Essential Subjects
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109s, 190s, and Phantoms. Everything else is just for when you're not building the former.
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I have two - one in the stash and one on the bench... Which sounds impressive until I tell you that they are the Airfix and Matchbox kits..!Fermis wrote:A-7 Corsair II.
One of the finest displays of aviation badassery ever!
For me it'd have to be - Spitfire, Hawker Typhoon, Corsair and some kind of USN Jet
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Essential? By timeframe:
Pre WWI: Wright Flyer (duh!)
WWI: Dr.I, Camel, D-VII, Nieuport 17 and maybe and Albatross D-Va
Interbellum: DC-3, F-VIII3m, Ju-52, P-26, I-16
WWII: Spitfire, 109, P-51, P-47, B-17, Zero, Il-2
Post WWII: MiG 15 and 21, F-86, F-4, F-16, F-15, C-130, 707, 737, 747,Concorde, F-27, An-2 and a Cessna 172
Pre WWI: Wright Flyer (duh!)
WWI: Dr.I, Camel, D-VII, Nieuport 17 and maybe and Albatross D-Va
Interbellum: DC-3, F-VIII3m, Ju-52, P-26, I-16
WWII: Spitfire, 109, P-51, P-47, B-17, Zero, Il-2
Post WWII: MiG 15 and 21, F-86, F-4, F-16, F-15, C-130, 707, 737, 747,Concorde, F-27, An-2 and a Cessna 172
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All of our kits are essentia...why else would we have them?
I think Borg hit on what has been running through my mind. The era of flight. I have actually been buying kits to fill my list of essential. A lot from my childhood, memories you know! Some because you simply have to have them as has been mentioned.
For me, though, my eras stopped around Vietnam. I simply cannot embrace the newer era of jets. Partly because of the difficulty of the kits and mostly because, to me, they do not exude "airplane-ness" like the other subjects.
I guess I ate a lot of paint chips.
I think Borg hit on what has been running through my mind. The era of flight. I have actually been buying kits to fill my list of essential. A lot from my childhood, memories you know! Some because you simply have to have them as has been mentioned.
For me, though, my eras stopped around Vietnam. I simply cannot embrace the newer era of jets. Partly because of the difficulty of the kits and mostly because, to me, they do not exude "airplane-ness" like the other subjects.
I guess I ate a lot of paint chips.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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4 in 1/72 and 1 in 48th, on displayManny1943 wrote:Yeah, but have you ever modeled one???Fermis wrote:A-7 Corsair II.
One of the finest displays of aviation badassery ever!
9 in 1/72, 4 in 1/48 and 1 in 1/32 in the stash.
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is this pic from the museum at Mobile? I think they have an A-7
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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I have no idea...just pulled it off google images....EVERY museum should have one...just like every modeler should!!!LyleW wrote:is this pic from the museum at Mobile? I think they have an A-7
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It is not them. Looked like their hanger, though. It is located at the Battleship Alabama Memorial Park. Neat place.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Tiger I
King Tiger
Sherman
T-34
M1 A1
F-14
F-15
F-16
F-18
F-4
IJN Yamato
DKM Bismarck
USS New Jersey
HMS King George
King Tiger
Sherman
T-34
M1 A1
F-14
F-15
F-16
F-18
F-4
IJN Yamato
DKM Bismarck
USS New Jersey
HMS King George
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Nice essentials, Tojo.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..