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Re: Are there any plastic modelers out there ?

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...

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Re: Are there any plastic modelers out there ?

yes but later in the meantime a present for you smile

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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Re: Are there any plastic modelers out there ?

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 !!!

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Re: Are there any plastic modelers out there ?

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 biggrin ) 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. smile
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Re: Are there any plastic modelers out there ?

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 sad. 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 tongue

Thanks for sharing !

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