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Looks great, but I am very concerned this Meteor has only one seat. The best Meteors always have two seats.

I was able to do a passable job on the stripes of my 1/48 Gannet AEW3, both the spinner and fuel tanks. I airbrushed first Tamiya X7 red, for the black I airbrushed Testors rubber (small square bottle). It’s my go to for all things black since pure black seems too stark to me.

I really like Hasegawa Tornados. Great work.

I’m not holding my breath that this ever gets released.

Sadly we’ve seen the last of the new tool Hasegawa scale model aircraft. Nothing would make me happier than to be proven wrong. I’d eat crow for a week!

Sadly it seems Hasegawa is out of the new scale aircraft model business.

For the most part, yes. Only the A-7D/E and German Navy Tornado give me the slightest ripples of desire.

You are correct, sir.

I bought this kit the month it came out. Shipped from Hannants to my house in Germany while stationed with the 3ID in Schweinfurt. I am ashamed to say it remains in my stash, the plastic fondled a bit, but nothing more as I dragged it from Germany to Arizona to Tokyo to Virginia and finally to Utah. I have the Caracal sheet. Your superb rendering might get me off my buttocks. Great job.

Fantastic work. Love it. But I still can’t get over the fact Italeri hired ex-Matchbox trench diggers to tool the Sterling.

Absolutely stunning. My T-43 is stalled due to some of the issues you listed.

I just got off the space cruiser from Saturn. Everything seems to be about the B-2A. Did I miss something?

Good job modeling the Lucy. What scale 1/12? Excellent work on the flesh tones and hair. Those are hard to do. My only small concern is the bikini is the wrong shade of black. I would have used NATO black. Otherwise an exceptional model.

“He’s dead, Jim.”

North American made such gorgeous birds. And yes, I am one of the few who thinks the Savage is gorgeous in a very brutal, purposeful way. And the Vigilante, especially the A-5A, is pure sex just sitting on the tarmac.

My wallet is in no danger with this release.

I don’t know about the Russian AF or RAF, but I can assure you with metaphysical certainty that in the 70s, 80s and 90s it was absolutely standard practice for every US Army vehicle, no matter where, to be refueled as soon as it returned from the exercise. From an Abrams to the lowliest M151A2 Mutt. To find your vehicle with an empty fuel tank in the motor pool was the beginning of a terrible weekend courtesy of the First Sergeant.

Absolutely incredible how you build these large birds to such a high standard and so quickly.

Absolutely spot on. This is my first completed Sword kit. It’s not a Fury and it’s not 1/72, but I had an absolute blast. What other model company is going to do a 1/48 injection molded Gannet AEW? Love their subjects.

Savvy modelers “in the know” are waiting for the D model from Hasegawa, complete with Hellfires.

Disappointed. Wrong shade of yellow. Beak wrong shape.

Love it. Your source for the decals?

Super cool. What brand of paint or a homemade mix?

How good is JetMads customer service for replacing broken parts? Anyone know? Those of you who have your kit in hand, might want to watch a YouTube video by Callsign Charlie Models on his unboxing of his Neptune. First time I had seen his video. i was very pleased to find this video and the unboxing. The superlatives of the model were very apparent and about half way through I was convinced to buy one, but at the 20:00 minute mark he discovered the fuselage aft of the wing was shattered into about 10 pieces or so. Around the 28:30 mark he discovered the rear cockpit bulkhead piece had broke apart. That gave me pause. He said he was going to email the pictures to JetMads for a replacement (later he states he will try to repair the fuselage.). I will watch to see what he does. Thus my question for anyone who has experienced JetMads customer service? Now I fully understand things break. And JetMads packing system is impressive. I’ve experienced great CS. When my long awaited 1/48 Gannet AEW arrived from Hannants the clear cockpit windscreen was shattered in a thousand pieces. One email to Hannants, and I got a quick response saying they would make things right. And they did. So again, anyone experienced JetMads CS? Were you happy? This is not an inexpensive kit. I just want to know if I grab one and I have issues, it will get resolved. Sounds like he is going to try to fix the parts on his own. That’s cool. To each his own. But for me, I am not going to pay $466 to end up repairing a major section of the fuselage. In the meantime, those of you who have not inspected your Neptune may want to reconsider that decision.

Extremely imaginative.