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Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:30 pm
by nathant
109s, 190s, and Phantoms. Everything else is just for when you're not building the former.
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:41 am
by Stuart
Fermis wrote:A-7 Corsair II.
One of the finest displays of aviation badassery ever!
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..!
For me it'd have to be - Spitfire, Hawker Typhoon, Corsair and some kind of USN Jet
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:54 am
by BorgR3mc0
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
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:59 am
by LyleW
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.
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:53 am
by Fermis
Manny1943 wrote:Fermis wrote:A-7 Corsair II.
One of the finest displays of aviation badassery ever!
Yeah, but have you ever modeled one???
4 in 1/72 and 1 in 48th, on display
9 in 1/72, 4 in 1/48 and 1 in 1/32 in the stash.
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:10 am
by LyleW
is this pic from the museum at Mobile? I think they have an A-7
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:18 am
by Fermis
LyleW wrote:is this pic from the museum at Mobile? I think they have an A-7
I have no idea...just pulled it off google images....EVERY museum should have one...just like every modeler should!!!
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:37 am
by LyleW
It is not them. Looked like their hanger, though. It is located at the Battleship Alabama Memorial Park. Neat place.
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:38 am
by Tojo72
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
Re: Essential Subjects
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:44 am
by LyleW
Nice essentials, Tojo.