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daniel7891 · Posted: Fri 26 Sep 2008 15:03 pm Post subject:

Certainly a different model, it reminds me of a Ju52
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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 12 Oct 2008 14:26 pm Post subject:

How is your Aero MB.200 coming along AFCBGeorge?
Any progress?

All the best from Jesper.

Paula & Dan · Posted: Thu 15 Jan 2009 21:27 pm Post subject:

Hmmm - this thread has completely stagnated, sadly. So this weekend I'll have a bit of a sift and maybe have a crack at something. How about this ugly little spud?

Surely rotorcraft don't get much more ugly, do they?

What d'yall think?

Who else is in with an ugly little spud?

George, how's your MB.200? Adrian, what about your Pogo?

Dan
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farmroad38 · Posted: Thu 15 Jan 2009 21:37 pm Post subject:

I'm afraid that the Pogo is currently hiding behind one of my hi-fi speakers, forlorn and unloved.

I got totally bogged down with the silver paint scheme - tried Hu11 which looked grotty, then tried Rub'n Buff which looked okay but showed up every little bump and scratch. I started a process of polishing with ever diminishing grades of sanding stick, but lost the will to live

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jhl1908 · Posted: Fri 16 Jan 2009 07:03 am Post subject:

I hit the wall again

, with my previous mentioned 1/72 Mach 2: Leduc 021.

I’m halfway through skinning it with metal tape, a little on the heavy side but not that bad on this model.
I still haven’t figured out how to make a new transparent nose cone, the one supplied is not clear enough and rather thick with a crack in it.

I promise I’ll post a picture when I have a little more progress.

Nice helicopter, Dan.
I don’t think it’s that ugly.

All the best from Jesper.
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sat 17 Jan 2009 16:54 pm Post subject:

Well I'm gonna do this and hpe that someone or other will join me...

Here are the destructions:

Not a machine I know a darn thing about, quite frankly, so this is going to be a hoot... I need to do some research! That's not really me, I have to admit.

The sprues - moulded in white plastic with loads of flash and clunky components, it's not a lot different to the HUP that I did before Christmas. I'm not really shocked at the quality given that it's a low volume, short-run kit. To the right are the pods for the stretchers:

And finally the decals - hmmm. Grump!

It should have two sheets of decals - one common to all AModel Ka-15s and one specific for this ambulance version. It only has the one for the latter.

So far I've splattered some H27 across the innards but will try to post regular updates.

Who else is going to be man (or woman!) enough to join me?!

Dan
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skipperjjt · Posted: Sat 17 Jan 2009 22:05 pm Post subject:

kitnut617 · Posted: Sat 17 Jan 2009 22:37 pm Post subject:

Hey Dan, I still intend to build my Wellington Mk.V/VI, just got to get some work out of the way first.
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farmroad38 · Posted: Sat 17 Jan 2009 22:53 pm Post subject:

AFCBGeorge · Posted: Sat 17 Jan 2009 23:34 pm Post subject:

Paula & Dan · Posted: Sun 18 Jan 2009 18:26 pm Post subject:

I've started the painting of a few of the bits and pieces for the Kamov. Up to now it's all cockpit stuff plus the rotor blades, all basically in H27 with the fire extinguisher and med kit picked out in Revell 31 red and the top of one of the panels and the seat centres picked out in H165.

Dan
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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 18 Jan 2009 19:30 pm Post subject:

Paula & Dan · Posted: Fri 23 Jan 2009 21:09 pm Post subject:

Well I've largely got the cockpit together. Just needs a bit of touching up...

Dan
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sun 01 Feb 2009 14:10 pm Post subject:

Cockpit and fuselage are now as one and the fuselage joined up. Trouble is, the cockpit's an awful fit in this kit and forces the fuselage halve apart, so a lot of work was needed to get it to fit - evan as poorly as this!

Dan
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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 01 Feb 2009 15:01 pm Post subject:

It’s interesting to follow your progress, Dan.

Is it normal for an Amodel kit to be that tricky?
I have many times been tempted to buy one of their models, because some of them is quite interesting
like your KA-15M but I always stand back in the end, because of the mixed reviews they get.

I’m normally not that keen with short-run kits. I have started a few (Mach2 and Pegasus) but never finished one yet.
At the moment I’m building on a MiG 9 from Skarabey witch I actually enjoy,
despite some rather tricky fillings around a plug-in in the fuselage and (nearly) enough flash to build a whole model from.

Do you have any advice regarding Amodel?

All the best from Jesper.
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Paula & Dan · Posted: Sun 01 Feb 2009 16:51 pm Post subject:

Ah! Skarabey MiG-9 - just like this one that I built a couple ofyears ago, Jesper?

AModel are nowhere near as bad as Mach2 or Skarabey and they vary, in my experience, model by model. I've only completed one of their other models, the Piasecki HUP, and it is of similar quality to this one. We are also building, as you know, their Antonov An-22 which also has... ...hmm, let's call them "issues" with fit. But equally we have their Tu-128 Fiddler and it looks like a nice kit that doesn't seem to have anything like the problem of their helicopter range.

If you're happy enough building that awful Skarabey MiG, then AModel kits are a breeze - just have plenty of sandpaper and sanding sticks to hand to deal with the flash (and there's the problem with this kit - the flash is so thick around the cockpit parts that it's hard to see where the component starts and the flash ends.....)

Give one a go, mate - really, they're good fun when you're in the mood for a challenge. If you're already having a bad day, then just don't touch it!

Dan
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Roger 410 · Posted: Sun 01 Feb 2009 17:38 pm Post subject:

Jesper, as Dan says they require a bit of work but nothing beyond your level of skill as your completed kits show.

Be prepared for a lot of filling and sanding but the basic parts are right and you are not going to get many of these aircraft anywhere else. The decals seem to be satisfactory if you take care while applying them (but then that follows for most decals).

See the Yak 28 in the Non Airfix gallery.

Would suggest that you don`t start with a helicopter.
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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 01 Feb 2009 19:15 pm Post subject:

Not quite like yours Dan.
Mine is the MiG-9 production single-seat version. A more handsome airplane in my view.

I’m taking a few pictures wile I built, so when I’m done I’ll make a post in the demo build section.

By the way, it cost me £3.99 in 1999 a fair price I think. That is £10 less than my Leduc 021!

I think I will try Amodel if I see a subject I fancy, actually I like filling and sanding.

All the best from Jesper.
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AFCBGeorge · Posted: Thu 26 Feb 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:

I'm going to breathe some life back into this thread soon!
Starting next week;
http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/be_mbr-2.php

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Thu 26 Feb 2009 13:01 pm Post subject:

I'll be joining you on one of those some time after the Yaks get here.....BTW did you notice their HUMA (not to mention 'Vintage Kits') section? Nailbiting

I'll be eating sticks until 2035!

All the best
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