Welcome to Papa695's Bi plane GB. Chat thread

[Steve-the-Duck]

Dave, may I ask why you used the word 'Contrail' in reference to the Horsley. :thumb2: Thank you.

That's my blurry picture to blame. You can't read 'Contrail', the kit maker, on the box

[Steve-the-Duck]

Wow! - The Contrail Hawker Horsley was one of my more successful vacforms! - sometime in the 80's - the reason I built it was that my mothers' maiden name was Horsley! Vacforms were the only way to make the more obscure aircraft ( short of scratching ), pretty much a dying art.....................
Dave

KP doing the DH9s was a surprise (AFTER I'd got the Maquette R-1 - harumph), so after I got the Horsley six months ago I thought that an injection or resin one might suddenly materialise

[Waspie]

That's my blurry picture to blame. You can't read 'Contrail', the kit maker, on the box

Ahh, ok, thank you Chris. My eyes weren't up to that level of clarity!!

[The Smythe Meister]

Well now. What DO I do?
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This is only a PART of my RAF silver wings stash.

The Horsley is a vacform, so a bit of an outlier for this go. Haven't done a vac in a LONG time.
And I've never actually finished one...

Maybe I should take a vote...

Or go with this
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Or, go with the 1/32 CR.32.
Decisions decisions

Well,if you do a vote, put me down for the Hector....
No military reason...I just used to love "Hector's House" as a child!!

[Tim Marlow]

Well,if you do a vote, put me down for the Hector....
No military reason...I just used to love "Hector's House" as a child!!

He’s just a great big wingy old Hector..…..

[The Smythe Meister]

He’s just a great big wingy old Hector..…..

Very true Tim,he certainly is!!...
Blimey we're getting OLD!!:anguished::tears-of-joy:

[Steve-the-Duck]

Very true Tim,he certainly is!!...
Blimey we're getting OLD!!:anguished::tears-of-joy:

And we fit together about as well as a Frog kit of the same vintage...

Which reminds me, why did Hector's 'sexy' frog neighbour keep climbing the ladder to see what him and the cat were up to?

Aah, forum tangents!

Seriously tho' (ha!) I suppose I COULD start with the Hector and work backwards thru the Hart variants... Still don't have Hardy yet...

[Tim Marlow]

Very true Tim,he certainly is!!...
Blimey we're getting OLD!!:anguished::tears-of-joy:

Only on the outside buddy, only on the outside :thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

Ian. Nice idea for a GB. Mind if I join maybe? I’ll have to go to the Vintage Vault and look around for my subject tomorrow let you guys know soon if I’ll be joining

[Dave Ward]

Dave, may I ask why you used the word 'Contrail' in reference to the Horsley. :thumb2: Thank you.

I made quite a few Contrail vacforms last century & the boxes are quite familiar................ a lot of those are now available as injection moulded, but at the time the only models were vacforms. One which eluded me, but is still unique is the Fairey Hendon..................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Looking in my stash there are a few vacforms still lurking, like this

This was later injection moulded by MPM/Special Hobby, so this will remain unmade!
Rareplanes were one of the 'garage' makers, that most of the vac-forms came from. Some of the models were quite sophisticated, like those by Esoteric & some were basic in the extreme - I had a 1/32 ID Models Westland Wyvern - there was a model in there, but would need years of work to refine it!
Good old days - 1/72 models would weeks to make interspersed by days waiting for paint to dry!
Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

Dave,Dave,Dave:astonished:.....
.... you're a bad man, tempting me like that !!!!... There's me trying SO hard to be good,(haven't bought a kit for months),and you go and post that up....Noooooo .... I must resist!

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[Tim Marlow]

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If you are going for the Roland Andy Wingnut wings web site is still up and it has loads of info on them……

[papa 695]

Ian. Nice idea for a GB. Mind if I join maybe? I’ll have to go to the Vintage Vault and look around for my subject tomorrow let you guys know soon if I’ll be joining

The more the merrier Lee.

[Lee Drennen]

The more the merrier Lee.

Thanks Ian. I have so many to choose from it’s hard to make a decision right now but I’ll keep you posted before we start.