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Good review Julien and I can confirm it's a stunner of a kit. We are building one right now for display purposes and enjoying every second of it

We are pleased to announce have partnered with TanModel for the distribution of their kits in the UK. We will be selling these ourselves on our website and providing them to a select few popular trade outlets throughout the UK. You can see an inbox video review of the Thunderflash over on our website - Click Me

Hi Chris Yes, you can pre-order one from us. Just send an email to [email protected] requesting a pre-order and we'll send you a paypal invoice. All the best UMP

Just to let everyone know, we are taking pre-orders now for the Thunderflash at UMP. If you would like to pre-order then please contact me via PM on here or mail us on [email protected] and we will add you to the list. We expect another shipment in the next few days, which is very nearly sold out, with another larger one to follow 8 or so days after. There's a video review of the kit up on on our website so, you can have a look at what's in the box... Click Me UMP

Yep sorry, they all went overnight! We will have another large consignment in in the next 8 days or so. If you would like to pre-order purchase to guarantee one when then come in, let me know and I can set up a paypal request for you. All the best UMP

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that the first consignment of the Thunderflash will arrive in the UK this Friday 22nd January. We have them up for sale now on our website for purchase and they will be sent to you the moment they are unpacked. They are moving fast due to trade orders, but we are holding a few back for individual purchasers so, get in quick before they're all gone. Get yours here..... TanModel 1/48 RF-84F Thunderflash

Hi Chris This should be available on www.umpretail.com and many other online and physical models shops over the coming 10 days. RRP on this kit is £39.99, but it will be up to the individual vendors to set their own prices. We will post here once the stock has arrived in the UK. Cheers UMP

Hi Chris This should be available on www.umpretail.com and many other online and physical models shops over the coming 10 days. RRP on this kit is £39.99, but it will be up to the individual vendors to set their own prices. We will post here once the stock has arrived in the UK. Cheers UMP

All good with me Mike

Mike, I have to write a statement to reply to these accusations myself, not to continue an argument, but to simply state where Ultimate Modelling Products falls in to all of this. We were approached by a third party last week asking us if we'd be interested in taking on a distributorship in the UK with TanModel. After discussions with Baris, we decided that TanModel was a company that we wanted to go into business with and get in on the ground floor of an up and coming model manufacturer. At no time what so ever have we asked for any information from TanModel regarding existing clients, buyers or prospective purchasers on either a private or commercial basis. We have have not and would never ask for anyones personal details now or in the future. I want people to understand that if this is a genuine request it did not come from us nor did we know anything about it at any time. We also had no idea of the relationship between BM & TanModel, all we understood was that he sold their kits, nothing more. As we now have the sole distributor rights to TanModel in the UK we will be selling to trade and public alike and we thought BM would be included in this as a trade purchaser. Thanks for your understanding UMP

Hi Wolfgang Thanks for your review. We did find, with Hataka paints, that the colour of the paint makes a massive difference to the amount of thinner needed (darker (more pigment) needs more thinner than the lighter colours (less pigment)), but it does still work. In our opinion, they're not a very nice paint to use at all, even their own thinner doesn't work properly with them! With regards to the ingredients of our thinners, I'm sure you can appreciate that we don't want to give out any details about the formula, it took a long time and a lot of hard work to get the balance right to be able to work with ALL acrylic modellers paints. The best I can say is that if you add Ultimate Thinner to any (acrylic) paints, you shouldn't need any other additives what so ever except in extreme weather conditions - below 5º and above 35º Centigrade, but I can't imagine any one working in those conditions...lol. With regards to a German seller, we've had no approaches to date, but you can get our product from Finland, Greece, Sweden and Spain in Central Europe. All the best and thanks again for the great review

Introducing our newest product - Ultimate Weathering Wash - Earth. Our newest weathering wash. This is a great colour to compliment our existing range of washes. Ideal for AFVs and aircraft plus It's been formulated with dioramas in mind. Get yours here...... http://www.umpretail.com/collections/weathering-washes

