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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, October 1, 2004 5:16 AM
                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome] Bandha Boy.

                        Nice to have another Aussie on board.
                        That should make 30 odd, or somewhere there 'bouts
                        Yeah!! [yeah]Whistling [:-^]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 9:21 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by harvs73

                        Jules, it was a case of $10 for the SMER Tiger moth or $80 for the aeroclub version. After the amount of money I have spent recently on models I thought I might go for the cheaper option to see how it goes. Big Smile [:D]

                        Can't argue with that logic Harvs,I bought the Smer Airco DH2 and it had the wing roundels molded on for some reason, but then what can you expect from a $5 kit.......
                        Hey AFC markings for the SE5A This one was flown by R Dallas 2nd highest scoring Aussie in WW1............Wink [;)]


                        Hope it helps................Jules.....................
                        Oh yeah try this site www.australianflyingcorps.com

                        Tweets no problem mate it's already on it's way with the other stuff...........Big Smile [:D]
                        And yep it was in Model Art Aus, Red Roo are selling it.....Thumbs Up [tup]

                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to our little corner of Aus Bandha Boy, great to have another Aussie on boardCool [8D]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 9:25 AM
                        AAHHHH forgot to add this one also flown by dallas...............J.S........

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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Saturday, October 2, 2004 2:43 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Bandha Boy

                        Hi Guys,

                        I'm in Sydney & am mainly into plastic aircraft of any sort - 1/72 & 1/48th. Just getting back into it after some decades away doing other things.

                        Carl



                        Hi there Bandha Boy, Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to FSM and to our Aussie group.

                        Hey, did anybody here actually get to Amberley? I just saw the highlights on the news and it looked like an awesome show.

                        Cheers
                        Darren

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 2, 2004 4:57 AM
                        Hey Aussie's check this out, captured Italian tanks pressed into Aussie service...........

                        Darson i was planning on going(more like hoping)but i didn't make itSad [:(]



                        That would make an interesting dio, but what sort of car is that in the background........
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, October 2, 2004 10:22 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

                        Hey Aussie's check this out, captured Italian tanks pressed into Aussie service...........

                        Darson i was planning on going(more like hoping)but i didn't make itSad [:(]



                        That would make an interesting dio, but what sort of car is that in the background........


                        Knowing us Aussies, probably someones busted up ute!!!Clown [:o)]

                        Maybe it's just me, but I reckon the kangaroo emblem has to be in the top 10 of the worlds most recognised things.
                        Y'know, like Coke etc.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, October 2, 2004 11:27 AM
                        Wow!! [wow]
                        500 posts.
                        Wonder how many models I could have done instead of sitting in front of a puter screen?
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2004 3:34 AM
                        Tweety1 your not wrong about the roo emblem it's instantaniously recognised all over the world...................
                        Hey congrats on your 500th postParty [party]Party [party]Party [party]sometimes i wonder how many models i would finish if i spent my computer time building but in reality i probably wouldn't finish any without the inspiration that this site and especially you guys give me..
                        So thanks guys for keeping the fire burning insideThumbs Up [tup]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2004 9:34 PM
                        darson,

                        You are spot on that Rob did work at vic hooby centre. Not anymore but as their was some events that lead to a parting od company.Angry [:(!]

                        Cheers Trev.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2004 11:09 PM
                        Hi guys,

                        I really should check out this thread more often, anyway I'm here to ask you if anyone knows where in australia I can pick up a cockpit set for the Academy 1:48 SU27UB Flanker, don't know if any of you guys have built this one before but if you have you'll know that the pit is pretty inaccurate and very sparse on details.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 4, 2004 3:25 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by _ROOSTA_

                        Hi guys,

                        I really should check out this thread more often, anyway I'm here to ask you if anyone knows where in australia I can pick up a cockpit set for the Academy 1:48 SU27UB Flanker, don't know if any of you guys have built this one before but if you have you'll know that the pit is pretty inaccurate and very sparse on details.

