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27 Dec 2020 19:22 - 27 Dec 2020 19:48 #1 by paul d
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Before Christmas wifey asked me What was next on build list after the slicker and I happened to mention my desire to build a fieseler 103 ( v1) Christmas morning I opened this:

I guess the thought was There!? any way I've made a start, should only take a couple of days, its not that accurate tbh, fuselage is the wrong shape and the fins to big ( I've done a lot of reading on the subject!) but it'll look nice on the side.

balsa is best.
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27 Dec 2020 22:31 #2 by Eric
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It should last longer than the real one! :evil:

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!

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28 Dec 2020 07:19 #3 by Klipkopwildlife
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My present to me was this,

I've decided to do Roy Browns.

Do it now, you may never get another chance
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28 Dec 2020 09:42 #4 by paul d
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That's nice Klippy! should build into a nice model, don't know if there avaible out there but "Ammo by Mig" make a great range of paints for the plastic modeller, we sell loads of them in the shop, there not the cheapest but the colours are accurate and the pigments used are really fine.
I quite enjoy a bit of plastic modelling now and then.

balsa is best.
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28 Dec 2020 12:39 #5 by Klipkopwildlife
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We certainly can't get that product here. Very few of our Model shops are still trading but I got this kit from BidorBuy (the local equivalent of fleebay). The seller was amazing, 2 dogs models, no I didn't ask, but he opened the box, and sourced all the colours needed from the Tamiya range. The last LMS I was using has since closed but they had a small selection of Humbrol enamels. My alcoholic friend who's coming for New Years is always willing to source Humbrol colours for me when he goes to the UK on his annual attempt to drink the pubs dry. Not this year though! I think international travel won't happen in an unregulated way much before 2022.

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28 Dec 2020 13:38 #6 by Eric
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Doesn't stop the MP's going to the Caribbean for their winter sojourn, though!

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30 Dec 2020 18:28 #7 by paul d
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Finished!! spent more on paint than the kit cost and nearly went blind applying the decals ( all 20 of them!) some of which were tiny and legible only with the use of a magnifying glass.



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30 Dec 2020 18:35 #8 by Klipkopwildlife
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One wonders why the Germans took so much trouble with an aircraft that was only ever going to fly once! [badass]

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30 Dec 2020 19:05 #9 by paul d
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Think it was due to the dangers of preparing them for flight, the compressed air system needed to be pressurised to 900 psi, the catapult launch system used some highly corrosive chemicals and the thing had some highly temperamental anti handling fuses fitted, most of the decals translate as "don't open" and don't push here.

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31 Dec 2020 07:57 #10 by Klipkopwildlife
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Nice job, looks the business. And yes, I think sometimes we need to do something other than attack Balsa.B)

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