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                        All Subjects - Aussie Group Build 2005

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                        nicholma
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Thursday, January 6, 2005 2:21 AM
                        Hey Tweety I see from another forum that

                        Happy B-Day [bday] to you (yesterday)
                        Happy B-Day [bday] to you
                        Happy B-Day [bday] Dear Tweety
                        Happy B-Day [bday] to you

                        Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]

                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Thursday, January 6, 2005 3:22 AM
                        Tweety, first of all congrats on the 1000th post Thumbs Up [tup] and Happy Birthday Happy B-Day [bday].

                        I am a little confused because of the way the forum displays dates. Exactly when is/was your birthday? If it is today (the 6th) then that is just a little freaky because today is my birthday as well Big Smile [:D]

                        nicholma congrats to you as well on breaking the 1000 mark Thumbs Up [tup] well done mate. I'm still struggling to get to 500 at the moment.

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Thursday, January 6, 2005 3:24 AM
                        *blush*

                        Thanks Mark
                        Shy [8)]

                        --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, January 6, 2005 7:01 PM
                        Happy B-Day [bday]To Darren and Happy B-Day [bday] To SeanParty [party]Party [party]Party [party]Party [party]

                        So what did you guys get for the big dayQuestion [?]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 7:28 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by darson

                        nicholma congrats to you as well on breaking the 1000 mark Thumbs Up [tup] well done mate. I'm still struggling to get to 500 at the moment.

                        Cheers
                        Darren

                        Darren i've noticed you havn't been around as much lately, Is the daily grind getting in the wayQuestion [?]
                        Today is my day off and i'm struggling to find forum time, i keep hearing a shrill loud female voice calling HONEY CAN YOU...........ect ect ectthat coupled with the pitter patter of tiny feet is definatly keeping me on my toesBlack Eye [B)]
                        I'm not even going to bother to try and get some modelling doneSad [:(]Thats an after bedtime thingWink [;)]
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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Friday, January 7, 2005 6:09 AM
                        Thanks Jules and for the record it was my fortieth so now I am officially an old man Cool [8D]Cool [8D]

                        I am actually on holidays at the moment and I'm trying to make the most of the family time while its there. As soon as I go back to work and get into my routine (posting during the day when my boss isn't around), things will be back to normal.
                        You are also dead right in that modeling is for the night hours, if I go near the modeling room during daylight I'm dead meat. I feel like some sort of Vampire
                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

                        Oh yeah, I got a watch and a new briefcase from my wife and daughters.

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, January 7, 2005 11:05 AM
                        Thanks Jules!
                        Well, I am now 33, birthday was on the 5th.
                        It's a nice round number, might stick with it for a while.
                        I wasn't as lucky as Darren, I didn't even get a phone call from my folks.
                        And they live here!!!!!
                        Sign - Dots [#dots]
                        But I did get a present from my son.
                        The Aladdin DVD.
                        For some reason I really like that movie.

                        I go back to work on Monday, holidays are over, but at least I made a fare bit of headway into the BoB 109.
                        But just like you guys, I now have to resort to Vampire modelling.

                        Couple of hours here and there, but that will only be until I reitre, which will be next weekend, cause it's my turn to win lotto.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        nicholma
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:41 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by darson
                        nicholma congrats to you as well on breaking the 1000 mark Thumbs Up [tup] well done mate. I'm still struggling to get to 500 at the moment.


                        Tks Darren and congratulations on the big four ohhhhh.Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]

                        Even when the house is child free (ie they've grown-up left home etc) SWMBO still finds things to be done but its not as difficult to find time during the day to get away for an hour or 2. Approve [^]Approve [^] Yesterday I spent 3 hours in the middle of the day masking up a body only to discover that the mudguard shape was wrong and I will have to apply filler to correct it so off comes the masking. Sad [:(]Sad [:(]

                        Sorry to talk about about models but I've also dusted off or more appropriately dug out the Percy/Grice Commodore kit and will commence preperation in the next few days.Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]
                        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 Saturday, January 8, 2005 1:33 AM
                        Ok, just checked the rules again, and realised the Bell 47 I'm doing some had and didnt have Aussie markings.
                        So, unless I can find some Aussie roundels to suit a 1/35 scale Helo, it will just be stencilled with Army on the fuel tanks.

