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64 21 November 2021, 20:24
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If my best were as good as your worst, I would be very happy 🙂👍 A-Model do provide lots of fun challenges 😉
21 November 2021, 20:43
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Either you are too kind to me, Bruce, or too harsh to yourself 😉 Your models are much better than mine. Thanks, nevertheless 🙂
21 November 2021, 20:50
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Au contraire, Robert. I have yet to try my hand at a bare metal finish, or indeed add fine antennae or rigging. I've only tried a few PE extras, and still only add paint by brush. The finishes you achieve are superb and thus inspirational, and there is never a hint of dodgy filler anywhere 👍👍👍
21 November 2021, 21:32
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A bit of wash filter or pinwash here and there would already lift them up but actually they are not bad at all
21 November 2021, 21:52
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Thanks again, Robert... actually almost all of these flew away to my friends' sons already 😉
21 November 2021, 21:54
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Another collection of fantastic beasts, all beautifully finished. 👍 May I ask of photo 19, what is the aircraft type?
5 January 2022, 08:26
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Thank you, Mark, you're too kind to me. This is a kit of a prototype VTOL plane with thrust augmented wing concept:
Rockwell International XFV-1..nd Craftswork AA-2026, 1:72)
5 January 2022, 08:55
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quite the eclectic collection! don't you ever make anything "normal"...you don't have to answer that....
7 January 2022, 08:59
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LOL 😄 Speaking about "normal", Lochsa River:
Easy Ones | Album by podkon (1:72)
7 January 2022, 15:13
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I very much like the Ford Flivver, the Payen and the Bugatti...! 👍 ... and, of course, I do wish my not-so-well built models were as good as your "not-so-well" built models!
7 January 2022, 15:30
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Thank you very much, Alex, you're too kind to me 🙂 It seems like we like similar topics 😉 The three you mentioned are my favourite ones too.
7 January 2022, 15:48
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I saw some of them (including Ford) and they are grate. Plus It is always a nice suprise to discover a machine I have never heard about before.
7 January 2022, 19:07
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Robert, thank you for info on: Rockwell International XFV-1..nd Craftswork AA-2026, 1:72)
7 January 2022, 20:03
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A very unique collection. Very interesting and expertly finished.
7 January 2022, 20:24
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I'm enjoying and am impressed by these latest additions to you album, Robert. Looking superb 🙂
8 January 2022, 11:18
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why do yaks make bad sports players
because they yak and yak and yak
27 January 2022, 23:55
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So many nice builds not to belong to such album 😛 (Ford, Arado, DC-9, Dewoitine, Chaika, Delta, Optica and Saro... where the heck did you find the latter one?! 😮 )
And Eclipse doesn't seem to be such a past build either 😛
23 January 2023, 20:22
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Thank you, Mates, much appreciated.
@Lukasz - there are many different reasons to archivize the photos. I am sure you're smart enough to figure it out by yourself (hint - the printed modellers' magazine in the descriptions of some models presented 😉 )
24 January 2023, 11:20
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A beautiful and unique collection Robert. Thank you for sharing.
24 January 2023, 12:39
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What an eclectic bunch of builds! All wonderfully done too, don't know why you haven't shared them sooner!!
24 January 2023, 12:51
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You're too kind, Andy, thank you. (Frankly - I had to find these photos on my 15 years old computer and transfer them "manually" with a memory stick 🙂 )
24 January 2023, 13:33
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Very nice collection Robert. Love the unique types, thank you, very inspiring !
24 January 2023, 16:27
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Excellent collection, pictures look good, and models look fantastic. Only thing wrong is the introduction "not so well assembled" 😉
26 January 2023, 23:17
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No Spitfire neither Mustang, too... (in fact, I am going to assemble my very first Bf-109 in near future... in the Luftwaffe der R.O.A markings 😉 )
12 July 2023, 16:42
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Thank you, Henry 🙂 It took me some time to find the kit, but it was worth the trouble...
13 July 2023, 06:08
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That's a very original collection! I like it very much.
The ones I like the most are the Ford Flivver, AG-4 Crusader, Bristol Racer and of course the Edgley Optica. Awesome pieces! 👏👏👏
20 July, 06:46
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Superbe boulot! quelle finesse! 🙂 Cela m'évoque Léonard de Vinci et également "L'Éole" de Clément Ader! En tout cas, encore bravo.
25 July, 09:03
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Cool little glider! 1:160 seems to be very little as it is not big in bigger scales.
25 July, 09:59
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Thank you very much, Philippe and Bughunter. @Philippe - I purchased it when I visited Le Bourget museum for a very first time - they sold AeroBase kits at that time... I heard somewhere that AeroBase kits are now to be purchased in some shop in the underground gallery adjacent to the entrance to the Louvre Museum...
@Bughunter - I plan to build the famous Lilienthal biplane glider soon from the same manufacturer 😉 Its span is about 4 cm actually...so not very small 😉
25 July, 10:10
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Long ago I found some Aerobase kits in museums shops in Germany, but I bought only bigger ones. The 1894 glider in 1:48 is still in my stash 😉
25 July, 10:18
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Lucky you! 🙂 Recently they produced a few fantastic kits...what is even more frustrating, since they are almost impossible to be purchased in Europe...
25 July, 12:33
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You can still buy them, international shipping for 12€ sounds fair: aerobase.jp/en/
Oh, some new kits!
25 July, 13:16
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I know I could buy them from Japan, but our customs office charges a tax as well as a handling fee...
25 July, 13:45
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Good morning Robert! When I come back to Paris on vacation or on a weekend (I lived there for 22 years and my in-laws live there) I can go to the Louvre and I will tell you if there are indeed models from Aerobase…
1 August, 08:06
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Thank you for the offer, Philmedosem 🙂 It would be great. I have a few friends in Paris and I suppose I could ask them to buy something for me. In fact, I've been to Paris like two years ago, but did not know about this shop 😭 ... Delfonics it is, according to the info on the AeroBase webpage.
1 August, 09:13
Album info
Selection of not so good photos of my not so well assembled and painted models from the past...