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Kit has been released. Received my copy yesterday

Ah my bad. The Snowman kit is not out yet.

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It has been released. My LHS has just received stock.

Nice work so far! Quick tip on how to deal with the MLG installation. You can modify the central portion of the MLG gear door to slide in after painting is completed. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the kind comments everyone!

Presenting my rendition of the Academy A-10C. The well-engineered kit was built rather easily. I spruced things up a bit by adding the instrument panel, ACES II ejection seat, gun muzzle, weighted wheels, intakes and exhausts from DEF Model. I also added some hydraulic piping to the main landing gear legs using tin solder. Decals were from the now-discontinued Speed Hunter Graphics Digital Hogs sheet. The model here represents one of the many Hogs of the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group which were deployed to Incirlik Air Base during Operation Inherent Resolve. Painted with Mr Colour lacquers and weathered with oils, enamels and AK Weathering Pencils. Hope you enjoy the photos!

Thanks all for the kind words!

Thanks all for your kind comments!

More photos And a little tribute to the original artists

A rare "what-if" project from me. Tamiya 1/48 F-35A done up in markings of the 18th Aggressor Squadron based at Eielson AFB, Alaska. Scheme was inspired by profiles drawn up by Sean Hampton and Scott Brown of Afterburner Decals found in this article: https://theaviationist.com/2020/09/10/these-are-some-of-the-designs-submitted-for-the-new-aggressors-f-35-color-scheme/ Decals were self-drawn. Painted with Mr Hobby lacquers and weathered with oils and enamels. Seat was a 3D printed set from Mini Craft Collection.

That's one way of looking at it. But in this case money has already been transferred so it is understandable that the shop owner is anxious his emails are not answered.

No reason why emails are being ignored if it is a shipping/customs issue.

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

A local hobby shop said that they placed an order for books directly from HMH Publications back in Sep 2023. However, they have not received any reply from them. Can anyone here confirm if the company is still in business? Link to post by M Workshop: https://www.facebook.com/themworkshop/posts/863919865531755?__cft__[0]=AZXWRVqy7_msbqdqDW0naHeJbvn-juDs2InQNpyyU33guYdoVKlroauRlyKbidIbDNQc0xSVscmoK8yXMDflf2U2ZfSHjmVNL5Wx-cabp8nL8auVyiMpaO9eyyfAMbk_Uwrowqsw400Ge-AbEHxV4D_qbI6agDcScijs2hULspXcwVYKDo_uqpXSk9ve97H_dsc&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R Thanks.