Anyone else into building scale model aircraft?

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt) 07/30/2018 at 21:13 • Filed to: Planelopnik, scale models, Toys for grown men, scale model, ww2 aircraft, sukhoi, f14 tomcat, hawker typhoon

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This is my current collection- Hawker Typhoon, F14D SuperTomcat and Sukhoi Su30 FlankerG

Just finished the F14 today. It is a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! VF-101 Grim Reapers kit.

I wouldn’t say I am an expert at this mainly because I lack patience but I thoroughly enjoy doing them even if they are not 100% perfect.

I had several kits over the years but many of them were damaged when I moved. I have had these aircraft in 1:144 or 1:72 scale-

A10 Warthog, AH64D apache Longbow, F111 Aardvark, B2 Spirit, A4 Skyhawk, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Mig 23 Flogger, F4u Corsair, P51D, Panavia Tornado, Mig 29 Fulcrum

Chuckles > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 21:31

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Those are pretty neat. I'm not into it these days, but I made a handful of them back when I was in high school. Perhaps the LaLD crowd would enjoy them.

daender > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 21:39

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I love model aircraft when I was a child. I used to hang them in my ceiling so it looked like a sky full of aircraft. Now I have like one or two laying around after selling them or throwing them away. I still need to put together that Model Power “Black Bunny” F-4J Phantom.

Die-Trying > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 21:45

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ttyymmnn > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 21:47

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My models never quite lived up to my expectations. This was literally me.

I’ve got a B-26 and an F/A-18 that I started about 20 years ago. Have never gotten back to them.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Die-Trying 07/30/2018 at 21:52

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Looks like he read my mind

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ttyymmnn 07/30/2018 at 21:54

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One of my problems is I don’t have space for a 1/72 scale so I end up getting a 1/144 and my big fat fingers make all the delicate precision work so frustrating.

Hasn’t stopped me though. I think this will be the last one for a while.

wafflesnfalafel > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 21:56

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I had a B-25 and and A-10 that turned out pretty nice, (and a bunch that didn’t..)

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > wafflesnfalafel 07/30/2018 at 21:58

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The A-10 kit was my absolute favorite and remains one of my favorite aircraft of all time. I built this exact Academy kit about 10 years back and it’s probably in a box in the attic somewhere with a bunch of broken/missing parts

https://modelingmadness.com/scott/mod/us/acada10preview.htm

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 22:02

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I used to have this...

ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied. > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 22:37

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From a certain point of view.

user314 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/30/2018 at 23:38

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I have a bunch of older aircraft I don’t have pictures of (various Blackbirds in 1/72; KC-97, B-47, 52G, 52H, 1A, 1B, 2 in 1/144; three U-2s in 1/48; 3 V-22s; etc), but I’ve also got my SF3D collection:

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > user314 07/30/2018 at 23:45

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I had to look up what SF3d is but it’s very cool. Would love to see the pics of those aicraft models 

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 07/31/2018 at 00:12

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For some reason mom made me put down paper before gluing together a model on the kitchen table. No idea why, but the paper was a pain when it got glued to everything. Once it was time for the paint and decals it turned into a real gong show. Turns out I have absolutely no artistic skills. 

Jayvincent > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/31/2018 at 01:36

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I the F- 14 sitting on my desk at work right now is the Revel 1:144 , probably built it 20+ years ago when I worked for Grumman. One of my favorites, nice job!

Jayvincent > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/31/2018 at 19:26

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UPDATE-

I the F-14 sitting on my desk at work right now is the Revel 1:144, probably built it 20+ years ago when I worked for Grumman. One of my favorites, nice job!

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Jayvincent 07/31/2018 at 19:58

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Very Nice!