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  1. matford
    Your builds just get better and better
  2. matford
    That's because AZ copied an old resin kit that shrank. But at least we will get lots of boxing's with different decals. Do we have to wait a decade for Eduard to make one with a paperclip or will L&M make a conversion?
  3. matford
    Go with blue wheels. Everyone seems to asume they are red because of the colour in Profile Publications. But the red wing tips of J9412 turned out to most probably be green in real life. Reminds me of overhearing a heated discusion about a model's colour that ended with evryone hearing "I DON'T CARE WHAT THE BOOK SAYS, MY GRANDFATHER FLEW THE BEEPING THING!"
  4. matford
    Wow that looks really good on the stand
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  6. matford
    Gets my stamp of approval
  7. matford
    Superlative!
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    I do like this kit - It's got a great shape - the bumps on top the engines aren't quite right, but the tail wheel is better than the Eduard one.
  10. matford
    That's the worst casting of the replacement canopy I've seen. In case you don't know: Legend has it that the Red Army were sent to the Sukhoompribor factory to destroy decals featuring "fascist" Bundesmarine markings, and that they got over zealous and destroyed molding equipment and the Venom tools. Research by the lads at retromodels.org reveals the true story. A Pravda article in April 1985 denouncing toys of NATO weapons such as the Jaguar and Phantom led to general ire. In perticular one “respectable Soviet citizen” got hold of an old Venom NOVO instruction sheet intended for the Western market. He went potty and contacted the authorities after reading that "They took part in Anglo-French intervention in Egypt in 1956, destroying a number of aircraft, including MIG 15`s, on the ground…" So it would seem the soldiers target was the Venom in particular. (Interestingly it appears worry about this sort of thing happening is why the Venom had ended up in Georgia, and Sea Fury and Meteor in Uzbekistan and not Ukraine like most NOVO tools) Anyway in 1987 the Krylia team rescued what they could but the canopy tool was beyond use and so had to repaired/replaced as best they could. Krylia on left, FROG on right
  11. matford
    It's available for online loan at https://archive.org/details/helicopterhistor0000fayj
  12. matford
    WOW
  13. matford
    https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AFTH https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210675 Please let us know if you find any photos of W6458, W6459, X5115 and the like. Happy hunting.
  14. matford
    Do you mind if i pinch that photo of the CMK parts for ScaleMates? Plus does the instructions have any year on it? Watching this conversion with interest.
  15. matford
    That's another one off my to scratchbuild list.
  16. matford
    Ow the luxury! How about a swap for a part built Formaplane? (only joking)
  17. matford
    Looks like the front end of a P-51H to me
  18. matford
    Some of the kits I wish didn't get canceled: F249/F299 Hawker “Hart”/“Audax” F296 de Havilland D.H.89A/M “Dragon Rapide” F435 Halifax Mk.II Near complete set of Halifax drawings here under the чертежей tab: https://retromodels.org/handley-page-halifax-mk-ii-series-i-frog/ https://retromodels.org/w-w-ii-crew/ I'd like to use them to make a 1:144 model (but never will)
  19. matford
    And it was to have a bang seat and some joly nice bits (especially compared to the PMS/PM F-86E kit) https://retromodels.org/north-american-f-86e-sabre-f302/
  20. matford
    The version I heard had him being in a disabled parking bay.
  21. matford
    Like the Ilyushin Il-2 not much of the Polikarpov R-5 was completed before they FROG went pop. Anatra DS Anasal walkaround: and the same plane in 2016
  22. matford
    Me sending you scale drawings 😜
  23. matford
    Some inspiration for future Wallaces https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2016/08/everest-expedition-westland-pv-3-pv-6.html https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2016/09/everest-expedition-westland-g-acaz-172.html
  24. matford
    Who needs to worry about wheel hub colours, be masochistic and make spoked wheels: or go for the easy option : https://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/Aircraft-Database/Westland-Wapiti/Mark-IIAs-J9380-J9414
  25. matford
    Small parts tool https://www.specialhobby.net/2024/01/lednove-info-z-frezarny.html
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