Model Forum / General / Models / December 2004

Well folks,after mentioning how I got screwed on some "factory sealed" kits
that weren't,the people involved dared to look me up and write me a nasty
letter.As I told them,I WILL tell my online friends about bad experiences just
as well as good ones,and I will now NEVER buy from ...

There's been a lot of chat on this site recently about mould & label
swapping. I'm wondering: does anyone know what became of the Esci 1:72
Fokker F27 Friendship? I always meant to buy one or two of these when
they were on the shelves, but never did. I don't recall ever seeing

I can't believe nobody announced the 40% off on kits this past week at Hobby
Lobby.  
J.B..

Looking to do a dio. of a/c refueling only I don't have enough space to do the
1/72 line so I'm looking for the revell 1/144 kit. Anyone have one they would
like to part with for a fair amount to the green paper stuff? ( - 8 !!!  Any
help would be most appreciated!

a "friend" sent me some christmas stuff today.
one of them was a box of an, i think airplane.
it was a starfix box and the kit was labeles a spitfire mk
ix. does anyone know whta the parts in the box actually go

Just bought a copy of Amazing Figure Modeller 31, and seen the ad for
Kaiyodo's Dinomania collectable Dinosaur (and other prehistoric
animal) collectibles. I've wanted a model Hallucinogenia ever since I
heard of it...

have not been able to find any info on this version. was it used in
battle or just another of Dragon's "Luft 46" kind of kit?
thx -
Craig

Has any hobby company developed any sort of software that can be used to
help design a diorama?

Does anyone know of a good site that has good material on 1/72 armor subjects
and 1/144 scale aircraft subjects?  8-)

Hi, all... I've just taken the plunge and bought the Aconcagua RAF Tucano in
1/48. I've used resin before, including some reasonably extensive
conversions (Harrier GR7 from Monogram AV-8B, for example), but this will be
my first all-resin kit. I'm a bit nervous about bonding really ...

Looking for a conversion kit for the 1/72 F9F Hasegawa
The conversion kit is an  F9F-8T   I believe this was from esoteric
any help will be appreciated
John

Hi! I'm new on this NG and I'm looking some informations about Russian Mig
29 painting. I found some informations about the federal standard, but it
seems that there's no a a particoular code for colour.... any way I'd like
to know if someone can help to in having further details ...

Before I go with a bland civilian paint scheme on the Arii V Tail V35,were
there ever any military users?My meager book collection and an online search
didn't turn up anything,so I'm not holding my breath to find anything.
Thanks in advance

Does anyone know if there are any 1-Ton dually trucks currently in
production/available for sale. I am aware of a Ford F-350 from Monogram from
awhile back, an AMT Chevy #8767 and #8943 and a Dodge from AMT #8237, but as
far as I can tell, these are no longer available through ...

Is it possible to get a plastic tube with an inside diamter of 230mm?
Nowhere sells it. Im not bothered about type of plastic or wall thickness.