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I look in newest catalog of Revell and here is a kit of Tornado ASSTA 3.1. - with new parts. What is it ? From sources i understand it is a upgrade of IDS - so - this is identical aircraft as RAF (now retired) Gr.4 ? (With LCD display etc ?) Revell have a photo of actual aircraft in "promo" marking... But this isn´t new program, no ? I hear a German Bundesluftwaffe may their "Tonkas" send to retiring and replacing it by F/A-18E "Super Hornet". (Maybe). So, ASSTA 3.1. Tornado is only prototype with newest avionics ? (LCD replacing analog ? ) I have in my stash Bundeslufwaffe IDS (with ghost marking ) and "Desert Babe" and i wait for potentionaly Gr. 4 re-box from Eduard, so i don´t understand what is ASSTA 3.1 Tornado...(prototype platorm or current operational machines ?)

I don´t understand, why in 1/72 scale have Airfix in their Sabres attractive marking option - and in quarter scale two identical and boring schemes :( In 1/72 Canadair was Shark Mouth RAF Sabre (and looks pretty good), Yugoslavian (Sabre with Red Stars - WOHOOO - and isn´t what if) and when is packaged as US Sabre have Huff the Dragon from Korean War and Italian "Cavalino Rampete". And in quarter scale are two RAF - without Shark Mouth :( Sadly, when was copy-paste the markings scheme from small scale i bought it. I LOVE Sabres ! :) But renders looks good and have open a ammution hatch... I was curious for price tag, Academy is little old, but still accetable and was cheap (and have engine). Hasegawa is too nice.... But i presumed a Airfix was little high pricing as Academy and Hawa. So i waif for another markings (Yugoslavian & UK Shark may be nice !)

Wildcat looks simple gorgeous. From pictures simple best 1/72 what i see... I sold all 1/72 kit, but Hurricane Mk. IIC i must have - and Wildcat may be next... Really nice with details as 1/48 kit.... Great... (BARDZO DOBRE) ! (And this later version of Wildcat in dark coat is very elegant.) I must stand up Eduard - in last two years make a complet new MiG-21 "Fishbed" series (with TWO subvariants of MF !), Fokker D.VII, Kuňkadlo (This is impresive small kit -1/72 but in dimensions of 1/144 kit - simple ultra light plane) and in prepare is Z-37 "Čmelák" - and Eduard make a 1/48 kits too, not only 1/72... And is difference when you make a only one scale, or you have multi-scale program....

I think a 2022 is optimistic.

Hey Gentlemans, this is strange. Their website run. And "Lord of the Ring" is one of most richest people in Hollywood. (And probably most richest man on NZ). Why he can close and sold his bussiness from day to day ? WnW make best kits from WW I. And probably best kits ever. Lancaster looks as most detailed kit of all times in kit scale modelling bussines. Fokker Dr. I was potentionaly bestseller for long years. Not is a "rumor only" ? When you have not MILIONS BUT BILIONS on your bank account - why you must sold your "toy" bussiness ?

I last build King Tiger Henschel from Meng. Very nice kit for reasoneable price. Meng offer for it an interior kit too. And Dragon isn' t too bad kit. I build both. When you can Porsche turret (initial) you can look too for Takom Initial production - here was a few first machines without zimmerit paste. All tanks with Porsche turret from later time have zimmerit. And with Zimmerit make models Dragon, Takom(das Werk)& Hobbyboss..and decals a.m. zimmerit offer Meng. Tamiya is old kit, i think all newest kits are better-and often with the same price. All 1/35. King Tiger offer too Zvezda (ex Dragon) and Academy but this is final production of end of war machines only... Yup - and ICM - too with interior (and ICM is in Revell re-box - both variants - with interior or without interior parts).Academy is reboxed by Eduard and Airfix. And beware - most kits have plastic tracks - but trumpeter make for it an tracks assembly jig... Vinyl tracks have only Tamiya - but King Tiger have massive heavy tracks and on vinyl don' t look good, because is plastic tracks better choice. All kits are 1/35. 1/72 and 1/48&1/57(Italeri)are for Me small.

