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Mar 2022
7:58am, 24 Mar 2022
1,130 posts
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Will Crash
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Mar 2022
8:20am, 24 Mar 2022
41,822 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
And the other pic
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Mar 2022
8:21am, 24 Mar 2022
41,823 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Wow, loads of detail in there Will. Looks great. So for a commission do you use a base model, but then change paint and decals to make it specific for the customer? Or do you have to change actual features as well?  G
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Mar 2022
8:28am, 24 Mar 2022
41,824 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
First go outside in nice weather with the £60 1/14th scale RC car with grandson last week. He enjoyed steering it a bit but preferred telling me where to make it go and watching it doing jumps. It's pretty quick and seems reasonably solid. G
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Mar 2022
10:31am, 24 Mar 2022
1,131 posts
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Will Crash
Hi,
I use a base model, in this case an Airfix army Merlin and then do loads of research. The customer on this build wanted a radar dome under the front of the fuselage. I built this from scratch using plastic discs. Markings were ordered from a specialist decal shop.
Glad you like her, but it was a right old faff
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Mar 2022
10:51am, 24 Mar 2022
41,827 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Do you ever put figures in for pilot, wince operator etc? My mate's dad was winch operator on RAF Search and Rescue here in Lossiemouth for years. He'd love a big yellow Sea King! G
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Mar 2022
7:12pm, 26 Mar 2022
1,132 posts
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Will Crash
Hey bud
Yep, I put figures in. Normally pilots, you can buy extra figures such as winchman from model shops
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Mar 2022
9:26am, 30 Mar 2022
41,895 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I can report that the 1/14th scale car was successful with the 3 year old grandson. And with granddad! I turned the throttle right down for him and we did some steering and driving around. Then he said, "Fast, fast!" and we did jumps and stuff and he loved that too! I think it's going to be pretty solid. And the two battery packs it comes with haven't even been recharged once yet!
My brother in law was round and said are these the cars you race? I said no, this was about £70 from China. Mine are about £1500 and precision engineered in Europe or USA! His jaw dropped! G
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May 2022
6:30pm, 2 May 2022
1,134 posts
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Will Crash
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May 2022
6:31pm, 2 May 2022
1,135 posts
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Will Crash
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