A great review Mike, thanks.... We also have a special on our website, umpretail.com, at the moment...... If you buy the full set of all six washes you get one bottle FREE... That's 6 bottles for the price of 5.....!!! Click here..... The Full Set

Another way to clear the dust quick is just swipe it on a paper towel, works for me

We are pleased to announce the release of a new product in the Ultimate range - Ultimate Burnishing Liquid Our new product is a must for any armour modeller that likes to upgrade there AFV tracks to something like the Friul Models excellent metal track systems. For a non-uniform finish leaving a plethora of tonal variation that needs no extra weathering afterwards. Extensively tested to work with most types of metal track, but especially those from Friul Models, you can now naturally weather white metal tracks. Just dip the tracks in the liquid for a few minutes and the metal will begin to appear dark and rusty, easily and effortlessly. You can vary the effect using different dilutions and lengths of time in the solution as well as different types of agitation. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE...... Ensure the tracks are fully cleaned and degreased using water & washing up liquid and then dried thoroughly. Wearing protective gloves, pour the Ultimate Burnishing Liquid into a plastic container large enough to fully immerse the tracks Add 100ml - 125ml of plain tap water (you can use the now empty UMP Burnishing Liquid bottle for this) and mix thoroughly. Immerse track links in the solution, making sure they are fully covered. Move the tracks around to ensure all areas are treated and agitate using a stiff brush (a toothbrush is good for this) to ensure the fluid reaches the inner parts of the tracks. Don't forget to treat spare track links too. If treating the links when unassembled, use two separate smaller containers with sealed lids. Add half a bottle of burnishing liquid and 50ml of water to each tub. Put the lid on and shake the tub well to mix. Remove the tracks once the desired effect/colour has been achieved. You can vary this by leaving them in the solution for longer or shorter periods. 7 to 30 minutes treatment should give the desired effect. Immediately run the tracks under running water to neutralise any remaining fluid, then fully dry the tracks Now treat with your desired Ultimate washes and pigments, then seal with a matt varnish. Run an Ultimate sanding sponge along the raised surfaces to give a worn bare metal look if desired For smaller vehicle tracks you may not need to use the full bottle of fluid, adjust for the required amount.

Ultimate Modelling Products are excited to announce that we are now stockists of the full range of model kits from TAKOM. TAKOM specialise in 1/35 and 1/16 Military & AFV subjects. Check them out......

Hi Stew I can confirm that the three bottles we used for research purposes were all thinned 50/50 and sprayed with no problems at all at a pressure of 22-25psi. There is always room to manoeuvre with these recommendations, but 25% is quite a bit. There will be a difference for darker and lighter colours as there is usually a lot more pigment in darker colours, which would need more thinning. I wouldn't class RLM02 as a light colour, but we used the GB paint set for our tests. All the best UMP

We are pleased to announce that we now stock the awesome range of Soar Art Workshop 80cm DORA Super Heavy Railway Guns in both 1/144 and the enormous 1/35 version. If Carlsberg did model kits, this would be it....!!!! Get yours here.... http://www.umpretail.com/collections/soar-art

Ultimate Thinner works exceptionally well with Gunze Mr Hobby Aqueous, which is acrylic based (my paint of choice so it has to be good...lol). It obviously will not work with any cellulose based paint. HTH

We are now selling the full Tarangus range including the Viggen for just £59.99 if you're interested http://www.umpretail.com/collections/tarangus

We've just updated the Ultimate Thinner/paint ratio chart, which now shows Hataka paints on there.....

Now added a new updated thinner/paint chart (page 1), which now includes Hataka paints...

Introducing the all new Ultimate Gift Card. Available in £10, £25, £50, £75 & £100 denominations or a mixture thereof.... Shopping for someone else, but not sure what to give them? Want your other half to get the right present for you? Give them the gift of choice with an Ultimate Modelling Products Gift Card. Get yours here.....

Ultimate Modelling Products are excited to announce that we are stockists of the full range of model kits from Tarangus. Tarangus are a small Swedish company dedicated to producing high quality kits of often overlooked Swedish subjects. Check them out now..... Some of the awesome kits available at the cheapest prices in the UK....