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Posted: Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 01:16 AM UTC

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So who will be next to be bitten by the WW 1 bug? My bets on Nige
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in borg voice* RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! YOU WILL BE LOZENGED,WE ARE THE RIGGERS OF THE GALAXY, ENGAGE ROTARY ENGINE!


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I think you should take your modelling up a notch by building a bi-plane now .
Andy


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Dropping a heavy object on your foot gives one a certain amount of experience but doesnt encourage doing it for a second time

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Very true but there's no accounting for "daftness"


OK OK OK,,I get the message.
I'll go to the LHS on Monday when I take the car in to get the brakes done and I'll get myself a WW1 biplane.
Happy now? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
right,,,,back to the Spit
Nige
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Posted: Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 01:39 AM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 02:26 AM UTC
I'm happy that your happy :-) .
Well done Nige .
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Posted: Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 02:14 AM UTC
i only saw this thread title over on aeroventure latest posts, and i knew who wrote it and what it was about!
psst! fokker triplanes, albatros's and Dvii don't have too much rigging
but of course if you want straight in at the deep end its eduards DH2 kit
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Posted: Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 02:39 AM UTC
Hi Phil,,lol
I dont know what Im going to pick up exactly,,but one things for sure it wont be a DH2 :-)
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Posted: Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 04:00 PM UTC
Hi Guys.
Job done,todays choice was the Revell Sopwith F-1Camel, and a roll of fishing line.
Phil,,the 5.5 refers to the breaking strain of the line, ie 5.5kg,,or 12lb in real money


I must be barking!!! :-)
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Posted: Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 10:01 PM UTC

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Hi Guys.
Job done,todays choice was the Revell Sopwith F-1Camel, and a roll of fishing line.
Phil,,the 5.5 refers to the breaking strain of the line, ie 5.5kg,,or 12lb in real money

I must be barking!!! :-)
Nige

my first ever attempt at rigging was a 1/72 camel, i used stretched sprue which i found hard going, so i eventually went over to fishing line. good choice mate! on the subject of the line there is something else on the label, but its helpfully been nearly ripped off, but it possibly says 9oz cos 12 lb is roughly 12 bags of sugar right? i can't imagine this line holding that weight. the actual spool itself is 5.5 cm across which maybe what it refers to (or just wild coincedence!)
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Posted: Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:27 PM UTC

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Hi Guys.
Job done,todays choice was the Revell Sopwith F-1Camel, and a roll of fishing line.
Phil,,the 5.5 refers to the breaking strain of the line, ie 5.5kg,,or 12lb in real money

I must be barking!!! :-)
Nige

my first ever attempt at rigging was a 1/72 camel, i used stretched sprue which i found hard going, so i eventually went over to fishing line. good choice mate! on the subject of the line there is something else on the label, but its helpfully been nearly ripped off, but it possibly says 9oz cos 12 lb is roughly 12 bags of sugar right? i can't imagine this line holding that weight. the actual spool itself is 5.5 cm across which maybe what it refers to (or just wild coincedence!)

Nice choice Nige, when can we epect to see some progress on this :-) .
That is right, it is 12lb breaking strain fishing line. As it has "Specimen" on the label, it is probably for Carp fishing. I normaly use 4lb line for fishing and rigging, unless of course i'm building a boat, then the girls hair comes in handy :-)8 :-) .
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 12:14 AM UTC
Mmmm, nice choice Nige, the Camel has plenty of rigging. The markings look interesting
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 02:12 AM UTC
Hi all.

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Nice choice Nige, when can we expect to see some progress on this

I'll make a start on it later in the week I think,as the kitchen table,,er I mean workshop,is a little crowded at the moment with the 3 builds I have ongoing at the moment.
Armed with the experience gained on the Tiger Moth it'll either go according to plan or spend the rest of its days back in the box stuffed in a corner with the TM.
I'll post pics when the build finishes,,one way or the other,,lol
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 02:37 AM UTC
nige, now you've bought this kit, and having seen your p 47 and your sea fury you should harass certain ww1and spitfire builders into a nmf build :-)
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 03:30 AM UTC

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nige, now you've bought this kit, and having seen your p 47 and your sea fury you should harass certain ww1and spitfire builders into a nmf build

Phillip!,,If I didnt know better Id swear you were referring to a certain person who has just bought a 1:24 Mustang which is just crying out for about 4 bottles of Alclad?
Lets see what happens if and when I finish rigging the Camel,although I suspect by then a certain Halifax will have taken its test flight and said Spitfire builder will be enjoying shorts and chips,, :-)
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 03:54 AM UTC
I have a nice Whippet I'm building...
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 08:37 PM UTC

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I have a nice Whippet I'm building...

Hi Murdo,
Start a new thread up and post some pics, i really want to see the little thing :-) .

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If I didnt know better Id swear you were referring to a certain person who has just bought a 1:24 Mustang which is just crying out for about 4 bottles of Alclad?

I think you misspelled bottles, it should read cases :-) :-) .
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Posted: Monday, July 24, 2006 - 11:23 PM UTC
Ok I can take the ragging and I really do want to do something in a NMF but I'm actually on a roll finishing stuff. I plan to have something new for next months MOM, I will start a thread later I have an F104 which I keep planning on starting, that should make a nice subject for a NMF
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 12:15 AM UTC
i just bought the airfix 70th anniversary of the spitfire box set (5 kits plus paint and glue) the s6b has nmf wings and lower fusalage, plus a fair bit of rigging- its perfect for me! and theres a MKxvi with a mnf option but i'm not sure if i'll do that version
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Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 03:59 AM UTC
Hi Phil

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I just bought the airfix 70th anniversary of the spitfire box set (5 kits plus paint and glue)

Is that the set that includes the MK IX,,(JE J codes)?.
Ive got that in my stash and its the one kit I really dont think I'll ever build as it looks,,well,,horrible. Maybe its just mine? Id be interested how yours looks and if you manage to do anything with it.
Mal.
Good to hear your on a roll. Did you make a start on the Lancaster you picked up recently? Looking forward to seein them both in here and also in the flesh.
Murdo.
Yeah,,definately start a thread and share your work with us!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 12:49 AM UTC
Yes murdo, start a thread

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Good to hear your on a roll. Did you make a start on the Lancaster you picked up recently? Looking forward to seein them both in here and also in the flesh.

No, the Lanc isn't started yet, it is a comission build (which I'm not being paid for), it's for a mate at work and I have told him that I won't be able to start it until next year, at the earliest. I'm going to try and do it for when we break up at Christmas fingers crossed.
My next months MOM entry, is masked up and ready to go into the spray booth to have it's metal parts metalized. I will try and post some pics at the week end
Mal
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Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 03:15 AM UTC
JE-J is in there, i heard all sorts of tales about the airfix MK ix accuracy issues, its a modelling legend- but would look nice displayed with the pic of me in a mock up of it
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