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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 8 2017, 02:23 AM (1,329 Views) | |
| Paul Boyer | Feb 8 2017, 02:23 AM Post #1 |
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Did you see this? https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1030608-val...n-b-45a-tornado Gotta be better than the Mach 2 injection-molded-cheese kit! |
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| datguy | Feb 8 2017, 03:05 AM Post #2 |
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Great day in the morning! Let's hope it is true... Great day in the morning - Coelecanth! |
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| kingofmen | Feb 8 2017, 06:07 AM Post #3 |
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I can't tell you how many times I've opened the Mach 2 box, given it some serious thought, then returned it to the stash. Nor can I tell you how many times I've whined and moaned about there being no long-run injected B-45. Valom kits do have their idiosyncracies, like ill-fitting clear bits (ironically, non-clear clear bits is one of the problems with Mach 2 as well) but I think a Valom B-45 will be a much better launching point than a Mach 2 kit. Good on ye, Valom! |
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Kevin Callahan Auburn WA USA Visit the re-energized 72 Land blog at http://72land.blogspot.com/ All hail 1:72! | |
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| stimpy | Feb 8 2017, 01:24 PM Post #4 |
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Is It Safe?..... Nope
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Like to build that, an Il-28 beagle with 4 engines, a successful plane unlike the B-25 which was a bit of a let down. The similarities are striking. |
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| Harold K | Feb 8 2017, 02:35 PM Post #5 |
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I found the B-45 to be one of Mach 2's better (i.e., more build-able) kits. Somehow I don't see one from Valom being so much better as to get exercised about it. Your mileage may differ
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| Chuck1945 | Feb 8 2017, 04:31 PM Post #6 |
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Hero
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I only have a vac B-45 kit, still languishing away in a box of kits, probably in my garage. This one could tempt me ... |
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Chuck Eastern WA, USA Finished 2018: Eduard Spitfire IXc, VIII, Monogram/Starfighter BFC-2 On the active bench: Eduard Bf 110C, Hasegawa B-24D, SH P-40E | |
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| woody | Feb 8 2017, 08:30 PM Post #7 |
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Hero
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Me too Chuck. Cheers, Woody |
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| cabuji1 | Feb 10 2017, 03:16 PM Post #8 |
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The B-45 has been on my wish list forever. It was just yesterday I was holding my almost completed Mach 2 product. I remember the extreme difficulty in its construction. A while ago I asked the at person at Valom of the possibility of producing a B-45. His response was most promising. THANKS Valom You're number 1 !!!!!! |
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| J.C. Bahr | Feb 11 2017, 08:28 PM Post #9 |
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Hopefully they're planning an RB variant and I dearly hope they don't manage to muck something up like they did the fuselage of their B-26. |
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J.C. Bahr "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" - Leonard Nimoy | |
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| dknights | Feb 11 2017, 11:13 PM Post #10 |
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The court of LAST RESORT!
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I had the Mach 2 kit and sold it. Just couldn't climb that mountain. I have to think this will be better. (From my keyboard to the modeling gods' ears.) |
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David M. Knights Fortes fortuna adiuvat 14 Finished: Special Armor V-2, Airfix P-51 15 Finished: SBS Gladiator engine 16 Finished: Brengun C2 Wasserfall, Merit SS-N-2 Styx, World's smallest diorama, Airfix Hurricane. 17 Finished: Japanese Carrier Deck, 18 Finished: NONE The bench:Platz T-33, Trump. T-34/85, Meng F-106, Airfix P-51 #2, Airfix P-40 Revell MiG-21F-13, Ace Citroen V-11 | |
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| Harold K | Feb 12 2017, 01:31 AM Post #11 |
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The RB's were all C models with tip tanks and an air refueling receptacle. If the initial release is indeed an A as the box art indicates, no (accurate) recon variant will come of it. Now, an RB-45C with RAF markings would be a nice follow-on ... |
| Box-shaker; hater of all things resin and photoetched. | |
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| dknights | Feb 12 2017, 03:24 AM Post #12 |
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Molded correctly, they should be able to do multiple variants pretty easily. They would be smart to. |
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David M. Knights Fortes fortuna adiuvat 14 Finished: Special Armor V-2, Airfix P-51 15 Finished: SBS Gladiator engine 16 Finished: Brengun C2 Wasserfall, Merit SS-N-2 Styx, World's smallest diorama, Airfix Hurricane. 17 Finished: Japanese Carrier Deck, 18 Finished: NONE The bench:Platz T-33, Trump. T-34/85, Meng F-106, Airfix P-51 #2, Airfix P-40 Revell MiG-21F-13, Ace Citroen V-11 | |
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| Mark Schynert | Feb 12 2017, 04:45 AM Post #13 |
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Mostly, Valom does multiple variants when they exist. IIRC, the RB-45C was the only variant to see combat in Korea, so it'd be a little odd to skip that. |
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| Harold K | Feb 12 2017, 03:06 PM Post #14 |
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Yes indeed on both counts. Mach 2 provides the tip tanks for the C; IIRC they simply slipped on over the wingtips with no need for any plastic surgery. Of course, you need the solid nose as well. That three RB-45Cs went to Korea (of which one was shot down over the Yalu and the fact not admitted for about 50 years) is the only reason I was able to build one. My criteria are rather anal :rolleyes: |
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| Greenshirt | Feb 12 2017, 03:19 PM Post #15 |
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Tim Holland, Southern MD - USA
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I now know which one I want to do. Was thinking of doing the RAF one but the single loss in Korea is it. Question will be, do I buy the B-45A in expectation of a conversion, or wait and hope for the RB-45C? |
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Tim Holland I'm a "green shirt" because I work on the carrier's flight deck and maintain US Navy aircraft. Safe sorties are my life so we can be anywhere, anytime -- from the Sea. http://greenshirt-modeler.blogspot.com/ | |
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