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    In 1:72 there is also the Seminar kit. May well be that it is the same plastic as Academy, as it is very close to the Airfix plastic but has engraved panel lines as well. Cobra Company/LoneStar had a resin tub for the 1:72 kits. But the site is down again and so I would rather look out for some F-104 parts.
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    for those looling up the Revell blog - here is the link to the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 version: https://blog.revell.de/en/2025/modellbau/revells-nasa-artemis-sls-in-1144-behind-the-scenes-of-a-modern-rocket-model-kit/ They are obviously aiming for a desktop model for model builder without internal details and not seperatioing stages etc. Which is good I think. But the "the design team striving for a balance between authentic detail and practical buildability." Whatever that means. But then they are going Matchbox and start seriously discussing about Color Molding (white and ORANGE) or an all-grey option. No word about floppy side opening boxes btw. You can always write them sugestions and such by an email to [email protected] with the topic „NASA SLS“. So no complains later if you do not talk to them now 😉
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    I have the files and they are excellent (as anything that Vincent Meens offers on Cults). Seriously: Anybody who wants to do highly detailed Apollo hardware models should get themselve a resin printer and Vincent Meens files. If uncertain have a look at his page: http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/
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    I have both Revell and Monogram in stash. The Revell one was supposed as a donor kit for wheels, undercarriage, figures and decals. Although I have both kits I did not look at them for a long time and cannot say what are the diffeernces. I seem to remember Keith Mc Neill said that he found the Revell kit matching better to belly photos of the Space Shuttle when he did his excellent orbiter tile decals (position of the U/C bays) and such. Excellent reference material can be found here: https://www.spaceinminiature.com/books/sim3.html https://www.spaceinminiature.com/books/simtr5.html But the SIM on the Space Shuttle does not include a build of the Revell 1:72 kit either.
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    Was too slow with the camera - A German Air Force A400 54+03 few quite low level directly over our house. Flightradar says "Lifter1" from Cuxhafen. Now over NRW. Funnily it flies a curve and is heading to the small town where my grand parents lived (about 60 miles from here).
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    deleted 😅
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    “America’s enemies will never see it coming,” - well - given the time other projects took, I wonder if anybody does...
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    The ICM catalog entry of Gothic Serpent says "New parts". Not sure if the standard kit has (except decals) included everything you need.
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    True - forget the B-23. It also did not reach the numbers it seems.
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    I wish I had not started mine...
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    Assuming we talk about 1:72 scale: How about Douglas B-23 Dragon? Edit - or Avro Manchester???
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    Just wow. How did you do the tiny hex nuts on the U/C?
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    My notes say that the Fly version has a too pointy nose, too small vertical stabilizer, a slightly different cockpit position compared to the Aeroclub model. And the Jet Provost comes with the Strikemaster seats, which is wrong and quite obvious to spot on the very different asymetrical headrest. Correct seats are the Martin Baker 4P1 Mk2 - I think PJ Production Mk4 seats will be a better if you can find them.
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    Still no sign of the 1:48 Baltimore 😞
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    Looks at least way better than the previous test shots. The open weapons bay looks very good too.
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    I think you are confusing them with Fisher. Their home was in Paradise CA which burned down in a huge fire some years ago. Collect-Aire was located in Massachusetts IIRC
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    Maybe it pays for Revell to sell as much as they can for a huge margin and to sell off remaining stock at a bargain. Will make the kits move faster through their warehouse maybe? Maybe better to sell them these days at a reasonable price without a high reduction to clear them out later. Just thinking.
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    Great build - are the 3D files mentioned available for sale anywhere?
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    Very nice work on this!
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    I assume Kittech is the same Academy pirate copy as Zhengdefu? So apart from crappy decals and a vaguely translucent canopy - what else is worst than Academy? Is the existing detail less or softer? Part fit worse than Academy?
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    Add the P-47N to the list...
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    Even with more sophisticated mixing tools you can end up with colour variation. When I had resprayed my Morris in the early nineties with 2K paint I had Old English White mixed at a professional paint store according to the "original" formulation for the colour code "WT3". Because of the ammount I needed he mixed two cans and told me to tell the guy with the spraygun to mix both tins together before spraying the car, which I did. Guess what... So even with the computer and digital scale aided mixing the colours mixed the same hour from the same ingredients by the same guy had slight variation. When I asked the same shop for a 1K easy to use Old English White the end result was just in the ball park of the 2k colour mixed before. I could not use it for touch ups but only in areas not imidiately next to the 2K paint.
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    4 years later? Guess Van Helsing came first?
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    Nice! I have both files as well and printed them in 1:12 scale (I scale all my figures to this, as I started with Bandai Star Wars which are 1:12) and would like to change Jones head as well. You used the head of a Indiana Jones bust and merged the two files in Blender? Or how did you do this?
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    Not ideal - but then I doubt either will influence the others home market(s) a lot. My first thoght was if Airfix and Revell share more than just Luke but the two announced kits have different part counts. Revell (no Gift set) is also a bit cheaper.
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