Here's a bargain for a non-diecast place holder, fill in the gap, etc. August 1 Chinese Aerobatic team.....sporting a scheme I don't have for my flying circus, but I will be buying.
I already have the AF1 previous darker blue paint scheme.
The world must be coming to an end......finally I have the Belgian F-16 Solo Demonstrator. After waiting til my teeth were naturally falling out waiting....I cancelled my PO with TFM and ordered and received in short order the plane from EZToys! They came through for me
Just checked TFM today....the webpage for this plane still shows it as a pre-order and just as UF mentioned for the price hike of TFM PO's....yes indeed, they also jacked up the price. On TFM...back when the Big Bang took place...the PO price of this particular plane was 124.99 USD ...now it's 137.95USD. Quite a bump in $$....I managed to order it from EZToys at the old 124.99 price. It is listed In Stock on their site.
Anyway here are a some pics below...I may or may not review and add additional pics. Right now I'm not ready to add it to my flying circus planes presently displayed.
Not yet having done an official diecast "Walk Around" ....it's a nice looking Plane from what I can see so far
The Blues will be in San Diego...in a few months (schedule is online)
I found the following 2 documents from the FAA website dated for 2016 (2017 could not be found) ..of interest at least to me...I may print them out to display with my collection ....
Going to RIAT tomororw. Will see the Patrouille Suisse if the weather holds - last year I only got to see their "taxi show" which was actually awesome. The swiss alwys put on a nice show more or less, though not sure it's enough to make me regret not getting a HM version
That's a darn nice collcetion there blues boy. The "teams" that I collect are Blue Angels (all 1/72 models except for the terrible T-6), Thunderbirds (all 1/72 models), Japan Blue Impulse (all models) and a few one-offs like the Ukrainian display aircraft.
"Going to RIAT tomororw. Will see the Patrouille Suisse if the weather holds" "That's a darn nice collcetion there blues boy"........"except for the terrible T-6"
Have a great time at the show
Thx...it took me awhile to amass my collection
The T-6 was my terrible fault .... That I believe was my first attempt to communicate with William for a "great" idea....the end result was a failure...as you may or may not know.....I was ripped pretty bad by some members of the forum.....(the posts are buried in a thread somewhere...can't remember how far back, perhaps someone can find and post).
I strongly believe till this day...I had sent him the correct information in written verbiage and pics (see a samples below).
My debacle was that I did not ever pay attention to any pre-pros in order to catch mistakes and let William know before the Final. I took for granted from the the back and forth emails that it was going to be made correctly. I never asked for him to send me pre-pro pics nor did he take it upon himself to send any for my review.....Mia Culpa
As a result, as most of you are aware of, the result was:
wrong propeller spinner
no antenna
wrong serial number...an N was added before the number as well as the last 2 digits were swapped 91074 from the actual number which was 91047 (taken from a webpage that has all the BA's BU. NO.'s)
the yellow was overly bright
There were probably others.
Lessons Learned?? Pre-Pro's are important!!
BB
I had started from the very beginning asking William if he could do the Meatball shown below....and he gave it the thumbs down.
The T-6 was my terrible fault .... That I believe was my first attempt to communicate with William for a "great" idea....the end result was a failure...
I sympathise. I'm sure that most of us who've assisted HM over the years have learnt similar painful lessons. It's one reason that I generally minimise my involvement these days.
HM tend to say they will send pre pros first to those helping and never do, not sure if that's William dropping the ball or his colleague that deals with the art work, I'd like to think it's the latter.
HM tend to say they will send pre pros first to those helping and never do, not sure if that's William dropping the ball or his colleague that deals with the art work, I'd like to think it's the latter.
Odd, I had a lot of back and forth with William on the Spang F-4E and G before they hit the shelves.
At the time of the BA yellow SNJ, I don't think anyone was seriously into the plane or knew about the existence of it. Save the true die hard BA fans.
FYI....those in or near San Diego....the Blue Angels are now performing through Sunday...at the annual air show at Miramar Marine Air Station. Among the performers....the F-35B will be demonstrating as well as the Patriots civilian team L-39's
I noticed this auction today. I don't think you have it Blues Boy? Needs a touch up around the stand mount area. I think this piece would be considered not common.
I noticed this auction today. I don't think you have it Blues Boy? Needs a touch up around the stand mount area. I think this piece would be considered not common.
the model looks pretty basic and spotted a couple of blemishes. it's also interesting to note that the title describes it as a model by pacmin pacific miniatures but the item specifics states "century wings". looks more like a crude wood model with decals and not something i'd pay us$197.99 for
the model looks pretty basic and spotted a couple of blemishes. it's also interesting to note that the title describes it as a model by pacmin pacific miniatures but the item specifics states "century wings". looks more like a crude wood model with decals and not something i'd pay us$197.99 for
I don't know anything about the military side of the hobby. Just trying to be helpful.