                        Also debating as to whether to put the red cross on it.

                        Which paint, Tamiya or Gunze Acrylic, best suits the colour Australian military craft wear?
                        This helo is predominantly green, and olive drab is what is suggested, is this the right colour, os did we use something else?
                        --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, January 8, 2005 1:43 AM
                        Sorry Tweets but i have absoulutly no idea, come to think of it i can't even remember ever seeing an Australian Bell-47Confused [%-)]
                        Later on tonight after i spend a couple of hourd at the bench i'll do a lttle research for you, maybe i'll find a picThumbs Up [tup]
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, January 8, 2005 6:51 AM
                        I've got some pics of the Bell with Aussie markings on it, and adf serials.com has some info as well, but I can't find anything which gives me an idea of the paint type, or tone.
                        Might just spray it with the standard US O/D.
                        --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, January 8, 2005 9:02 AM
                        I think that would be the go Sean, maybe a little on the darker side.......
                        I searched for about an hour and didn't find anything usefull,
                        But i did find this...............
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, January 8, 2005 9:25 AM
                        OM*G!!!!!!!!!!!Shock [:O]

                        Ok, thats either truely skilled flying, or someones gotten extremely bored with living.!
                        --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, January 8, 2005 2:27 PM
                        I would like to join this group build. I have a Tamiya M113A1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle that is used in the Australian Army that I'm dying to build. Thank you.
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, January 8, 2005 6:30 PM
                        hey fellas... haven't posted here in awhile thought I would stop in an relax a bit.. caught the BoB flu and got totally in to that for a week or so... I am definitely doing an AT-6 with the roo in the roundels type thing... will do something else when I get time to research it. The wife's been in a bit of a tizzy last few days about getting out of the house (even though relaxing is all I had in mind) so took her to the local chinese place and fed her till she collapsed so got a bit of modeling in anyway today!

                        Anyway, just wanted to pop in and say I haven't forgotten about this!!!

                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Saturday, January 8, 2005 9:06 PM
                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]
                        'fed her till she collapsed'

                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Mischief [:-,]

                        Phew, don't know why, but I found that extremely funny.
                        Need more sleep................................
                        --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, January 9, 2005 1:39 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Michael00Baker

                        I would like to join this group build. I have a Tamiya M113A1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle that is used in the Australian Army that I'm dying to build. Thank you.

                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome]aboard Michael, Good To have you with usThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]
                        BTW Michael are you in AustraliaQuestion [?]

                        Well Boys i've changed my mind for this GB, I'll be building the ICM Spit 8 for the Anzac GB instead of this one.......
                        For this GB I've decided to do the CAC Sabre in 76SQD markingsWink [;)]
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, January 9, 2005 2:02 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison


                        Well Boys i've changed my mind for this GB, I'll be building the ICM Spit 8 for the Anzac GB instead of this one.......
                        For this GB I've decided to do the CAC Sabre in 76SQD markingsWink [;)]


                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

                        erm......................I mean..............................Cool!
                        Mischief [:-,]

                        So, someone finally gets to join me in the nuthouse eh Jules.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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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 9, 2005 2:14 AM
                        Well Tweets i figured building the Sabre is the only way i may come to understand youWink [;)]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]
                        But seriously i have been looking forward to building it ever since you did yoursThumbs Up [tup]
                        and i figured it wouldn't be an Aussie GB without oneWink [;)]

                        As far as the nuthouse is concernedI'll be Seeing you soonI may be in solitary for a liitle while after trying to get that Ultracast Pit to go inPropeller [8-]
                        Cheers Jules......
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 9, 2005 2:53 AM
                        G'day guys , I thought I might ask if anyone use Eduards PE I want to use them for the warhark , this is the first time that used them , If anyone as had any problems with them or are they easy to useQuestion [?]