                        Sorry ROOSTA can't help you with that one buddySad [:(]but my True Details Sabre c/pit was sent todayYeah!! [yeah]Big Smile [:D]
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Monday, October 4, 2004 10:43 AM
                        Roosta, I doubt there will be one in Australia, O/S would be your best bet.

                        Congrats on the extra star Jules....Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Wow!! [wow]Yeah!! [yeah]!

                        When you get your Sabre cockpit, can ya take a pic, wanna know how much better it is from the standard Academy fair.

                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Monday, October 4, 2004 7:44 PM
                        Jules, congrats on your 500th post Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]

                        Well apart from almost suffering from a nervous breakdown while I was trying to decal my Aussie GB Spitfire, last night was a good night.

                        My usual question when I get home of "Any mail today Hon?" was greeted with "No nothing important. Wait on, oh yeah your magazine thing arrived"

                        NOTHING IMPORTANT [:0][:0] she says, the November issue of FSM arrived, there is nothing more important Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D].

                        Cheers
                        (Happy) Darren

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 4, 2004 8:19 PM
                        Thanks for the congrats fellas, another 500 to get the next one..............

                        AAHHHHHH decalingGrumpy [|(]Sigh [sigh]Yuck [yuck] it's the only part of A/C modelling i hate, i may have to build some more German armour next year, the flak panzer only has 4 little decals but on the flip side it has about a million wheels to paint..................
                        Hmm the Missus thing, i said to theAngel [angel]WIFEAngel [angel]last night have a look at the Spit it's almost done and she said only if you make me a coffee, so i did and then she said i don't like it it's too shiny, so i drank her coffee.............Whistling [:-^]
                        Tweety i'll post up a couple of pics of the sabre pit as soon as i get it...Thumbs Up [tup]....Jules......

                        Well i was gonna do the rounds in the forums but my kids are doing the opposite of house work so i had better goSigh [sigh]
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                        harvs73
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Victoria
                        Posted by harvs73 on Monday, October 4, 2004 8:27 PM
                        The decals are the only real thing that is stopping me from finishing my RAN A-4 Skyhawk. So many of them and I am not sure I can face them all. Yuck [yuck]

                        Dave Harvey

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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 12:53 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Bandha Boy

                        Hi Guys,

                        I'm in Sydney & am mainly into plastic aircraft of any sort - 1/72 & 1/48th. Just getting back into it after some decades away doing other things.

                        Carl



                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome] To the FSM forums and the Aussie modellers thread Carl, keep checking this thread it keeps all us Aussies informed on whats happening here in Australia



                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 1:03 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

                        Hey Aussie's check this out, captured Italian tanks pressed into Aussie service...........

                        Darson i was planning on going(more like hoping)but i didn't make itSad [:(]



                        That would make an interesting dio, but what sort of car is that in the background........


                        j.s. The use of the Italian tanks was about the only way the Aussies could increase their armour strength in the Tobruk area. Have been think about modeling one of these tanks, if a can find a model of the right Italian tank. Who knows might be a subject for next years Aussie Group Build ( I take it that there will an interest in having one next year).
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 4:54 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie

                        j.s. The use of the Italian tanks was about the only way the Aussies could increase their armour strength in the Tobruk area. Have been think about modeling one of these tanks, if a can find a model of the right Italian tank. Who knows might be a subject for next years Aussie Group Build ( I take it that there will an interest in having one next year).


                        I darn well hope so, because I've already got my build picked out. I am going to do Classic Airframes Gloster Meteor F.8 in the markings of George Hale's Korean War MiG killer from 77 Squadron RAAF "Halestorm".

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        madmike
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 4:57 AM
                        Wayne

                        Cound me in on that one! I have a variety of subjects to choose from Smile [:)]

                        Whats the bet, Italeri have produced one of those Italian tanks in 1:32?

                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 5:40 AM
                        tweety1

                        Your famous mate I just noticed that your suggestion in the november issue , in the form section about the acupuncture needles , where in the world where did you get them from..

                        mikeTongue [:P]

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 9:44 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by mgbriggs

                        tweety1

                        Your famous mate I just noticed that your suggestion in the november issue , in the form section about the acupuncture needles , where in the world where did you get them from..

