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Post by biglamp » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:07 pm

recently purchased an F/A18 made by witty wings.
Die-cast in 1/72nd scale.quite heavy,but excellent quality for about £20

as an idea,i am going to repaint mine ( F/A18,F15 and F16 ) and use up some RAF decals

thinking about 56sqn on an F15 :O

will show some photo's if anyone interested.

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Re: Witty wings

Post by tc2324 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:34 am

Always good to see a `code 3` peice of diecast so post away..... :)
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Post by viper3111 » Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:49 pm

Im not realy into die casts, but on reading your post I have looked into them. I couldnt believe the detail in them, I look forward to seeing some on here. If necassary I will put a die cast section on for them if more people are interested. :thumb:

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Post by tc2324 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:58 am

I think having a small Diecast section would be a great idea Viper. :thumb: Diecast collecting is becoming a big thing nowadays for those of us who just don`t have the time to fiddle with little bits of plastic. :lol:

Of course, providing I`m not breaking any rules with this info, anyone can go to the Aviation Diecast Forum and have a look around.
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Post by viper3111 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:25 pm

As requested I have put this section for all you die cast collecters to post away, Im not in to this but I look forward to seeing your colections here.
Usual forum rules apply

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Post by tc2324 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:56 pm

Well, I know some of you die hard `plastic fans` may have nasty thoughts about us `metal heads` :P :lol: , but as it`s a new section I thought I would start the ball rolling and post some pics of my diecast collection. Got well over 100 models now and here are a select few all in their relevent themes.

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And if you want to get really `geeky` :blush: heres a pic of a Spit at North Weald. Have a guess at my low tech approach for this pic.... :whistle:

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Hope you enjoy. :pop:
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Post by awacsfan » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:39 pm

Impressive collection!
I only have two 1/72 diecast (I'll try to post a picture tomorrow) but about 15 or 20 at the 1/400 scale (still boxed up due to lack of display possibilities).
Cheers

Andy

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Post by viper3111 » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:14 am

Many thanks for starting the ball rolling, I perticulaly like your bottisham mustang coded E2-S this aircraft was Urban drews 'spare' as well as 'detroit miss' :thumbs:

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Post by tc2324 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:45 pm

Was playing around with the diecast the other day sorting out some diorama themes and came up with these. Hope you like.

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Post by viper3111 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:13 pm

Certainly different, but it's not a hen (sorry Ive been watching to much QI on Dave)
The shot with the lighting is excellent, Ive never seen models displayed or photographed like that before :thumbs: I hope we see some more.

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Post by HighlandSniper » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:25 pm

What make is the Harrier GR7 please?

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Post by tc2324 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:54 pm

HighlandSniper wrote:What make is the Harrier GR7 please?

Hobbymaster. You can get these on Ebay quite easily at the moment but you may want to hold off for a bit as Hobbymaster are going to release a second RAF Harrier in the near future that will be even more acurate so I`m told.
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Post by HighlandSniper » Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:10 pm

Many thanks, I'll keep an eye open for those - if you hear of a new release, please post a "heads up".

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Post by panther494 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:37 pm

HERE'S A CODE 3 CENTURY WINGS A-7P
i made this for a portugese customer :)its converted from an A-7E


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Post by viper3111 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:42 pm

That is impressive, please excuse my ignorance as I don't know much about diecasts but what is a 'code 3' is it the make or a specification

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Post by panther494 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:51 pm

it is when you take a standard production model of the diecast manufacturer and convert
ie new markings,paintjob,weapons etc

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Post by viper3111 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:03 pm

Many thanks, I never thought of doing that to one of those but I do it all the time to my kits with resin's,brass and decals. This is more interesting than I gave credit for. I hope we will see some more on here :thumbs:

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Post by tc2324 » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:44 pm

A big piece and a smaller piece of Russian metal turned up today so all you anti communists should look away now.....

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And a `heritage` shot to finish up....

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Post by johnnyboy » Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:47 pm

I thought I would post another picture of the Harrier GR7 from Hobbymaster along with a few of the F105 which I consider is possible contender for diecast of the year
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Post by awacsfan » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:49 pm

Here's a small selection of my diecasts. While the majority of them (1/400 scale) is "stashed away" in file cabinets due to insufficient display space, my only two 1/72 scale and 1/500 AWACS made it into a small mirror/glass display case.

Corgi's 1/72 USAF F-4 Phantom on the left and the AWACS on the right

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Second Corgi 1/72 RAF Buccaneer

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Close-up of the 1/500 Herpa AWACS selection

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I realized that it's kind of difficult to photograph into a mirror display case with a flash light :whistle: - all those were done with a point and shoot a while ago. Just came across them again tonight. One day I hope to be able to display my entire 1/400 diecast collection but I'm lacking the necessary display case and floor space at this time.

Thanks for looking
cheers

Andy

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