wnw Felixstowe

[ALBATROS1234]

hey bud was the "CHiP", "Ponch"? If so you coulda probably bribed him. i'm sure hes broke. seriously though that sux. i always knew the day would come when they could calculate your speed when they are moving . guess you could sell me some of those rare 1/48 stuff we were talking about. just kidding. at this point i have almost every kit i want bar a few that are impossible to get.

[eindecker]

Once rode with a CHP friend out of Folsom. Ten years ago they used portable speed acquisition gear. GPS synced through a CHP drone will be next. Gave my CHP friend my built Tamiya P-47 Razorback but never got him that interested in modeling.

Sorry to hear about your Felixstowe. Mine's been shipped (Sorry I had to say that…)

[Nigel Jackson]

Oh Bud, sorry to hear this!!! You'll have special reason for remembering this when you you do get the Felixstowe and with each drop of glue you apply. Now if only WNW had brought out a BE2 or a Camel instead.

Best wishes
Nigel

[Dirigible-Al]

Hi Bud
I gone pulled doing 40 along a 30mph. It was a dual carriagway that was 40 and I did not realise the limit had gone down. I made light of it and was able to swap a few jokes with the cops, they said with regret they still had to do me though. What I did to cover the £60 fine was ban myself from buying any food/snacks from petrol stations (an unessesary habit). Since doing this I have probably made/saved enough to buy the entire WNW range so in the long run I have gained from my fine.
Alan.

[eclarson]

Woo hoo!  Just got the ship notice for mine.  Now to see if it can make it to Akron, Ohio by next Wednesday.   

Eric

[coyotemagic]

Guys, thank you for your sympathy, which is truly undeserved.  I got exactly what I had coming to me.  A few months ago, Carol got her first speeding ticket ever and I was relentless in teasing her about it.  Told her we should erect a plaque on the spot to commemorate the event, called her a criminal, told her the cop probably just pulled her over 'cause she's so hot, and so on.  You get the gist.  Might not be a good idea to broach the subject of adopting a giant, pet airplane for a while.  Besides, I really do drive way too fast most of the time.  I just love speed.  Well, I reckon it's time to slow down a bit.  I mean, it's not like a own a Ferrari convertable.  I drive an old Ford F150.  I should be driving like all the other old farts that live around here.
Cheers,
Bud

[Dol]

I had said that the Felixstowe is too expensive and too big for me, so .................................................I ordered one. 
You know what ? I'm happy 

[pepperman42]

Pepperman said of my post above: "My math says thats three business days" in response to my post re slow shipping of my order from the 10th. fact is in Australia and NZ it's Tuesday so this is the fifth business day, if you want to get pedantic about it.

Point is, Wingnuts had a postal Christmas cutoff deadline for Australia of 15 December and I ordered well before then and all I've heard is a big silence. So that said, I hope people waiting on a Felixstowe delivery for Christmas don't get their hopes up too much. Happy to be proved wrong.

Yes I know Wingnuts are good for the order and are trusted vendors etc etc. Thats not the point here. Their former legendary shipping speed has fallen off alarmingly. I've had model items arrive faster from England now than from NZ.

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia

....so 5 days not a week  lighten up!!!

[Dave W]

Thanks Pepperman. I'm well lightened up but thanks for your concerns. Just launched into a Roden 1/32nd SE5a Wolseley Viper model to remind myself there's much more to the modelling world than Wingnuts

Warmest regards and a Merry Christmas

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia

[Des]

Looking forward to seeing build photos of your Roden SE.5a David, the 1:32 scale WW1 aircraft kits produced by Roden are not too bad and build up to be nice looking models, I especially like their DH.2, the SSW D.III and the Sopwith Triplane.

Des.

[RAGIII]

Thanks Pepperman. I'm well lightened up but thanks for your concerns. Just launched into a Roden 1/32nd SE5a Wolseley Viper model to remind myself there's much more to the modelling world than Wingnuts

Warmest regards and a Merry Christmas

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia

I hope you plan to post a build log. My next WW1 project is the Roden SE5a! I would love to be able to steal/share ideas 
RAGIII

[the great waldo]

I had said that the Felixstowe is too expensive and too big for me, so .................................................I ordered one. 
You know what ? I'm happy 

I,ve got a horrible feeling i'm going to be doing the same.

Cheers

Andrew

[Dave W]

"I hope you plan to post a build log. My next WW1 project is the Roden SE5a! I would love to be able to steal/share ideas 
RAGIII"

Hi RAG III. One point I would offer up front about the Roden 1/32nd SE5a is the Roden instructions are basic/ somewhat vague re parts placement and downright confusing at times.

My solution is to have the Wingnut Wings SE5a instructions on the bench as a more reliable parallel reference. The WNW SE5a instructions are available for free download from: http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/productdetail?productid=3&cat=4 and can also be downloaded in Pdf format.

Although the Wingnut kit is a Hispano-engined SE, much of the instructions applies to colours and detail of the Roden kit too, especially the colour calls. Wingnut kit instructions are the world's best.

Roden kits have been unfairly shunted aside in modellers' minds by the WNW models but this is unfair. They are a modeller's model and quality is remarkably high given the constraints a small Ukrainian company faced. Well worth making and some of their choices- Siemens Schuckert D.III, Albatros D III, Nieuports, Spads etc have still not been done by Wingnuts.

And now we return to normal programming and a panel discussion on the merits of the Wingnuts Felixstowe and whether it is of sufficient size to house the family cat or small dog....

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia

[fredjocko]

Received word Monday that my Felixstowe was shipped. I waited a couple of days before I checked its status and for five days it still says picked up and it's in transit to the post office. I was hoping it would be a Christmas present, oh well. At least it is on its way, hopefully.

[jknaus]

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia

Ooohhh Gold Coast. What beautiful scenery there. Went swimming on one of the beaches on a day off while on TD at RAAF Amberly way back in time. Almost emigrated there but I got a posting to Germany instead:)
James