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Offline Drano

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Re: Re: Re: The deadliest plane in the Pacific
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2002, 04:08:14 PM »
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OT... A few years back (when I had time for stuff) I was a member of the Minuteman Chapter of the IPMS, and Bill Koster was also a member there. If you think his kits are nice, you should see the stuff he does for himself! Really nice guy, too.

Sorry, back to the topic... ;)


Reason I asked is because I could see the detail on the kit and figured it had to be 1/48 scale and that was the only one I recalled for the PB4Y.

The A-20G that I built was a Koster too. That was way back in '94 when I had some extra time too. Multi-media kit. No kiddin! Kit was a mutha to build but it sure came out nice--like yours. Naturally, ERTL/AMT came out with an injection 1/48 A-20G about 6 months after I finished the Koster kit! I ordered the detail parts that came with the Koster separate and put it in the box. One day--when I have time again hehe-- I'll start in on the over 100 unbuilt kits I've collected over the years.

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Offline Spritle

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« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2002, 10:02:29 AM »
Yes it is a Koster kit kind of.  It's a conversion that Koster sells for the 1/48 Monogram B-24.  Has a fair amount of vac parts.  You can see the complete build up of the aircraft at http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com in the Gallery section.

Also way back in 1983 Matchbox released a 1/72 PB4Y-2 that they haven't re-released ever.  And a company called Cobra Company makes a 1/144 scale version in all resin.  It's as much as the Koster conversion though!

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Offline Drano

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« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2002, 11:10:41 AM »
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Yes it is a Koster kit kind of.  It's a conversion that Koster sells for the 1/48 Monogram B-24.  Has a fair amount of vac parts.  You can see the complete build up of the aircraft at http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com in the Gallery section.

Also way back in 1983 Matchbox released a 1/72 PB4Y-2 that they haven't re-released ever.  And a company called Cobra Company makes a 1/144 scale version in all resin.  It's as much as the Koster conversion though!

Spritle


The A-20G was a full kit. Mostly vac parts with 2 resin radials(which I extensively modified) and wheels. White metal guns and landing gear--it came with a jig to assemble the gears with! 2 humoungous cards of photo etched brass detail stuff. Cockpit detail was off the scale excellent. Was quite a project! Took me better part of a year to finish.

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Offline superpug1

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« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2002, 04:37:58 PM »
I WANT IT I WANT IT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.:mad:
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Offline bigUC

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« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2002, 06:23:42 PM »
Looks french...  Or at least a substantial number of the engineers and designers musta been french... :D
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Offline Citabria

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« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2002, 09:01:40 PM »
the best reason to add a privateer to ah is because real privateers flew like players who fly buffs in AH.

they flew alone

no formations, just one patrol plane.

would be excellent buff for ah :)
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Offline Pongo

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« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2002, 10:47:31 PM »
That sounds like an awsome bomber for AH. Looks like a killer too.
8k of bombs..how does that compare to a B24?
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Offline Slash27

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« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2002, 01:21:26 AM »
Thanks for info Smut. That pretty much covered it.:)
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