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Very nice..........Good to see the classic F-4M in a different scheme. Nice job....Well Done, Sir !

Thank you for posting this RFI. I have one of these kits in the stash which I am planning to build in memory of my Late Father. The Avro Anson was one of his favourite aircraft, along with the DH Mosquito, Saunders-Roe Princess and Vickers Wellington. I remember him telling me about a number of memorable trips in that he had taken in the Avro Anson during his training at No.1 Radio School, Cranwell and later at RAF Locking so I thought it would make a nice tribute. You have done a great job with what looks like a challenging kit but, knowing John Adams as I do, I have every confidence that an accurate replica has been produced. It certainly looks the part and as others have said, it's nice to read the accompanying back story too. Well Done, Sir !

Currently reading 'At Her Majesty's Secret Service - The Chiefs of Britain's Intelligence Service, MI6' by Nigel West, which was a Christmas present from my Mum. A fascinating read so far.....I had no idea, for example, that the UK was indirectly supporting the little known guerilla war being conducted by the 'Forest Brothers' against the occupying Soviet Forces in Estonia (where I currently live/work) and the other Baltic States during the 1940-50s. My other bedside companion is one of MiG Jimenez's Weathering Magazines covering 'The Beach' in preparation for starting a diorama project in 2021.

Agreed, Given the T-33 is a re-boxed Platz kit, it does seem to be good value when compared with buying the Japanese boxings from the Far East and then dicing with the possibility of import charges. Many others obviously think so too. The Big 'H' sold out on their first batch of the kit within days of receipt and I had to source one from my LMS.

John, Funny you should mention this since the same thought entered my mind. In fact, I think several of the manufacturers are having fun with this at the moment. I recently bought the Aerobonus (Aires) 1:48 scale Russian Military Trainer pilot figure (QAB480225) and this too looks remarkably like V.P.

Great model...........The Quickboost seat really sets this one off...................Love the Cold War colour scheme too........eptitomises the RAF in Germany during the 1970s. Well Done, Sir !

Veery Nice......Congratulations on producing the first completed example of the Zvedza kit that I have seen. You seem to have definitely nailed the shape/size of the 'beaver tail' on the RAF C-130K bu modifying the kit parts too. Although I grew up with this colour scheme in the Far East and Near East Air Force bases, I am still not sure if it is my favourite. I served with the ATF during the transition phase between the three-colour scheme and the Grey/Green wraparound scheme so one of these is likely to be my first. Anyway, not to take anything away from your great build. Well Done, Sir !

This subject would normally be totally off my radar as a purely WWII and Post-WWII military aircraft modeller but Antoine's Lockheed F-5A/B Lightning has been on my 'to do' list for many years (waiting for someone like Tamiya to release a kit) but this kit has peaked my interest since I can see it making a nice little themed display with the aforementioned Lightning. The kit appears to exude quality which will help to motivate me to build something outside of my normal genre.

Another Cracker, Tony ! Glad to hear you had a good Christmas in spite of the circumstances Well Done, Sir !

I do like the P-39 in either French or Italian Air Force colour schemes. This is a particularly nice rendition. Well Done, Sir !

Nice job with a 'difficult' base kit. I especially like the 'popcorn' camouflage scheme which has been nicely applied. It will make a very nice presentation gift. Well Done, Sir !

Interesting but somewhat flawed perspective. The USAF bases in England (and Scotland) are there under long-standing bilateral and NATO agreements. A newly independent Scotland would, I suspect, have some difficulty applying for NATO membership given the openly declared policy regarding the removal of Nuclear weapons from Scotland. NATO highly values the UK's Independent Nuclear Deterrent so any action that potentially risks the effectiveness of this asset will be viewed very dimly. This would, I dare say, have a 'knock on' with the negotiations between the rest of the UK and RoS over basing rights for the Royal Air Force, which is a UK asset. I will not enter into any political debate over any of this but merely state that the topic was a largely unresolved issue last time around (in 2014, during that other 'once in a lifetime' referendum).

