Trenton guy
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I believe that is one of the ones Stalin caused to be cancelled because it could carry more than 50 passengers. He seems to have thought more than 50 deaths in one crash was too much. Who knew what a humanitarian he was.
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Ordered direct from LF on Mar 29. Arrived today in Pennsylvania USA, Apr 9. That’s really good service. Initial examination of parts suggests that the pictures don’t lie. A beautiful kit on the sprues, by far LF’s best. Can’t wait to get started. Sadly, three Bf-109E, a Bf-109G-10, a Ju-88A-1, a Gee Bee, an AMX, a M-346, an F-84F and four 1/700 ships are clogging up the pipeline. Really do need to control my urge to start kits while others are underway. At lest they are all to the decal stage so there is hope for my long dreamed of Wasp.
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Just ordered mine direct from LF. Had good experience with them in the past. Also got the masking sets and a set of resin torpedo’s for the Wasp. Also available from the Aviation Megastore, € 170 postage?
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7 hours ago, dragonlanceHR said:
modelsua.com is a great seller. No affiliation, just a satisfied customer for the last decade or more.
Agreed, modelsua.com is a delight to deal with
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Actually not. A few years ago I made a DB-7 from an early stepped nose A-20 and parts from the Hi Planes DB-7 ( engines, nacelles, fin, etc ).
imagine my surprise when I went to mask the nose transparency , using some plans and found that the early A-20 stepped nose glazing and the BB-7 glazing were not the same. All ended well but I had to sand all the framing off the A-20 nose, Polish and and then mask a proper BB-7 glazing. Fortunately the overall BB-7 glazed areas were slightly smaller than that of the early A-20. Otherwise disaster.
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I actually have one. I like it. Now awaiting the withering criticism for being in sufficiently demanding. Unlike at least one commenter I see no basis to bring criminal charges. Seriously, some of the criticism has validity but it is a very nice kit. We all need to get a grip and that was a great review. And thanks for your common sense comments, Mike.
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That’s a drawing! WOW!
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4 hours ago, Red Dot said:
I agree that the comments are from people with Vampire knowledge far greater than mine and that their photos or comparisons back them up.
I am not saying they are wrong, but I find it odd that a company with a hitherto good reputation could make such large easily spotted errors, hence my previous comments. Please read them in that context.
I too am dissappointed as I wanted something better than the CA Vampire in my collection.
I'll wait and see, then judge it once the experts have actually seen the plastic.
Andy
Amen, and thanks for your comment. I guess one tries irony at ones peril.
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Mine is on the way. I will wait until I touch it to trash it.
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I had one of the Cobra kits. Excellent resin. Never built it and sold in on due to tiny vacform canopies and turrets. Beyond my skill to make a good job of so many tiny vac’s. I would buy it again if it had clear resin canopies. The parts shot doesn’t answer the canopy question. Some how I doubt it will have resin ones..
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Somebody, I think AML, does a Br-109 recce conversion in 1/72. I have one somewhere.
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Very nice. I do wish Welsh would get into clear resin. I am generally not adverse to vac canopies but find the difficult to fit well at such small scales. I like decal windows also but not where you can see thru to the other side.
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A render of a two seated appears on the back of the instructions and the unused parts on the sprues also say yes. Goes without saying, mine came on Monday. A very nice kit.
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7 hours ago, Phantome said:
I think in general the US has some iffy supply of paints all the more considering all of them are imported now, a few years ago it was nearly impossible to find Mr Hobby over there, now they're in good supply.
The Mr Hobby thing was about safety labeling issues, same applied to Tamiya Sprays. Both were lacquer based. Both companies water based acrylics were not an issue.
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14 hours ago, Phantome said:
What sources have said that AK is being withdrawn? I see it in stock pretty much everywhere.
I'm quite a big fan of them and they now account for the bulk of my color collection. There are some stinkers (stay away from their WW2 Luftwaffe stuff) but their RAF colors are for the most part excellent and far better than the new Gunze Mr Hobby formulas which are a massive disappointment in my book. Their modern USAF colors are also spot on and they probably have the most accurate Dark/Light Ghost Greys I've seen since the now discontinued Model Master. Also huge selection of modern RAL colors which is a rarity in most paint brands. Their Olive Drab 41 is also amazing, the best I've seen since the old Gunze H78, also sadly brutalized in their new formula (new H52 is closer though).
