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  1. Dennis_C
    OMG! Two brand new S-51 boxes after decades of neglect... Now I have to wait for comparison before I buy. What a strange time.
  2. Dennis_C
    I dream they rebox H-19 one day...
  3. Dennis_C
    Dear friend, After consultation with fellow modeller I recognise my memory is not as good any more and Valom is indeed equal to Heller geometrically. So major issue is some smaller inaccuracies with panel lines and very elaborated riveting.
  4. Dennis_C
    I personally have not measured this, but fellow modellers say geometrically Valom is losing to Heller (again I personally have not measured and I rarely care much about couple mm). And more importantly raised panel lines are easier to remove and rescribe than Valom's riveting. And actually Heller did pretty nice raised panels many can live with okay. I personally hate heavy rivets as this is hard to save it during construction, difficult to reapply matching manufacturer's style, and overall small rivets should not be seen much in 1/72 especially on painted camouflaged aircraft.
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    I think with all those news and recent releases I'm personally getting to a point where I will be able to obtain a very good kits of all the Dassault originated IDF fighters from Ouragan to Kfir. SH gave us Super Mystere and is getting us Dagger/Nesher, Modelsvit seems close with definitive Mirage III, we have great Kfir from AvantGarde. The only zone is we need upgraded Ouragan (Heller is still considered best in town) and Mystere (SH to refine their's?) Great for my hobby, not as great for my wallet
  6. Dennis_C
    Excellent quality! Inspires to quickly run and buy one of those. Hope SH soon makes a box of pre-upgrade Super Mysteres for 1967 campaign.
  7. Dennis_C
    It's actually funny confusion with many Soviet tanks having the same label as US trainer aircraft. T-28, T-34 are the most popular examples. Even BT-5 or BT-7 indexes exist for both basic trainers and Soviet high-speed (Bystrokhodniy) tanks. Luckily BT-5 or BT-7 trainers were absolutely not numerous. But also SU-85 or SU-122 can be confused with Su-27 or Su-35. In the first case SU meaning Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (self-propelled artillery) and in another obviously Sukhoi. And then we have two series of Sukhoi indexes where Su-9 is not always the same Su-9. Fun stuff.
  8. Dennis_C
    Excellent model. Crisp and clean built! Just my opinion is that production Raptor is still more proportionate than the YF-22 with huge tail surfaces. But despite that the F-22 of any model is the best looking gen5 fighter indeed. But tastes are different...
  9. Dennis_C
    I agree box arts should not be 100% accurate. Although main airframe elements still should be present - such as wings, canopy, pilot if the art shows aircraft in flight, tail and stabilizer (hello Airfix )
  10. Dennis_C
    Yeah. Seems to be a great year for MiG fans with forthcoming 17 from Airfix and this pretty decent 19 (surprisingly well done compared to other latest releases by AZ). Plus we had newly tooled Fishbeds recently too from Eduard and Modelsvit. Good MiG-3 and -9 are still missing
  11. Dennis_C
    Like it. Mi-2 is a beauty little chopper.
  12. Dennis_C
    Why to split mk.82 bombs into 3 parts??? And no separate slats and speed brakes is disappointing indeed. Airfix did much better job there. Honestly should Airfix bother about A-4C nose or further about A-4E intakes - it would be winner.
  13. Dennis_C
    I do not know how I missed it either. Magnificent work on the chef-d'oeuvre! It's both the H.P.'s chef-d'œuvre of the 30s and Moa's chef-d'œuvre of the XXI century.
  14. Dennis_C
    Thanks for sharing your build! Looks very convincing. I like how yours turned out. Going to start mine soon so your advice on inaccuracies is indeed helpful!
  15. Dennis_C
    I was already impressed with two VTOL t-birds. But a whole line up is completely amazing!
  16. Dennis_C
    Great job on the assembly, and thanks for bringing this model to us! Definitely buying one.
  17. Dennis_C
    Thank you, that is very helpful information!
  18. Dennis_C
    Is original French Super Mystere boxing ok for the 1967 war? As I understand re-engining happened afterwards so this IAF kit is no good for the six-day war.
  19. Dennis_C
    A great thread. Pushes me to move mine on top of the stash.
  20. Dennis_C
    Hi Fred, Sounds like nothing more challenging than standard short-run And good to know about cockpit window. For every Sword or AZ kit I assemble checking canopy against fuselage is step number one Amodel seems the same gang here. For decals I already got Caracal set as original decals are off the register unfortunately.
  21. Dennis_C
    Wonderful work! For sure it's a unique and very attractively looking aircraft! Fred, any hints on the kit construction? I have one in stash but sure there some hidden pitfalls in the way.
  22. Dennis_C
    Interesting. Always liked this helicopter and always knew about SH-2F version but seems in reality UH-2A/B were way more numerous. And more importantly looks like this is the version I need for my Vietnam collection!!! So take my money ASAP!
  23. Dennis_C
    We need to see plastic and whether resin engine and PE parts are provided or not. From pure plastic it will be far cry from a definitive kit.
  24. Dennis_C
    Sword T-33 is good enough either except for the problem with non-matching transparencies making you do an open canopy. So I'd say there is no great problem with this type on the market. Also strange Italeri never did it although this was used by Aeronautica Militare...
  25. Dennis_C
    I answered to myself... Airfix seems to have discontinued dogfight doubles. nice....
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