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I don't know anything about the military side of the hobby. Just trying to be helpful.
Thanks for trying to be helpful......
I have come to realize for myself ..... A wake up call if you will ..... that I have a serious problem with collecting, and for all the different genres of other types of collections other than aircraft, that I have, ...I'm heading towards hoarder status. In view of this, I have ceased collecting. It's was turning into an addiction. What to do with what I already have? That's TBD. I may read/reply posts, maybe post myself, as I still have an interest in aviation overall.
I have come to realize for myself ..... A wake up call if you will ..... that I have a serious problem with collecting, and for all the different genres of other types of collections other than aircraft, that I have, ...I'm heading towards hoarder status. In view of this, I have ceased collecting. It's was turning into an addiction. What to do with what I already have? That's TBD. I may read/reply posts, maybe post myself, as I still have an interest in aviation overall.
Seems I recall some kit-maker that did a four-plane set of BA F11-F. The cool thing about the set was that the stand allowed for displaying them in a diamond formation. Would be kind of interesting for a diecast maker to do something similar. Hah, can you imagine what HM's rendition of the stand would look like?
revell did the f4j. not sure who did the f11f. hm would probably bungle a ba formation stand... but me thinks corgi would make an absolute mess of a ra formation stand. their current stand are humongous relative to the ra models!
revell did the f4j. not sure who did the f11f. hm would probably bungle a ba formation stand... but me thinks corgi would make an absolute mess of a ra formation stand. their current stand are humongous relative to the ra models!
Yeah, it would take some engineering that isn't necessarily a hallmark of diecast these days. BTW, I looked it up and the maker was Monogram. Not a whole lot to recommend the models involved, but the stand was awesome. Friend of mine bought the ancient kit on Ebay and built her up. Great little display piece until the cat got it!
well that comment was actually premised upon their stand design that didn't cater for centreline tanks... but i guess ba never perform with those so it'll be ok, i guess?
speaking of flying circuses, why do russian jet aerobatic teams constantly fire off flares instead of smoke?
Here's a company that makes smoke systems for different types of planes...there are also vids in use at shows...it appears the Mig-29 is approved to use it.
Also see the PDF Smokewinder Manual at the very bottom of the page. Shows the systems used in depth.
My guess....The only reason other planes don't use them is probably a configuration and attachment issue.
This team was on none of the lists and may not be of interest to BB, but if any manu makes them I'll buy the whole set of 6 each...
And then probably venture out to get some thunderbirds too..
I would buy the Golden Crown F-5E (something for HM ?). Here is my collection of display teams (most of them Blue Angels and Thunderbirds).
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Still looking for these items (thanks):
1. Ultimate Soldier Me-262B (Nightfighter, B Version !) scale 1:18.
2. Elite Force F-18 Hornet (Golden Dragon) scale 1:18.
No update....italeri has exclusive Frecce Tricolori licensing.
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Some more Hopeful news to share......Cross your toes and your welcome in advance.
BB
The email trail......
From:
Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Contact us form
To: Shop Italeri <shop@italeri.com>
Greetings,
A MFG company named Air Force 1 Model in China has produced a 1/72 Diecast metal model MB339 airplane with the UAE Fursan aerobatic team scheme.
Since they now have a new 1/72 scale tooling mold of the MB339 airplane, perhaps you can request to manufacture a custom order, with your Italeri packaging, a limited quantity of 1/72 Diecast metal model of the MB339 Italy Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team scheme. You have the exclusive license for the Frecce Tricolori from the Aeronautica Militare Italiana.
I know Italari already makes the 1/100 scale Frecce Tricolori, However, no one has ever produced the Frecce Tricolori airplane in 1/72 Diecast metal because the mold was not available from a MFG before.
Now the tooling mold for 1/72 Diecast metal MB339 is available from Air Force 1 Model MFG.
As a collector of 1/72 scale Diecast metal airplanes, I would purchase a 1/72 Diecast metal Frecce Tricolori airplane.
I was at the Avalon Airshow last Sunday. It was a very hot day, so I didn't stay for most of the flying demonstrations. I did however manage to catch the Roulettes going through their paces.
The Blues will be in San Diego...in a few months (schedule is online)
I found the following 2 documents from the FAA website dated for 2016 (2017 could not be found) ..of interest at least to me...I may print them out to display with my collection ....
Currently offered are these two BA models....seems to be regurgitated Witty and Herpa molds of which I already purchased long ago....but now JCWings and Aeroclassics....
BB
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.... That I believe was my first attempt to communicate with William for a "great" idea....the end result was a failure...as you may or may not know.....I was ripped pretty bad by some members of the forum.....(the posts are buried in a thread somewhere...can't remember how far back, perhaps someone can find and post).
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