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Number Two: "Du mußt Amboß oder Hammer sein." Number Six: "You must be Anvil or Hammer". Number Two: I see you know your Goethe. Number Six: And you see me as the anvil? Number Two: Precisely. I am going to hammer you. -- The Prisoner, "Hammer into Anvil" Then Achilles, in a fury, said to his horse: "Xanthus, why do you prophesy my death? There is no need. I know well enough I'm fated to die here, far from my loving parents. No matter. I will not stop till I have driven the Trojans to the limit of what they can endure in war." -- Homer, The Iliad, Book XIX Well, this is probably a terrible idea, but I'm going to try it anyway. At the start of this year, I had exactly two P-40 kits, the Sword Kittyhawk III double boxing. Because of this Group Build, I found seven more in my possession after I blacked out for a spell, so now I have to build them or perish, not least of all because my wife is starting to wonder why my stash seems to keep growing if I'm not buying anything. My intent is to build all eight aircraft as Mediterranean-based P-40s, which will require some scrounging, as the double kits only have enough regular roundels for one aircraft each. I'm going to use the spare Legato decals (supplemented by some from Cookenbacher) to build the Hasegawa kit as either J F "Eddie" Edward's machine or Clive Caldwell's sharkmouth. I'm polishing off three 109s elsewhere, but hope to get to work this weekend.
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Not seen any mention of this here, ran across this elsewhere and checked threads on Hyperscale and ARC, the short being, while Eduard's new Bf109G makes a very nice and detailed model, 1/48th it's not, scaling out at 1/45 or 1/46th. while not sounding much, it's enough to make it look to big with other 109 models.... as this has been being hyped to the heavens by Eduard, I think this worth mentioning, OK, some relevant threads http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1400415974/Eduard+109+bringing+it+all+together- http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1400370807/Adding+fuel+to+the+fire%2C+perhaps-+An+interesting+fuselage+photo+comparison this one is a mess, but has posts by Mansur Mustafin, who did the research for the Zvezda Bf109F, rated as the best 1/48th 109 as it was designed off the blueprint measurements http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1400026707/So+what+are+Eduards+options+after+the+109+debacle-- http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=275210&st=0 I post these in case readers would like to know more, but here's some pics, from the first thread linked Hasegawa 109 fuselage inside the Eduard Eduard vs Fujimi wings from Lynn Ritger, noted Bf109 buff, author of the Modeller's datafile's from this one http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1400093225/So---what+is+wrong+with+the+Eduard+109G+exactly- To me the irony is that Eduard have boxed Zvezda's La-5 and La-5FN, so they could have, well, ..compared their kit to what is regarded as the best 1/48th Bf109F [and remember that the core G airframe is essentially the same] Hope of interest or use to help you decide about the new kit. T