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Maybe I'm just a little too tired at this point in the evening, but how did we not see this coming? Kotare begins with the letter K. Of course they're going to do a K-4 first for the 109! Good thing there's no O's or R's to do, so only three batches away from the E everyone is desperate for. I'll shut up now. Off to bed. Bronzemeister

Man that Tamiya kit builds up well! Excellent work all around on this one! Painting, weathering, rigging, etc., it's all there!

Outstanding!

Very nice build you've done! Such an oddly proportioned airplane, but that's what it was. Excellent work.

Excellent, and exciting to see! I've probably sold 50+ copies of this kit in it's various boxes over the years, and this is like the third I've seen finished! Well done indeed!

Looking very good so far! I'm excited to see what comes off the printer next!

They are indeed great! I have all there newer 1/48 kits, and hope they can get around to doing their beautiful Caudron GIII in 1/48 too (would go well with the GIV yaknow!)

Blue Skies. RIP Rowan

Yup! Just the cleansing of the spleen....

Some years back, never mind exactly how many, Wingnut Wings came into the world, and I loved them. They were everything I wanted in a WWI Aeroplane kit, save one thing, the scale. Oh, their initial offerings were grand! Such fabulous choices and with a dearth of markings for them. Fantastic kits that built up so well, but just too big for my humble collection of built kits. See, I'm a 1/48th man, and while many who are blame Aurora (as I sometimes do myself), the real culprit for me was Mr. Bill Koster, and that Siemens-Schuckert kit. Yes, sure, there are the occasional dalliances into 1/72 for a challenge, and a Revell 1/28 kit here and there in some sort of attempt to recapture the dayz of my yoof, but the commitment to 1/48 is strong in this one. Wingnut Wings sorely tempted that many times over the years. Many, many times! I dreamed that at some point Mr. Jackson would see the profitability available to him and allow some WNW employee to take all that 1/32 goodness and distill it down into a smaller 1/48 brother, but alas, twas not to be. Monies left on the table, lost to the dust of history it would seem. And so, the 1/32 range, kept growing, and growing over the years, and the aftermarket decal enablers only added more fuel to the pyre burning in my soul. "It's right in front of you, all you have to do it reach out and take it!" was what these flames of desire were calling me to to, and WNW did this themselves with all those beautiful Albatros (and others) sheets. On occasion I would see some wonderful builds by Greg Crawford in the display cases at Brookhurst, and they really seemed to call to me and say "I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair in my onethirtysecondness" O the pain! How much longer could I hold out? But sadly now, the maelstrom is passed. It appears that they have decided to diminish and go into the west, and thus not hold mere mortals like myself in thrall any longer. I have no Wingnut Wings kits in my stash.

Sweet build! Nice simple paint job that suits the scale well.

Excellent choice!

Very Nice!

Excellent choice! Wonderfully bizarre French plane. Break away from the pack and paint it red however. Red ones go faster you know. Bronzemeister

Thanks Dave, much appreciated. They're not Falcon or War Eagle. I'm quite familiar with those companies works, and these are not them. I'm thinking older Lone Star, but I'm not sure. Bronzemeister

I've found these in a stash I'm going thru. There are no instructions or notes with them. The bags are stapled shut with their original staples, and have never been opened. I can't ID them for certain. Looks like a 1/48th and 1/72nd version of the same Corsair variant, but I'm at a loss on who the maker might be. Other items in this stash are all older 1980's/1990's era stuff like Medallion. Any observations out there? Thanks, Bronzemeister

Thanks for the info bjohn5. It's sad the vac world keeps getting smaller. I think there's been some involvement between the two in the past though, but I can't figure it out. Full disclosure, I used to work for a shop in California that carried a LOT of vacs back in the day. I remember we used to get orders in from Don Bratt back in the late 80's, so this is all before Don Bennett owned the company (companies). I can not remember getting orders in from The Eagles Talon, but there were a few kicking round the shop still then. Going over Scalemates, it lists a release date of 1986 for the Eagles Talon version of the Kikka. I stole the picture of it in the composition below from Scalemates, but the Wings images are of one I have in my possession (currently!) This is the same kit! The collection that the Wings release came out of was mostly purchased in the late 80's/early 90's Plus there's this list from the back of an The Eagles Talon kit that I do have! Again, late 80's/early 90's I think almost all of these subjects were also done by Wings. What are the chances? I'm so confused now.... Bronzemeister ps. Toby don't know, but I'm nowhere near done.

Does anybody around here know what the relation between "The Eagles Talon" kits and "Wings 72" kits was? Did Wings acquire Eagles Talon at some point, or was it a transition of some type? I'm going thru a collection now that has a lot of old vacs, and while I remember Wings kits quite well, The Eagles Talon ones are confusing a bit. Many of the Eagles Talon kits I'm finding were also issued by Wings, but it doesn't look like it was a joint venture. Plus Scalemates frequently has both issues listed, but not as same tooling. Bronzemeister

That is pretty big for a "fighter", so no space issues with extra crew! Very nice build so far. Bronzemeister

Thanks Jun! Very helpful! The Vac route seems easier to me, as I've done several in the past and have learned to like the medium. Rareplane Gotha anyone? I've seen plenty of short run kits that a comparable vac is the easier route. Plus I'd only get a few bucks the Airmodell kit on the Bay, and the Special Hobby kit would set me back only like 10 times that amount! I'll take the Charles Atlas therapy for a bit. It's only a fuselage after all. Bronzemeister

Thanks MilneBay! That's quite helpful for my decision. I think I'll just be using the DC-3 wings and not worrying about it. It's pretty close wingspan anyway, and if I fiddle the cowlings and engines a bit it'll be fine.

I've recently come into possession of an Airmodel B-18 vacuform. Don't ask how. I find it curious. I'm not super knowledgeable on the B-18, and the instructions say to use an injection DC-3 kit for the wings. How accurate is this? It feels like it's a lazy modeler solution, but could be just the ticket! Inquiring minds and all that. Bronzemeister

Any good pics out there that show wartime production wings being transported by rail? I'm hoping to see how they would be loaded on a flat car. No specific plane in mind, just need to see how they get loaded for various lengths & such. Thanks, Erik

Loverly to see an old Airframe kit get built? Assembled? Put together? Mastercrafted!

Sweet work! Love the camo & weathering.