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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:39 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by ChrisJH666

AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!! Have any of you guys found it almost impossible to get onto this site lately, or is it just me????????

J.S. did you manage to get to the Brissy expo?? I missed it. Had the wrong weekend stuck in my head for some reason!!! D'oh!!

No i totally forgot about the Brissy show mate Sad [:(]

Yeah it's taking a long time to load tonight.......

For the Sabre i was gonna use Alclad 11 White Aluminium for the main area and Alclad11 Duraluminium for the little areas
Another thing i was planning to do was to ditch the fueselage band decal and paint one on,the decal seems to be the wrong red colour......
Cheers J.S................

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:19 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

Gonna have to hunt down some BM Chrome Foil for the area just around the dump pipe.

Still haven't had any joy in finding out exactly what colour the wheel wells etc were, gonna have to ask some Americans me thinks.

BTW, posted some progress pics in the GB forum.

Most likely color would be "Chromate Green" to prevent corrosion. This was a common paint for ALL interior surfaces. It was painted over as needed.
Chipping/peeling could occur which would reveal bare AL (especially in the wheel wells).

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:12 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by ChrisJH666

AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!! Have any of you guys found it almost impossible to get onto this site lately, or is it just me????????

I haven't had any problem

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:06 AM

Gonna have to hunt down some BM Chrome Foil for the area just around the dump pipe.

Still haven't had any joy in finding out exactly what colour the wheel wells etc were, gonna have to ask some Americans me thinks.

BTW, posted some progress pics in the GB forum.

--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 Saturday, August 28, 2004 11:34 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by ChrisJH666

AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!! Have any of you guys found it almost impossible to get onto this site lately, or is it just me????????

I haven't found the site that bad, slow as a wet week as usual but I can still get in OK.

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

Actually, the Sabre's did have a few panels made from different metal.
Not many, but enough to warrant using MM Buff Aluminium, with some Anodoic grey mixed in just to throw the tone out a fraction.

Just had a look at Mike's reference link. You're spot on Tweety, around the cannon port and the jet exhaust there are some bare metal panels.

Cheers
Darren

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ChrisJH666

Member since
January 2004
From: Brisbane Australia

Posted by ChrisJH666 on Saturday, August 28, 2004 2:55 PM

AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!! Have any of you guys found it almost impossible to get onto this site lately, or is it just me????????

J.S. did you manage to get to the Brissy expo?? I missed it. Had the wrong weekend stuck in my head for some reason!!! D'oh!!

In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

Chris

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Friday, August 27, 2004 10:33 AM

Thanks for that site Mike! Smile [:)]

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. Big Smile [:D]

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.................. Tongue [:P]

--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 Friday, August 27, 2004 4:43 AM

Found this reference page full of very good pics of the CAC Sabre on Hyperscale.

Enjoy Smile [:)]

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/sabre50thanniversarybg_1.htm

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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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Friday, August 27, 2004 4:32 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by darson

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

I just posted some progress pics in the group build forum showing what I had to remove from the fuselage to make them even come close to mating.
Mine is the 1/48 High Planes kit, it uses the Academy Sabre as the donor, and I think the Red Roo kit uses the Hasegawa kit as the donor.

So, for this build I'll use the Hich Planes, and finish it with Alclad.
For the 76 SQD build, I'll get the Red Roo kit, and probably still use Alclad.
Also some MM metallics, for various panel differances.

Hey Tweety,

I plan on using the Red Roo conversion also for the 76 SQN build. According to their website, their conversion works with either the Academy or the Hasegawa F-86-30 kits, but it’s a tougher build with the Academy kit.

As an FYI, I believe that all CAC Sabre's were painted with an Aluminium Lacquer to protect the bare metal underneath. So you would be accurate in finishing your kit with just one colour Alclad.

Cheers
Darren

Actually, the Sabre's did have a few panels made from different metal.
Not many, but enough to warrant using MM Buff Aluminium, with some Anodoic grey mixed in just to throw the tone out a fraction.

Guess I'll find out how well it works soon enough.

--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 Friday, August 27, 2004 2:12 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

I just posted some progress pics in the group build forum showing what I had to remove from the fuselage to make them even come close to mating.
Mine is the 1/48 High Planes kit, it uses the Academy Sabre as the donor, and I think the Red Roo kit uses the Hasegawa kit as the donor.

So, for this build I'll use the Hich Planes, and finish it with Alclad.
For the 76 SQD build, I'll get the Red Roo kit, and probably still use Alclad.
Also some MM metallics, for various panel differances.

Hey Tweety,

I plan on using the Red Roo conversion also for the 76 SQN build. According to their website, their conversion works with either the Academy or the Hasegawa F-86-30 kits, but it’s a tougher build with the Academy kit.

