scorpion

thanks steve

thank you very much for the info.greatly appreciated

was just looking through youtube and came across a video of the patrouillie de france flying 12 dasault mystere iv a in formation and it got me thinking.does anyone know if decals for this were ever or still are produced.would like to have 1 on the shelf.was also thinking of using the matchbox kit as its still easy to find and wont take forever to build,thanks.

definatly staying away from the hasegawa kit.might try and find an esci kit or 2 to go with the fujimi kit....might as well build the whole team...in for a penny in for a pound as the saying goes

is the hasegawa kit really that bad.never had the pleasure of seeing it up close

thanks for the replies guys.the shop where I got it has atleast 1 more....might get it and build "no 1" and "no7"

just picked this kit up today and from what I can see it seems to be identical to a hasegawa kit in terms of the kit instructions and also the fact that it is moulded in dark blue plastic .can anyone confirm if this is indeed a hasegawa kit....not a big deal,im just curious thanks

if you can findit you should try and find a copy of a book called "yamaha dirt bikes" by collin mckeller.the book came out in 1986 [try amazon,e-bay or second hand book shops].i have it and it tells the story of all yamaha 2 and 4 stroke mx,enduro,trail and and off road play bikes from 1968 up to 1986 and has a wealth of info on the real bike that your model depicts

are the parts moulded in the correct colours?.i had both the 1/12 scale tamiya honda cr 250 and suzuki rm 250 mx models some years ago and if memory serves me right they didnt need painting as they were moulded in the correct colour plastic....build straight from the box,put decals on and job done....while on the subject of these model bikes does anyone know if the rm and cr 250 mx bike models are still in production

i had the same problem with maxdecals,however after coating them with micro decal film [gave them 2 coats just to be sure but 1 coat would probably been fine] they worked fine and even using micro set and sol didnt affect them.they turned out just fine so i recommend you get micro decal film and coat your decals with it

thank you for the advice my friend,much appreciated

i have just finished using a combination of micro decal film [2 coats which i applied a while back] and micro set and sol on my maxdecals iac hawk and i could not have hoped for better results

cheers johnd.will see if my local shop have it when im in there 2mrw

yep,i agree.why cant kit manufactures make the kit parts pre painted especially if they only offer 1 decal option in the kit.i have tried a few times with the blue paint on my frecce tricolori mb 339 and the paint always streaks even if i use a new brush and a new tin of thinners to clean the brush.we go to the effort of building the kits only to have them "ruined" because paint wont go on properly

do airfix still make this,i would like to get 1 and do it as an irish army example as there is 1 on each corner of the parade square in cathal brugha barricks in dublin where i was based when iwas in the irish army reserve military police....reckon it would look good on the shelf next to my irish scorpion cvr[t]

just finished building my matchbox 1/72 hawk 200 and was thinking of doing it in an irish air corps scheme,what do you guys think...its certainly different

nice and these [along with the heller kit] are still actually very easy to find

just curious if these went into production and if so are the still available.would like to put some on my iac fouga magister

im "green" with envy...[no pun intended]

going to pick this up tommorow....hopefully it wont be too long before max decals bring out a decal sheet for this covering at least 1 option for an irish air corps example

you could try some of the shops that specalise in unbuilt second hand kits for the revell 1/72 kit that comes with the typhoon and ground equipment...its definatly worth searching out.although i dont have it myself i did see it in my local model shop a while ago and it looks awesome....sorry now that i didnt get it when theyhad it

thanks for the replies and help / links..very useful...yep paul its indeed the tauro decals that i have

hi will,yep as a factory works bike these would have been built with little consideration to cost as it would have been a "one off" so to speak and it would have been scrapped at the end of the 1973 race season to make way for the 1974 works bikes.remember works bike are designed to win races at all cost above all else [as is the case with all works bikes] so as long as they win races the company can go on to make cheaper "production" bikes for us mere mortals to buy and race,and if the production bikes look the same as the works bikes then even better.it was a concept yamaha knew only too well...think of it as "win on sunday,sell on monday"..you see a works bike win races on a sunday and then you go and buy a production bike on monday [great looking kit buy the way and hope it turns out well for you!]