Re: Wow... been away for a while and

eyeball wrote:
> On Aug 2, 12:37 pm, some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In article <6fikq2Fboq6...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Enzo Matrix"
>> <enz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> some...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> In article
>>>> <163baa1d-109e-4b04-acb1-b73809fea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> eyeball <eyeball2002...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> I just had fun doing a mild mod on an old 1/94 Lindberg F-4,
>>>>> mainly just reshaping the nose and painting it as the prototype.
>>>>> Accurate? Hell no, but fun. And finished in a matter of days.
>>
>>>> yep, them old kits is fun.
>>
>>> I have a Trumpeter 1/72 Gannet in my stash. I also have a couple of
>>> old FROG/NOVO Gannets in my Deep Stash. I'm considering building
>>> the Trumpeter and FROG kits together to see if I can make the FROG
>>> one match the Trumpeter one.
>>
>>> After that, I suppose I'll have to build a Revell Gannet just to
>>> make up the set!
>>
>> what if you have to work to make the trumpy as good as the novo?
>> couldn't it
>> be possible that the novo is more accurate shaped or better
>> detailed.?
>> what impresses me most about trumpeter is the price. thei kits look
>> like
>> other's kits. i don't see much blatant superiority.
>> too bad they don't do a 1/48 jn4.
>> trumpeter makes lots of mistakes....like on their ****ps...
>
> Trumpeter has a lot more fiddly bits and costs about a tank of gas.


Sixteen quid in the UK. At our current petrol prices that would pay for 
about a quarter of a tank.

You wouldn't like UK petrol prices.  The last time I filled up, petrol was

£1.19 per litre.  That is the equivalent of $8.85 per US gallon.



-- 
Enzo

I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.