Eric B.

Very nicely built, painted and completed. It turned out a gem in kit form. Very well done. Eric B.

Hello everybody, I was a few days off and truly did not expect this thread to be revived. Thank you @Dave Klaatu and thank you all for your very kind words. I remember this build as a pleasant one, well detailed and sharp kit with a little care and preparation work needing to be exersized. Cheers Eric B.

Hello Very nice result. I don't think it was the Michel Tanguy (or Ernest Laverdure) aircraft who mostly flew for the 2nd Escadre (not the 13th) at Dijon Air Base. It was more than a comic series in France as there also was a TV series in the late 60s. Chers. Eric B.

Wow, Another great news this week.. X-Scale is ambitious... Eric B.

Hi, That is a very nice pair... congratulations Eric B.

Hi, I was hoping for one, long needed in the 1/144th scale to replace the other B737-200 kits in that scale. I admit I did not necessarily expecting it from X-scale but that is good news. Eric B.

Hi Yes, you are absolutely right at this. I had forgotten about the Mc Donnell plane, but the P-1 shares the same configuration and overall aspect. Eric B.

Hi Sebastien, Yes I will. Talking about Mondeville reminds me that last sight I had of your stand desk was this very Ki-84 during the course of construction. Again congratulations for a superb model. A testimony to the fact that you can build warbirds or jet fighters with the same success. Eric B.

Hello This is superb job Seb. This is a most beautiful Hayate you built here. Very inspiring. Eric B.

Hello I am currently building a french 1/72nd scale Jaguar from a Hasegawa kit. Hasegawa released different boxes with British and French version kits with specific noses and fins. Still they did not work on some other details, prominently cannon muzzle fairings which differ between British and French aircraft. * It has been said before, cockpits and ejection seats are different. An excellent 1/48th scake Jaguar MB Mk.IV seat can be found at Sparkit models (I used the superlative 1/72nd scale version) https://sparkit-models.com/fr/cockpit/13-jaguar-a-et-e-siege-mk4-jrm-148.html * Pylons and most stores are different between British and French machines - including fuel tanks. * What Hasegawa did not take into account is the difference around cannons and their muzzles. I guess until Airfix releases a French Jaguar in 1/48th scale , you'll face the same issue. Early in their carreer French Jaguar received more envelopping muzzle fairings and this is a visible difference that shows. Gas exhaust vents also are different in numbers, position and shape (see accompanying photos - link below). I am currently working on this part on my 1/72nd scale Jaguar but being a compound complex and shape it is not as an easy job as I one thought. Funny I did the same correction a few years ago but I cannot figure the solution I used then. http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/waJag1.html [/URL] [/URL] Eric B.

I guess it would be easy/easier to provide the strenghening straps as adhesive vinyl bits Sorry I don't know what they are but what I can see that the outer slats parts down the image left corner are USAF/AF/land versions specific with shorter fences. As the part trees are designed I can easily see FM developping a small 6 part sprue for a US NAVY specific outer slats > F-4S coming with the correct slats and fences. Eric B.

Hey, Beautiful MD here... I 've got to love it. Beautiful modelling and good improving work on the Minicraft kit. Thank you for listing corrections you made. I also remember those Meridiana MD-80s around some airports I used to visit. @Skodadriver thank you for your kind words. I am really touched if my modest jetliner modelling contribution made you pick one MD-80s out of your stash. This must be kind of a mirror inspiration as your liner models triggered my will to build liners again. Cheers. Eric B.

I was thinking the same as you. I confirm that is the same in the 1/72nd scale kit. I received mine four days ago and I am really pleased with it. All in all we know all 1/72nd sacle GWH kits are beautifully engineered and show well in the box. Their newest A-10C release is in the same league. What makes things different, I think, is that all previous GWH 1/72nd scale kits somehow had serious challengers/alternatives. That was the case with their Su-35 (Hasegawa, Zvezda...), F-15 (Hasegawa, Fine Molds...), F-14 (Academy, Hasegawa..), Mig-29 (Zvezda, Trumpeter...). In the case of the later A-10 their major contender (Academy, Italeri..) are completely outdated. I personnally took no time taking my Academy/Hasegawa and Italeri kits out of the stash for a resale. My guess/hope is that GWH may later release an A-10A version but I can't figure how I'd display one of those older kits beside a GWH model. Eric B.

Hello André, That is a very nice little D520 you built here. I write" little" only because I know it is 1/72nd scale and a D520 is no big bird but let me tell you that it actually doesn't show it's scale at all. Nice work on riveting, detailing, painting and weathering. I believe you also had the colours right. All in all a very beautiful model you built here. Eric B.

Wow, I had already seen and admired this one in the past but never dropped a few words. Taking the opportunity now! Your B747 is a gem. Fantastic looking late B743 model. If we can regret that there is no sharp B747-300/400 kit in the 1/144th scale, you are showing us the way with yours. Fantastic job and beautiful photographs... a real eye catcher. Eric B.