Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Took a look at the instruction guide through scalemates. Saw the kit is dated 2005. Now why in the world would Revell have the tail wheel molded to the tail rudder? Makes no sense.
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Witcha on that one. Looked like flash. Wasn’t flash. Oh well. Still a fun little kit.
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
The original molds for the kit were cut in 1956. The tail wheel was molded that way probably,due,to mold limitations of that time.
BTW Lyle, great work on hollowing that area out!
BTW Lyle, great work on hollowing that area out!
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Thanks, Carlos. That was an odd area, too. Way thicker than flas usually is. You would also have thought they could have scrobedva wheel rim or something. Granted it is all but invisible.Stikpusher wrote:76, 77... they’re right next to each other. It’s all good
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Heh...I fondly remember the old Monogram 1/48 Trimotor kit. For some reason, I never built it. I guess maybe I was more into aircraft kits that go rata-tat-tat or BBBBRRRRRRRRR of the machine guns.
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
beautiful job Lyle! That is fantastic!
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Looking good Lyle! Be watching to see how you tackle all the seams.
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Not a high parts count kit too. Pretty much a straightforward build without complicated part placements. Of course there’s always a head scratcher part as I mentioned above. Old kits reissued will almost always have flash due to the age of the molds. You would think someone would make new and improved molds at this day and age.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Cracking build Lyle!
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Re: Ford Tri-motor Revel's Oldie in 1/76 scale
Tom, Tom, Tom...that takes money, silly boy! You are right. Low parts count AND it has a dog sled with dogs.SCORE. Not.BlackSheep214 wrote:Not a high parts count kit too. Pretty much a straightforward build without complicated part placements. Of course there’s always a head scratcher part as I mentioned above. Old kits reissued will almost always have flash due to the age of the molds. You would think someone would make new and improved molds at this day and age.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..