                        cheers mike
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Sunday, January 9, 2005 3:51 AM
                        Mike, the Eduards PE sets are fantastic!!!
                        There's are the ones I pick 9/10 times.
                        Made to fit the kits perfectly.
                        If anything, the only time you will have a problem is if the kit manufacturer has gone and changed something, without telling anyone.

                        Jules-That Sabre will make you an extremely resourceful modeller.
                        It's hell to build, but I have to admit, definately worth the end result.
                        And your right, wouldn't be an Aussie GB without one.
                        --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, January 9, 2005 5:01 AM
                        Thanks tweety I think I'll give them a go..

                        cheers mike
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, January 9, 2005 7:47 AM
                        Jules, when you come to the nuthouse ask for a room away from Sean's... he snores real loud, had to ask three times to be moved myself, finally had to do something bad and get put in solitary just to get some sleep! Wink [;)]

                        The jury is still out on what I plan to do besides the AT-6, it looks to be a simple build so want to get something else in... hmmm will have to keep thinking..

                        For the Anzac build I might do another SBD (yes ANOTHER) in RNZAF clothes... gotta find the nose art decal of the stomach with a pint of beer in one hand and a champagne glass in the other first...



                        it's from 25 Sqn, RNZAF, March 1944...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 9, 2005 6:56 PM
                        Thanks for the Heads Up TomThumbs Up [tup]I'll make sure i ask them........
                        Ahhhh Happy Acre's lovely gardens with some nice fountains, Cute Nurses and Tom and Sean to build with, Sounds Like Fun Big Smile [:D]Tongue [:P]Laugh [(-D]
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, January 9, 2005 6:58 PM
                        did I mention all the beer you could care drink? Wink [;)] I think that's why Sean has been snoring too much...

                        interesting note on the name though.. I guess they name those places the same in AU as they do here... always something Acres etc... same with the Old Folks homes...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 9, 2005 7:26 PM
                        Whoa Beer and cute Nurses coupled with unlimited modelling time, who could ever want moreTongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]
                        Wait a minute that sounds too good to be true, TOM Have you just been given your MedicationQuestion [?]
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                        Bandha Boy
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by Bandha Boy on Sunday, January 9, 2005 10:30 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by mgbriggs

                        G'day guys , I thought I might ask if anyone use Eduards PE I want to use them for the warhark , this is the first time that used them , If anyone as had any problems with them or are they easy to use


                        Mike, I'm not yet quite the PE tart that Tweety is (I'm on my way) but I do use the Eduard PE & love it. Their coloured PE is also outstanding. I would recommend a Hold 'n Fold as some of it is incredibly fine & small (you can get them in Oz from IR Models). My only problem with Eduard is that the instructions can be a bit vague at times & it's hard to figure out just wher & how a piece goes on.
                        Carl
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 9, 2005 10:57 PM
                        BTW Michael are you in Australia -jsharrison

                        No, I live in southern california, United States.
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                        Bandha Boy
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Australia
                        Posted by Bandha Boy on Sunday, January 9, 2005 11:27 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1

                        Which paint, Tamiya or Gunze Acrylic, best suits the colour Australian military craft wear?
                        This helo is predominantly green, and olive drab is what is suggested, is this the right colour, os did we use something else?


                        BTW Tweety, I' ve been researching this a bit lately & am thinking of switching to PollyScale. They have a nice set of RAAF colours as well as a pretty useful list of the others, and they do spray nicely. They also have about 4 or 5 different Olive Drab's available. Snowy Mt carries them.

                        http://www.testors.com/tes_cds/color_charts/505000_PScale ModHob Acryl.pdf
                        Carl
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Monday, January 10, 2005 12:20 AM
                        Carl Thats good to know. Alot of the US guys ramble on about Pollyscale, so I was thinking of getting some to try.
                        Thanks for the heads up!Thumbs Up [tup]

                        Speaking of rambling, Tom, your lucky I'm having a Dunce [D)] day and can't come up with anything intelligent to say or else you'd be in trouble (shakes finger in authoritive manner)

                        And the snoring is from a deviated septum, it's a medical conditon.
                        Lots of beer actually stops the snoring!!!!
                        Also stops a few other bodily functions, hence the missus won't let me drinkZzz [zzz]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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