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Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 07:46 PM UTC
Roden announces a new Type B WWI Bus "Pigeon Loft"
A British bus from the First World War, specially modified to transport communication birds (primarily pigeons) in order to deliver important messages from military units in combat areas directly to command headquarters.
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Wondering how they are going to depict the fencing of the actual cages in this scale... Has nothing to do with it being a very cool subject! I like it it a lot!
SEP 16, 2020 - 09:18 PM
I really like this and wish that it was offered in 1/35 where you can finally have the details that it cries for -like pigeons, for example.
SEP 18, 2020 - 12:03 PM
This is neat. Guess I’m dating myself with this over-used word, but it’s really neat. I too would like to see it in 1/35 scale (Roden does have a habit of pantographing though so maybe someday?). What would really be neat is if it came with PE for the screens, and a few miniature pigeons. In fact, I’d like to see a few birds in 1/72 and 1/35. VR, Russ
SEP 18, 2020 - 12:55 PM
Hummingbirds????
SEP 18, 2020 - 06:40 PM
Hummingbirds????[/quote] Ha ha, no, I think in 1/72 or even 1/35, you’d need a microscope to see an “avian helicopter“. I have two projects I’d like to see some birds for— one is a 1/35 M-19 in Korea with a bird sitting on the end of one of the gun tubes. The other is an F3F on a carrier deck with a seagull or pelican on the wingtip in 1/72 scale. I haven’t found suitable birds (Tamiya makes some in one of their livestock sets) and a few other manufacturers make them, but I haven’t really found any that are realistic enough in a small scale. Thought maybe Roden would do a few for this kit. Model RR manufacturers have some, but again, between the scale differences and casting, they’re not very appealing. VR, Russ VR, Russ
SEP 19, 2020 - 07:48 AM
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