Aussie Modellers

Desert Wombat

well blow me down . . . have you ever seen an imported Aussie Wombat !!

Mate . . . you don't have to wait til citizenship to be an adopted Aussie in my eyes . . . welcome to the Sunny Land of Oz .

Desert Wombat

Glad to have another Aussie here, and hopefully your citizenship will happen soon



Like Bob said, you'd be better off tracing an ab from OS.

Not that I don't support local business, but lets face it, the Aussie dollar really doesn't allow us to buy all the cool stuff we need for our hobby.

Enjoy the forums!!

G'Day Desert Wombat,

Firstly, a big welcome to the forums and a belated welcome to Oz. Happy to have you on board and good to see you are going to be 'hit by the golden gumleaf' (gain citizenship). You more than qualify to take part in our group.

Secondly, a big happy birthday for today!. Hope you have a great day.

I see you are a Gold Coast resident like myself. Not a bad place to live at all! There are a few hobby shops between here and Brisbane that I am aware of but no doubt other members on this fine forum know of more. One is upstairs in the Queen Street Mall in Brisbane up the Casino end on the opposite side to Myers. They don't have a web site and are not dedicated to modelling but they do have a reasonable range. The other is in Mt Gravatt called Hobby One. I have included a link to their site at the bottom of this post. There is really nothing of note around the Gold Coast itself so you will either have to go further afield or order online. There are a number of good model retailers all over Oz with on line services but obviously nowhere near the quantity you would have found in the States.

As far as Badger Airbrushes go, you can buy them at a lot of Oz hobby shops but you pay through the teeth for them. I bought my Anthem from a site in the States and got it shipped here for just over $100.00 Oz. I don't think you can find them that cheap over here. Cost me a bit extra for the hose and moisture trap but I still came away a lot cheaper buying it from the States.

Anyway, make sure you enjoy your birthday and let us know what modelling stuff you score! No doubt we will talk again.

All the best,

Bob

http://www.hobbyone.com.au/ieframeset.asp

Hi everyone. I have been a member of these forums for awhile but I have never posted here before, and I thought this was the right thread to do it in. I have been living in Australia for about 3 years now, since I moved from America. I have also have gained permanent residence, and hopefully soon I while have citizenship. Hopefully this certifies me as enough Australian to take part in this group.
I have final started modeling, in another country, after a several year hiatus. So I hope this forum and you guys can help me to become better at it. I prefer to build 1:72 to 1:32 aircraft, but nothing is out of the question.
I have a few questions to start with, first where are some good hobby stores between Banora Point and Brisbane, or bin Brisbane? Its my birthday today, so I get to go shopping tomorrow for modeling stuff. Second I am looking for Badger airbrushes, are they sold any where in Australia, or only in America?

Yeah i remember building models as a kid,slap it together in one day glue everywhere paint all over the place decals on sideways "the good ol dayz",now it takes me all day to fitt a set of pe seatbelts.
It would have been nice if some of those old models survived,just so i could have a laugh at them.
Tweety1 i'll send you an email Thanks Mate J.S.

Well said j.s., extremely well put.

I have a close American friend of mine, and he understands whats involved in these builds. He classes taking a few blank pieces of styrene and creating what we do an art.

Lets face it, any fool can buy a kit and slap it together with some glue and paint. But to go that one step further and do the research, and add bits here and there too make it as accurate as possible, thats the difference.

Some people who ask me what my hobbies are say it's a childs hobby.
But I'd rather spend my money on a kit and see it for years to come on a shelf, rather than buy a carton of VB every fortnight and p**s it up against a wall.

Hard to find like minded people, but at least we have here.

BTW j.s., Sabre pics are only 2 weeks away.
I'll try and get the best shots I can, so send me your address so I can mail a CD to ya!!!

Tweety1 and South Aussie i just thought i'd add my 2 cents.
Children's pass time i've heard that from my mates before"What you make model planes and tanks,sure i made a few when i was a kid but i grew out of it" thats what i normally hear.
To me the hobby is going past a hobby and into an artform,you think of all the things that we use and all the techniques we have learned over the years + all the time spent on one subject,It's no mere pass time it's ART in plastic.
Thats why i like to hang out here in the Forums cause you guys understand.

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1 Must be hard to make people realise just what is involved in some of these builds, and how much it can exercise the mind.

I get the feeling that most show societies are run by the 'Blue Rinse Brigade'.