As an FYI, I believe that all CAC Sabre's were painted with an Aluminium Lacquer to protect the bare metal underneath. So you would be accurate in finishing your kit with just one colour Alclad.

Cheers
Darren

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Friday, August 27, 2004 2:01 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

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

G'day Mike,

I have no idea if I've made a mistake or not, but when I ordered my sub for FSM the other day I picked up the standard delivery option because it was cheaper.

Agree with you on SAMI, I pick up every second or third issue depending on the content.

Cheers
Darren

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Thursday, August 26, 2004 9:44 AM

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

"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 Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:32 AM

I just posted some progress pics in the group build forum showing what I had to remove from the fuselage to make them even come close to mating.
Mine is the 1/48 High Planes kit, it uses the Academy Sabre as the donor, and I think the Red Roo kit uses the Hasegawa kit as the donor.

So, for this build I'll use the Hich Planes, and finish it with Alclad.
For the 76 SQD build, I'll get the Red Roo kit, and probably still use Alclad.
Also some MM metallics, for various panel differances.

--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, August 26, 2004 2:54 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

I might have to subscribe!

Still waiting for September here in Perth :(

cheers

Mike

And Adelaide too

And Brisbane Sad [:(]

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South Aussie

Member since
August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:49 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

I might have to subscribe!

Still waiting for September here in Perth :(

cheers

Mike

And Adelaide too

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

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:41 AM

I might have to subscribe!

Still waiting for September here in Perth :(

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 Wednesday, August 25, 2004 4:46 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by _ROOSTA_

Just continuing on my rant about how long it takes the mag to get here I'm still waiting on it but am expecting it sometime this or next week as the new mag is due in a weeks time.

Does anyone subscribe here? and how much did it end up costing and does it stilltake just as long to get here?

by the way any Tassie modellers here?

ROOSTA, Sorry to rub salt into the wounds mate but I received my October issue 2 days ago (Has the Tiger tank on the cover). Only 3 weeks ago I received the September issue with the cutaway Spit on the cover. If you can scrape the cash together you won't regret subscribing, especially if you usually buy every issue. The service is excellent.

Cheers...Snowy

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:52 AM

No worries MadMike i'm booked up for the rest of the year so it's going to start Jan 1st 2005 to june 1st.That gives us a whole heap of time......
Cheers J.S.................

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Monday, August 23, 2004 11:26 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

As mentioned earlier I have the High Planes conversion in 1:72. It certainly needs some work but once done and a coat of primer on, should look tickety-bo.

I figure, after building the 1:48 Premiere BAe Hawk T.1A and winning the battle (even after 6 months worth of scratch building) I can cope with a 1:72 conversion!

cheers

Mike

i wish i had your confidence Mike i look at my conversion and think god what have i got myself into..its the NMF that has me concerned i've never done one before but i get a practice run on the Aussie Mustang so hopefully all will be well........
Ok so far we have...
madmike
darson
tweety1
and myself
that makes a section.......
Roosta i lived in Launceston for 12 years,moved up here for a little more warmth....
Cheers J.S...............

Tamiya AS-12 is the go for a decent BMF and it is tough as nails. The difficult part will be shoehorning everything into the replacement fuselage. I thing some thinning of the inner surface is definately going to be needed to get the halves to close!

Sounds like a great GB, please schedule it for early next year, I have enough to keep me going at the moment!

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 Monday, August 23, 2004 6:59 PM

Hi all,

Has anbody built the Bob Jane Camaro using the Roodecal decals Question [?]

Does anbody know what is a good kit to use for this conversion and what engine configuation the car ran Question [?]

Cheers Trev

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 23, 2004 4:53 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

As mentioned earlier I have the High Planes conversion in 1:72. It certainly needs some work but once done and a coat of primer on, should look tickety-bo.

I figure, after building the 1:48 Premiere BAe Hawk T.1A and winning the battle (even after 6 months worth of scratch building) I can cope with a 1:72 conversion!

cheers

Mike

i wish i had your confidence Mike i look at my conversion and think god what have i got myself into..its the NMF that has me concerned i've never done one before but i get a practice run on the Aussie Mustang so hopefully all will be well........
Ok so far we have...
madmike
darson
tweety1
and myself
that makes a section.......
Roosta i lived in Launceston for 12 years,moved up here for a little more warmth....
Cheers J.S...............

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Monday, August 23, 2004 1:10 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by _ROOSTA_

Just continuing on my rant about how long it takes the mag to get here I'm still waiting on it but am expecting it sometime this or next week as the new mag is due in a weeks time.

Does anyone subscribe here? and how much did it end up costing and does it stilltake just as long to get here?

by the way any Tassie modellers here?

I have been thinking about subscribing to FSM for a while now, because I am sick and tired of waiting weeks for my copy to arrive, but didn't think I could get it past the financial controller.

