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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DocRoe on March 18, 2007, 06:51:24 PM
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Hello,does anyone know a major ww2 model producing company? I would love to start building models but i just dont want to have to order them form a site, models that i can some what easily find in a store somewhere close to my home. I know hobby shops might have them but most are far away. Also the revell company has some but they only have few models, I live in New England so i need something close to me and available over here.. Please help :)
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I'd imagine you have a Hobby Lobby or Michael's somewhere near you. If not, Wal Mart will have a few, but not as good a selection as an actual hobby store. http://www.towerhobbies.com is a good one, my personal local favorite is http://www.colpar.com Have fun and take your time:aok
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k thx, and um are electric airplanes hard to fly?
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I tried flying one.. darn cord tried to strangle me!:p
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if your in northern MA, i go to Hobby Emporium in Tyngsborough MA.
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My RC plane is sadly still sitting in the box after only 1 voyage. The Air Hogs Aero Ace planes are good ones to learn with though, they are high impact foam so they are fairly hard to break, fairly cheap as well.
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nashua NH? helllll yeah bro!!!
W-Town here :)
Windham, NH
born in winchester, lived in wakefield till i was like 4
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Windham, thats like 5 miles from here. sweeeeeeeeeet!
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Originally posted by DocRoe
Hello,does anyone know a major ww2 model producing company? I would love to start building models but i just dont want to have to order them form a site, models that i can some what easily find in a store somewhere close to my home. I know hobby shops might have them but most are far away. Also the revell company has some but they only have few models, I live in New England so i need something close to me and available over here.. Please help :)
Hey Doc... if it's model planes you want to build, do yourself a favor and find a hobby shop near you. It will be worth the trip as they will undoubtedly have a much better selection than Michales or your local craft store.
If you can't make it to a hobby shop, try ordering from http://www.internethobbies.com/inplasmodair.html
(Home page : http://www.internethobbies.com/index.html )
They have everything you could need, good prices, and fast service. If you're not sure what brands to build check out:
$$$ - Hasegawa , Tamiya , and Dragon (best fit, finish, and accuracy)
$$ - Academy, Italeri (usually use older molds from those above, good fit, great price)
$ - Revell, Airfix (Cheap, poor fit... be prepared to do a lot of sanding and gap filling.)
Good luck and post some pics when you're done :aok
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Putting some together now, Revell mostly. It will cost you filling and sanding and cursing, but in the end they look sweet.
Looking forward to my Tamaya Spit I ;)
I'm doing a series in 2 scales, - 1:48 and 1:72.
When I'm done, I have to build a glass closet....
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hey thanks alot! what scale though?i want big enough to see small details but small enough to have a bunch in my room or on a dresser.
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The Tamiya kits are a bit pricey but very nice and easy to assemble. Built my first one last year, a 1/48 Spit Vb. Best Spit I've ever put together... pity about the paint though.
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ohh ya...is painting tough? if i find that i suck at painting ill go fly R/C ones lol
if that happens anyone know a site for ww2 R/C?
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1:48 is beautiful on the single engined fighter, but a B17 would be rather .. big. 1:48 is enough for pilot details (mae vest, arms on the stick etc.)
1:72 is decent on a single engine fighter, no smaller. A bomber will still have some 30 cm wingspan roughly.
There is one kit I am going to buy in a 1:28 though, - that's Von Richthofen's Fokker DrI ;)
I am serious about a glass cabinet later on, - got the idea when my wife asked me where I was going to put all those models when I would be done. Look at it as the ramp on the airshow of your dreams ;)
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I have made several Hasegawa models in 1/32 scale and they were great.
I've built (all hasegawa)
BF 109 G-14
BF 109 K-4 (JG 52)
ME 262 (JV 44)
Fw 190 D9 (JV 44)
JU 87 G2 (Rudel markings, Winter paint)
Spitfire Mk V ( copied from BoB film)
All in 1/32 scale and they're very big (stuka is over 40cm wing tip to tip, from memory)
Great fun, I didn't bother with an airbrush... If you take your time with a good quality set of brushes you can come up with a nice paint job.
Also, if you want to spend big dollars and have the best, I'd reccomend 'Trumpeter' kits. I've opened some of these up (Local model store owner is very passionate and loves to discuss warbirds). The rivet detail is amazing and on his word (he has built a few trumpeter kits), he says they're a dream to build.
I make no claim to be an ace model builder. My girlfriend and I worked on them together and we had great fun. I tried to make them as historically accurate as possible without spending months on them and I think they look great.
So, if you're like me, go for Hasegawa kits, they got together very well 95% of the time, have nice decals and won't break the bank.
The models I've built so far have all been $40 to $60 (AUD) kits and expect to spend up to and including $30AUD on RLM paints if you want your paint jobs to match what the instructions suggest.
Regards
Arch
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Doc
I still brush paint, which works ok on the smaller 1/72 scale models but not allways so well on 1/48 scale because of the bigger area to cover with the brush. The finish is better, and the bigger kits are easier to paint using an airbrush, but I just haven't gotten around to getting one.
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1/32 scale Hasegawa!
Very nice Arch :)
I would settle for a 1/48 scale Revell B-58 Hustler... the bestest meanest looking, fastest? bomber ever built. Seen one once, but the shop wanted nealy $100NZ for it.
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Originally posted by DocRoe
...anyone know a site for ww2 R/C?
RC Buyers Warehouse on Northeastern Blvd in Nashua. they got pretty much everything.