Aircraft ID

BigZ said:
I put together WWII planes in 1/72 at the average rate of 2.5/month. My roommate was one of those scary people who scratch built WWII tanks in 1/35 out of heavy stock paper (wheels and tracks including) at the rate of about 1 a year. And he put heck of a lot more hours into his stuff than I did.
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When my parents sold my childhood house, out went about 100 mostly 1/72 and 1/48 scale models, everything from a Curtis Jenny to a Tu-144. I'm not upset about most of them, but I had a couple that were museum quality including a prized F-105 in pre-war paint with a well polished metalizer finish.
 
trafficinsight said:
I always built in 1/48. 72 is too small for my stupid fingers.

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Money and space - didn't have enough of those two to do it in 1/48. Something like 70 built planes stashed away in the boxes somewhere in the storage in Ukraine
 
Most of mine were 1/72 as my dad built me a couple custom lockable small grip pliers to make it easier to handle the smaller pieces as my fingers got bigger but most of my favorites were 1/48. Somewhere around here I still have a 1/32 F4B kit. Might have to build a few test kits to get back into it before I try putting that one together. Then again, I also have a four foot long USS Constitution sitting ready to assemble just looking for a place to be displayed.
 
n156499000 said:
Most of mine were 1/72 as my dad built me a couple custom lockable small grip pliers to make it easier to handle the smaller pieces as my fingers got bigger but most of my favorites were 1/48. Somewhere around here I still have a 1/32 F4B kit. Might have to build a few test kits to get back into it before I try putting that one together. Then again, I also have a four foot long USS Constitution sitting ready to assemble just looking for a place to be displayed.
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Nice. That's a nice scale to work in
One of the most aesthetically pleasing things I've ever built was a Fairey Swordwish
 
Thanks for the help guys! I also have a few great photos of an old tri-motor. In one of the photos there is what looks like two metal panels over the rear of the plane, back where the aft door is. It is not seen in the other photos of the same plane. Any ideas? Also, check out the height of that radio antenna.
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KVNC said:
Thanks for the help guys! I also have a few great photos of an old tri-motor. In one of the photos there is what looks like two metal panels over the rear of the plane, back where the aft door is. It is not seen in the other photos of the same plane. Any ideas? Also, check out the height of that radio antenna. View attachment 39557
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Looks like the end of the horizontal stabilizer to me...

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trafficinsight said:
Looks like the end of the horizontal stabilizer to me...Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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Lol, now that you say that I see it. Way it looked to me at first was there was something sitting on the roof casting a shadow. The angle tricked me I guess. Thanks.
 
n156499000 said:
Most of mine were 1/72 as my dad built me a couple custom lockable small grip pliers to make it easier to handle the smaller pieces as my fingers got bigger but most of my favorites were 1/48. Somewhere around here I still have a 1/32 F4B kit. Might have to build a few test kits to get back into it before I try putting that one together. Then again, I also have a four foot long USS Constitution sitting ready to assemble just looking for a place to be displayed.
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Find a place! Its not like you are working or anything.
 
414driver said:
Find a place! Its not like you are working or anything.
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It has more to do with a nearly 4 year old who likes to get his fingers on things and proceed to imitate Godzilla and a cat who can climb walls who, as is typical for a cat, likes to clean shelves violently and with malice.
 
n156499000 said:
It has more to do with a nearly 4 year old who likes to get his fingers on things and proceed to imitate Godzilla and a cat who can climb walls who, as is typical for a cat, likes to clean shelves violently and with malice.
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Sounds like you could make a viral video with that combination.
 
Lawman said:
1/72 if you want
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To make something decent out of the fugly model of Spit MkI your buddy's new roommate built and the said new roommate is not home and you have a ton of creativity and an ice cold bottle of vodka.

Ended up being an awesome diorama of a Spit on the Dunkirk beach and a great learning experience.
Holding prop on a stick while waving a lighter underneath it produces realistic bent blades. Using heated up needle followed by trimming molten plastic with a razor gives great bullet holes. Green hair gel made passable pool of water in a bomb crater etc
What was intended as one evening entertainment got displayed for solid 3 years before getting lost in one of the moves
 
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