I purchased mostly RAF colors and found them to be very good matches also. Haven’t looked into Luftwaffe since I am Very happy with Gunze Mr Color shades. Can’t remember where I saw that they had been withdrawn but upon hearing that I checked two major US hobby suppliers. Most colors “out of stock” at both locations.
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Found this thread while looking for info on why AK Real Color seems to be disappearing from the marketplace. One source said it has been withdrawn for reformulation. Based on many negative experiences recorded here, it is no wonder. Interestingly, I have used it with no problem at all. I did use their thinner, which I always do when trying a new to me paint. My only complaint was that it seemed slightly more likely to clog the airbrush tip than my “go to” Gunze Mr Color.
as I understand it, acrylic refers to the pigment. It can be “carried” by a number of different “vehicles”. Any thinner needs to be compatible with the vehicle. Compatibility with the pigment is not the issue. Hence “acrylic” tells one nothing regarding the appropriate thinner. The type of vehicle does.
There are three types know to me, water, alcohol, and lacquer (some times called cellulose in the UK, I think). Can’t imagine any good coming from dumping water or alcohol into lacquer. Mr Color is a lacquer based acrylic just like AK so the thinners (Mr Color Thinner and Mr Color Levelling Thinner) are compatible, in my experience. Gunze “aqueous” is not lacquer based nor the standard Tamiya X range so their thinners, ie. X-20, are not compatible.
The newish Tamiya Lacquers are acrylic lacquers as their TS sprays have always been.
So, does anyone know when AK Real Color is coming back? Some of their colors seemed quite well matched and I really liked their supporting books. -
The scoops are on the sprues. Just not called out anywhere.
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Don’t know about Jean D’Arc but the Dido is expected within the month, at least according to posts on Model Warships.
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7 hours ago, alt-92 said:
Timely companion release that has some nice pics of early DB-7s
They've held up pretty well actually, considering it's a 2007 designed tooling. It has been updated with extra parts over the years but there's very little difference in quality between a 2011 (turbinlite) release and the 2020 DB-7C or 2023 A-20G release.
It was always a very good kit. Seemed to me that it marked a turning point for MPM/SH in terms of quality.
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24 minutes ago, David H said:
I've flown that one several times. First met up with her in Charleston, SC.
Sadly, the extended nacelles on N820UP, and some other really nice civil schemes are not available in any of the AV boxings.
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Quite a change in metabolism for Azur/Ffrom. After struggling mightily, seemingly forever, to birth a Fairey Battle, they now promise a twin engined bomber almost immediately after. Makes me wonder. Could it be the Special Hobby A-20B with replacement smaller nacelles, replacement smaller vertical stabilizer, and a new clear nose piece. The DB-7’s clear nose was similar to but not the same as the A-20B and quite different for all later A-20’s. That’s how I made mine using donor nacelles and fin from the High Planes very limited run kit. Sanded the A-20B clear nose free of all window frames and remasked to the DB-7 pattern. Getting those nacelles on was a real bear. This should be a real improvement.
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The decals are available for pre-order at HLJ. Suggested release date at HLJ is January. Ordered two.
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I can still remember bringing that one home, in 1976. Great job!
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Remember the Frog model? I still have one. Never worked up the courage. Now I don’t have to. This kit will spend no time at all in the stash. Thanks for all you do, for modellers and for the free world. Glory to Ukraine and Glory to her hero’s.
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1/48 - de Havilland DH.115 Vampire Trainer T.11/J28C by Pilot Replicas - released
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I too was thinking about trying to add the PR two seat front to the Airfix nacelle/wing (using the PR booms and tail, of course). Got stuck because it seems that the widened two seat pod extends further back than the wing root intakes. That means that the intake geometry of the two seater must be different from that of the single seater but I can’t locate any good reference on that difference. Anybody know anything about this area of the two seater?