Aussie Modellers

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 10:00 PM

Roosta i got mine about a week ago so it can't be too far away.........
Hang in there mate i know what it's like to go to the newsagent only to find it's still not there
Sad [:(]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 9:43 PM

I'm still hanging out for the FSM with the cutaway spit on the cover, it's rediculously slow getting here, and I've been seeing all these other new american mags coming in, and some railway modeller mag that looks like its from the same guys who do FSM.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 10:08 AM

Madmike Macchis sounds like a great build.......

Tweets i did a whole heap of research on Little mate ,got pretty much everything including colour plates of the A/C.........
BTW he didn't fly 1 1/2 strutters in combat,he went from Pups to triplanes and finally camels,I have a complete list of his kills and what type of A/C he was flying at the time....

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Sunday, September 12, 2004 6:49 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Yeah fellas there is no Aug issue,i was counting the Great Scale modeling issue which makes 11 for the year......
Tweets iv'e seen a Vampire somewhere before but i'm not sure,dig through your ModelArt Aus mags you may find something in there........
Speaking of the RAAF were getting together to build CAC Sabres in Jan 05 so we can or Tweets can blend em into one or two pics,maybe we can continue this theme further down the track and build Hornets or F111 and do the same thing, kinda like Aussie Modellers project No2.............Just a random thought..............

How about Mb 326 Macchi's?

"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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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, September 12, 2004 5:12 AM

And a good thought it is j.s.

On a side note, could someone steer me in the right direction for locating info on Australian aces from WWI.

I'm mostly after Robert Littles' info, and hopefully some pics of one of the 3 craft he flew to gain his 47 confirmed kills.
His craft were the Sopwith Pup, 1 1/2 Strutter, and the Triplane.

--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 Saturday, September 11, 2004 10:40 AM

Yeah fellas there is no Aug issue,i was counting the Great Scale modeling issue which makes 11 for the year......
Tweets iv'e seen a Vampire somewhere before but i'm not sure,dig through your ModelArt Aus mags you may find something in there........
Speaking of the RAAF were getting together to build CAC Sabres in Jan 05 so we can or Tweets can blend em into one or two pics,maybe we can continue this theme further down the track and build Hornets or F111 and do the same thing, kinda like Aussie Modellers project No2.............Just a random thought..............

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:30 AM

Ok, heres another RAAF kit I'd like to build.
DH 100 or 115 Vampire jet.
Has any one seen or built one of these, cause it is a bit difficult to locate.

--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, September 10, 2004 5:09 AM

j.s.harrison

QUOTE: j.s.harrison Posted: 09 Sep 2004, 20:38:25
Hey i just got the Sept issue,I must be missing something was there no Aug issue.......

Not to sure I think that there are 10 issues a year not 12 , they seem to have missed out June and August , I've had the Octobers issue for a while now about 2 weeks..

madmike

QUOTE: I subscribed about 2 weeks ago, what issue would I get?

I have not seen any on the stands for a month now!

cheers

Mike

madike I think you will get the October issue .
I'll bring down the Oct and Sept issues to the WASMEx for you to have a look at..

cheers mike Tongue [:P]

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:51 PM

I subscribed about 2 weeks ago, what issue would I get?

I have not seen any on the stands for a month now!

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 Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:38 PM

Hey i just got the Sept issue,i must be missing something was there no Aug issue.......

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 2:02 AM

Darson you have Oct,i'm still waiting on Aug,havn't seen hide nor hare of it in any newsagent Sad [:(]

Thanks for the heads up though i'll check it out when i get Oct in Dec.....
I guess i'm gonna have to plead with the missus for her credit card so i can get a sub,or i can just type in the numbers that iv'e burned into my memory Pirate [oX)]

......

Tweets your bench sounds cool Cool [8D]

iv'e just got a old computer table in the 3by3mt shed,it's decked out inside but,carpet 2 seater lounge tv video and strereo as well as my home gym,my 3 year old boy likes to be up there with me so i usually stick a video on for him and he eventually falls asleep watching tv.....
i'll be building a proper workbench when the new house is built,i'll have a double garage to play with Party [party]

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 4:57 AM

J.S you are famous.