Eduard now runs an quarter scale program. I don´t little understand why people still beg a 1/72 Bf 109 from Eduard. Last year release Tamiya their Gustav 6 and who build it say - a "modeller heaven". Yup, i know, it is a only Bf 109G-6 early, but far year back release Zvezda their Bf 109F (click n´clack), Airfix Bf 109E... and AZ model whole family - with what if pieces too. For me is WW II german aircrafft unbuiltable, because have dots camos and i can´t airbrushing tiny dots on tiny model :( Quarter scale is little better and most ideal is 1/32 :) And small (or as i say kid scale, because it is models for pocket many for school kids) scale Messerschmitt´s from Eduard coming. But probably - not too soon. (I build in my whole modellers life many 1/72 Bf 109 and i can say - we have all.... Finemolds have nice Bf 109 family with Kurfürst.... little overpriced for me, but kit looks good. But we have all version in small scale... For me - Bf 109 Emil from Tamiya or Airfix, Bf 109 Fridrich from Zvezda, Bf 109 Gustav from Tamiya and G-10 and Kurfürst from Fine Molds...

Because HIND is one of most popular, favourite and important subject in Czech Republic i excepted a lot of aftermarket sets from czech companies., I´m sure a Eduard make many P.E. and resin (Brassin) sets.... And when was base price of kit low, you can simply tuning it.... In small scale have Zvezda "Rambo Helicopter" (Early Short nose Hind from Afghanistan), Mi-35M (Not to be confused with import designation of Mi-24V ) with non retractable landing gear, new rotor and avionics, standard Mi-24V (this release)... And when Ed make an Löok (printed dashboard) set i haven´t problem with "flat" cockpit. This is a same case as 1/48 B-17 -. i never build this machine in quarter scale, because current kit was very old.... and inaccurate. (I know, a twenty years ago, make a Mini Hobby (With similar style of artwork when you can see in Trumpeter/HobbyBoss) but is no longer availeable -and Zvezda is more accurate in shape.... So...what is problem ? Yup, when was Zvezda´s quarter scale Hind for price around 50-100USD (Euro) i have problem with this. But for price around 25Euro ? (640CZK ?) - No problem... Zvezda have nice kits....

Yup - Hasegawa AH-64 have raised rivets - and it is still one of most beautiful kit of helo ever.... and still best Apache in any scale. But more older a cheaper AH-64 from Academy have rivets too... And for Hind are rivets typical (same case is Black Hawk etc...). But... is good a Zvezda made new quarter scale kit,, for reasoneable price , nice armanent and shape accuracy. And rivetr give a Devil...

Zvezda´s small scale Hind was "humped and warped" - as real helicopter. I can´t wait for 1/48. But i can´t understand why haven´t rivets.... I must hope for GWH rivet decals.... But is gorgeous, we have after forty years complet new HIND Kit. And in decals is CZAF machine ! :) Niiiice.

I today cleaning parts on my new B-17G from HK. And i have on belly a gasp, when i make a "dry fit". It is problem with me (Maybe i too grinded parts) or here have problem all, not only me ? Can i cut a joints parts ? It is a little strange, because fitting of Wings is unprecedent... (Click n´clack).

Mustang is my favourite aircraft. And i have in time probaly all kits of those "Cadillac of the Sky" Tamiya - it is a shake n´bake kit. It´s a 25 years old, but still looks good (i my eyes). I read a have bad nose... I don´t know. On many builds over the web looks as Mustang. Airfix - it´s new and have simple and straigforward build. Eduard - i´ am patriot and Mustang Lover and Eduard Fan - Eduards offer is simple best Mustang kit of our times. In kit are parts for all version with fillet tail, beautiful weaponry, tanks etc... It´s here a small problem with gun barrel parts and whell well must be fittet precisely. But Eduard have best surface details and in any boxing are gorgeous camos... For me is little overdetailed (but you can few parts missed). Eduard Mustang looks as baby (cub) from Big 1/32 Tamiya. (But haven´t rivets on wing, big scale Tamiya have.)

