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  1. Richard123
    Just checked your Mig 19 build, looks awesome.
  2. Richard123
    I try not to look too hard but every time I look at the short nose Z-M F4 I see the issue with the tail. Now they've redone it I'll certainly get one of the long nose versions. It's just a shame they don't seem to be correcting their earlier mould.
  3. Richard123
    Cheers Gene, I'll take a look.
  4. Richard123
    If you check JeffreyK's images you see it. It's why Zoukei Mura changed the mould for the long nose Phantoms and why there's a resin update for the short nose. Usually I'm not too fussed about small errors in kits but that one was a bit too much. I prefer the look of the Academy F4 but will probably get Zoukei's F4-F when it arrives.
  5. Richard123
    And me, just looks wrong.
  6. Richard123
    But they've just done most of the work with their 72nd scale effort. Hopefully they'll scale the CAD up and release a 48th scale version. I live in hope.
  7. Richard123
    That looks awesome, do you have a rough timescale for the project?
  8. Richard123
    With next weekend's Shizuoka hobby fair cancelled, does anyone reckon we'll get any announcements from manufacturers?
  9. Richard123
    Has anyone heard if Danny is any further along with the Magister? I checked his website and it doesn't appear to have been updated since last year. thanks,
  10. Richard123
    My thoughts too. Hopefully someone will do the instrument panels too but I'm not too bothered, it looks a fantastic kit to me bar the silly mistakes.
  11. Richard123
    Am I right in thinking then that the kit is basically sound apart from the decals, which I probably wouldn't use anyway, and the instrument panels?
  12. Richard123
    Sorry Laurent, never thanked you for the reply, thanks.
  13. Richard123
    That looks amazing, ICM are becoming my favourite manufacturer. I'm build their HE-111, albeit in a Revell box, and that's fantastic!
  14. Richard123
    Me 264 or early He-111 with stepped cockpit.
  15. Richard123
    Sorry but what do you mean by IP please?
  16. Richard123
    Regarding "licensing", I don't think it has anything to do with accuracy it's more about copyright. The respective companies own the rights to the name and shapes of the aircraft so the model companies have to pay them off in some cases and say so on the box. I think some of the car manufacturers do the same which is why some of the kits are more expensive than others to cover the licence cost. It's also why some kits don't carry the common name of the item, check a certain 4 wheel drive WW2 American truck, it's rarely called by it's nickname on the box nowadays. I think that's because of licensing. I believe the Americans tried to introduce a law to stop the copyright problems for model kits but it was attached to a larger bill that failed so we're stuck with the problem.
  17. Richard123
    That's exactly my point, we have yet another state of the art MkI Spitfire when I would have preferred to see a Griffon powered machine. I know it might/will sell well for Eduard and I'm sure it will be a fantastic kit but I'd like to see more of the Spitfire family in high quality plastic. They might not sell as well as all the Battle of Britain based kits but I'm sure they'd pay for themselves or Airfix wouldn't have turned out their Mk XIV.
  18. Richard123
    Sorry, but that doesn't really wash with me. If you apply the same logic to the 109 then there should be very few F or G model kits available but there are. The late model Spitfires have been very poorly served by the larger manufacturers, particularly the Griffon powered machines, and with a couple of exceptions from Airfix aren't really state of the art.
  19. Richard123
    Awful news, another Merlin powered Spitfire. Why not a decent Griffon powered machine!
  20. Richard123
    Perfect, thanks Troy.
  21. Richard123
    Thanks for the help, much appreciated. Need to get to work on the radome. Thanks for the photo Tom, I rather like the fact it still has the ball turret in place. Bit more work for serials and markings and wait for the kit to turn up. Hopefully by the nationals.
  22. Richard123
    Thanks for the help. Do you know if the RAF Fortress had the offset waist gun position please? Cheers
  23. Richard123
    Is it possible to build a Fortress III from this please? I know it'll need the radome but is the rest of it ok? Thanks
  24. Richard123
    Fantastic, thanks for the help.
  25. Richard123
    Is it possible to build the RAE helicopter from this version please?
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