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Post by Commodore on Mar 25, 2021 13:42:21 GMT -5
Just to summarize all mentioned here: The paint scheme for 920 is wrong, it was only ever used on 913. Full Stop. 920 had a paint scheme covering the whole roof black plus around the front windows plus most likely the grills. Because without proper preparation paint doesn't stick well to stainless steel, the paint was wearing off quickly. They did a better job later with the preparation of the green which seem to last better. But all that is easy to fix if you like it prototypical. What I found a bit of a disappointment is the prominent grills of the F7 are hardly visible on the model, but the openings are over-prominent. It appears its the reworked tooling or modeled on the F3, because the opening on the F7 were all rectangular without the two chamfered corners in the middle. Well, can be fixed too with some etched parts... The two chamfered corner openings that Gerd mentions were only found in the F3. F7 were all squared openings.
I'm sitting here with 8 new Santa Fe F7's with incorrect/ F3 grill openings
My plan is to use thinned Stuart Semple Ultra flat black to hide the angled opening and highlight the prominent early style grills.
Everything else about AZL's F7's are fine... although I returned the 4 WP F7's I'd bought because of this.
I'm sure the next batch will be correct and I'll buy them all. ...and if you rerun Santa Fe F3's (and if on these the warbonnet paint scheme matches the road numbers.) |
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Post by sjl on Mar 26, 2021 15:24:26 GMT -5
Well, I for one am greatly looking forward to the new Baldwin Sharknoses and the City of Everywhere sets next Thursday.
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Post by Commodore on Mar 26, 2021 16:11:49 GMT -5
Well, I for one am greatly looking forward to the new Baldwin Sharknoses and the City of Everywhere sets next Thursday. I’m here every day for the Alaska F7. I’ve seen it and want it! ....Then the Sharknose  |
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Post by Curn on Mar 28, 2021 12:05:44 GMT -5
The grills are actually really nice in person. Any concern with grill color can be taken care of with an ink wash. The grills are much better than what is on the alternative model.   |
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Post by Curn on Mar 28, 2021 12:09:57 GMT -5
Sorry; in downsizing the image, the grill detail got blurred. The original image looked like this:  |
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Post by Commodore on Mar 29, 2021 11:14:36 GMT -5
Sorry; in downsizing the image, the grill detail got blurred. The original image looked like this: View Attachment ...the part of the structure behind the grill that you’ve cropping out is the problem... it’s only correct for F3 |
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Post by cwrr on Mar 30, 2021 9:29:05 GMT -5
C'mon April, can't wait for the New Items!  |
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Post by sjl on Mar 30, 2021 9:43:27 GMT -5
C'mon April, can't wait for the New Items! City of Everywhere sets on Thursday! And the new Sharknoses! |
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Post by cwrr on Mar 30, 2021 13:35:22 GMT -5
C'mon April, can't wait for the New Items! City of Everywhere sets on Thursday! And the new Sharknoses!  |
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Post by Rob Albritton on Mar 30, 2021 16:12:13 GMT -5
C'mon April, can't wait for the New Items! I'm backed up a few days. Will not be April 1. No Fools. |
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Post by Curn on Mar 30, 2021 16:42:59 GMT -5
I'm backed up a few days. Will not be April 1. No Fools. You have no time to photoshop a Alaska F7 and list it as instantly sold out? |
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Post by sjl on Mar 30, 2021 17:01:58 GMT -5
C'mon April, can't wait for the New Items! I'm backed up a few days. Will not be April 1. No Fools. City of Everywhere .... ? |
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Post by markm on Mar 30, 2021 19:51:39 GMT -5
I'm backed up a few days. Will not be April 1. No Fools. City of Everywhere .... ? For April first shouldn’t it be the City of Nowhere? |
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Post by sjl on Mar 30, 2021 21:56:44 GMT -5
City of Everywhere .... ? For April first shouldn’t it be the City of Nowhere? Oh, the original is foolish enough for April. Two origin cities, three or four destinations, all in a single train made up of two dozen cars – what could possibility go wrong? |
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Post by sjl on Apr 1, 2021 12:02:03 GMT -5
I'm backed up a few days. Will not be April 1. No Fools. City of Everywhere .... ? Can't wait to see the new sets!   |
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