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

On Aug 3, 1:21=A0am, "Enzo Matrix" <enz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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
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<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.
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> >>> After that, I suppose I'll have to build a Revell Gannet just to
> >>> make up the set!
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> >> 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...
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> > Trumpeter has a lot more fiddly bits and costs about a tank of gas.
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> 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. =A0The last time I filled up, petrol
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was
> =A31.19 per litre. =A0That is the equivalent of $8.85 per US gallon.
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> --
> Enzo
>
> I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

I'd be too busy driving on the wrong side of the road to notice ;)