Calling any reports of a 1/72 Concorde sighting??

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September 20, 2004 at 10:18 am #86338
Andrew
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Has anyone seen this new beauty?

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Andrew
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September 21, 2004 at 2:57 am #98280
rwallach1
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Hannants has them in stock already.

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September 22, 2004 at 4:52 am #98294
Andrew
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Yes I saw them on the Hannants site Rick.

I was looking to see if anyone who had seen it to give us a briefing on the kit.

I’m sure we will here about it very soon!

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September 22, 2004 at 5:01 am #98295
rwallach1
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Andrew:

Check AMD back a few days. Dave Hannant posted a very interesting commentary on the kit when he first received it.

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September 22, 2004 at 6:29 am #98296
dream7e7liner
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rwallach1:

Thanks for the info. I have been searching for AMD’s web site unfortunately I just couldn’t find it. Could you please pass it to me ? Thanking you in advance.

Brend

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September 22, 2004 at 7:25 am #98297
rwallach1
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Brend:

It’s a Yahoo group; you have to register for it. Go to Yahoo.com and then go to groups, then type in Airlinermodelling. Yahoo can be a pain in the derriere with its advertisements and sign-in requirements, but it’s a pretty good group.

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September 24, 2004 at 11:10 am #98330
Andrew
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Here’s what a fellow named Andy on Hyperscale had to report on the kit.

Concorde
Wed Sep 22, 2004 07:57
81.157.107.28

Hi Hans,

Well as I said in a post a few days ago, it aint Tamagawa fit. I have assembled the tail and drooping nose sections and some filler was needed on the nose to keep the correct profile, the tail section went together with no problems.

The fuselage comes in 6 parts (tail section/centre fuselage/nose section) then there are 3 parts for the ‘drooping nose’ and a tail cone.
The nose and visor can be made to work !!!

The fuselage has 6 bulkheads to aid rigidity, one of which is the cockpit rear wall.

Clear parts are main cockpit windows (one piece) nose visor and 7 light lense parts. No passenger cabin windows are included. However, a tube of Clearfix is, along with a tube of cement, 11 pots of paint and 2 brushes. A stand is also provided consisting of 6 parts moulded in black.

Wings are made up of 5 parts, 2 upper wing halves, one piece centre section and 2 outer lower wing parts that are outboard of the engine nacelles. The nacelles being made up from 13 parts each.
The fuselage has small pegs to aid wing to fuselage joining, and small tabs to aid fuselage joining

The undercarriage has metal inserts to help support the model, complete with rubber tyres !!! (apparently help is on the way from the aftermarket boys)

Markings are for 3 British Airways Aircraft actually the same aircraft (G-BOAA)now located at the museum of flight at East fortune in Scotland.
B.A. 1976 – 1984
B.A. 1985 – 1997
B.A. 1998 – 2003
And loads of stencils for the airframe.

If you need more info please give me a shout

HTH

Andy

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Andrew
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October 4, 2004 at 2:48 am #98384
dream7e7liner
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For those showing interest on this beeeauuutyyy…

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2004/october/first-looks/airfix_concorde.php

Heller provides Air France decal sheet while Airfix provides British Airways decal sheet. It looks to be an interesting quick look of a long awaited release… mine is already ordered.

Ciao !

Selamat Datang !
October 5, 2004 at 9:29 pm #98399
dream7e7liner
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Check out those links… not what I was hoping for but at least we have a decent 1/72 Concord :

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/news/article.asp?data=9472685845_~d_20040929_035555_~t_Airfix_Concorde_@045_a_look_into_the_box_~a_Martin_Waligorski.xml

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/forums/index.php?s=058ba8b15147644792eed7bacdf020cc&act=Search&CODE=show&searchid=37c39767fec5363e78ad4f97566e9164&search_in=posts&result_type=topics&highlite=concorde

Regards, Brend

Selamat Datang !
October 6, 2004 at 7:48 pm #98406
Bas
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I am going to buy it!

In progress:
An-124 Volga-Dnepr
Daco 737-300 VARIG
Challenger CL-604
October 13, 2004 at 1:44 am #98456
nielsamd
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re: the Internetmodeler.com review:
“To make things even easier, Airfix has designed the kit for three possible display options: on its gear, on a stand, or hanging from thread.”

What sort of `hanging from a thread’ arrangement is Airfix catering for?

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October 27, 2004 at 5:39 am #98533
Christian
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Hi Andrew,

I bought the new Heller 1/72 Concorde kit on my last flying trip to Paris and I can tell it’s a real beauty. The decal sheet is pretty good for a Heller kit. Plus, they includes the log book of each Air France Concorde (Most memorables dates) They also includes a big stand and the wheels are actualy real rubber! The price was 53.00 euros (85$ Cn). I bought it from a boutique on Blv St0Germain in Paris called EOL.
See you!

Christian

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Christian
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