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  1. DominikS
    I would also try Mr Hobby/Gunze or Mr Paint laquers. I have used Mr Hobby/Gunze MSG and it looks good, IMHO.
  2. DominikS
    Morning All I have a quick question about Royal Air Force South East Asia Command two colour roundels. I know that at the end of the war they were dark blue/pale blue. But, if I remember correctly, originally they were dark blue/white. If I'm correct, can anyone tell me when the white colour changed into pale blue? I'm planning to build Weggery's "Verna June II" Spitfire Mk.Vc Trop and I'm not sure if I should paint roundels and fin flashes dark blue/white or dark blue/pale blue. Thank you for any help. Cheers Dominik
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    IanC, you are right. Tamiya's (and Fine Molds' too) kits are getting more and more expensive. And this is the field where Eduard have huge advantage.
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    I always wonder what makes people saying that Eduard models have/will have better details than x or y or z? They are very good kits indeed but are they better than Japanese kits? I'm not sure. Fine Molds Zeros have very good deatil and I don't think Eduard will be much better. For me, the only issue with Fine Molds Zero is lack of two small parts used to close small undercarriage covers. Otherwise, it's a very nice, little kit. Tamiya made a bit simplified kits, but the detail is great and I haven't found any issues with them (and I have built 7 of them). I think we should wait to see the final product and then make any satements. I have already noticed people writing that ne 48th scale Zeros will be better than Tamiya's and Hasegawa's. If we talk about old Tamiya's toolings I can't agree more. However, I'll compare the quality to Tamiya's latest Zero kits (made in 2010 IIRC) and will be able to give my opinion. Before that, I won't say anything, unless I see some issues after Eduard show first renders. So far, I have only seen one thing on the red renders. But it can only be their quality, so don't want to say anything, yet.
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    This book is very ok. Curently Polish Kagero Publishing has released two volumes of Mitsubishi Zero monography. According to the web there is English version). Japanese books are excellent, even if we can only "understand" pictures. Very often their quality is very good. You may alos try to find Robert Mikesh's book. And there is Zero Aces book from Osprey witten by Nick Millman.
  6. DominikS
    Yes. New wings, new fuselage, new engine, new engine cowling, oil coolers...And probably some more. Cheers
  7. DominikS
    In that topic there is a photo of upgraded Mk.Ib. Although not very clear, you can see that it has same (or very similar) underwing cannon bulges as in Spitfire Mk.IIb offered by Eduard. And there are nice diagrams showing two types of underwing cannon bulges used on Mk.Vbs.
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    Graham, I may be wrong, but the famous photo of No. 92 Squadron Spitfire Mk.Vb QJ-S shows upgraded Mk.Ib and underwing cannon bulges look the same (long, narrow vs kidney-like shape bulges on other known photos of Mk.Vbs).
  9. DominikS
    Their A6M2a (aka A6M2 Model 11 aka Reisen 11) is actually their A6M2b (aka Model 21, aka Reisen 21) with changed canopy. The prototype has some new parts (fuselage, engine and cowling) and some old.
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    As I wrote earlier in other topic, I'm not sure the "B" wings are correct for all Mk.V. For early, yes. For late, don't know, rather not. Except for early Spitfires Mk.V (after changing from Mk.I), I haven't seen Spitfires Mk.Vb with the same bulges as given in the "Tally Ho!" box. But apart from this, almost all the parts are there. But, I think there should also metal seat option. I once read that Spitfires from Malta received metal seats after plastic ones started cracking during dive bombing. If we talk about bulges: 600d76f642f514b68f425255_SpitfireMkVsamplepages.pdf (webflow.com) (Only for discussion). The last photos show them
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    Just a quick question about the underwing bulges in cannon armed Spitfires Mk.I and II. Were they the same? The option given by Eduard seems more like Spitfire Mk.I (known from the photos of QJ-S Spitfire Mk.I/V) than Mk.II. I might be wrong, but the Spitfire Mk.II which is in Canada has bulges which look more like those in the colour photo posted in the previous post.
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    Only the Spitfire Mk.Vbs which were built as Cannon Spitfires Mk.I (the famous photos of Spitfire Mk.V QJ-S). Generally, don't trust Eduard with the information about Spitfires.
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    As Tamiya is focused on RC models, and ground vehicles I don't think there will be any new aircraft. But I'm sure new tanks, armoured vehicles or racing cars will be there.
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    I think I saw a photo of Mustandg Mk.III. But probably from Italy or the Balkans. But where did I see it...
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    I received my Emils (two boxes) yesterday. I'm not a rivet counter but decided to match the kit fuselage to the plans I have (Kagero Monography). I don't know how accurate they are but the kit is a bit too long and some lines and shapes are different. But I think that after building it will look like Emil, so I'll build a few. The pinel lines are nice, much nicer and delicate than in case of P-40E/M/N. The only disadwantage is that we don't find any masks or PE parts, which at that price would be quite nice.
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    According to Info Eduard, this model will be reboxed as ltd edition by Eduard in 2021.
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    V. Å ulc announced that this model will be reboxed by Eduard as limited edition and profipack in 2021.
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    If I understood correctly, Eduard will release this model too. No dates given so we'll have to wait for their first news in January.
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    Piotr, No-one wants to take anything from you (maybe apart from your credit card 😂 😜, just joking) but those holes should be called "rivets" not rivets. I wouldn't mind riveting if the rivets on models looked like rivets. As far as I remember, no company has ever made them look like rivets. They are all holes in the surface. I think only one person made them look like the real ones while building FW 190, methinks. So I think we should start call these holes "rivets" not rivets. And as I have said before, de gustibus... I don't like this feature on models, you like them. That's fine with me. I only wonder who made the forms. Eduard or some Chinese company. And I wonder if the engine cowling will fit ok. Happy modelling.
  20. DominikS
    What rivets? I can only see holes on the surface. I know that de gustibus non est disputandum, but lack of these holes doesn't make the model less interesting or more toyish. And I don't think you would see any rivets or panel lines if you scale down the real thing seventy-two times... On the other hand, it's annoying to recreate these "rivets" after correcting some issues or removing seam lines. EDIT. By the way, you can have same or better results without rivets or even panel lines, although the lines are quite helpful
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    I think that these panels are just dirty. As this aircraft was build after introducing Sky on lower surfaces, replacing only few panels with old ones (black) sounds strange. If look carefully at the panel covered by the roundel you can see same situation. So I think that they are just dirty. There is one more thing. Some say that this plane had lower surfaces painted Sky Blue. For me it sounds strange as it was built at the end of June (first flight 1st July) so I assume that the colour was Sky.
  22. DominikS
    Hi Sorry for refreshing the old meat but I think those panels re not replacements but dirty. Found this photo and it shows dirt. I'm building this plane and was thinking what to do. Now I know...methinks.
  23. DominikS
    It is excellent indeed. Got also other two and they are superb too. And yes, this forum is a great source of information given by experts.
  24. DominikS
    I'd go with brown prop and spinner, although read somewhere that some spinners were painted green.
  25. DominikS
    The best one, and easy to build are Tamiya's. I know what I'm saying - have already build eight. Am building A6M2 Model 11 from Fine Molds and it's very good. and more detailed in places. But for young modeller I'd go for Tamiya's. No fit issues.
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