Aussie Modellers

j.s.harrison I hadn't noted that they had given me the extra star? You got it right that all this talk about wingy things means nothing to me . tweety, charred honey, I don't tink that it wuld taste to good? lol

Cheers Trev

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Charred honey.

That'd be hell to clean after running the engines for a bit.
Kinda like trying to clean your barbie after cooking ribs!

Ha blow of the cobwebs and dust off the bees, how often do our pilots get airborne these days
On second thought don't dust em off you'll get stung, just start the engines........

Would anyone like to try to model this 2 OCU acft?

I know what Darson means Trev,"wingy thingy stuff"must sound like double dutch to an auto modeller........
Congrats on your 2nd star Trev

darson, It looks like you have found a bit of info on Millers service career. I hope that all those different MKs mean something to someone. I have no idea as I'm mostly into machines that stay on the ground and have 4 or 2 wheels.

Cheers Trev

QUOTE: Originally posted by _ROOSTA_ Has anyone thought about or already done any research into Keith Miller's (Cricket Legend who recently passed away) Mosquito that he flew in WWII? I've had a search but can't find anything.

You guys must be reading my mind.

I have started to do a bit of research on Miller, but the details are a bit scant at this stage. What I have found out to date is:

In 1942 Miller joined the RAAF and qualified as a pilot that November. Travelling to England via America, he met Peggy Wagner, his future wife, in Boston, Massachusetts.
In England "Dusty" Miller (as he was known in the RAF) flew Tigers and Beauforts, before becoming a Mosquito pilot with No 169 Squadron. I don't know exactly when Miller joined 169 Sqn, but I'll keep looking.

In January 1944 169 Squadron received its operational equipment in the form of Mosquito Mk.II night fighters and these were immediately used to begin night intruder operations against German night fighters both in advance of the bomber stream and against enemy airfields. The squadron used Mosquito MK.II until July 1944 when they upgraded to the Mosquito Mk.VI. The squadron refitted with the Mosquito Mk.XIX in Jan of 1945.

The Mosquito Mk.II's and Mk.VI's carried the squadron code VI.

I'll keep looking to try and dig up some further info on a particular aircraft that Miller flew.

Cheers
Darren

I didn't think that it would take long for someone to look into build a kit that replicated the aircraft flown by Keith Miller. I be interseted to see some pix if anyone can find any?

Cheers Trev

Has anyone thought about or already done any research into Keith Miller's (Cricket Legend who recently passed away) Mosquito that he flew in WWII? I've had a search but can't find anything.

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike Where can this set be purchased from? Love to know if there is one in 1:32 also! cheers Mike

Mike, True Details don't do a resin set in 1/32 for the Sabre, but Eduard do a detail set (32027) for the Hasegawa F-86F-40 Sabre .

The URL for Snowy Mountain Models is http://www.smmodels.com/

Cheers
Darren

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike Where can this set be purchased from? Love to know if there is one in 1:32 also! cheers Mike Mike The set is from True Details, i ordered mine from Snowy Mtn Models, they have a website but i can't recall the address,you can find them advertised in Model Art Aus......... BTW i don't know if you can get it in 32nd scale but you can in 72.....

Jules

Thanks for that, I will check it out. Is it a reasonable price and not Black Box inflated?

cheers

Mike

Bid on it Tweets it's not a bad kit at all, i have it here and it cost me $75:00 you get the Merlin in the kit as well as open gunbays for the 20mm cannons...........J.S.....

QUOTE: Originally posted by s3053396 I have to agree with you guys it was a sad day when Sheen past away. Is anybody here going to build the kit of his bike that has been released by Revell AG? I have on ewhich i will get around to one day. Also tweety1 you asked what had happend to wayne gardener, The last i heard he was driving a toyota supra in the japanese touring car championship. I think he is affraited to return to australia after riding off the stone brothers caltex falcon at the end of mountain straght in practice for the 2002 Bathurst 1000. Cheers Trev

I dont blame him.
Written off a car or 2 in my hey days, needless to say the owners were not to impressed!
But hey, not my fault if the road (read-dirt track!) was there LAST week!!!!!!!

j.s., check this out.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1191&item=5925851404&rd=1

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike Where can this set be purchased from? Love to know if there is one in 1:32 also! cheers Mike

Mike The set is from True Details, i ordered mine from Snowy Mtn Models, they have a website but i can't recall the address,you can find them advertised in Model Art Aus.........
BTW i don't know if you can get it in 32nd scale but you can in 72.....

Yeah i remember watching Gardener ride, he also had a tendency to slide...

I have to agree with you guys it was a sad day when Sheen past away. Is anybody here going to build the kit of his bike that has been released by Revell AG? I have on ewhich i will get around to one day. Also tweety1 you asked what had happend to wayne gardener, The last i heard he was driving a toyota supra in the japanese touring car championship. I think he is affraited to return to australia after riding off the stone brothers caltex falcon at the end of mountain straght in practice for the 2002 Bathurst 1000.

Cheers Trev

Where can this set be purchased from?

Love to know if there is one in 1:32 also!

cheers

Mike

Doohan, nah, he's had his time, and he knows it.
Sheen, now that was a bike rider.

Imagine breaking every single bone in your body

What ever happened to Wayne Gardener?

The sabre pit is about $20:00 give or take a couple,can't remember exactly cause i borrowed[oX] the wife's creditcard to buy it..............

Much better than the Academy offering,The seat is awesomepainting it is gonna be a little tricky but..........

BTW I reckon Doohan should get back on the bike again..

That resin c/p looks pretty cool!
Worlds apart from the Academy c/p. No surprise there I guess.

What did they sting you for that?

Also, I did post this in the GB thread, but I'm after an acrylic paint to suit the blue on RAAF roundels, any ideas????

Oh yeah, I do like the 500cc Moto GP

That Rossi, never seen anyone slide a bike so much for so long around soooooo many corners[:0][:0]

But next season, I reckon Gibernau' torch will shine brighter,.

well boys i like the V8's and the F1,but lets not forget about the 500cc Moto GP....
Ok tweets here's the True Deatails Sabre pit,theres no PE it's all resin......
Sorry about the crappy pic, it was taken by a crappy 2 mega pix camera.....Jules......

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1 But wouldn't watch that V8 rubbish, F1 is the way to go!!!!!!

Got that right mate. The F1 is the way to go. Much more interesting. I don't mind the V8's though, but I couldn't watch them for 6 or 7 hours straight. Too bad Bathurst will probably delay the F1. Should be a good race.

mg - That PBY is looking great. The paint job is very nicely done. It'll look awesome in a diorama.

QUOTE: Originally posted by nicholma Oh happy days!! 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

Man, wish I could stare at the tele for a day.
But wouldn't watch that V8 rubbish, F1 is the way to go!!!!!!
Every man and his dog can own a V8, but only rich people and psychopaths own V12's

My day will consist of draining and scrubbing the spa, missus asked me to do it 3 years ago, so no hurry.

Then might do some more decaling on the Sabre, watch some research dvd's, check out the resin kit my Dad just gave me, and bide my time till the Japan F1 race tonight!!!

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 mike

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

Oh happy days!!

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

Tweety, Thats a nice PBY Briggsy, don't often see them in that scheme

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....

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 mike I'd go with a satin finish mike. Gives a slightly used, but not factory fresh look. Nice pby btw.

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.

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.

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 mike

i just went into photobucket and the problem is in your album Tweety1(nothin wrong with mine).........................Jules.....