If you check out page 68 of the October FSM in the From the Forum section, there is a screen grab of the forum web page. Now if you look really carefully towards the top of the screen grab next to Announcements From FineScale Modeler, whose name happens to appear there, J.S Harrison. Cool [8D]

Darren

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death

Member since
December 2003
From: Canberra,Australia

Posted by death on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 4:33 PM

My beautiful wife and kids got me the coolest Perkins Motorsport t-shirt and some Darrel Lea stuff that seems to have unfortunately disappeared under my belt!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 7:58 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Darren i do the same, my 7 year old is ok but the others a 3 year old boy and a 2 year old girl get into everything,just the other day i went into the shed and found all my paints stacked on top of one another they had been building a castle......that'll teach me for not locking the door.........
My youngest is also starting to walk she turns 1 on the 15th of Sept, can't wait to have all of them running around getting into everything

My lil' lad turns 1 on the 23rd Sept.
He said his first clearly spoken word today, 'doggy', pointed at same doggy, and struck her with the rattle. Mischief [:-,]

As for the hobby room, he loves to hang in there, cause thats where dad is, so I had to redesign my bench.
Ordered the steel today, and the wood and lighting should be here by the weekend.
It's gonna be 1.5 mtrs long, 600mm deep and have a spray booth at one end.
All hidden by a bi-hinged door, that is lockable.

You know it's locked when the lights inside go out. Cool [8D]

--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 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:34 AM

Darren i do the same, my 7 year old is ok but the others a 3 year old boy and a 2 year old girl get into everything,just the other day i went into the shed and found all my paints stacked on top of one another they had been building a castle......that'll teach me for not locking the door.........
My youngest is also starting to walk she turns 1 on the 15th of Sept, can't wait to have all of them running around getting into everything Boohoo [BH]

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:16 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

6 bucks madmike thats 2 jars of paint, bonus eh

11 months eh tweets he'll be running around soon thats when the fun begins,they fall over climb things and touch all your model stuff.....

Tell me about it. I have a one and a half year old and a five year old and both of them are into everything. I have to make sure that my hobby room stays locked at all times because of the chemicals, knives and other generally unsafe stuff in there (not to mention my models).

Cheers
Darren

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 6, 2004 9:29 PM

6 bucks madmike thats 2 jars of paint, bonus eh Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

11 months eh tweets he'll be running around soon thats when the fun begins,they fall over climb things and touch all your model stuff.....

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Monday, September 6, 2004 9:42 AM

I got nothing model wise either Sad [:(]

But Adon, my son, did this really cute little painting at day care.
Kinda messy, lots of dots and slashes in some awful colours, he even made some colours I'm sure never existed before, but you really can't expect to much from an 11 month old bubba!!! Smile [:)]

But if he is playing with paints now, then the future looks bright for a budding modeller!!! Cool [8D]

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Monday, September 6, 2004 6:04 AM

I got the DVD of Kelly's Heros's :)

and a couple of scratchies netting me $6!

Been wanting to get that for a while now!

cheers

MikeJ

"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 Monday, September 6, 2004 4:10 AM

I got nothing model wise,just some jewellry a couple of shirts and the little trinkets my eldest daughter made at school.........

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Sunday, September 5, 2004 10:18 PM

As it was father’s day on Sunday I was wondering how the other dads here got on present wise.
Myself, I ended up with the FSM subscription that I wanted as well as a 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I, a 1/48 Tamiya P-51B and of course some socks and undies.

Cheers
Darren

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 9:19 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by darson

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Tweety1 Snowy MTN models told me the correct colour for the sabre was white Aluminum so i figured i'd just go with that....
BTW do Alclad 11 mak a Zinc Chromate....J.S....

From the reference site you provided it looks to me that MM Non Buffing Aluminium Plate would also be a good match for the Aluminium lacquer on the Sabre.

I had a look at the Alclad 2 site and they don't make a Zinc Chromate. As far as I know, the only paint manufacturer that I have seen in the shops that makes Zinc Chromate is MM enamel.

Cheers
Darren

Darren thanks for the heads up on the Model Master paints,My LHS has plenty of that....
They only seem to run out of things like Interior Green, Flat Clear and RLM 76 which took 6 months to come in......I could'nt wait for interior green or flat clear so i had to mail order it....

Tweets Snowy Mtn Models is a pretty cool shop, the guys name is Ron and if he does'nt have it he'll get it for you.....
there's also a website if you want to buy online,can't remember the exact address Dunce [D)]

but it's advertised in Model Art Aus......

Luke Strategic & Defence Studies Centre SDSC eh sounds cool,so are you training to be a spy or something Mischief [:-,]

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Thursday, September 2, 2004 11:03 AM

Luke

welcome back!