                        mikeTongue [:P]




                        Hmmmmmmmm, might have to get the November issueWink [;)]

                        To be honest mg, I can't remember.
                        When I was 18 and started my electronics apprenticeship I stumbled across these things, might have been from one of my bosses girlfriends, he always dated the weird ones!

                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]
                        Drank her coffee eh Jules!!Wink [;)]

                        Love it!
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 3:18 AM
                        I have been planning on doing one of those little Italian tanks but i havn't got past the thinking stage yet, I hope italeria does one in 1/35 ,but where do i get the white roo's......

                        yeah i drank it tweets but then she made me make her another one............

                        Hmmm looks like photobuckets having some trouble again..............
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 4:30 AM
                        i just went into photobucket and the problem is in your album Tweety1(nothin wrong with mine).........................Jules.....
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 5:07 AM
                        Guy's heres a pic of a pby 1/72 acadamy that I have just about finished..I'am going to try to put it in a water dio all been well..

                        does anyone know if this plane is to have a flat or a gloss finish I'am not to sure of this any help would be grateful..





                        cheers mikeTongue [:P]
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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 9:15 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

                        I have been planning on doing one of those little Italian tanks but i havn't got past the thinking stage yet, I hope italeria does one in 1/35 ,but where do i get the white roo's......



                        j.s I think that the white roo may have to be hand painted or done using a home made stencil, this, and trying to locate a kit could add to the challenge of this subject.

                        Maybee at some time in the future firestorm or mousehouse might look at producing one.
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        Bandha Boy
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by Bandha Boy on Thursday, October 7, 2004 3:16 AM
                        You might be able to get a Qantas roo decal of the right size & spray it white before applying. Has anyone tried the blank decal designed to go in an inkjet printer?

                        I love how filthy those Italian tanks are. I guess the diggers had to resort to using them as Churchill was trying to kill us off. Apparently in Korea every Oz grunt had his very own jeep c/- septics leaving them whenever bogged or broken down.
                        Carl
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Thursday, October 7, 2004 10:24 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by mgbriggs

                        Guy's heres a pic of a pby 1/72 acadamy that I have just about finished..I'am going to try to put it in a water dio all been well..

                        does anyone know if this plane is to have a flat or a gloss finish I'am not to sure of this any help would be grateful..





                        cheers mikeTongue [:P]

                        I'd go with a satin finish mike.
                        Gives a slightly used, but not factory fresh look.
                        Nice pby btw.Smile [:)]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 7, 2004 9:57 PM
                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto] Tweety, Thats a nice PBY Briggsy, don't often see them in that schemeThumbs Up [tup]

                        Well the true details Sabre pit arrived today and i'm impressed with the detail, well worth the $20:00 but it is gonna be hard to paint and to fit......
                        I'll post up a pic for ya soon Tweets........

                        South i'm thinking a home made mask for the roo's on the Italian tank, there appears to be about 7 or 8 of them on one vehicle, anyway i'll spent the next couple of months looking into it...........
                        ......Jules....
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                        nicholma
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Saturday, October 9, 2004 2:53 AM
                        Oh happy days!! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

                        Its 8.50pm, pouring with rain and the forecast tomorrow is for more rain and cold (you wouldn't think its spring). However this means I can spend all afternoon in front of the TV tomorrow watching Bathurst Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        madmike
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Perth, Western Australia
                        Posted by madmike on Saturday, October 9, 2004 4:04 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by mgbriggs

                        Guy's heres a pic of a pby 1/72 acadamy that I have just about finished..I'am going to try to put it in a water dio all been well..

                        does anyone know if this plane is to have a flat or a gloss finish I'am not to sure of this any help would be grateful..





                        cheers mikeTongue [:P]


                        Mike

                        Looking good mate!!

                        I remember you playing with the plastic in the box no more than a month ago!

                        What paints did you use. BTW, I would go for Satin as well to give a nice "in scale" sheen.

                        cheers

                        Mike
                        "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
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