Wo - hooo - great ! But - isn´t a WnW in 1/32 scale better choice ? When i saw a lot of work on this really ancient (a 60th years old ?) kit... But Camel is my favourite airplane from Great War...

No, all OK. But in my model (yup, build many year ago - maybe a 20years back) isn´t fixed and rattled. I haven´t it glued with fuselage, only put on engine. Cockpit look gorgeous !

A year back was as their first 1/32 kit announced an Avia B.35./Lastovica. But "five hundred" was better !

I have it - and it´s niceeee and for few bucks. Hotseats, masks, double photo etched (brass/coloured) and decals with pin ups. Great offer from "Eddie" ! And plastic is maybe little better as in original release...

Looks excellent ! I love a "Fullback". Unfortunately, isn´t made from KittyHawk (which was more accurate in shapes of for Su-34 typical "beak") but still - GREAT WORK ! (And with heavy payload - yup, really nice hi-tech fighter bomber !)

OMG - Avia B.534 have affair with PZL P-11 Nice kit of unusual and forgotten aircraft.

La-7 isn´t probably popular in Russia too. Zvezda makes a decade ago an excellent kit´s of La-5F and La-5FN... - but not an La-7... and both "five" ignored in small scale. La-7 is aircraft with relative short operation history, in USSR was shortly after war re-placed with full metal La-9 and first generation of jets (as Yak-15/23 and MiG-9)... I don´t think it is a "milking cow" for scale kits producers... La-5 family and LaGG La-3 yup (now may be released new by any eastern company) but La-7 not... I have in my stash La-7 from Eduard (ex-Gavia) and for me it is a good kit. (They operational service in Post-War Czechoslovakia is very short, because build quality was poor, and in combat used CZ pilots in Eastern front La-5FN...) So, i don´t think any company make new qurter scale La-7 in short time... Why ? Yak´s family or LaGG was more interested (many colourful camos with patriotics slogans and emblems, many famous aces, in LaGG an captured Finnish AF too...) No, La-7 isn´t good choice for new tool kit ...

I build Academy "Jug" a many years ago, but not long range "N" - standard "D" only... It is a shake n´bake kit, for few bucks... Tamiya offer was nicest, but Tamiya don´t offer an "N". Only problem (when i remembered) was with hood - it haven´t an arretation on place. But - lastly - it relative good kit and built looks as T-bolt.

Horraay ! In this i hope from 2006, when i first flow Ka-52 in stunning PC simulator "Enemy Engaged - Comanche vs. Hokum". Comanche was never developed to end, but "Aligator" was today real and combat used "Hellcopter". So, i was curious when Kittyhawk released their "Reptile" ! Boxart is great - but we can see a Plastic ! (OK, and i must found a DVD with Hokum vs. Commanche).

Ju - 88A-1 was first kill of czech pilots in BoB . I hope in decals sheet with codes for this aircraft.

Make anybody an - injection - Ground support vehicles set ? I think a Airfix make brand new RAF & USAAF Ground re-supply set - but this it for 1/72... In 1/48 only is Start truck (probably for sinle engined aircrafts from early stage of WW 2 ) and Tamiya GMC Tank truck ? But it is a FUEL truck, or not ? And this truck is probably too for Fighters, not for "heavies" ? I know a Tamiya make an "Tug" (in Corsair kit), and Staff car, but i never seen a Tug sold separtely and i not sure, it isn´t for US Carriers only.... And naturally - Tamiya (and Hasegawa ?) make an Jeep Willys MB (by Tamiya with "famous generals ?" and Hawa separtely ? ) I can in future (mayybeeee) make an diorama with "Boeing" but i think all what i listed was for fighters only, and not suitable for "Heavies" and "medium" bombers ?

Wow - amazing silver Glad and airmans figures are too good ! I still little wait for box with Siege of Malta campaing or Finnish AF decals... But this pre-war machine is too nice !

CZAF Alien Hind was one of best looking helo... but today nobody released decals for this particular machine.... i read a make of this marking was too difficult as decals.... But it is my modellers dream... So, i still hope. I was curious when Zvezda released quarter scale Hind