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Ken Miller
Entex Pocket Pak kit and decal. Draw Decal windshield
1/310 scale
I meet some really great guys through modeling. I sold Sean (or Siân in Welsh) a really fantastic Amati 1/72nd scale U-Boat and when I met him at his place he was relaxing outside, having a smoke, sitting in front of his recently acquired vintage 1978 BMW. A real cool cat.
But when I stepped in his place the first things I noticed, as you can't miss them, are his excellently done 1/32nd scale B-17 and his 1/100th scale Entex Boeing 747 Jumbo jet, all 28 inches of it! This man makes big models.
But Sean's finest model is long gone. He made a 1/50th Artesania Latina French schooner. Luckily he had a picture. This one, "Le Hussard", was 29 inches long and main mast came in at nearly 22 inches. It came with hundreds of parts, both wood and metal. And it ain't cheap.
The copy reads: A schooner of the French navy in 1848, Le Hussard was armed with two rotating carronades, one at the stern and one at the bow. This armament, combined with good manouvrability made Le Hussard a feared adversary.
Very impressive, Sean, very impressive indeed.
Oh, the epilogue ... Sean sold this belle for well in excess of $1000 to a collector.
Yowzah!
My original Entex handheld "Defender," which I received for Christmas 1982, was the first video game playing device that I remember owning. Like many gifts from that same Christmas, it is long gone. Imagine my surprise this morning when I opened a gift from my wife containing a new (old) one. I'm going to relive the past while remembering the high score competitions that my dad and I used to have.
Started with this early 70s era hobby shop dead stock "Entex" 1/24 plastic model kit from Evilbay. I was impressed with the small box for a big model, the crispness of detail/body shape & lines compared to the modern Minicraft iteration on hopelessly shot toolings, and how everything was so neatly packed within the less than 12in/30cm long (roughly the size of a small loaf of bread), heavy cardboard box. Only thing is, the murky picture of a crudely built kit on the box inspires little confidence.
I sealed the hood/trunk due to marginal detail underneath, detailed the interior according to guidelines from Bring A Trailer auction archive listings for both these and S-series Bentleys in "standard steel" coachwork, did basic underneath/full curbside detail, used Elmer's Glue to glue in the glass, used real steel axles from the last dregs of a wrecked AMT promo model GMT400 Chevy in place of the stock brittle styrene ones, replaced the decaying natural rubber tires with AMT Firestone Super Cushions, and detailed it in a very fitting color scheme of Humbrol Acrylic Spray "sterling silver" with vermilion red pinstripe/wheel discs and a well detailed 2-tone red interior with felt "shag carpeting", hand painted woodgrain, detailed gauges/radio/switches and US/CDN (NADA in Britspeak) lighting. Finished it off with an era correct California press photographer plate.
18th International Trade Fair Interplastica 2015
Photography taken at the Interplastica 2015 Exhibition
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Интерпластика 2015
18-я международная специализированная выставка пластмасс и каучуков
с 27 по 30 января 2015
Россия, Москва, Краснопресненская наб., 14 ЦВК «Экспоцентр»
Павильоны 1, 3, 8 , «Форум»
Фотографии (репортаж) с выставки Интерпластика 2015
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interplastica is the industry’s most important trade fair for Russia and the region:
* almost 700 exhibitors from 32 countries
* about 19,000 visitors from Russia and the CIS state
* net occupancy of 12,565 square metres
* 93% of the exhibitors will participate in this fair in the future
* 95% of the visitors are completely satisfied with reaching the objectives
* held annually alongside UPAKOVKA / UPAK ITALIA
Pong del año 1976 (USA), se puede jugar hasta 2 player´s, posee un contador manual y utiliza 4 pilas C.
Lo restaure, ya que estaba en muy mal estado, actualmente esta funcionando y esteticamente impecable.
Has it been about a year since I actually FINISHED a model? Sad ...
So I chose this minimalist Academy kit with all of 19 parts to shake the rust off. Which would have been fine and good if the decals hadn't broken into more than 20 pieces. That thin blue decal down the length of the Galaxy gave me fits and took forever to reposition all the wee bits.
But, as always, I'm happy. This was a former Entex "Air Giants" kit. Fuji also produced this kit, the first version IIRC. Straight out of the box and painted with a hairy stick.
By the way, the Galaxy is one of the largest aircraft in the world, capable of lifting 135 tons! First produced from 1968 to 73, the first wave, 81 C-5As were made. Starting back up in 1985 (to 89) another 50 were added. The USAF plans to have 52 of these behemoths still flying in 2017.