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Mountain goat

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  1. Very nicely done, I can't remember seeing the Italeri Falcon done so nicely before. The scheme looks spectacular and it seems your decal work is excellent! The undercarriage bay as well. Jay
  2. Ah yes the Airone, such a good and sturdy looking seaplane in my opinion. Lovely build of an underrated subject. I have been reading about the type some time ago and the Airone had quite an interesting career, in service well into the 1950s. How was the build? Jay
  3. I like the Firebrand a lot - such a unique looking aircraft. Your rendition does it justice. Brave of you to tackle all that resin. Really nice work. Oh and I love the paint job. Jay
  4. Beautiful work; very crisp and clean but at the same time visually interesting and realistic. I often wonder what happened to the decals on the real XT597 after IAT '83. They were applied on 22 July, and the aircraft departed, still wearing the celebratory outfit, on the 25th. Perhaps the decals were removed at Boscombe immediately upon arrival... Jay
  5. Superb looking and nicely detailed Hurricane. Excellent research there with a little supplemental educated guesswork; I like how you resolved the squadron code as well. Jay
  6. Excellent work; superb colors and nice photography as well! Jay
  7. Beautiful collection - such an interesting aircraft! Thanks for sharing. Jay
  8. The level of realism and the crispness of the detail is really top level. Moreover the paintwork and finish as well as the realistic weathering make this model great. The pictures are worthy of closer study. I am amazed. Jay
  9. Good heavens this is really something unique. I am blown away by the quality and presentation of these models. The Ki-10 is my favourite. Jay
  10. Gorgeous looking Hawk, I agree with above comments on the crispness of the paint job. Really stunning and great choice of subject as well. Jay
  11. I thought I should add a follow-up to this subject, as recently (actually last September - time flies), I had the opportunity to speak to a couple of people, one who was active in air traffic control, the other was air force admin but helped plan deployments, both in the 1980s. Both told me Austrian overflights by NATO aircraft were usually not an option, for much the same reason they couldn't overfly other neutral countries either, at least not within a NATO context. According to them, flights to Italy from bases north of the Alps were always planned to go via France. NATO aircraft did visit neutral countries on occasion though. Jay
  12. Hi, I'm guessing the answer to this obscure inquiry is No, but still worth asking I hope. So I've been forced to sand away blisters and aux intakes during aircraft builds every now and then, typically near seams. I usually make replacements from scratch, with the help of sanding sticks. Are there commercially available sprues out there containing only blisters of different sizes? I'm talking tiny sizes by the way, 3 mm length and the like. I'm wondering about this after discovering Kotobukiya's Detail Up sprues which contain only generic detailing parts for universal use. Jay
  13. I think I am already liking the instruction booklet shown above - at first sight it seems refreshingly thorough. Jay
  14. Isn't this one of Hannant's (literal) phantom listings, in that a company has announced it to vendors but cancelled at a later date? It's been on the website for a very long time AFAIK. The MPM Canberra is one those too I believe? Jay
  15. Beautiful Lightning - after seeing the images I had to read again to make sure it is indeed 1/72 - oh no wait I read it right, it's 1/144..? Great job! Jay
  16. My lord that is an explosion of colours! Really well done. I admire your focus in applying the digital scheme. I would get cross-eyed from that! 😄 Jay
  17. Amazing work, so is the collection - a small historical museum, absolutely great! The individual finishes of the models look smashing - you seem to have carefully researched the appropriate sheen (FAA: flat 1950s USN: glossy) for each. Very good! Jay
  18. Gosh this is prop heaven! Those Douglas pistons look like they were made to last. You captured their 'faces', ie. nose sections, very well. Offset nose wheels: nice touch, gives them character and suggests movement. Jay
  19. My favourite Harrier version hands down. Very nice - your hard work paid off! Jay
  20. Cheers! I do have the vague intuition Fine Molds will rebox the short-nosed types with new decals in the not too distant future, but then again I could be confusing intuition for hope. Jay
  21. Re. the F-4D - I know the box mentions 'Limited Edition', but here's hoping someone has a clue HLJ, Plaza Japan et al will stock the F-4C and F-4D again. Does anyone reckon they will? Do Fine Molds' Social Media accounts say anything about this? I missed an F-4D delivery thanks to customs. Jay
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