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  1. John Thompson
    Looking good! But I always thought the Tibetan Terror was an affliction caused by drinking unpasteurized yak's milk. John
  2. John Thompson
    Or, you could always splash out for a set of these beauties: https://plastic-models-store.com/exhaust-pipes-for-polikarpov-i-16-airplane-148-rexx-48025-branch-pipes John
  3. John Thompson
    No no - you beat out the dozens of other eager bidders who wanted to make a masterpiece out of it; now it's on you. We expect a detailed WIP/build thread with plenty of photos. Over to you... John
  4. John Thompson
    All those double panel lines just look completely weird. Modellers have this ongoing thing about excessively visible panel lines; how did AZ/KP think doubling up on them was a good idea? "For modellers who like panel lines, we give you twice as many!" And isn't the rear face of the wheel well actually the main wing spar; in other words, in this area, the wheel well doesn't just follow the outline of the landing gear bay opening. This isn't news - Airfix got it right a few years ago. You would reasonably expect that every new P-51 kit since then would have the same correct detail. John
  5. John Thompson
    The specific issues of M-Hobby with the Yak-9 drawings by Viktor Bogatov are as follows: Yak-9 (initial production, no suffix) - 6 (168) 2015 (June) Yak-9D - 7 (169) 2015 (July) Yak-9T - 8 (170) 2015 (August) Yak-9M - 9 (171) 2015 (September) For the Yak-1b (Yak-1M in Polish service), issue 2/91 of the Polish magazine Skrzydla w Miniaturze has excellent drawings by Zbigniew Luranc. John
  6. John Thompson
    Even Woodcocks have the capability to scare you to death if you flush one unexpectedly. John
  7. John Thompson
    How creatively bankrupt or disinterested do you have to be to name a warplane "Bagshot"? Yes, yes, alliteration seems to have been vitally important in the between-wars aviation industry (look how Gloster managed it for so long), and I know that Bagshot is a lovely town in Surrey, but it's hardly in the same league for striking fear into the heart of an enemy as "Spitfire", or "Avenger", or "Hellcat", is it? John
  8. John Thompson
    Series 66. John
  9. John Thompson
    Right - all this back-and-forth about over-engineering makes me happy to wait for my LHS to receive a stock of the under-engineered Airfix 1/72 starter kit, which will suit my under-skilled building talents perfectly. John
  10. John Thompson
    Some of the burden can be eased if you have an Academy Spitfire XIV available to be cannibalized. The Academy kit looks "nice", but it's not as accurate in shape as the Ventura/Jay's kits. The Academy cockpit and landing gear, and maybe some other minor pieces, are much neater and more detailed than the corresponding Ventura/Jay's parts. John
  11. John Thompson
    Yeah, me too, except in my case, it was three - one for now, one for later when I would become a really skillful modelbuilder, and the third for some remote time in the future, in case the kit was no longer available. Or some "logic" like that. In reality, I was just greedy. And today I still have those batches of three of the same kit, all still unbuilt, inflating my stash... John
  12. John Thompson
    Mine arrived today, 13 days after shipment date. Very good! The kit itself is somewhat complicated, but the instruction manual is highly detailed and printed in very large format, so I don't foresee any disasters. One thing that bothers me a bit is that there's no identification of colours for the various parts of the highly-detailed cockpit, but that information can be found elsewhere. A reassuring note among the various cautions printed on the back page of the instruction manual, for those who have large stashes and may not get around to building this kit for a while: "Shelf life unlimited". John
  13. John Thompson
    I was wrong - my parcel was only shipped yesterday (18 April), according to today's email which actually includes the tracking number. I can hardly guess what Armory and other Ukrainian suppliers are going through, trying to fill orders under the current circumstances. You have "supply chain" problems, buddy? Ha - try keeping your business running while you're being bombed and shot at! Slava Ukraini!!! John
  14. John Thompson
    Double post - sorrrrrreee!!! John
  15. John Thompson
    Hmmm - no; good point. I got the "finished processing" email, but nothing specifically about shipment. That was on March 27. I remain optimistic... John
  16. John Thompson
    Mine has been shipped; I'm hoping to receive it this week or next week. Fingers crossed, of course... John
  17. John Thompson
    Interesting, and thank you for the link, but it seems just a bit primitive that you can't click on the images to enlarge them in order to get a better look at the kit parts and instructions. Are they available elsewhere? Sounds like cannibalizing the control stick for substitution into a "big boys and girls" kit with a warped/damaged one isn't an option; I wonder if the landing gear will fit, since so many have complained about defective ones in Airfix's standard P-51D kit. John
  18. John Thompson
    1965, a monstrous-big (by today's standards) 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne 4-door sedan, on loan from the local Chevy dealer to my high school for drivers' ed. But I had an advantage which I think wasn't allowed in the UK - automatic transmission! I still remember how I nailed the parallel parking part of the test - it was like an invisible hand guided that land yacht into a parking space on the main street of Bracebridge, Ontario, and I was all set! Bought my first set of wheels not long after - a rusted-out 1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan for $200. John
  19. John Thompson
    Excellent, but where are the floats?! A Norseman without floats is like, well, a Norseman without floats. No doubt there'll be a subsequent Canadian bushplane reboxing with them included; if necessary, the ones from the Matchbox kit should keep me happy for now. I wonder if other, earlier marks are planned. I seem to recall reading (maybe even in this same thread) that the differences were enough to make that financially impractical. But a brand-new kit of any version from such a high-quality manufacturer as Dora Wings? Believe me, I'm grateful! Now let's see some aftermarket bushplane decal sheets! John
  20. John Thompson
    Maybe Eduard will branch out into producing aftermarket decal sheets for their kits. They already make every other kind of A/M accessory. John
  21. John Thompson
    I just received notification that my order has been shipped, so apparently the kit is now available! John
  22. John Thompson
    You never know what might happen - actually those would probably be easier for CP to do, based on the type 5 - my wish is for the type 10, but it has more in common with the types 18/24/28 than with the type 5, so it's a big stretch. A type 29 would be nice, too, but that's even more different! John
  23. John Thompson
    FWIW, in 1/72, it was the Spanish Civil War version (CP72023) that contained both the early (11 ribs) and the late (22 ribs) wings. John
  24. John Thompson
    Aaaaannd - <click!> - order placed! John
  25. John Thompson
    Once the supplies are used up, the leftover cat can be sent in to deal with unexploded ordnance. I like it! John
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