chris57

The 1/72 pembroke,prince and sea prince have been available for some time in the Magna range.just to clarify a point on the decal options although Martin provides details of the schemes Dave has listed there will only be one option provided with the kit,as per the 1/72 scale kit.thought i'd better point that out so none of you sue me under the trades description act chris

If you think i'm paying for you to go to spain to pick up a decal sheet we'll just have to raid the spares box. best chris

I did announce the imminent arrival of this kit a couple of months back(same time as the 1/48th master II).at the moment release has been held pending arrival of the decal sheets.will notify on here when that happens.chris

Erwin micro/superscale did 4 1/48 sheets for b-29's, no's 44,45,130 & 569.you might find them on the forum.the only person i can think of who might have them is paul davis here in the uk.i'll call him later and pm you with an update. hth chris

Anigrand do one in 1/144th,Colin of Freightdog had one on the stand at Gloucester yesterday.looks very good.hth chris

Dearest sheet i can recall on ebay was the $125 for the B-1B sheet from Fox One decals.now where did i put that Aeroclub sheet?.

Give The Aviation Hobby shop a phone,they still had a bit of paragon there when i called in last week hth chris

hi simon hows the awacs going. re the mig problem if we start a campaign for one of the manufacturers (zvezda?)to finally prodce a mig23ub that would have solved your spare seat problem.cheers chris

kev try john at aeroclub,as he produced a varsity he may have the info.hth chris

Look out for zotz roundels of the world no. 5, this covered the middle east countries with the exception of iraq,iran and israel if my memories working. chris

Couple of nice builds, did you use the Magna Models conversions or did you scratchbuild them.cheers chris

Sorry Seahawk i refering to the sea vixens and forthcoming attackers,the magna range is only resin. the sturgeons sales were slow i gather so they had to go. chris

hi dave i think jen moved all casting over,i spoke to her at one show re the engines and she said the day job was filling her time. she still logs on here occasionally so it might be worth leaving her a message. cheers chris

Jen stopped producing bits a while back, i think she moved the master on to Model Alliance. chris

FAA aircraft produced under the Magna Models label:- 1/48 0248 Firebrand TF5 0348 Attacker FB1/2 0448 Firebrand TFII 1/72 0272 Firefly T7 0472 Firebrand TF5 0572 Seamew 2472 Skyraider AEW1 2672 Barracuda TR V 2772 Firebrand TFIII/IV 2972 Spearfish 3172 Firefly U8 3472 Sturgeon TT2/3 5272 Sea Prince 7472 Firefly T1/2 There were others now discontinued as injection molded kits appeared and conversions,namely sea vixens,attackers,Gannet AEW, avenger AEW,mosquito TT39, sturgeon PR1 & SB3.THE 1/48 scale Sea Prince is also imminent. hth chris

As i said if the kit is to bad then return it,the quality does seem to vary from casting to casting,i have a vc10 which is quite reasonable,not IM quality agreed but i didnt expect that,however i've just had a vc10 fuselage back which quite honestly would have made a fine corkscrew,i got straight on the phone to spain and a replacement is on its way. the argosy at that price i would have returned. reference the argosy build MODeller did shows what can be done. if you dont tell the manufacturer whats wrong it cant be put right.cheers chris

Hi Phil if your kit is really that bad then that is totaly unacceptable,return your kit to Hannants and ask for a replacement,i know they're showing none in stock at the moment,they've just placed an order with me. i'm only holding two aew skyraiders at the moment,waiting for a delivery from spain probably near the end of the month.hth chris

Still no Mig23ub oh well maybe next year. chris

Great should be at telford this weekend,just need the markings for the Morrocan one that featured in AFM.Chris

I've recently gone through my o & s boxes and dug out loads of pilot figures in all scales, i'm taking them with me to the Nationals so if any one wants something see me there. no charge but only take what you need,leave some for other people.sorry for a bit of a hijack. cheers chris

you could try Magna Models at the spanish address,he used to do a set of airliner seats in his accessories,but he discontinued them as a separate item. a phone call direct to him might produce a result. chris

Aerodecal did a sheet(06) with the red arrows and yellowjacks on,no special markings just the serials,although apparently the 1964 season team leader had the tail fin all black.they also did a sheet(10) with markings for the Macaws.thinking on it Adrian Balch posts on here i think as AMB,i think he was the author of that article in SAM.hth chris

more info required please kev. was debating the c-141b, whats the problem with it?,also saw the kc at hannants was £140,where could i save £27 please?.after my first two anigrand kits i wasn't going back there, but as you say the vacform kc is all but £200.cheers chris

Hi Alex there is a aerobatic display team SIG within the IPMS.if you make telford this year you'll see most teams(worldwide) on their table.cheers chris

I've got two Britannia's in the stash one with the plastic undercarraige as described by John, the second one though has a full white metal undercarraige.chris