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The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:35 amby VH-WAL
It is pretty much done, as always no-where near perfect I had issues with the decals over complex curves and not quite fitting exactly in places, still not bad. Got sucked in by the decal instruction re the positioning of the entrance door outline on the fuselage! It should be miles down lower, still I am not going to get riled by it it would take a major operation to remove the incorrectly place outline. Why the High and Mighty? well even though it is the least good looking of postwar piston airliners but Ernest K Gann author of the High and Mighty and other great aviation books used to fly these for TAL, this looks pretty good in the cabinet.
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:39 amby hrtpaul
Very, very nice Wally. That looks amazing. Well done mate
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:55 pmby RayS
Very nice, I want one!
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:09 pmby Adam the Akrodude
Outstanding Wally! I never read this book of Gann's but thoroughly enjoyed "Fate is the Hunter".
Top marks once again on this build ol' chap!
Cheers
Adam
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:17 pmby kfutter
Well, that looks absolutely fantastic, Wal! So much better than the Minicraft one I'm working on. Colour me impressed.
Kev
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:35 amby Graeme H
Good one Wal
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:10 amby tor lives
She turned out just lovely Wal.....and what a great colour scheme. I wanna do one of these one day, only mine will be in Israeli Air Force (VIP) colours.
Good job Sir!!!!
TOR
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:01 amby VH-WAL
Thanks guys, loving this big bugger on the shelf, I am going through a propliner craze at the moment, just started rescribing a Heller L749, then when I get rid of the other crap on the bench (including Airfix Concorde - shudder) I might also start on my DC-7 conversion
Re: The High and Mighty, Transocean Stratocruiser 1/72
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:32 pmby F-27pax
That looks spectacular!! I'm looking forward to those other big models.
Leigh