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Enzo Ferrari by CDW - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
CDW replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I had this visitor to my house this afternoon, a big hawk. This darned thing is almost the size of a turkey. I believe he is keeping an eye on the neighbor's Yorkie...wants to eat him. He's big enough to fly away with that little Yorkie.
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Enzo Ferrari by CDW - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
CDW replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
The engineering and fit of Tamiya products is superb. Their dedication to superior products means fewer new releases than other companies, but when they do release a new item, it's right on the money every time. -
That turned out spectacular. Somebody will be getting a helluva good deal for $375, that's for sure.
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For the time being, this will be a place holder for my build thread for the 1:12 scale Tamiya Enzo Ferrari. A photo preview of the kit box, cursory view of kit contents, and some details. From every indication, this is a very faithful, highly detailed reproduction of the well known Enzo Ferrari. I am very much looking forward to this build, but must finish a couple of projects first before starting this one.
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I too was totally wrapped up in following the space program during that era. Like others (Canute) have said, vividly recall the television sets being rolled into our classrooms so we could watch the historic launches....so much fun. Did anyone else get issues of the Weekly Reader newspapers in school? They always had fascinating reports on the space program. As a kid, I built every space model I could get my hands on, including Estes rockets, Jetex powered aircraft, and even some baking soda/vinegar rockets! Those baking soda rockets would spray that vinegar all over me when I launched them and mom hated when I came inside the house smelling like vinegar. She would make me hose myself down outside before coming in the house. 😅 Lost a lot of my Estes rockets as wind would carry them WAY far away from the launch site and would never find them.
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Sorry to hear about your cold...did you get a flu shot by any chance? I heard on the news today the flu is sending lots of folk to the hospital. 🤥 As for adding a base, see my above reply to Lou.
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No plans to modify anything with this kit. Completely stock. When I finish it, will sell it on Ebay and many buyers just aren't interested in paying for added extras.
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Looking at the videos, it's interesting the model captures a lot of the basic launch structure correctly. At first I thought it was more imaginary than scale, but now that I look at it, it's much closer to scale than I thought it was with a few exceptions. Look at the second video to see how the launch pad had a thrust deflector built onto the launch platform...this is reproduced on the model launch platform.
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You never know....since a new company is handling the molds now, maybe some PE company will come along and start producing aftermarket items for models like this. That would be nice.
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This model is getting close to paint now. There is more to be added after some basic painting is done as well as some detail painting. The rocket booster and Mercury capsule are very basic assemblies, not complicated at all.
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The decals are new. Only the tooling/molds are old Revell, this kit was just reissued by Atlantis. A bargain if you buy it at Hobby Lobby using their 40% off coupon.
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I have never seen the contents of the Revell Off Shore Platform, but they fetch a smart price on Ebay. Will bet there is a ton of plastic in that model.
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Started putting this kit together today, lots and lots of cleanup of the parts is necessary to remove flash, ejector pins, etc. Remember, this is a very old tool and it shows it's age. It seems reasonable to me to assemble this model in sub assemblies, some large, then paint the basic colors and detail paint last. Tomorrow, I should get some photos of the major sub assemblies before painting. Here are a couple of photos of the contents of the kit.
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When Revell USA went out of business a few years ago, Atlantis bought a lot of their old tooling, this being one of them. We are lucky that someone took on these old molds. In the near future, Atlantis will be offering the big scale Turbo Prop Engine kit. As far as I know, that kit has not been released since Revell produced it as part of their History Makers series of kits. So yes, this is a fairly new release of a very old kit originally from Revell.
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Is your Indescrit a kit? Curious because I have an old Aeropiccola Xebec I have not started yet.
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Yes, it includes everything you see on the box.
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Even the Church admits, it's a mystery. 😄
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Had to take care of a matter in a small city about 50 miles from home this week. While there, saw a Hobby Lobby nearby and had to take a look inside. This was my first ever visit to a Hobby Lobby store, and it was quite impressive. They even had a decent scale model section to my surprise. Downloaded a 40% off coupon on my phone then bought this repop of an old, old, Revell kit was many days gone by. The little booklet that comes inside the kit box describes John Glen's first orbit around the planet and has some interesting vintage 60's photos of that event. With a 40% discount, the kit was $17.99. A bargain at that price. I have seen photos of the finished model done by others and it's quite decent. A little clunky by today's model standards, but still a neat looking space model that will make you recall those days when we were younger. Will give this thing a go and see how it comes out.
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Grumman A-6 Intruder by Papa - Fujimi - PLASTIC
CDW replied to Papa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Great subject Javlin. If it's not too much trouble, could you post a photo of the kit decal sheet?
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One of these days, I am going to start mine. Just looked at that lonely kit/box sitting on the shelf last night. Your build thread will play heavily into my "research". Thanks for being so thorough in describing how you accomplished all this beautiful work. It will surely help others.
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Who woulda' thunk it?
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Seems so odd to see aircraft workshop manuals by Haynes. Until recently, never realized they did manuals for anything other than cars and trucks.
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