Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

[leo-rcc]

Just seem them build a replica of the 229 on TV

I want that workshop.

[Clinton Huxley]

I think the navy is buying some for the new carriers

[Kaison]

F-15 Eagle



P-38 Lightning



Mig-29

[klr]

...

That new digital scheme ... the thought of ever having to paint it on a model.

[Kaison]

That is an unenviable task, to be sure. But it's so damn sexay...

[klr]

That is an unenviable task, to be sure. But it's so damn sexay...

I'd rather hand-paint lozenge camouflage on a Zeppelin Staaken model ... and building it would be no tea-party either:

[Kaison]

Personally, I'd just pick up a pre-painted die-cast, if I were so inclined. But that's just because I'm lazy and have no skills. Bad eyesight and less than steady hands don't help either.

Nice model BTW. Your work?

[klr]

Personally, I'd just pick up a pre-painted die-cast, if I were so inclined. But that's just because I'm lazy and have no skills. Bad eyesight and less than steady hands don't help either.

Nice model BTW. Your work?

Not in a million years ... which is probably how long it would take me.

I go for easier subjects ... when I have the time.

[BrettA]

...But I have to say, I have a real hard-on for this plane: ...

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[leo-rcc]

[klr]

I already have a model of the Vulcan, and a kit of the Valiant should be available "some time soon ...", courtesy of Airfix*.

*"They haven't gone away you know ..."

As for the Lancaster, I have enough, and counting.