Don't get me wrong, I have no quarrels with the older generation (Im heading there quickly myself), but someone has to draw a line between Old, and Out of Touch!!!

Mind you, the days of beer, pies and footy still have alot to answer for as far as childrens developement it concerned.

Must be hard to make people realise just what is involved in some of these builds, and how much it can exercise the mind.

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1 Originally posted by South Aussie Childrens pass time huh? Then they obviously haven't seen some of the builds that occur.!!! Our local show still shows the same kind of stupidity, classing lego as a childs gig, which it is mostly, and plastic kits the same, but with an Open class included. Unfortunately some of these organisations are still living in the deep dark past, where craft skills means, needles, cotton, wool and woodwork. It was a shock to system in the ACT when we introducted a series of classes to their craft show and Leggo was placed in a class of it own. The craft organisers almost went into meltdown but we prevailed in fact our stand took out 1st place for the best display. Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative. Reply tweety1 Member since August 2003 From: Alice Springs Australia Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, July 4, 2004 12:17 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie Tweety1, I think the big problem with the larger shows that the organisers still consider scale modelling as a childrens type pastime and not worth the effort. Childrens pass time huh? Then they obviously haven't seen some of the builds that occur.!!! QUOTE: With the Canberra show initally this was obvious as they wanted someone to act as stewards and judges for a section that had leggo and some plastic models entered by students, boy did we change that the following year into something that raised the level exposure for scale modelling within the ACT. I understand the lego part, my younger brother gave the hobby away when a Ferrari he had spent 2 weeks on came second place to some piece of rubbish lego creation. When your 14, it hits you pretty hard. He has started to show interest again after a 10 year gap, mainly cause all mine collect 1st place consistently, and he can't stand the heckling any longer Our local show still shows the same kind of stupidity, classing lego as a childs gig, which it is mostly, and plastic kits the same, but with an Open class included. Starting to feel like a bit of a lonely hobby, kinda like collecting paper clips! --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens??? Reply South Aussie Member since August 2003 From: South Australia Posted by South Aussie on Saturday, July 3, 2004 8:06 AM Tweety1, I think the big problem with the larger shows that the organisers still consider scale modelling as a childrens type pastime and not worth the effort. With the Canberra show initally this was obvious as they wanted someone to act as stewards and judges for a section that had leggo and some plastic models entered by students, boy did we change that the following year into something that raised the level exposure for scale modelling within the ACT. Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative. Reply tweety1 Member since August 2003 From: Alice Springs Australia Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, July 3, 2004 7:46 AM Really? I was under the impresion our hobby was a bit bigger in this country. Damn computer games, it's all their fault! --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens??? Reply South Aussie Member since August 2003 From: South Australia Posted by South Aussie on Saturday, July 3, 2004 7:24 AM Tweety1; The Royal Adelaide show is usually on in the first week of September, don't know the dates yet. When last year but did not see any plastic model type entries. When I was in Canberra, our club organised an model display, model building demo and competition at the Canberra Show as part of the craft exhibition. Apart from that I haven't heard of any other shows having a modelling comp as part of it. Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative. Reply tweety1 Member since August 2003 From: Alice Springs Australia Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, July 3, 2004 7:05 AM Hey all Ok, I have a question about shows. We just had our annual show here, in which both my entries claimed first prize, and was wondering when shows like the Royal Adelaide etc were on. Curiosity being, would they accept inter state entries? This is an idea I'm playing around with, not that I'm some sort of uber modeller, but it would be nice to see how things are in other places. And it is the only way the missuss will let me travel to see models!!! --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens??? Reply nicholma Member since September 2003 From: New Zealand Posted by nicholma on Friday, July 2, 2004 5:58 AM Lobbie, 500 in the cupboard - you could open your own kit shop! I thought I was bad at around 70 Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas" Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 2, 2004 5:32 AM AM bits never bothered to count them, 'lots' would cover that, but at a gues I'd most likely have 60. As for AM decals, to many they cover 4 boxes full, then there's the spare kit decals in two other boxes. Rob. Reply Edit ChrisJH666 Member since January 2004 From: Brisbane Australia Posted by ChrisJH666 on Friday, July 2, 2004 3:59 AM I think an equally valid question would be how many AM goodies do you have stashed away with your to-do pile!!! I just got hold of some Aries P&W 1830's for my Boomerangs and Lancer, and there's all sorts of etched bits and piles of decals sat waiting their turn!! 