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Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006Aurora 1/54 S2F Tracker info
Has anyone built (or re-built) one of these? I just won one on EBay and I know it's gonna take lots of work. Any suggestions on aquiring/scratchbuilding a landing gear? How bad are the engines? Jeff, I built a box scale like the kit you mentioned. The plastic was extremely brittle and the decals too a long time to slide off the paper and broke into small pieces. The fit was good and no filling was necessary except for a fracture in the fuselage. Instruction sheet was dated 1956. Good luck. I'll post on alt binaries. Bruce > Has anyone built (or re-built) one of these? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0603-4, 01/20/2006 Tested on: 1/20/2006 11:12:37 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com > Has anyone built (or re-built) one of these? > > I just won one on EBay and I know it's gonna take > lots of work. Any suggestions on aquiring/scratchbuilding > a landing gear? How bad are the engines? Ironically, its "baby brother" kit is featured here: http://internetmodeler.com/2006/january/columns/kitcorner.php  SignatureGreg Heilers Registered Linux user #328317 - SlackWare 10.2 (2.6.13) AUS ..... Well, you'll be happy to know I don't work very hard. Actually, I'm bringing the plant down from the inside. -- Homer Simpson The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular >> Has anyone built (or re-built) one of these? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://internetmodeler.com/2006/january/columns/kitcorner.php I remember that one. I liked it. >> Has anyone built (or re-built) one of these? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >http://internetmodeler.com/2006/january/columns/kitcorner.php i'd forgotten how cool al's site is. and lost my bookmark. thanks, greg. > In article <pan.2006.01.21.05.28.59.354503@earthNOSPAMlink.net>, Greg > Heilers <gNOSPAMheilers@earthNOSPAMlink.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > i'd forgotten how cool al's site is. > and lost my bookmark. thanks, greg. Although I TOTALLY agree with "build what you want'the way you want it" as some one in this group sais, it still hurts a bit when I hear people talk about building VERY old kits. I couldn't do it, but then I'm only a collecter that builds a kit now and then. (a new one or a re-pop) Cheers, Dennis >>In article <pan.2006.01.21.05.28.59.354503@earthNOSPAMlink.net>, Greg >>Heilers <gNOSPAMheilers@earthNOSPAMlink.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Dennis I agree - I would much rather leave this one to the collectors. For now it will go on my stack (400+/-) of 1/48 rainy day kits. Since it will require scratchbuilding, it will probably be there for quite some time before I start on it. If someone releases another 1/48 S2F (for $100 or less)in the meantime, I will probably get it and put this one back into the collectibles circulation. >>>In article <pan.2006.01.21.05.28.59.354503@earthNOSPAMlink.net>, Greg >>>Heilers <gNOSPAMheilers@earthNOSPAMlink.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > I will probably get it and put this one back into the collectibles > circulation. I guess I am the exact opposite. I *hate* building/finishing a project that is "available", "popular", "trendy", etc. It is harder to get personal satisfaction in the final results; because no matter how well your own end product is...you *will* see about 27,352 of them that someone *else* did *better*...lol. That's why I like doing scratch/converted figures, or painting the test shots (that have never seen full production). The same applies to armor and aircraft. Such as the two 1/90th DC-3's I am in the middle of. I would have just easily cut into them, even if they had not been reissued, and were instead, "ancient" releases. SignatureGreg Heilers Registered Linux user #328317 - SlackWare 10.2 (2.6.13) AUS ..... Well, you'll be happy to know I don't work very hard. Actually, I'm bringing the plant down from the inside. -- Homer Simpson The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular >> In article <pan.2006.01.21.05.28.59.354503@earthNOSPAMlink.net>, Greg >> Heilers <gNOSPAMheilers@earthNOSPAMlink.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >Dennis while i undestand the collector mentality, (i do collect coins and motorcycles) i also understand the desire to use a kit for it's purpose. and a built kit still exisys. taking an old, usually inferior detail or quality kit and turning it into a good finished model is an art form. you can still save the box and instructions to document the process. >Although I TOTALLY agree with "build what you want'the way you want it" as >some one in this group sais... That would be me. ;) >...it still hurts a bit when I hear people talk about building VERY old kits. Then you definitely *don't* want to read my columns in Internet Modeler. I *encourage* this dastardly activity.... ;-p SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." >>Although I TOTALLY agree with "build what you want'the way you want >>it" as some one in this group sais... > > That would be me. ;) OK then, copyrights to you ! >>...it still hurts a bit when I hear people talk about building VERY >>old kits. > > Then you definitely *don't* want to read my columns in Internet > Modeler. I *encourage* this dastardly activity.... ;-p A bit ashamed I must admit I've never been to your site before, so I took a peek. WOW, Great site!! Well Al, that dastardly activity IS modeling also and I can understand that people like to build now what they could not build as a kid. (My childhood isn't that far away to be in the classic kit era though) Or just build what they can get their hands on. Ah well, that's just not my beef. As long as you're having fun sticking plastic parts together and you're not hurting anybody GO, DO IT! Dennis >A bit ashamed I must admit I've never been to your site before, so I took a >peek. WOW, Great site!! Thanks but you guys need to quit referring to IM as _my_ site. You're gonna make the publisher paranoid... ;-p SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." I recently developed an obsessive interest in Airfix aircraft kits. About 5 years ago, I bought an Airfix SA Bulldog kit just because I HAD to buy SOMETHING while I was at the hobby shop and it was one of the cheapest kits on the shelf. After later taking a look at it, I discovered that it was a really neat kit of a little known airplane. >From there I started buying other Airfix kits that I previously had no interest in. The discovery of Arthur Ward's book "Airfix: Celebrating 50 Years Of The Greatest Plastic Kits In The World" really added gasoline to my Airfix collecting fire. I went public with my new found passion at an IPMS chapter meeting and found that a lot of folks couldn't wait to dump their old Airfix kits on me. This turned out to be a bonanza for me because I acquired literaly hundreds of old and rare Airfix and MPC kits for VERY little money. I get kidded about my obsession "with that crap" but I think everyone should have a passion. Part of my interest in Airfix kits is purely nostalgic. Being forty-ish, I remember my first contact with Airfix kits back in the '60s on the shelves of Woolworth and Duckwall's dime stores. Back then, I was into the latest USAF/USN jet fighters and bombers and couldn't be bothered with those old prop planes. As I got older, I developed a strong interest in older aircraft and realized that I missed out on a whole category of aircraft models as a kid. So collecting Airfix kits for me is like a trip back to the carefree days of my childhood. Now I can open an old Airfix Craftmaster Hudson or Hunter kit box and relive what it was like to run home from the local Duckwall's store with a new model to assemble. I LOVE OLD MODEL KITS !!!!! Martin Go for it, Martin! Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >>...its "baby brother" kit is featured here: >> >>http://internetmodeler.com/2006/january/columns/kitcorner.php > >i'd forgotten how cool al's site is. I'm glad you like Internet Modeler but its publisher would surely be surprised to learn that it's _my_ site... ;-p SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." I'd love to get another comet kit of the S2F in 1:48th. I was not impressed with the 1:72 versions. The other item of interest is a Fiesler Storch in 1:48. If anyone has either or both, kindly get in touch with me and perhaps we can strike a bargain. Regards, Bruce A. >>>...its "baby brother" kit is featured here: >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I'm glad you like Internet Modeler but its publisher would surely > be surprised to learn that it's _my_ site... ;-p --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. 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