Currently got a bid in for this old kit - hopefully I get it, my max bid is far higher than I'd pay for a Tamiya kit..
But I do love those markings!
Apparently the Monogram kit has covered holes in the wings for the three tube rocket launchers but never supplied them - I do however have a spare set in my P-51D kit.
I do hope I win it!
Cheers!
The 'Turtle'...
The 'Turtle'...
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: The 'Turtle'...
And if for some reason someone else takes it, Hannants has decals for the Turtle!
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SS48 ... oken=bkc3z
- Kari
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SS48 ... oken=bkc3z
- Kari
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
https://www.facebook.com/GrundAsk-Scale ... 721218708/
On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
https://www.facebook.com/GrundAsk-Scale ... 721218708/
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Won the bidding...
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: The 'Turtle'...
Congratulations !!
- Kari
- Kari
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
https://www.facebook.com/GrundAsk-Scale ... 721218708/
On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
https://www.facebook.com/GrundAsk-Scale ... 721218708/
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Re: The 'Turtle'...
Hopefully for far less than your max bid.
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Oh far less - I picked it up for £20 plus P&P. Much less it turns out than the Tamiya kit would have been (They're about £28-£30). I will get a Tamiya P-47 at some point as it's an awesome kit, but I've fancied building a Monogram kit for a while.
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Re: The 'Turtle'...
Nice! I had that same kit in 1/72 scale, complete with markings. I don't know where it is though....
Looking forward to seeing you build this.
Looking forward to seeing you build this.
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Re: The 'Turtle'...
Thanks Mark - I'm looking forward to building it, it'll only be the 2nd 1/48 scale Monogram kit I've built and my first P-47.
I think I'm pretty much going to go OOB on this one, with even the pilot in it if I cane paint him up okay.
I think I'm pretty much going to go OOB on this one, with even the pilot in it if I cane paint him up okay.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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You’ll like the kit Stuart. The bubbletop is Monogram’s original 1/48 P-47D kit, coming out several years before their Razorback P-47D. When it was released, it was cutting edge state of the art, with a nicely detailed cockpit, wheel wells, and engine. Personally I think that it has held up pretty well, but I am a bit biased. I’ve built several over the years.
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Thanks Carlos - I shall look forward to it.
I just need to source some rocket tubes I thought the Airfix P-51 kits came with some but alas not.. I'm bloody sure I've got some somewhere though.
I just need to source some rocket tubes I thought the Airfix P-51 kits came with some but alas not.. I'm bloody sure I've got some somewhere though.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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