Airfix SA-2

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Re: Airfix SA-2

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Thanks Tim,
there is quite a fair bit of extra work gone into the build, both on the tractor unit and trailer.
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Re: Airfix SA-2

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A really cracking job Tony. It's a real shame that this kit has never been re-released assuming, of course, that the moulds still exist.

A gap in the market for someone with a 3D printer perhaps?? ;-)
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Re: Airfix SA-2

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Dazzled wrote: December 13th, 2022, 6:03 pm A really cracking job Tony. It's a real shame that this kit has never been re-released assuming, of course, that the moulds still exist.

A gap in the market for someone with a 3D printer perhaps?? ;-)
Yes Daz,
perhaps there is. Thank goodness I found that kit to build.
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Re: Airfix SA-2

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Sharp indeed. The workmanship on the vehicle and the missile were straight to the point.
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BB, there was a fair amount of ‘old school’ enhancements in this build - eg: the replacement ‘reinforced fuelling pipes’ were lead wire (solder iirc) with inner strands of copper wire from a discarded ethernet cable wound around it to create the ‘ridges’- it made it easy to bend into shape along the trailer etc.
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