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cjslman
Master Cruncher Mexico Joined: Nov 23, 2004 Post Count: 2082 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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ah... Formula 1 cars... I haven't built one of those in many a moon... but what do remember was the tremendous amount of decals that had to be applied to the model. Some F1 cars also have elaborate paint schemes to deal with.
----------------------------------------A great hobby... CJSL |
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Former Member
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yes but later in the meantime a present for you
I've followed the growth of Miniatur Wunderland for years. If you haven't seen it lately, check out this video This is truly world-class modeling: !! |
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cjslman
Master Cruncher Mexico Joined: Nov 23, 2004 Post Count: 2082 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Yes, thanks for the link. I really didn't realize that it had gotten that big. I always find it totally breathing taking. For the model train lovers out there, here's 5 of the biggest model railroad layout's in the world:
----------------------------------------5 of the World's Greatest Model Railways Happy modeling !!! CJSL |
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Hypernova
Master Cruncher Audaces Fortuna Juvat ! Vaud - Switzerland Joined: Dec 16, 2008 Post Count: 1908 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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These gigantic dioramas are always incredible. I visited some smaller ones that had also steam locomotives (with real steam engine).
----------------------------------------(Maybe off topic) My modeling passion is airplanes. Propeller airplanes, no jets. I built and flyed many radio control airplanes. Flying and airplanes has always been a passion since 6 years old when I built the first one with a little balsa wood some paper, and it was motorized with a rubber band a simple propeller. Materials later on were wood for the medium sized ones and fiberglass (kind of plastic ) for the large ones (up to three meters wingspan). Today you do not need to build anymore, you can buy everything ready to fly. The chinese build them. But when I was a teen-ager you had to do everything and start from scratch. Every airplane was a small multi-discipline engineering project. The two largest and the last ones I built were a De Havilland Beaver and North American Mustang P51-D. For the Beaver I published an article in a french model magazine. It took nearly a year to build each one. Unfortunately the Beaver crashed after many very realistic flights due to a radio interference problem. I sold the Mustang when I decided to stop (20 years ago), but I know that it has had a long carreer with a lot of successfull flying in the hand of the new owner. It is still existing but it does not fly anymore. With todays new technologies in R/C the crash of my Beaver would have been impossible. One day I will start again building and flying. It is only a matter of time. ![]() ![]() [Edit 1 times, last edit by Hypernova at Dec 15, 2011 8:20:36 AM] |
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cjslman
Master Cruncher Mexico Joined: Nov 23, 2004 Post Count: 2082 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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ah, yes... that does bring back some fond memories of my youth (sigh)... I too built a balsa and paper plane. It was a ton of fun and sure did learn a lot. Then I got a big balsa glider to build (probably 5 foot wing span). After finishing it, I found a big open space (no big trees or any power lines) and on it's maiden voyage (one impressive and excellent loop), it found the only small tree (4 foot tall) and it turned into balsa toothpicks
---------------------------------------- . Oh well... It's curious what makes us click... some people like static modeling (like myself) and others like flying their models (like you)... so long as we like our hobbies and it keeps out of trouble Thanks for sharing ! CJSL |
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