Stanbridges is my favourite hobby Store in Perth ( I live in Mt Pleasant, near Applecross)!

Thanks all for the help on subscriptions for FSM, I took the plunge and subscribed last night. No more waiting for it to appear on newstands!

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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luke

Member since
December 2002
From: -

Posted by luke on Thursday, September 2, 2004 4:09 AM

hey fella's

long time no see (or is it read)!

just a little note that I wont be readily available to read all the interesting info on models & Aussie military history. I've moved to Perth (where I dont have easy internet access) to start some more uni stuff. I've enrolled in a Master's course of Strategic Studies, which is run through ANU's Strategic & Defence Studies Centre. I've been meaning to do it for a couple of years now, but I finally got around to being able to do it. After a couple of weeks, I'm so interested and excited that I'm actually doing it.

If you need to contact me (for whatever reason - eg your next holiday trip to Perth and you want to know where the best hobby shops are!) my email is here!

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 10:30 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Tweety1 Snowy MTN models told me the correct colour for the sabre was white Aluminum so i figured i'd just go with that....
BTW do Alclad 11 mak a Zinc Chromate....J.S....

Gee, all my research, and the one thing I never thought of checking out was the BMF finish. Clown [:o)]

Ah well, was looking for a good reason to do some online shopping!!!! Big Smile [:D]

--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 Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:24 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Tweety1 Snowy MTN models told me the correct colour for the sabre was white Aluminum so i figured i'd just go with that....
BTW do Alclad 11 mak a Zinc Chromate....J.S....

From the reference site you provided it looks to me that MM Non Buffing Aluminium Plate would also be a good match for the Aluminium lacquer on the Sabre.

I had a look at the Alclad 2 site and they don't make a Zinc Chromate. As far as I know, the only paint manufacturer that I have seen in the shops that makes Zinc Chromate is MM enamel.

Cheers
Darren

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 6:41 PM

Tweety1 Snowy MTN models told me the correct colour for the sabre was white Aluminum so i figured i'd just go with that....
BTW do Alclad 11 mak a Zinc Chromate....J.S....

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:30 AM

QUOTE: To the blokes who have subscriptions to FSM, did you take it with standard (no charge) delivery?

Keen to know as I am sick of waiting.

I think FSM and Modelart are going to get a subs form me. SAMI is too expensive ifor a subs :(

Be interesting to see which cruise misslie we get for our Hornets and Orions. wonder who will bring out a resin kit for it?

Better ask our neighbours if they do not mind a kit coming out of it as we did not ask ithem if we could buy new missiles. What planet is Bomber Beazley on?

cheers

Mike

madmike in the shipping info had it set as best method and it would not let you change it , I have recieved all issues on time..been reading the oct issue for a couple of weeks now not to bad at all Thumbs Up [tup]

..well recommended..

cheers mike Tongue [:P]

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Monday, August 30, 2004 9:23 AM

Thanks for your replies, guys (hehe, that rhymed Tongue [:P]

)

After alot more research, and questions, I found what I was after.

Wheel wells, zinc chromate green.
Wheel bay doors, BMF both inner and outer surfaces.

I'm having a hell of a time choosing which Alclad colour to finish with.
I've got a P 38 finished in Aluminium, and it looks awlfull close to the Sabre BMF, But I've also got some Polished Aluminium, and that looks close to the BMF as well.

Decisions decisions Confused [%-)]

Oh yeah, j.s., I plan to paint as much of the red areas as I can. Your right with the decal colour, it just seems off and may look tacky after being applied.

--Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???

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South Aussie

Member since
August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:55 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

Thanks for that site Mike!
I was in Darwin in July, and took a whole heap of pics of the Sabre they have there.
Some of these pics showed a hint of green, maybe chromate or interior, in the wheel bays, and it appeared it had been sprayed over with silver.

The pics on the web site proved to me I wasn't seeing things.

I also have a niggling feeling that the insides of the wheel bay doors would have been finished in the same greenish colour, but so far haven't been able to find any real proof of this............yet!

The search continues..................

Tweety, if I remember correctly from my early days in the RAAF,most of the interior surfaces of aircraft were painted with chromate to stop corrosion, these surface where rarely over painted with any other colour (this was usually to keep aircraft weights down and save costs). The inside of the wheel bay doors of the Sabre that was held in a hanger at Laverton in the early 70s were chromate, whether this was representive of all Sabres I am unsure.

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.

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