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If you haven't made any WWI a/c though, then perhaps best advised to chose one without too much rigging! The Fokker D.VII has next to none and although the first set of options sold out in just about record time, there is a very nice re-release of an early Fokker-built kit which would make an ideal introduction. There are 'add-ons' if you wish: Aviattic decals have produced some superb German 'lozenge' decals which, imo, are superior to those in the kits. Similarly, if you want to get into real detailing, Gaspatch (v. reliable) mail order produce some fantastic scale turnbuckles for the rigging attachment points. With any modelling, part of the enjoyment for me is reading up around the subject and finding some reference material if possible. For the Albatros D.Va I have 'in waiting' I've just finished researching the pattern orientation of the lozenge fabric wing coverings (sad, but it keeps me happy) and for the a/c I have in mind, I'll be printing my own decals onto blank laser decal paper. This is something I hadn't tried before but has proved relatively straightforward. It also helped with the Mosquito model I have underway, as the nose marking provided for the Mossie I'm modelling has markings taken from an Eagle Strike decal sheet, but the nose code is incorrect in terms of the colours used. But, going back to your question, if you are prepared to take your time, these WNW kits are a joy, even if you want to build straight from the box. |
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The Aurora classic movie monsters, the Renwal Visible Man, Visible Woman and animal anatomy kits, the Revell line of civil and military aircraft -- I built a ton of them in my preteen and teen years.
How about the Hawk Weird-Ohs? These caricature figure kits were silly, but fun to build and paint. (Although you could never really get them to look like the cartoon box illustrations.) Were they as popular in the U.K. as they were here in the States? Quote:
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All of the plastic kits I can remember were lumps of glue with a bit of plastic stuck to them...
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I used to live near APG . . . they had a terrific collection of tanks, APCs and other armored fighting vehicles-- I gather since removed to some military museum. On one occasion when I was building a model of a WW II halftrack, I discovered that they had the actual vehicle . . . the best kind of reference, one you could walk around !
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Funny side story, they shipped a French APC back to France, the French found what had been a playhouse for the base high school students/teen dependents. There was a hatch on the bottom that had not been welded shut, and the kids had dragged inside a mattress or two, and the inside was littered with beer bottles, cigarette and reefer butts, and many many used condoms and wrappers. "so I was told"
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