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Italeri released the Academy kit ? 😀 https://www.italeri.com/en/product/2939

Gunze H304 + gloss warnish or may be H52 + gloss warnish

It never appeared to me, I'm ashamed of myself. Thank You for the correction. According to these, from the Fujimi kit we can do a correct early CH-53G (possibly with new composite rotor blades for late version), CH-53D Sea Stallion and RD-53D, but for example not an IAF CH-53 Yasur or HH-53C Jolly Green Giant without a little rotorhead surgical intervention . Thanks tonywood !

Hi I think no correct early 1/72 F-86E in the market until now. I have the same problem too. I purchased Academy F-86E, and I will build from it an Avon Sabre 6 too for the same reason .

Hi As I know, RD-53 has foldable rotor head because of the carrier ops, CH-53 has fixed rotor head . Therefore You need carefully remove the folding mechanism from each blades. All Fujimi's **-53* kits has foldable rotors . For CH-53G You are better off with old Airfix kit which is still the best CH-53 kit in the market now.

https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2019/blackburn-buccaneer-s-mk-2-rn-1-72.html Preorder is available for the price of the new Phantom . TanModel Buccaneer delayed ... http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=30879&mode=thread&order=0 This year may a happy year for the Buc funs. 

I just see it now ! NH-90 upgrade set ? What will it contain? This is very interesting for me for this neglected type.

Thank You for Your answer Dmitry. From now I will collect my money for them. Oh my poor wallet ! Just do not see my wife !

Hi Dimitry ! I know this is not part of this topic, but I do not know where to write my wishes for You. I have almost all of Your 1/72 wheel product with my full satisfaction , I'm sad to see you did not do wheels for the early Tomcat A yet, only for late A, B and D models. For Hasegawa Early F-14A kit would be very important update I think. Please finish the F-14 wheel series in 1/72 scale and You can be sure I will pay it. And it would be nice a correct F-16 early Block40 (for Japan F-2A/B too), Skyhawk, Voodoo series, F/FB/EF-111 series, Alpha Jet, Bae Hawk series, and A-3/EA-3/EKA-3 Skywarrior wheel set too. and continue wheels for helikopters too, like Puma and Super Puma/Cougar Thank You for your super wheel sets , which are important but so far neglected enhancers for aircraft kits until this moment . Your loyal buyer from Hungary: Kálmán

The whole RV is way off ! Too fat the whole fuselage by 1-2 mmm, because this made from old Fujimi kits. The canopy total wrong in shape too and the horizontal stabilizer not correct in shape. I totally dissapointed and sell RV quickly. The best bis in 1/72 is the Zvezda. The real bis (and Zvezda too) has a drooping "barrel" nose, not just shorted nose ring in real life. Therefore You can't make correct PFM from it if You care the PFM's correct shape. The spin wrong too for the PFM. Too much works needed for the conversion I think. But not impassible.

The Academy nose is way off as I see. It's does not shaped well the short nosed Phantom "barrel" characteristics. At front of the windscreen it's missed the flattened area, and the whole nose has a gentle curved shape, not as sharply curved shape than the real nose profile of the short nosed Phantom. I checked it in several times comapared the finished Academy to real pictures and for my Hasegawa kits too. I do not care the rivets and small details if a kit has clearly visible wrong shape. Especially in this small scale, where the shape more important for me than any others. As You see, I wote to Hasegawa, I have 8 of them. Sorry fo my mistake english !

Hi Folks ! I bought a SUFA last month, and I checked the undercarriage too. I can say, that I suprased a lot, because Folks reported in different model-forums, that the undercarriage is not good for this type. I can say, that the main wheels are all good, the bulged door is present in the kit !!! (I watched this at angled light). The only downside is the nose wheel, which good for all modell, exept SUFA, because SUFA's wheel and fork is wider a bit because of the SUFA larger wheight. The little bulge in the intake channel is present too above the nose wheel bay due to space requirements for the wider wheel. I don't know, why modelers says, that the bulged door not bulged and the main wheels not the "heavy" type. Look at yourself before you criticize a kit. The main wheel rims good too, and almost as good as the Tamiya wheel (the Hasegawa and Revell main wheels are not large enough in diameter). The cockpit, the intake channel, the bays and engine exhaust are very good in this little scale. The panel lines are a little wide and deep in this small scale, but even more advantageous for me because of a thick coat of paint and warnish I used in the past (because of the complex multi-layered painting work). A little priming help a lot in this problem. I have a problem too with the short-shot at the LERX and wing meating point on both sides , but not a significant error for me. This kit way better than the obsolete Hasegawa in details, decal and the special IAF weapon (missed in Hasegawa) options, cheaper and It gives us more extras for this lower price ! I checked the nose profile too, and I didn't find any significant error like for example in the Academy F-16 kits. The final downside to me with this kit is the box design and material quality (like Revell), which I don't like. Sorry for my poor english

Thanks for the answers

Hi Jens, Which FS number and Gunze colour are the Oxford blue ? Gunze H328 FS15050 Blue Angels blue good enough for this colour ? HobbyBoss recommended this colour for Danish Lynx Mk.90. Thank You !

Hi Giorgio! Wait for Eduard 1/72 MiG-21 family (begins the releases in this year). As I know, the first release will be the mf, as was in 1/48 scale too (some release order). The RV mf and smt series worse, then this new bis. The nose contour in the bis is a little better, than mf and smt series, but not good enough. Your idea is not worth it, I think. Wait an Eduard mf and be a little patient But I think, that the new Eduard bis's nose shape not will be different than mf, as it happened in 1/48 scale. This would be too expensive for Eduard for this "little difference"

Zvezda way better as You can see, but not without errors, especially the aft fuselage too narrow, but the RV fuselage, spin and canopy are absolute off. The blueprints not in 1/72 (1/73-1/74), Sorry.

http://makettinfo.hu/index.php?jobb=hirek.php&rnd=114879304&hash= Go to "Fórum, csevegő" (top left corner) than search "MiG-21" topik You can find my compared pictures in 576363 number as zkalos !

http://hunavia.freeweb.hu/TYPE/Su-22_base/Su-22_base_index.htm Hungarian Su-22M3 is similar to Peruvian SU-22. Here is the link to a good hungarian reference site. This resin fan is not good. See the Verlinden Lock On 27 book. This resin seems like an intake, not an exhaust pipe with long afterburner section and spray rings. Cheers !

MiG-21 - Zvezda(bis,pfm), Revell (F13) MiG-23 - RV (all variants) MiG-25 - ICM MiG-27 - Art Model MiG-31 - ICM Su-25 - Art Model Su-33 - Hasegawa Su-39 - Zvezda

http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/technology/engines/101-engines May be this help

As I see, the flame stabilisator ring is different.

Uh ! I would like to see one "G" in my F-4 collection too. You have 3 of them. Arrggh

Very nice work indeed, but you did glue the main wheels and undercarriage legs in reverse position (to the opposite side) But i love it . You can correct it I think .

I received several months ago Crossdelta set after 3 months waiting from Lucky. Very good and free shipping . http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?search=Y&q_brand=CXD&q_category=&q_scale=72&q_word=&q_show_instock_only=N

Cheaper to fit a new label to the packing than align it to another kit with making a new master form. This is not the only time when Aires done this (for example SU27/SU-33 cockpit). A lot of discussion can be read about it in the forums.