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Post by ams888 on Mar 17, 2013 11:54:24 GMT 12
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 17, 2013 14:08:23 GMT 12
Fantastic to see the Oxfords! Will be interested in an Airtrainer if they bring it back too.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 19, 2013 9:17:34 GMT 12
I have seen their kits advertised on Trademe. They say some detail parts would be required from the spares box to complete the kits. What 'detail parts' do they refer to?
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Post by beagle on Mar 19, 2013 16:54:55 GMT 12
wings, wheels, engine hehe
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 19, 2013 17:32:54 GMT 12
There wasn't a lot of detail at all in the old Tasman kits but the CT/4B made up into a nice dinky little model. I have the Oxford but never built it as I was pretty disapointed with the quality, but it had a very good instruction sheet so I kept the kit for that alone. The DH89's were good but they were Heller kits reboxed from memory.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 21, 2013 9:25:31 GMT 12
Yeah they do say the Rapides are Heller kits re-boxed with extra bits. So no ne knows what spares would be required then?
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Post by saratoga on Mar 21, 2013 17:56:21 GMT 12
Not specifically with these kits, but the earlier TASMANs needed things like aerials and sometimes wheels,undercarriage bits.They did provide lots of these on the sprues but due to moulding limitations where often unuseable. The inner faces of major parts like wings/fuselage often needed a good scraping to mate properly,and they don't have location pins/holes ,so you should have a bit of modelling under your belt before trying one. The Rapide from Heller is a nice kit and the Tasman boxing provided new decals and i think vacform canopies. Either way these Tasmans are not too badly priced and the accuracy was always very good.And they are made in NZ!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 22, 2013 9:12:36 GMT 12
Thanks for that explanation saratoga.
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Post by kiwi on Jul 4, 2013 22:04:36 GMT 12
The Airtrainer was not too accurate .
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