From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Erik Wauters" References: <003501c3c8e7$ab8a8b50$4d05e0d5@ACER> Subject: Re: article 1/144 p-51d Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:54:07 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A8_01C3E4E5.70C97340" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A8_01C3E4E5.70C97340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Erik, Thanks for sending in your P-51 article. I've got a bit of a backlog = due to "Silly Week"....and I'm catching up on my e-mails which I fell = behind on due to Christmas and Silly Week etc. I'll e-mail you when = your article goes on ARC in the next few days. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Erik Wauters=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 3:59 PM Subject: article 1/144 p-51d Gallery Template #03 "Minicraft 1/144 P-51D"=20 by "Erik Wauters" -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 =20 Hello fellow modellers, I'm back with something different again. If you are a lazy builder and can't finish a single kit in a year then = this one's for you. I actually build this kind of stuff as a break from = the long time projects that get boring after a while. It would be great = for a young first time modeller and for about 3$ you can't go broke. Yes it's a good old P-51D but it's the scale and size that make this = one special. This is currently the smallest plane in my collection, = length is not longer than the size of a finger ! This is a good one to = test your macro function on your camera. (I used a Minolta Dimage Z1) There's nothing in the cockpit, not even a seat, but the model is so = small you can't see a thing from a foot away. And don't expect accuracy, = this thing I build just for fun. A little filler is needed at the wing to fuselage joint and a little = piece of plasticcard to fill the opening from the wheelwells. Painting is straightforward and for the decals, well there's only one = option in the kit, I looked for other decals in 1/144 but didn't find = any. Maybe this is something for Mike Grant to fill in this gap. The = only fiddly problem is masking and painting the canopy frame. So this one brings back the memories of our youth, finishing a kit in = an afternoon and then flying it around chasing bugs. I will be back soon with another 1/144 classic, untill then, Erik =20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 02.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 02.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg=20 =20 Photos and text =A9 2003 by "Erik Wauters" ------=_NextPart_000_00A8_01C3E4E5.70C97340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Erik,
Thanks for sending in your = P-51=20 article.  I've got a bit of a backlog due to "Silly Week"....and = I'm=20 catching up on my e-mails which I fell behind on due to Christmas and = Silly Week=20 etc.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC in the next few = days.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
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From:=20 Erik=20 Wauters
To: sheb@telus.net
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 = 3:59=20 PM
Subject: article 1/144 = p-51d

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"Minicraft 1/144=20 P-51D" 

by "Erik Wauters"
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Steve Bamford=20 will insert full=20 sized version of photo 01.jpg here =
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Hello = fellow modellers,=20 I'm back with something different again.

If you are a lazy = builder and can't=20 finish a single kit in a year then this one's for you. I actually = build=20 this kind of stuff as a break from the long time projects that get = boring=20 after a while. It would be great for a young first time modeller and = for about=20 3$ you can't go broke.

Yes it's a good old P-51D but it's the scale and size = that make=20 this one special. This is currently the smallest plane in my = collection,=20 length is not longer than the size of a finger ! This is a good one to = test=20 your macro function on your camera. (I used a Minolta Dimage Z1)

There's nothing in the cockpit, not even a seat, but = the model=20 is so small you can't see a thing from a foot away. And don't expect=20 accuracy, this thing I build just for fun.

A little filler is needed at the wing to fuselage = joint and a=20 little piece of plasticcard to fill the opening from the = wheelwells.

Painting is straightforward and for the decals, well = there's=20 only one option in the kit, I looked for other decals in 1/144 but = didn't find=20 any. Maybe this is something for Mike Grant to fill in this gap. The = only=20 fiddly problem is masking and painting the canopy frame.

So this one brings back the memories of our youth, = finishing a=20 kit in an afternoon and then flying it around chasing bugs.

I will be back soon = with another=20 1/144 classic, untill then,

Erik

 

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