DBII
Senior Master Sergeant
I like the plane, a B-10 is b*** ugly, this is just unattractive. Nice job on the plane.
DBII
DBII
Fonderie Miniture 1/48 Handley Page Hampden [ pics ]
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ian lanc
Senior Airman
god if you had seen the way this kit was anybody else would have binned it
,the wings where terrible for fit it was like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, the underside of the wing doesn't look that bad its just the shadow, its about 1/2 mm too much i could not thin it down any more as the area where the join is is wafer thin, the wing where it should butt upto the fuselage was about 5mm too thick, so if you looked at it, it was like looking at some steps 
just take a look at what i had to put up with this shite....
i think there are some fit problems, just look at the quality of the moulding
A4K get a straight edge and put it from the right handside where the curve part meets the flat bit, where the wing will butt up, then put the straight edge across to the other side. NOTICE HOW STRAIGHT IT IS
, also is the arc part where the lower gun goes did i level it off or fill it ?
what can i say
i'll be putting some pistures of the halifax on tonite.
ian.
Negative Creep
Staff Sergeant
Great job, nice to see such a good result after most people (me included) would have given up
A4K
Brigadier General
And I thought my Airfix kit was bad!!!
You certainly had your trials with that one, to achieve such a beautiful result with it just shows what a talented modelmaker you are!
I guess you had to scratch-build alot of detail too, judging by the mouldings?
You certainly had your trials with that one, to achieve such a beautiful result with it just shows what a talented modelmaker you are!
I guess you had to scratch-build alot of detail too, judging by the mouldings?
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ian lanc
Senior Airman
talented my arse !, just got the patience
you do get seats/flight panel/side detail panels in the kit but these are a mixture of metal and plastic for which none of them fit
and require alot of work to make them fit nice.when i made up the inside and stuck it on one side i couldn't close the two fuselage halves up as the interior was too wide
i just hope who ever builds this kit has as much success as me
i do know of a guy who started one and binned it after 4 days of sweat and swear words and said it's unbuildable.... i said get out nothing is unbuildable look at mine he was speechless that i finished mine ian.
A4K
Brigadier General
Well said Wojtec!
I have the patience too alright, just working on the talent part...
You certainly made a silk purse out of a sow's ear it seems, Ian!
I have the patience too alright, just working on the talent part...
You certainly made a silk purse out of a sow's ear it seems, Ian!
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ian lanc
Senior Airman
i thought putting up 'tallented my arse' would make you all smile
ian.
ian.
Just bought the Hampden sight unseen, I knew the reputation of FM but thought I'd take the chance. I'm slightly discouraged by the drawbacks you've pointed out, but with 50+ years of modeling experience, I'm going to give it a try. Maybe not in the next few weeks or even months as I have several other projects in mind to complete first:32nd Sea Fury and Trumpter's F8F-1 Bearcat and a couple of 48th Corsairs. I'm doing a couple of 24th rally cars now and when I get them finished I'm going to hop on the Sea Fury.
Ol' 45
Ol' 45
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Just had to visit this old lassie again Ian....outstanding work! Do we dare hope that Trumpeter will save they as they did somewhat with the Wellington...?
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Just seen this thread Ian. great work on what looked like a b***h of a kit!
I was considering, possibly, getting the FM Halifax, but if it's as bad as that, I'm not shelling out for it; I'd rather have TWO of the new Tamiya Lancs!
I was considering, possibly, getting the FM Halifax, but if it's as bad as that, I'm not shelling out for it; I'd rather have TWO of the new Tamiya Lancs!
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ian lanc
Senior Airman
panthergreen
Airman
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- Nov 10, 2006
I have a FM halifax in the stash...will build the tamiya 1/48 lancs first tho!
A4K
Brigadier General
I wish someone would do a decent Hampden in 1:72, the Airfix kit is atrocious...
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
The "new" Lanc is a MUST....have they sorted the windows out etc. on this one..hmmm?
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Sorry Ian, haven't seen your Hali build. The write-up I read in a mag a while back made it look good, but the reviewer didn't build it. If it's as bad as the Hampden for fit etc., I'll take your word for it, and stay clear! Had to make a choice anyway, due to space - Halifax, Lancaster? Lanc wins, no probs! If I decide on a Halifax diorama, I'll try dropping to 1/72nd scale - it'll make a change!
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
Yeah I know ,also a resonably priced one to ,the last couple that sold on trademe have been quite expensive.I think one even got up over 150
