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I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to what must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) Nothing great here...what's anyone working on? I just finished the C A Atkins metal Hurricane prototype. I'm off- subject a little this week, my lady has asked me to paint a miniature ceramic house. My next real project will probably be a KP 1/72 Spit IX, only because it's already sitting here open. ok...back to our subject... anyone know where I can get knock-off clothes cheap? ;) >I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to what >must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >ok...back to our subject... >anyone know where I can get knock-off clothes cheap? ;) thrift store will give you originals at bargain prices. support your neighborhood thrift! they get kits occassionally. On Apr 11, 11:46 am, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <fa4b06fa-c733-41f2-94a0-bf61d6ffe...@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, eyeball <eyeball2002...@aol.com> wrote:>I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to what > >must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thrift store will give you originals at bargain prices. > support your neighborhood thrift! they get kits occassionally. I used to get models at goodwill,but I hate those places...who sells (worse yet who buys) used,pre-stained underwear??? >On Apr 11, 11:46 am, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >I used to get models at goodwill,but I hate those places...who sells >(worse yet who buys) used,pre-stained underwear??? that's kind of a 1 degree view. they sell lots of stuff. i build pc's and give them to those who need. monitors are tough, so i send people to buy a 10 buck special. i don't have space for the number of monitors needed to go with pc's. so they get recycled and people get happy. i've found lots of good stuff. > In article > <fa4b06fa-c733-41f2-94a0-bf61d6ffe364@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > thrift store will give you originals at bargain prices. > support your neighborhood thrift! they get kits occassionally. Indeed they do. I bought an Airfix F-84F from one a couple of months ago. It cost me a quid!  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >> In article >> <fa4b06fa-c733-41f2-94a0-bf61d6ffe364@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Indeed they do. I bought an Airfix F-84F from one a couple of months ago. >It cost me a quid! that's like $5, right? >>> In article >>> <fa4b06fa-c733-41f2-94a0-bf61d6ffe364@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > that's like $5, right? More like $2. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >>>> In article >>>> <fa4b06fa-c733-41f2-94a0-bf61d6ffe364@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >More like $2. yeah, i was just dumping on the dollar. > >>>> In article > >>>> <fa4b06fa-c733-41f2-94a0-bf61d6ffe364@u36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > yeah, i was just dumping on the dollar. Remember the good ol' days when we used to rag on Canadian money? ;) Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> In article <ooSdnTwnLZ84QWLanZ2dnUVZ8s6inZ2d@giganews.com>, "Enzo Matrix" > <enzo55@hotmail.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. ever see the barb wire movie? pambo asks for her pay in canadian money. the theatre cracked up, doesn't seem quite as funny. : ever see the barb wire movie? pambo asks for her pay in canadian money. : the theatre cracked up, doesn't seem quite as funny. I liked the scene in "Canadian Bacon" where John Candy is being fined by Dan Ackroyd (sp?) because the slurs on the truck were not bi-lingual, which was prejudical to the pea soup eaters, eh! The fine was "$1,000 Canadian, or about, oh, $10 US." Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes >: ever see the barb wire movie? pambo asks for her pay in canadian money. >: the theatre cracked up, doesn't seem quite as funny. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bruce good one. I just don't understand why we need an exchange rate with the 51st state... ;) On Apr 14, 12:04 am, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <ftum0c1...@enews5.newsguy.com>, bruc...@realtime.net (Bruce Burden) wrote: > >some...@some.domain wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > good one. > I just don't understand why we need an exchange rate with the 51st > state... [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > - Show quoted text - We won't in a few months, after the North American Union issues the Amero and replaced the dollar ($), the dollar (CN) and the peso. That is, if Ron Paul is to be believed (and personally, I wouldn't put it past them, NAFTA has totally destroyed the upstate New York area; that and having Hillarity for a Senator 8-(> ) : that : and having Hillarity for a Senator 8-(> ) That is what you get for allowing aliens to represent you. Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes > : that > : and having Hillarity for a Senator 8-(> ) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > The Power and the Prophet > Robert Don Hughes NOT an alien sirrah (although she loves having them come in and mow her lawn)! She is, as was described 142 years ago, a carpetbagger! She isn't the first political hack to move here with the sole objective of running for public office and not our charming winters, and unless the voters of this state wake up and DO something about it, she won't be the last.... : NOT an alien sirrah (although she loves having them come in and mow : her lawn)! You sure those aren't Bills sheep that got loose? : She is, as was described 142 years ago, a carpetbagger! Naw, she arrived with a LOT more baggae that could fit in the typical valise. I mean, just her ego requires its own zip code... : She isn't the first political hack to move here with the sole : objective of running for public office and not our charming winters, I don't have any problems with white snow. Now, brown, gray, grey, black, yellow, etc. snow, and slush, yeah, I got problems with that. : and unless the voters of this state wake up and DO something about it, : she won't be the last.... Yep, residency requirements would end your alien representation problems. Of course, blowing all of the bridges and tunnels to the islands and waving a fond adieu would probably get you the same thing. I though that was the best part to "I Am Legend", even if using missles was utterly stupid. After all, some carefully placed C4 would be cheaper and cleaner. Well, I guess the Hudson is so bad there, it really did not matter. Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes > Remember the good ol' days when we used to rag on Canadian money? > ;) > Remember that silly joke currency, the Euro? What goes around, comes around. Pat > thrift store will give you originals at bargain prices. > support your neighborhood thrift! they get kits occassionally. > Yup, like a complete Aurora "Big-Horned Sheep" kit you can purchase for 50 cents down at the thrift store and can trade for a sealed Airfix Saturn IB even-up. That little find saved me around $69.50. God bless you, Big-Horned Sheep of the world; where would my model spacecraft collection have been if you'd never existed? :-) Pat > I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to what > must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) > Nothing great here...what's anyone working on? I'm putting the finishing touches to an F-15A and RF-4E and I'm now considering what to start next. As I seem to be obsessed by F-4s once again, there will very probably be an Owl FAC F-4D using decals from WolfPak http://www.millcreekconsultants.com/WP72-1.html Also very likely is a 1/48 Spitfire PR.XI using the new Quickboost conversion set, but it might very well end up as a Mk.XIX. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. I've got three Gloster Meteors at various stages of completion. There's a Matchbox NF14 with the nose corrected and an undercoat, a Xtrakit F8 waiting for its undercarriage and there's the beginnings of a PR10 using a Matchbox NF kit with Aeroclub conversion parts and the spare Xtrakit canopy. At the current rate of progress, they'll be little further forward by this time next month. How I detest the pointless paperwork that I have to do! Gordon McLaughlin >> I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to what >> must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Also very likely is a 1/48 Spitfire PR.XI using the new Quickboost > conversion set, but it might very well end up as a Mk.XIX. > > I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to what > > must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. I'm very tempted by the 555tfs F-15s on the bottom of that page...if I ever finish the hasegawa Bicentennial TF-15 I started 3 years ago,first! >>> I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to >>> what must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > ever finish the hasegawa Bicentennial TF-15 I started 3 years > ago,first! The F-15A that I mentioned is the air superiority blue aircraft from that sheet. Given that it is a single colour and there is little scope for weathering as the aircraft was brand new, I must say that the subject presents a stunning model. As for the decals themselves, I recommend them very highly indeed. They are very thin, well printed and the whites are opaque. I have Wolfpak sheets 001 and 004 and I'm seriously consdiering investing in the other two. I'm hoping that WolfPak continue to produce such interesting sheets. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >> I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to what >> must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Also very likely is a 1/48 Spitfire PR.XI using the new Quickboost >conversion set, but it might very well end up as a Mk.XIX. it must take major balls to fly an unarmed spit in daylight over hostile turf. >>> I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to >>> what must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > it must take major balls to fly an unarmed spit in daylight over > hostile turf. It seems that the Spitfire XI was the ideal aircraft for the job. It could fly at an altitude that made it almost invulnerable to interception. The few aircraft that *could* intercept it were far less maneuvrable. In every case the defensive tactic was simply to start turning steeply. The likes of the He 219 couldn't maintain the turn and would stall out. The only other candidates were jets or rocket aircraft. The Me163 had one chance for a cannon strike. However there are no documented accounts of the Komet being used against any Allied recce aircraft. They were more effective attacking formations rather than single aircraft. The Me262 could intercept recce Spitfires with ease and they could maintain the turn simply because of the power that they could produce. However they ran out of fuel very quickly. Spitfire XIs were basically a flying fuel tank and so had fuel to spare. There is at least one documented account of a Spitfire XI being intercepted by an Ar 234, but the turning tactic proved effective against the (slightly) greater endurance of that aircraft as well. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. >>>> I thought I'd break up the endless on-topic rip-off watch adds,to >>>> what must now be a shoppers newsgroup :) [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >by an Ar 234, but the turning tactic proved effective against the (slightly) >greater endurance of that aircraft as well. none of those oddball ju86 high altitude models was an interceptor, was it? i would love to build the, i think p with the huge add-in wing panels that let it go to 40,000 feet. it was even more awe-inspiring than the usaf recon cranberries with the huge inserts. the 86's were prbably too slow, even at that altitude. yeah, my w green wrplanes of the second worl was has a good bit of info. gotta love that nose section! On Apr 11, 7:50 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <aPadnRSehdCMfWLanZ2dneKdnZydn...@giganews.com>, "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >some...@some.domain wrote: [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Couple that book to the Airmodel Conversion package and your have a reasonable Ju.86P. Twas a lot of fun in the building.... >On Apr 11, 7:50=A0pm, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article <aPadnRSehdCMfWLanZ2dneKdnZydn...@giganews.com>, "Enzo Matrix" = [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] >Couple that book to the Airmodel Conversion package and your have a >reasonable Ju.86P. Twas a lot of fun in the building.... is that conversion available for low budget builders? and do you have any pics of yours? i would love to build one. i'm guessing 1/72? now you got me psyched!!!! On Apr 11, 10:17 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <d9a3f77e-66fc-4752-b54b-b29b1b3fd...@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, The Old Man <Braung...@verizon.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > > - Show quoted text - No photos now (tomorrow after the BufCon, I could take some and post to the binaries site). The conversion kit offered the new wingtips, the diesel engines and the fuselage nose. Not a hard conversion, and one of their better ones for detail, it still required a lot of fitting and sanding; as they say, patience IS a virtue. The only parts I wasn't completely happy with were the engines, they seemed kit of flat. >On Apr 11, 10:17=A0pm, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article <d9a3f77e-66fc-4752-b54b-b29b1b3fd...@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.= [quoted text clipped - 100 lines] >I wasn't completely happy with were the engines, they seemed kit of >flat. the picture group would be fine. that's an ac i really like. it's weird, it's ugly, gimmie six. Well, since last night was dark and stormy here, I actually worked downstairs for a couple of hours. I had previously dunked my 1/100 F-4 snapper in paint cleaner and now it got the putty re-applied. Working with a new tube of Squadron Green was refreshing after working the last year or so with that constipated tube of White. I also performed the same task on the second F-4 and attached a couple of bombs on the Skyraider's underwing racks. Interwoven with that was detailing the interior of my '70 Challenger kit. This was one of R-M's die-cast kits (just the body) and little needs to be done to the body. The 440 was de-rated to a 383 with parts fron a Lindberg '64 Dodge 330 kit. Beyond that I have an old Aurora F3D in the stripper at the moment. Once out and cleaned up, it will have the markings filled in and the projected colour scheme is for one operating over Korea at night, ie. black with red lettering. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. |
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