's not to hard to fix. Just cut away the damaged plastic, super(cyano)glue on plastic card of suitable thickness, cut to shape using the undamaged part as a template, smooth over some filler, sand and re-scribe. Job done! Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattCar Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 This thread has just reminded me of something... I am pretty sure that I had a 1:72 Be12 injection moulded kit, which I got from a shop in Bonn, probably around 1989. Somehow it never made it back to the UK when I came back from Germany, someone probably found it in the hostel and made off with it. Makes me wonder which kit it was.... Cheers Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Keeper Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Nostalgia just hit me like a ton of bricks... thats no Revell, thats Plasticart. IIRC thats GDR (East German) kit. When I got into this hobby in the late 80's - early 90's, that kit was the pinnacle of perfection. I wanted to have that kit so much that I actually traded half-assembled Be-6 from a buddy of mine. Interesting times those were...Regards Z.S. Zmey, I'm a little confused by your post. You traded a Be-6 for a Be-6? Anyway, my issue is a GDR/Plasticart. It's a nice molding. While not intricate, the mold is highly polished and shows finesse; it reminds me of a late Aurora kit. Revell issued this kit for a short time in the nineties. I can repair the piece with plastic sheet and putty but if Revell's got the piece sitting in a drawer, why bother?tia, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Keeper, I honestly cant remember what I traded the Be-6 for. I know after everything was said'n'done I had one. Z.S. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Keeper Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Keeper, I honestly cant remember what I traded the Be-6 for. I know after everything was said'n'done I had one. Z.S. Ah, I see :D I bought mine in the early nineties. Hope I finish it someday!Cheers, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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