Then last she said to "What do you want for Fathers Day?". BINGO Big Smile [:D]

I now have a fathers day present that I want and my days of waiting for FSM to arrive at the newsagents are over.

Cheers
Darren

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:57 PM

As mentioned earlier I have the High Planes conversion in 1:72. It certainly needs some work but once done and a coat of primer on, should look tickety-bo.

I figure, after building the 1:48 Premiere BAe Hawk T.1A and winning the battle (even after 6 months worth of scratch building) I can cope with a 1:72 conversion!

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 Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:50 PM

Just continuing on my rant about how long it takes the mag to get here I'm still waiting on it but am expecting it sometime this or next week as the new mag is due in a weeks time.

Does anyone subscribe here? and how much did it end up costing and does it stilltake just as long to get here?

by the way any Tassie modellers here?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 22, 2004 8:59 AM

Darson your interest is very much welcomed,i figured if we could get 4 participants then it's a go,although having the entire SQD would be great......
I can't help u with the differances between the 2 conversions i only have the highplanes kit which as Tweety1 has mentioned is a bit of a mission,i imagine the Red Roo conversion couldn't be as bad but u never know.......
I have had a good look at the finished 1/48 Highplanes conversion thats displayed at my LHS,and with the right amount of patience and cursing it comes up a treat especially with the markings of 76th SQD........
Cheers J.S.....................

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Sunday, August 22, 2004 5:30 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Fellow Aussie modellers.....
Tweety1 and myself have been talking in the Aussie GB thread over the last couple of days about a unique Group Build idea we have for 2005....
The idea is to get a few of us aussie modellers together to build a Squadron lineup of 76SQDs CA27 Avon Sabres......
Once all the Sabres are finished we would take a series of photos of each,and using computer software Tweets will combine all the pics into one image creating a Sqd lineup.
We could also leave the undercarriage until last and tack down the canopies to create an inflight shot.......
Sooooo whaddya think guys.............

This is the highplanes conversion for the Acadamy or Hasegawa F86 Sabre...
The complete kit using the acadamy f86 cost $50:00au
box art is the 76SQD CA27 Sabre........

OK, I'd certainly be interested.

One question, what's the difference between the Highplanes conversion and the Red Roo conversion? They both fit the Hasegawa or Academy f-86 and both cost about the same, so is there a difference in quality, fit, etc?

I do know the Red Roo set can come with decals that cover four aircraft from 76 SQN.

Cheers
Darren

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:24 AM

Sounds good to me, means I can do concurrent projects as I am an active member of 3 GB's on ARC and a moderator of two of them.

I figre my sabre collection HAS to have the CAC Sabre in it!

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 Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:11 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison

Fellow Aussie modellers.....
Tweety1 and myself have been talking in the Aussie GB thread over the last couple of days about a unique Group Build idea we have for 2005....
The idea is to get a few of us aussie modellers together to build a Squadron lineup of 76SQDs CA27 Avon Sabres......
Once all the Sabres are finished we would take a series of photos of each,and using computer software Tweets will combine all the pics into one image creating a Sqd lineup.
We could also leave the undercarriage until last and tack down the canopies to create an inflight shot.......
Sooooo whaddya think guys.............

This is the highplanes conversion for the Acadamy or Hasegawa F86 Sabre...
The complete kit using the acadamy f86 cost $50:00au
box art is the 76SQD CA27 Sabre........

Well

This may be the excuse I have been looking for, to construct my 1:72 High Planes CAC Sabre. I will have the donor kit by then as well.

Count me in! Any timing on this for next year?

cheers

Mike

No worries mike,that makes 3 of us one more and we've got a section.........
As far as the timeframe goes and considering it's more of an Aussie modellers project
rather than a traditional GB i was going to give it about 6 months due to the messy conversion......
It's good that Tweets has started his for the Aussie GB that way we get to benefit from his experience building the kit.....
I figured we could make a start in JAN 2005 and finish in June.....
......J.S.......

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Sunday, August 22, 2004 12:25 AM

Hey MadMike,

I just caught your Grumman F9F-4/5 Panther on ARC. Really nice work, well done. Thumbs Up [tup]

I'm always hoping someone will produce (an easy to come by) F9F-5 in 1/48, one day maybe.

Cheers
Darren

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tweety1

Member since
August 2003
From: Alice Springs Australia

Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, August 21, 2004 11:28 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Snowy

Tweety, glad to hear your kit finally turned up mate. I know you've been hangin' out for ages.

Cheers...Snowy

Ta Snowy
The kit is a bit of a mission to create, and till today I wasn't sure I could get around the REALLY dodgy fitting of bits.
But after some.........gentle................use of the Dremel, things look a whole lot brighter Big Smile [:D]

At least till fuselage assembly begins Disapprove [V]

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

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