Veery Nice !. I must admit I do like the USN F-14 in this scheme with the black tails to provide a bit of interest......I have a similarly marked VF-31 F-14D Tomcat in the 'to do' pile. Great weathering too.....spot on in my book....not too OTT and very realistic Well Done, Sir !

Yep........Had a personal run in with M O'L some years ago and this gives me yet another reason to avoid this excuse of an airline........willing to play with people's lives for yet more ill gotten profiteering. The 737 MAX is a flying coffin......no confidence in it whatsoever, no matter how much Boeing pay off the licensing authorities to give it a clean bill of health.

So............even more assets for the soon to be created RSAF (Republic of Scotland Air Force)

Still waiting for a F-14B variant of the Tomcat. IMHO some of the best schemes were those applied to the F-14B variant.

Brilliant, I love both of these colour schemes on the F-4 Phantom......especially the 57th FIS markings which are very rarely seen on models, for some reason. Well Done, Sir !

Jonathan, Agreed.....it happens with cockpit masking sets too.......As you say it would be helpful for AM manufacturers to more clearly specify which kit (Designed for original Academy mould, for example), referring to the F-14 seamless intakes.

Forgive me if this has already been covered elsewhere but I believe the Quickboost seamless intakes are intended for Academy's earlier kit of the F-14A Tomcat. I don't think they have got around to developing a set for the brand new Academy kit yet. This could explain the poor fit of the parts (not a normal Quickboost trait, it has to be said).

Agree Markus, Perhaps they could adopt a similar approach to Eduard with marketing.....'Profipack' (with Quinta Studios type cockpit detail) vs. 'weekend' with instrument panels provided as part of the 'standard' decal sheet. ?

Just goes to show that you do not necessarily need a rather costly state-of-the-art kit to produce a really nice model. I do like the rather subtle weathering on this one too. Well Done, Sir !

Great job, Barzin. It is really nice to see the classic T-33 Shooting Star in an unusual colour scheme and markings. Well Done, Sir !

I hear what you say about the Quinta Studios instrument panel/ejection seat detail set but on closer inspection the instrument panel and console look to be fairly generic albeit they will definately dress up the very bare Zvedza cockpit. The Ejection Seat is, of course, more of a known quantity so its relatively easy to get this detail correct. I'm not normally a fan of kits that are prone to risk with accuracy due to their dependence on prototype or pre-production examples but I may make an exception with the Su-57 since I really like the digital scheme applied to the most recent examples.

Lack of cockpit and wheel well detail etc ?. Let's have a think about this. Are Sukhoi (and the Russian MOD) really going to allow Zvedza to crawl around their latest combat aircraft, given all of the stealth technology etc ?. Let's not forget that this aircraft is some way behind the F-22 and F-35 in terms of R&D, with the Russians wanting to play catch up (or maybe stay ahead of the game ?). I'm not sure they would appreciate Zvedza insisting in having a look inside that cockpit and taking measurements of the innards of the weapons and undercarriage bays, which could reveal useful data on stealth capability or otherwise. From a modelling perspective we are also seeing a trend developing with Zvedza (and maybe Russian kits in general) where the company is producing basic but accurate plastic kits at an affordable cost which can then be embellished with the host of aftermarket products being developed in close coordination with the originator (Quinta Studios instrument panels to name but one). We have seen this with the recent 1:48 Mil Mi-24V/VP Hind (excellent shape etc but fairly basic detail) and the 1:72 Lockheed C-130H Hercules (Excellent kit with much better, but not stellar, detail - that is where Microdesign and Quinta step in with detail sets etc). I would much rather have accurate, relatively simple and reasonably priced kits, to which I can add as much detail as I want, than all the 'bells and whistles' (which may or may not be accurate anyway) on a more expensive and complex kit (e.g. Kittyhawk Jaguar and Mirage F.1).

I have two of their SA.365 Dauphin kits............You have nothing to fear..........high quality plastic, injection moulded kits so S-61 fans can finally rejoice !