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  1. HMSLion
    I've managed to get a Platz RQ-4N kit modified to resemble an MQ-4 Triton, and a P-8 in the same scale would make a nice comparison.
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    I've got mine in hand. Shipping was interesting, as it sat in Kiev for about three weeks before popping up as having left. They are now available through Sprue Brothers, and if I were buying another one I'd try them first. Forward fuselage is split R/L, aft is split R/L/bottom. No bomb bay internals. If I'm reading the instructions right, this kit can be built with gear up or down. Overall, it looks like a decent level of detail, but I'd have some strips of plastic handy to reinforce the join between the forward and aft fuselage - it's a butt join, and I suspect will have some issues. Cockpit is surprisingly detailed, considering that you won't see much when it's closed up. Nothing aft of the cockpit, though. Comes with 4 Harpoons. Markings for one RAAF aircraft and one VX-1 bird. Pity...I'd have preferred a VX-20 aircraft, but I'm sure there will be aftermarket decals.
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    I suspect that the molds will be sold or leased eventually, but it makes sense to dispose of the remaining WNW stock before doing so. Sell them off, let the feeding frenzy die down, let the prices go back up as kits get built...then put the molds on the market. I'd figure three to four years.
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    Thunderous applause! Hopefully an HMS Lion will be close on its heels. May I ask who has it for sale?
  5. HMSLion
    The first in three years? I'd bet money on Tamiya making an announcement there.
  6. HMSLion
    I've ordered two. One for me...the other may find itself in the display case at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
  7. HMSLion
    I'll have to order one. Maybe two.
  8. HMSLion
    An MQ-4C Triton! (although a Block 10 Global Hawk would offer a lot more variety in markings) 🙂 Seriously, a 1/72 P-38 would be logical. A new-mold Centurion, perhaps?
  9. HMSLion
    I'll get one...but expect that I might organize a group order for VX-24.
  10. HMSLion
    I've got one on order...it'll be interesting to see how it goes together. If it's half decent, I might organize a group order for VX-20.
  11. HMSLion
    I'm wondering if the M249 will have markings for the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. They got three for use in the Airborne Systems curriculum, used them in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Overall white with an orange stripe.
  12. HMSLion
    I'm in for one, even if I have to scratch-build the USNTPS glider tow kit.
  13. HMSLion
    I want my HMS Lion (1916 fit) kit! 🙂
  14. HMSLion
    I have to agree with the doubters. I'm sure they'll do a fine job, but one has to wonder what the market is.
  15. HMSLion
    One in U.S. Naval Test Pilot School colors would be nice. I can scratchbuild the glider tow hook.
  16. HMSLion
    Hmm...it will be interesting to see how this compares to the Tamiya LeClerc.
  17. HMSLion
    Tell them the Zeppelins are appreciated. They might consider a 1/350 r-type. And a ZPG-2 or -3W would be welcome.
  18. HMSLion
    Hmm...Tamiya have been on a French kick, but between Takom and Dora Wings, most of the best subjects are covered. Otherwise I'd put money on an AMX-30.
  19. HMSLion
    Anti-Zeppelin fighter. That's where I'd start.
  20. HMSLion
    There wasn't...until WNW came along. I resisted buying WNW kits, as I was building in 1/48 for First World War subjects. Then they offered a Sopwith Triplane... I'm not at all certain that 1/48 isn't the right scale, though. I'm a big believer in what I call the Rule of 250...that an assembled kit MUST fit onto a rectangle of 250 square inches (think 16 x 16). Any larger, and you have problems figuring out where to put the blasted thing. In 1/32, a single-seat fighter fits this. A single-engine two-seater is marginal...and the multi-engine stash queens that choked WNW don't come anywhere close to meeting that limit.
  21. HMSLion
    Make no mistake, I'd be up for a Scimitar...especially in 1/72.
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    I disagree. The F-4 wasn't just a hot airframe, it had a cutting-edge radar and IRST suite. It represented a quantum jump in capabilities - a true all-weather fighter equally effective in day or night conditions.
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    Damn. I'll need to buy at least two of these monsters. One for me...the other probably for the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
  24. HMSLion
    Amen!
  25. HMSLion
    This. We're hip-deep in perfectly good kits of the usual Second World War ETO subjects, OK for modern subjects...and painfully thin on anything else. I always marvelled that Wingnut Wings didn't do a DH.5.
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