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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 1, 2007 17:46:22 GMT 12
Hi all
Keenly seeking one or four Airfix 1:72 Sopwith Pup kits. Will consider trade...I don;t have much to offer tho!
Please PM or email with details as soon as you can.
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Post by smithy on Oct 2, 2007 20:40:58 GMT 12
Zac, when I was back home in NZ earlier this year, I saw a few still in the modelling shops. I'd get on the Yellow Pages site, and send some emails and ring around.
Lovely little kit by the way, IMO the nicest of Airfix's 1/72 WWI bipes. Only gripe I would have is that the ribbing effect is a little overdone, lending to the starved dog look, not a major though! Be aware that the latest boxings didn't carry the "ANZAC" decal option, usually just McCudden.
BTW, the Eduard 1/48 offering is beautiful, if you want a bigger one.
Smithy.
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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 3, 2007 18:15:36 GMT 12
I'd heard Eduard did a 1:48 one! If I could get that, I wouldn't hesitate. Re ANZAC decals, not an issue as I'm looking at doing another machine.
Mmm.............Eduard................
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Post by smithy on Oct 4, 2007 0:37:17 GMT 12
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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 4, 2007 17:42:11 GMT 12
Thanks dude. Just signed up for PayPal....there's tons of Airfix ones on there, hopefully I can get one. Fingers x'd!
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Post by smithy on Oct 5, 2007 8:05:37 GMT 12
No problem Zac. Post some pics of whichever one you get and we want an indepth build with lots of pics!
If you are after an interesting Pup to do, Arthur Gould Lee's "Chu Chin Chow" is a good choice and stands out. By the way his book/diary "No Parachute" is IMHO one of the very (if not the) best aviation memoirs to come out of WWI.
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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 5, 2007 18:03:07 GMT 12
Pics? Of course! I'm sure everyone would be just as keen to see my 1:1 scale Pup build pics...
EVERYONE at Omaka has read No Parachute but me! I'm very keenly hunting down a copy.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 7, 2007 21:31:42 GMT 12
Hey Zac, check this movie out:  |
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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 8, 2007 17:52:48 GMT 12
Bliss! Pure unadulterated BLISS! Have you not seen an Allied bipe of more perfect form?
"Won" my first Airfix Pup from eBay, three more to go....postage is 3-4 times the cost of the kit, but ah well!
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Post by smithy on Oct 8, 2007 19:33:01 GMT 12
There better be a Chu Chin Chow in those builds somewhere Zac!
And tell us more about the 1/1 Pup build. Might be worth starting a thread about that, and yes, with loads of pics.
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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 8, 2007 22:01:46 GMT 12
Yeah.....don't know if I *can* post pics yet.....but there are plenty, PLENTY of pics, I promise you!
Let's just say I need four kits to represent the aircraft we're building.
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