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In my opinion, it's too easy to say meng or ZM. Supposed that you can still find an Hasegawa, meng and even more zm cost almost twice. I personally do not accept things like ZM that, although so expensive, misses some features in it like slats or so. I built one G maybe Hasegawa 30 years ago and I have an RF still to make using the great israelian marks from an italeri. The hase looks wonderful to me. And I spent for it around 32€ last year. A zm comes for no less than 90€, so comparison are quite inadequate. Ciao

Bravo Duncan! You demolished my personal best. I took a 28 years break but I look like a beginner.....Great decision! Now catch up on lost time

hello everyone, I'me in since 2019 but I see I never introduced myself (if I'm not wrong). I'm Giuseppe from italy, Verona. I'm 54 and I started modelling at 7 with the 70's Matchbox like (in order...I remember quite well): hawker tempest, Me 262, Jaguar, Hunter, Bucaneer, Harrier, a biplane?, A7 corsair II, Viggen airfix, F4 UK, ....etc etc. I still have some of those, disassembled, rebuilt and repainted! Then I improved my skills and passed over to 1/48 (Esci A10, Esci F16, Italeri F4E, F4G brand??, Airfix Mosquito, 2 fantastic Monogram F14 and F111....). I took a break at 20 (university and other more important....) and, eventually, I came back 6 years ago, practicing with airbrushing, new technics, PE, afters.....Now I'm quite aligned making all 48 stuff, approaching 32 for IIWW planes and jet fighters not too massive and progressively moving to Tamiya only. I have to say that I do love this community, really polite and supportive, conversely to some italian awful ones bossed around by little roman dictators. I belong to the AMS association (associazione modellismo storico) in Verona where we organize every year local contests and exhibitions and every 2 year a huge one in Verona (this May), just in face of the famous old roman Arena. I've always received appreciated replies to my few posts and this is a good thing and moreover, always kind people, unrestrained at congratulating with models made by others. Thanks to all of you! Ah...now I'm finishing a 1/32 F104G, early 60s, italian AMI with the very first livery all NM with white upper wings and an old P38 hasegawa with amazing decals (virginia marie) although actually self-destroying once in the water...but eventually I got them! I'd like to post some image but it looks like it's not possible... Cheerio.

Yes Deep-sea, I had a suspect indeed. And I can't remember the other brand either. Anybody else can help us?

Hello guys, Giuseppe from m Italy. And ciao Harold as well if you read me. I read from Herald himself that he stopped working as the AMS man. I bought recently a F-84F from a friend of mine with the AMS cockpit included without any instructions. Does anyone provide me this piece of paper please? I'd appreciate it a lot. My email in case is [email protected]. I'm writing that because I don't know how britmodeller notifications work.

Hi Marek, wonderful job! Since I'm making a 2 seater Flagon, which aluminium did you use for the main body? Duraluminium, simple aluminium, frame alu, dark.... I've the Alclads. And have you put onto the plastic a glossy black basing? And finally, which clear, if used? Thanks ciao from Italy

Hi, Giuseppe from Italy. I make no bones about that: get rid of the Hasegawa and keep working on the astonishing Tamiya. No discussion on that, in my opinion. I'm going to buy the Tamia because it's simply something else!

Hi Diego, you are simply great!! How much information you gave me!! As for the ECM pod I'd have the alq 119. It goes on black and white correct? Is it possible that the Iranian configuration could have also the couple of sidewinders on the right station? Like I've seen for the israelian ones or even Turkish.... Thanks again I really appreciate your support Giiseppe

Hi Diego, Giuseppe from Italy. I'm making the IRIAf rf-4e by Italeri in blue-grey camouflage. According to the instructions the bottom is grey apart from pylons, tanks, main doors that are blue. Other info on the internet tell it was totally blue. I can't find photos in the web. Can you help me?

Well said! I totally agree, as I did for my Jaguar desert storm. Useless faffing around with specific nuances of pink.

hi man, congrats for your work. Since I've been restoring my old one by Matchbox (made around in early 80s) and eager to paint it like yours, could you tell me which grey did you use? regards from italy

i took advantage of their spare parts service and I found it useful but somehow ridiculous. Considering i'm italian and living around 140km from the factory, it took more than 3 weeks to receive one envelope with decals (3 weeks of journey, is it clear?) for the usual 8€. A normal letter takes 2days on average..... They don't explain why if you try to ask for. I had also to pay for some transparent parts of a F117 actually arrived with the rest of the kit (20 years ago) but totally broken or badly moulded. I put apart the kit until 2 years ago when I bought the parts.

Fantastic, thanks. But you said it would have been better to prime in white, wouldn't you? Last question: how is painted the lower parte, the belly? Same as above?

it's marvellous. I have to restore an old 1/72 by matchbox and I'd like to adopt your paint scheme. So, basically, the base is a metallic grey lightened a bit so, basically, the base is a metallic gray, lightened a bit. Correct? I have been restoring a 1-72 matchbox and I want to reply your scheme. The yellow has been somehow darkened? Wich way? Fantastic job anyway

Indeed! All true. In the middle 80's I bought one and I still have it in perfect conditions so that I decided to restore it. Thanks to your post I've noticed that the brakes were drilled. I didn't know. So I'm going to make holes... At the moment I have just one pic but I don't know how to put it in. I don't have an URL... I also have a F14 by Monogram, fortunately never completed at the time (1990) but just recently using proper tools such as airbrush and stuff

excuse me but is this the colour of the interiors?

As far as I've understood ( I'm italian) I totally agree with you. My critique Is about the piece which should fix the wrong rear part of fouselage. It's noticeable only with a microscope.

Nothing Witness. I say thanks but they are not worthy to me

I wouldnt buy them even if I were rolling in It.

thank you Witness. So, they make 25$ and 15$ for shipment.... With 33€ I buy a Tomcat 1:48 with decals for 2...... In my shoes, what would you do???

hi friends, Giuseppe from Italy. I'm finishing an old Monogram 48 F14 Tomcat with a very poor decals set. I've opted out for a three colours scheme, low viz. I'm not able to find on the market some decent decals sheet. Can you suggest some maker? than k you

it's the thing I cannot stand in modelling! I challenge everybody to notice the ridicuolus error in the original ZM profile compared to the supposed right one. I repeat: it's ridicuolus. And in order to reach that perfection, a modeller should spend, sometimes, like another whole model kit. For heaven's sake, everybody is free to buy whatever, but in my opinion the makers have reached absurd levels that I'll never indulge. Come on! Sorry for my English, I'm from Italy and I love interacting with british friends.

I was a humbrol clear varnish victim too. Few minutes after spraying over a wonderful blu Bugatti, it looked wonderful. Some days after I noticed a kind of web over the paint, like cracks in the transparent layer. Like a giraffe's effect. Godawful! And goddamned humbrol!