really.. this should be good.... let see if my local magazine store have them in stock... which i really doubt it...

anyway thanks for the info
and what is the frequency of their publication?weekly?


Kitech Brand is not very expensive..
Kiteh and Zhengdefu hmm.. let seee... i saw in The Store, they have Kitech 1:72 scale model kits selling for around RM25.. yesterday i was there, i saw they still have quite a few number of those kits... what i saw they have is hmmm... F14A, F14D, FA18, F22 Raptor, a couple of Helicopter... RA Comanche, Eurocopter Tiger, Apache, Cobra, And a couple of Tank from the World of tank series. ahh an also an aricraft Carrier Kitty Hawk.
and they have those in stock now

as for the Zhengdefu... i bought them last time for RM29.90 for the 1:48 scale.. now rarely see those brand anymore....

i think Trumpeter is definetely better then these two..


better start saving... i know i'm trying very hard to cut my spending.. so that maybe someday i can get my own set.. :hoping:

kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Nov 4 2005, 10:49 PM

life must be great to have a lot of high quality model... anyway to salvage those models? what scale are they?
the helicopter you refering to must be the Bell "Huey"
good model...

hmm.. i heard from someone that the Jaya Jusco/Parkson branch might have it
or any other supermarket.... but i noticed that not all Parkson have those in stock..

anyway... good hunting..

kuman

good review for a third class model kits..

i myself have been trying to find that Zvezda model for quite sometime... apparently it didnt make it to Malaysian shore for some reason..

i wish i can buy that Zhengdefu MIG model... its also quite hard to come by these days...

its not dying,... just going through a hiatus period.... maybe everyone is busy building their model kits somewhere..

kuman

model "IS" a toy... but this toy after we completed it we dont play with it.. we keep in our display cabinet..

on the other note....
i'm trying to source for Zvezda model kit at the scale of 1:72.. if everything is ok anyone want to joint?

i'm trying to get the Sukhoi SU-47 "Berkut" and the MIG 1.44 Multirole Fighter plus ome other Russian model kits... hope that everything going well..

i'll post here later if i got news about it..

kuman

i think i promise someone in here before that i'm going to get and show the cheap airliner.. so here it is..

ok.. this is my new acquisition of the airliner (commercial plane)

its very small.. i think scale 1:144.

i bought it for RM7.90... and its a British Airways Boeng 747 (i think)
and all the decal are painted on the model... and its a die cast model..

i think i saw there's a couple more model... hmm an Airbus and a Learjet..

i'm not really into Commercial Airliner.. so i bought this one just to show you guys,...

Specification
Scale: 1/144
Built: Die-Cast Metal
Model: British Airways
Brand: Majorette
Price: RM7.90

enjoy..

kuman

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no problem... no.. its not i've been conned.. i only bought it to show what they sell here.. and i'm not a commercial aircraft collector.. about the scale.. i'm guessing only... since its just too small....

yup.. we need more aircrft enthutiast in here ... do join us..

none taken..
like i said.. i'm just guessing the model type since no specific ino was given on the RM 7.90 model..

yup.. modelling can be an expensive hobby.. so slowly but steadily is the way to go..

kuman

ahh its the new Airbus A380 is it?
i heard that it coming to KLIA soon.. nice...

i think... clicking would be better.. since if too big.. some ppl might be turn-off by waiting... but if if all on the aster connection then i guess,, should be ok.. but for me.. maybe i prefer clicking..

kuman

i think MAS didnt bought that plane... they just here for the technical test of the plane... and see how KLIA able to accomodate that plane later on..
also an oppurtinity for KLIA to serve that plane later on...

that's what i think i read in the newspaper last time..

kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Nov 15 2005, 01:43 PM

i know that link does look very familiar... i think they got featured in The STAR InTech a couple of months back... because basically some people is taking photo of an unmarked airliner (Secret Service, CIA etc) and post it there.. cool..

this morning suppose the be the time when the A380 will make a couple of pass over KLIA area (low flying) before depart to Tolouse, France (IIRC)

so anyone going to be in the vicinity to take some shot to share with us..

i wonder if the A380 will make another visit during the LIMA05 this year?

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on the other note.....

i found this website from our local modeller who is specializing in modelling model of our RMAF (Royal Malaysia Air Force) aircraft...

also they have a link to an interim site for Malaysia Plastics Scale Modeller.. do give them a visit... these are the guys who always submit their work to the Aircraft Resource Center modellers especially on the 31 August every year

Wira Angkasa - RMAF Modellers

hmmm...

keep updating guys...

kuman

Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition

refer to here LIMA official site

a must see event for Aircraft enthusiast (i think)

6-11 December 2005 Langkawi...


BTW: MAS indeed is getting the Airbus A380 according to the newspaper today, they're going to receive the first batch in 2007 and making among the first airliner to use the A380


kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Nov 19 2005, 04:48 PM

hmm the Tiger.. is it the one from Europe of SOuth Africe.. i confused already.. :confuse:

i thought they always have fly-bys by the MIG-29 in the previous edition of LIMA..

so you went to all the previous LIMA everdying? do they sell aircraft model there?

you still can go but you'll have to make a day trip and maybe sleep by the ocean in tent laa...

last couple of year a couple of my friend did just that... since the event is on Saturday & Sunday so just go there on Saturday morning... tour all the sites and sleep on the beach with some camping gear they bring along.... but dunno if they allow that now..

also i heard in the news today that the goverment going to have a talk with the ferry company to extend their service hours during the week of the event so that many ppl can make a day trip to Langkawi and back on the same day...

i'm thinking of making a day trip there myself via Penang port.... see how it turn out and see if the wife willing to follow or not

kuman

welcome back.. :0

as for LIMA this year... i dunno for sure.. but hopefully to see the Sukhoi SU30MK since TUDM already have a plan to purchase some of this bad-boys for our usage..

and only if we can purchase those aircraft model that they have on display at the manufacturer's booth (that really BIG and details model) then i would be in heaven... imagine displaying those in your living room..

as for model kits... so no-one ever been to LIMA can confirm with us if they sell aircraft model over there during this event?

thanks

kuman


i found this ost in another foru... maybe by our fellow kelvw on his F-22 Raptor built-up... maybe we can see the steps on how he did it..

F22 Raptor Build-up by kel-vw

This post has been edited by kuman: Nov 23 2005, 10:21 AM

welcome to this subforum...

enjoy your stay..

Do you still into modelling? its understandable to have tons of kits but only 24hours a day to do a lot of things..

i think most of the modeller have the habit of buying but limited time to actually finish it.. (i'm one of them)

still stuck in building my F22-Raptor.... thanks to kelvw built-up guide i can really finish my build...(although its not going to be as great as his model)

with regards to magazine
i guess with each issue they have a detail cutaway & history of the featured aircraft?
maybe someone can actually scan a page and show it to us.. like a "pepatah" said - " Sharing Is Caring"

i'm a big fan of aircraft cutaways.... but just cant shell-out a couple of hundred RM to get a decent wall-mounted-framed-full-color cutaways to adorn my room wall... for now i settled with a black n white printed-cutaways..

anyway...

enough of my rant... ")

kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Nov 24 2005, 10:58 AM

welcome to your new hobby..

what plane is it?
have you completed the assembly and painting?

i read somewhere that we first must soak the decals in water before sliding it into place on the model...

i might be wrong...




hmmm.. i think if bought locally yes.. but if you get from online (HLJ) for example it would be a bit cheaper... for comparison..

Navy F4 Phantom II from Tamiya = RM30 ( Yen900 x 0.0329)

i'm planning to get that one together with some other stuff..

kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Nov 24 2005, 11:46 AM

that's just cool... just what i always wanted .. a detail cutaway... but alas.. i think its impossible to find it here in Penang.... hmmm

i already ordered yesterday....
i ordered 2 Macross model...
1/72 VF-0S Macross Zero
and
1/72 Macross Plus YF-19
well.. that was about all the purchase for this year.

dunno if i'm able to produce the end result as what they show on their site... but i'm gonna give it a try..
and somehow the YF-19 reminded me of that FA-37 Talon from the movie "Stealth" (not the EDI plane)
been trying to find the closest imitation to that plane.. hopefully this will do justice..

i'm sure.. but is it possible that the model you're talking about is this bi-wing Fairey Swordfish?

kuman


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if buy that one.. then all the time have to play with it..
i just want to build and put on display.. .. no time to play with it anymore..

i used to have that kind of transformable one..

...

now in my workbench is a F22-Raptor.. and on the line is a F14D Tomcat but from Kitech.. we'll see how the thing goes..

kuman

will do.. but my "in-progress" is not as detail as yours la kelvw..

now in the middle process already.. thing left need fixing is just the tail (which i'm going to wait until painting) and the missile...

i'm going to build an in-flight model since its very hard and impossible to fix the landing gear on this cheap kits...

we'll have to wait for the painting job...

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anyone know where i can purchase those Gundam Marker locally? thinking of getting them from HLJ.. but most of their marker already "backordered"... any idea? and this marker can be use with our aircraft model.. right?

thinking of using this to paint my cockpit..

kuman

so does anyone here know where we can find this FUTURE Floor Polish in Malaysia...

according to this site.. Complete Future we can find it in ACE Hardware store...

anyone have any luck finding it??

or any replacement for it? i know that the maker is Johnson Wax... maybe here in Malaysia they use other name.. can anyone verify??

thanks..

kuman

GAMECONN... really wish i can go ... but KL is just too far for me..
have a good time there Kelvw... post pics for us..

as for FUTURE..
they sell it as "future" label as well? cooll.. now i can try hunt for it in Makro or Tesco here..
and the important ingredients must be "arcyclic" right???

so you must have stock them up also, right?

as for canopies, just dip it straight away? no need to dilute it etc?


sure ka?? which CLEAR SPRAY? Windex?


thanks.. kuman

i dont think its dead.. i guess its undergoing a hiatus period... i for one very busy with work & reallife.. havent had a chance to get to finishing my YF-22A model yet.. thats why no updates...

just that i'm eagerly waiting for my Macross model-kits... maybe next week..

i'm thinking of ordering more but have to wait first.. already got around 10 unopened-unassembled kits lying around.. + 2 MAcross = 12 model-kits... someone is going to be VERY busy...

ohh.. by the way... on Saturday, i bough 2 more model.... MIG 31 & MIG 25 1/72 scale from... Kitech.. been looking for this kits for a while now..

anyway...


kool... waiting for the pics....



happy modelling...

kuman