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 Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 11:14 PM I'm up there with Dave and Darren about 30 give or take a couple,and yes i get the evils from the missus every time i buy a new kit but ican't help it theres always another kit i just have to have. Lately Verlindens 1/35 CSS Hunley has been crossing my mind. Reply Edit harvs73 Member since March 2003 From: Melbourne, Victoria Posted by harvs73 on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 8:28 PM I've only got about 30 or so kits in my stash. Most of them are for Australan aircraft. I have just about done all the easy builds and have to start venturing into the bigger conversions and the Vacform kits. Also there are a number of Classic Airframes kits to do when I feel like banging my head against a wall (Hudson, Lancer and Fairy Battles). I have the 1/48 Caribou, Falcon 1/48 Canberra, 1/48 PPAeroparts Fairy Firefly kits as well as the 1/48 Sierra Scale Wirraway conversion to get my head around. I think that starting on the Wirraway is a good way to get into the world of Vacform. All the rest of the kits are conversions in some way eg the P38E to F-4 conversion, Red Roo Mirage conversions for both types of Mirages etc. Dave Harvey Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:40 AM ChrisJH666, It's not the to much sparetime thing, the stash is from working part time in a hobby shop and my job, I work from home contract building, the storage space comes from being single and living in a unit that is big enough. J.S. I don't think I'll get to build them all either, because I keep adding to the pile What started as a hobby alI those years ago has turned into a business, which interfered with my job in the shop, so I cut back the days so I could complete each build, my own models get squeezed in between. Rob. Reply Edit tweety1 Member since August 2003 From: Alice Springs Australia Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:39 AM 500. I've got 3, catching up slowly. Tortoise and the hare kinda thing! --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens??? Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:12 AM Thanks J.S..........Re : the kit is a Russian kit BMP-2D (manufacturer : ZVEDA) Bought from 'Kellets' in Sydney.Modified to a BMP-2 best i could to the references i could find. The palm tree is home made !! Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:39 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by goffnutz Thanks for the tip Js. I'll give it a go ....hoping for some good feed back. go to http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v281/goffnutz/ ........ Goffnutz i just looked at your photobuckit album and heres some feedback, WOWGreat work mate Goffnutz if you want to stick your pics up in your posts just right clic on your photobuckit pic and clic on properties,then highlite the url right clic on it and hit copy,then come back here and clic the image icon and paste your copied url inbetween the 2 icons. J.S Lobbie [:0]500 [:0]i don't think i'd live long enough to finish that lot. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:14 PM Thanks for the tip Js. I'll give it a go ....hoping for some good feed back. go to http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v281/goffnutz/ ........ Reply Edit darson Member since February 2003 From: Melbourne, Australia Posted by darson on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:35 AM 500, boy that doesn't make me feel too bad at all. My wife was getting in to me for the 30 odd that I have in my "to do" pile. Cheers Darren Reply ChrisJH666 Member since January 2004 From: Brisbane Australia Posted by ChrisJH666 on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:58 AM Sounds like someone has far too much spare time and storage space on his hands!! I've got about 10 in the build queue, with about the same again in the "to-buy-when-my-resistance-crumbles" queue!!! 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 Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 9:06 PM Guy's, There's almost 500 in the wardrobe, yet to be built, that are mine. There's almost 50 that belong to contract builds. I think I would be better with a warehouse. Rob. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 8:39 PM Thats definatly "LOTS" Lobbie...Looks like iv'e got some catching up to do,Iv'e finished 3 and have a further 4 on the go..Regrettably none of my earlier models survived the 5 or 6 year break from modelling. Regarding the Hubble you may well be able to hire it,Nasa announced a few months back that there will be no more maintinence flights to the Hubble,so it will only be a matter of time before it Dies. And yes it will be replaced by a newer and better Space Telescope but not for a few years yet. I left a little post in the Space forum yesterday regarding 2 new PLANET FINDING Spaces Telescopes...To date over 100 Planets have been found around other suns. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 10:15 AM G'day Tweet1, Where do I put the 48 scale B-Ib, and yes I think I'll cover both the loungeroom and workshop floor's. Rob. Reply Edit « First«49505152535455»Last » JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. FORUMS PRODUCT REVIEWS READER GALLERY HOW TO VIDEOS SHOP ABOUT US FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy