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05-29-2005, 11:55 AM
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How do resin kits differ from noraml plastic kits? And how do vacuform kits differ from normal plastic kits?
HElp would be greatly appreciated because ive seen several models of Italian lpanes which involve these processes 
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05-29-2005, 12:40 PM
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And how do vacuform kits differ from normal plastic kits?
| With a vacuform kit you have to cut the parts out from a plastic sheet, they can be a pain if you're not too good with an x-acto knife......
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05-29-2005, 01:56 PM
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Resin?
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05-29-2005, 04:15 PM
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Country:  | Speaking of kits my mates grandad tried doing a model of HMS Nelson but he had no patients and his eyesight was getting poor, so when I asked where the anti aircraft guns where he said "no no I remember it didn't have any they took em all off ". So I said what about the life boats why are they all missing he said "the crew have all gone ashore". And the propellers? "in for repair" 
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05-29-2005, 04:26 PM
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Country:  | Resin is normally used for detailed parts, as is etching and white metal
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05-29-2005, 04:34 PM
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Country: | Is is fairly easy to work with though? ie simple to glue etc?
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05-29-2005, 04:38 PM
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Country: | I've only worked with etching before out of those and it's very difficult to fold into the right shape, don't pt anykind of masking liquid on it either because it'll pull the etching off. And you need to use superglues
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05-29-2005, 04:42 PM
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Country: | Sounds easy enough. Ill get a cheap one first to see what its like before I buy the P.108...Thanks guys 
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05-29-2005, 05:42 PM
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Country: | I've done some resin kits from Czechoslovakia. Although very detailed. they could be very brittle. I don't know what caliber model you want to build, but detailing could be challenging.
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06-01-2005, 07:18 AM
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06-01-2005, 10:25 AM
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Country: | Did an RE-2005. This was a long time ago so I don't remember the mfg., but I still got about 150 kits stored. I used to trade with a fellow from Sternberk in the mid-late 1980s.
When I was building a lot of models I used to kit bash the old SMER kits and make all kinds of weird stuff.
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06-01-2005, 10:34 AM
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Country: | wow, from Český Šternberk. During the 80's? Tough red was here those times - did you have any problems with sending/reciving the mail? He probably had some, cause everything what was from West was suspicious - so the gifts you used to send him were checked out were closely by the secret service, I'd guess...
So you must know the awful crappy Kovozávody Prostějov (KoPro) models - like La-5FN in an A4 box, Po-2, etc... These were terrible. Now the KoPro company makes solid models, however, Smer is a classic one! 
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06-01-2005, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Pisis wow, from Český Šternberk. During the 80's? Tough red was here those times - did you have any problems with sending/reciving the mail? He probably had some, cause everything what was from West was suspicious - so the gifts you used to send him were checked out were closely by the secret service, I'd guess...
So you must know the awful crappy Kovozávody Prostějov (KoPro) models - like La-5FN in an A4 box, Po-2, etc... These were terrible. Now the KoPro company makes solid models, however, Smer is a classic one!
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Pisis | Oh yea - he used to "smuggle" letters to me wrapped inside the box liners. It took about 6 months for us to get our secret messaging system established. I smuggled him a book on Japanese WW2 Fighters. I actually placed another cover over the original and it got through! The guy flipped! He must of sent me 20 kits after that!
I guess in those days talking about WW2 and the Japanese was taboo. After the wall came down he sent me many revealing letters on the way things were there.
Oh yea, the old "KP" kits - crappy but a lot of fun (and frustrating) to build. If you make a KP kit look good, you were skilled! The SMER kits were great - always had a blast making them, especially the CR.32. Must of made 5 of them!
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06-01-2005, 11:26 AM
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06-01-2005, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese Why do you need 5 Cr.32's? | They're cool! I wish I could build a full size replica! I had 2 from the Spanish Civil War (Morato, Bermudez de Castro), 2 from Italy, and one from Austria. Long gone now 
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