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This has been on my wish list for quite a while... And never did take the plunge with a conversion set. Will have to get this...

Wonderful news

I've gotten my grubby little mitts on the kit and scanned and uploaded the full instructions on Scalemates for those who are interested in taking a gander. My overall impression is of a lower-detailed Clear Prop kit. A well respected Croatian modeller did an excellent deep dive on his FB (It's a personal page, so I won't link). He found some flaws and omissions, nothing horribly wrong. If you want one in plastic this is the way to go. And I repeat - it is not a bad kit, just expected a bit more for the price. For the missing detail, I've been made aware that Aeropoxy from Serbia will produce a scribing template. Cheers!

YES!!!

Thank you!

Another question - of the two recent(ish) kits, Brengun and AZ, which is the better kit? From the pictures on the internet, the Brengun seems a slightly rougher, short-runny affair and I haven't had much success finding images of the AZ one... Please chime in if you have experience with the kits!

Thank you, just what I was wondering!

I got the A&A C-141A, and I'm pretty sure the wings came from Roden. I am also rather sure that the rest is A&A's own (Very similar plastic and sprue moulding to their VJ-101 I have). Which got me thinking to maybe picking up a Roden -141B to use for the engines and other small bits, if they are of sufficiently better quality to warrant the investment. Anyone have both and can tell me how they compare? Much obliged!

I just hope they get to the Mike... (in 1/72! )

Merry Christmas all! I've tried Googling, but it seems my Google-Fu isn't really that great at the moment, so I turn to the community. Can someone recommend a good 1/700 Iowa class kit (mid price range - up to 40 euros/USD or thereabouts)? I know of a lot of options (Tamiya, Trumpeter, Meng...) but not being a ship builder (I have exactly built one, a long, long time ago), don't know much, and there don't seem to be any comparative reviews. I'm looking for a fair combination of buildability/detail/accuracy. Not used to PE, so would probably shy away from that. Thank you! P.S. Also any opinions on the Trumpeter 1/700 Warspite (1942 guise - always loved that ship!)?

AFAIK, the "problem" area is the exhaust. There's no kit or available aftermarket that provides the new upturned exhausts...

Well, I'll be jumping scale for this one...

The HIMARS has been announced by Fore Hobby, the Israeli M109A5 is not available in plastic, don't know about converisons...

Well, this came out of left field!

They had a built up example, which I didn't think to take a picture of. I saw no immediate problem with the struts, it looked fine. I honestly don't know when this will hit my bench (might be years ), so cannot comment on the fit first hand, but the built up example looked like your typical short run - not everything aligned like Tamiya, but nothing majorly off. Cheers!