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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:07 AM

freem

Don

I believe they are old Pyro molds or Life-like molds.  Somewhat crude but I think they build up nice.

 

They can build up nice, but it does take some work.  First thing I do is cut center out of wheels and use PE spoke set.  Then, on several of these kits the covering on kit parts extends much farther back along fuselage than on real plane, so the areas between formers and longerons have to be cut out. It then helps a lot to do the bracing "wires" in the open bays.  You also have to become good on painting wood, as there is a lot of varnished or stained wood showing on these birds, and of course the wood prop.
 
 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Central Nebraska
Posted by freem on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:19 PM

Don

I found all of them except the Avro Tripe at HobbyTown in Lincoln NE in June of  2014.  Then they were about $16 each but I have seen them recently for 12 or 13 something.

I believe they are old Pyro molds or Life-like molds.  Somewhat crude but I think they build up nice.

Chris Christenson

 

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:32 AM

I get the idea these kits do not sell well.  Of course, the kits are very dated as far as kit technology and some of them require quite a bit of work to make them accurate.  I am wondering if the poor sales is because of the crudeness of the kits, is is it the subject matter.  Is there very little interest in aircraft that old?  If someone did do a kit with modern molding technology, would more folks be interested?

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by kg4kpg on Monday, October 26, 2015 1:12 PM

Last time I was in the local shop they had a couple of those on the shelf. Seems like they were about $11 bucks.

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Posted by Ryppcurl on Monday, October 26, 2015 12:24 PM

come see my basic instruction videos. www.mymessybench.com

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, October 22, 2015 8:59 AM

Orded that Avro Bipe from Amazon.  Boy, if I find several of those kits, I sure will be buying a lot of those Tom's Modelworks wire wheel sets!

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Montana USA
Posted by heepey on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 2:59 PM
SubarooMike has a link to one on Amazon
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Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 9:07 AM

Yep, guys, those are the ones. In spite of being shown as 2014 kits, I have not seen them in LHS, nor the mail order places I deal with.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: Montana USA
Posted by heepey on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 9:18 AM
Round 2 has some on their Lindberg page from 2014. I don't know if these are the ones you are referring to. http://www.round2models.com/models/lindberg
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Early Birds
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 9:00 AM

I heard, maybe about six months ago, that someone- maybe Lindberg- was going to repop some of that line of pre-ww1 planes, sold under many brand names, like Life-Like.  So far I have seen nothing further.  Anyone else seen anything on this?  The kits included planes like the Bleriot 11, Bristol Biplane, Avro Triplane, etc.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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