old man emu Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I was rearranging stuff in my storage shed when I came across a portable filing cabinet I bought in he very distant past. When I opened it to see what it contained, I was pleasantly surprised to find some magazines from the 1980s about radio controlled flying as well as sheets of plans for a number of aircraft from the inter-war years. I have plans for: a 48" Ford Flivver by Derek Woodward through the American Radio Control Modeller a 58-1'4" Aeronca C1 by Phillip Kent through the English Radio Control Modeller a 53" CAC Boomerang from Australian Radio Control Modeller a 42" DH89 Dragon Rapide from Dumas Aircraft, Kit # 1815 and a 52" Comper Swift. If I can make them, I'll have a nice little display. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Canary Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Sounds like you’ll be busy for quite a while ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 I've got to get busier on full sized building (reno) jobs before I can start playing. However, I'm now looking at a 1/48 scale kit of a CA-113 Boomerang, and also a 1/12 scale kit of a 9 cylinder Wright Cyclone engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 My wife’s brother, an ex-aviator, has been building models for fifty years. His aim is a scale replica of every aircraft the RAAF ever flew and he’s almost there. He’ll buy kits of the one aircraft from three different makers and use the best bits of each, then add his own improvements. He uses Superglue and filler to create instrument panels, individual seats and harnesses. I hope that he puts on display soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 My lovely wife bought me a Tamiya 1:48 scale Mk 1 Spitfire for my birthday earlier this year. Unfortunately I don't have any paints so until I source those, she stays in the box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 Go to your local $2 shop and select your colours from the Momte Matre range of acrylics. These $2-shop paints are becoming the goto paints for modelers due to the price of the "specialist" paints. I suggest that you watch a couple of Youtube videos on brushing acrylics. And when you go to get your glue, pick the thin stuff. It makes less mess. Here's a build video to help you along. I ordered a 1/48 scale CA-19 Boomerang from New Zealand this morning. (CA-19 was the photo Recce variant) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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