1/1 scale boat kit... Serious!

hill...@gmail.com

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Jan 5, 2010, 2:10:35 AM1/5/10

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Ran across this one today, thought about
all of you guys who get mad when I talk
about 1/72 scale being God's Own Scale.

Got a bit of a laugh and thought I'd post
the link. Have fun!

http://www.funis2cool.com/cool/toysrus-real-size-boat-model-kit.html

som...@some.domain

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Jan 5, 2010, 2:40:31 AM1/5/10

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of course we do. those damn 1/72 guys have some strange beliefs and beautiful
cars.

eyeball

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Jan 5, 2010, 8:17:23 AM1/5/10

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On Jan 5, 2:40 am, some...@some.domain (some...@some.domain) wrote:

> In article <5cc4e1d6-70fc-4e9f-9ac2-8dd02d721...@a15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, "hill4...@gmail.com" <hill4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> of course we do. those damn 1/72 guys have some strange beliefs and beautiful
> cars.

Scary how well you know me!

jaf

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Jan 5, 2010, 9:34:29 AM1/5/10

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<hill...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5cc4e1d6-70fc-4e9f...@a15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...

Looks fake (CGI) to me.

Why does it not list toward the outboard motor?

John

John McGrail

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Jan 5, 2010, 4:38:12 PM1/5/10

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On 2010-01-05, jaf <m...@here.com> wrote:
>
><hill...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5cc4e1d6-70fc-4e9f...@a15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> Ran across this one today, thought about
>> all of you guys who get mad when I talk
>> about 1/72 scale being God's Own Scale.
>>
>> Got a bit of a laugh and thought I'd post
>> the link. Have fun!
>>
>> http://www.funis2cool.com/cool/toysrus-real-size-boat-model-kit.html
>
> Looks fake (CGI) to me.

It's an art installation. More info can be found at the artist's site ...

http://michaeljohansson.com/works/toysrus_dinghy.html

>
> Why does it not list toward the outboard motor?

I'm guessing with welding and such going on, he likely gutted the
interior of the "parts". In the case of the motor, who wants to weld
near gas?

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frank

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Jan 6, 2010, 7:21:42 PM1/6/10

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Here's a 1/1 Airfix Spitfire: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8327914.stm

Rufus

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Jan 6, 2010, 9:01:19 PM1/6/10

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...talk about sniffin' glue!

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hill...@gmail.com

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Jan 7, 2010, 3:29:28 AM1/7/10

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On Jan 6, 6:21 pm, frank <famvb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a 1/1 Airfix Spitfire:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8327914.stm

All I can say is, "Wow..." Woulda loved to have been
one of those kids. I noticed that, although the single
parts had excellent detail (ie, the pilot), the kit as a
whole was lacking in comparison to similar kits from
the asian manufacturers...

Aw, c'mon! SOMEONE had to say it!

I loved watching the video and hope that Airfix does
similar things in the future. Cool beans!

-ahill

Nigel Heather the-heathers.co.uk>

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Jan 8, 2010, 5:51:31 PM1/8/10

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The model was an exact copy of the first injection kit released by Airfix.

The pilot did get special treatment. It was done by creating a mould of
James May (the present - also presents Top Gear) wearing an RAF pilot gear.

Altogether pretty spectacular - they did have to put a ribbing structure
inside the wings so that they wouldn't droop.

But other than that all the parts were scaled up replicas of the original
1/72 kit and glued together and painted by the children.

Fantastic series (James May Toy Stories) if you get a chance to see it.

Cheers,

Nigel

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Uffe B�rentsen

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Jan 8, 2010, 6:08:21 PM1/8/10

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"Nigel Heather the-heathers.co.uk>" <nigel@<NO_SPAM> skrev i en meddelelse
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> The model was an exact copy of the first injection kit released by Airfix.
>
> The pilot did get special treatment. It was done by creating a mould of
> James May (the present - also presents Top Gear) wearing an RAF pilot
> gear.
>
> Altogether pretty spectacular - they did have to put a ribbing structure
> inside the wings so that they wouldn't droop.
>
> But other than that all the parts were scaled up replicas of the original
> 1/72 kit and glued together and painted by the children.
>
> Fantastic series (James May Toy Stories) if you get a chance to see it.

Next thursday here in DK :-)

And I enjoyed his build of the Lego house.

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Mad Modeller

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Jan 9, 2010, 2:07:45 AM1/9/10

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som...@some.domain wrote:> <pre wrap>In article
<5cc4e1d6-70fc-4e9f...@a15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
"hill...@gmail.com" <hill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> </pre><blockquote type=cite><pre wrap>Ran across this one today,

thought about
> all of you guys who get mad when I talk
> about 1/72 scale being God's Own Scale.
>
> Got a bit of a laugh and thought I'd post
> the link. Have fun!
>
> http://www.funis2cool.com/cool/toysrus-real-size-boat-model-kit.html

> </pre></blockquote><pre wrap>

> of course we do. those damn 1/72 guys have some strange beliefs and
beautiful
> cars.
>

> </pre></body>
> </html>
> </html>

You see my car lately? Now that's a weathering job!

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr

Mad Modeller

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Jan 9, 2010, 2:13:20 AM1/9/10

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Can you imagine how hard it was to clip the parts off the sprues!

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Uffe B�rentsen

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"Mad Modeller" <vze3...@verizon.net> skrev i en meddelelse
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I would call that a washing job.

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