Hub Plott

Looking forward to following a build thread as it will be a bit before I start on mine. Alan, the "new" decals arrived and look great!

Good to see as I had read that when the owner died, his family trashed the molds. Glad those reports were in error.

Got mine yesterday, very pleased!

Good, now i can stop looking for the MTS/Miku resin kit!

Artie: I ordered on May 2nd the HA-220 the HA-100 and the HS-P75 as of today I have not gotten anything or a shipping notice. Please check with Juan and let me know.

In the homestretch now. Mostly a very good fitting kit other than what I pointed out above. On the landing gear the scissor links will require surgery or replacement to get them to fit as shown. Final thoughts are that I really liked this kit and found it an enjoyable build. Take your time, dry fit and you will love how it turns out. Also these decals are some of the best ever. Strong and yet conformed to all indentions, and raised details without any decal solutions.

Okay so I have joined the fuselage and most all was a good fit . I did have to shim in some evergreen plastic strip on the underside. Not sure if it was the kit or I messed something up but it was not a very big gap. I also used the same amount of plastic strip on the cowl to keep it the correct diameter. Wings and tailplanes have just been added and the joint will some clean up. Engine looks good but I see some touch up needed. All in all so far so good and I am pleased with the kit.

Nice! I emailed him a couple months ago but have not gotten a reply.

Too hot for that right now. 106 F today.

Done.

So far the fit is good, there are several ejector pin marks to clear up and unfortunately some are in prominent places but others won't be visible. The color callouts are a bit simplified with Aluminum, interior aluminum and Natural Metal to be figured out. Only real complaint is that even with 20/20 vision the color callouts on the instructions still need to be magnified to read. It would have been easier of the drops were clear and the letters black instead of the drops black and letters white. Only other thing is the tailwheel bulkhead needs to be placed behind the indicated line and not in front of it so the rear fuselage will close properly.

Have mine in hand! Started it yesterday!

Max Models in Chattanooga TN,USA bought some of the C&H Aero resin sets. Might try them. Mike Moore who is chairman of the 2019 IPMS/USA Nationals is the owner.

If you mean in the States contact Sten at www.fcadecals.com

I hope so. Been looking forward to this one!

Much obliged!

Very interested! Just an FYI the email in the original post is apparently no longer valid as it bounces back as undeliverable.

Grateful for the kits I have gotten and wish Juan, Artie and everyone involved the best in the future! Thanks for everything you have done!

CE conversion has recessed panel lines and clear resin parts. Excellent casting quality. You still needed the Koster high hat Martin turrets as CE did not include them.

I sold one for $1799

Mike is supposed to be upgrading his website so that should improve. Resin2Detail did buy Koster but as of yet, nothing has re-surfaced.

Again I am not sure if either used the Koster kit as a starting point. Based on the pictures of the ebay vendor's conversion, I think he may have used the older resin Concise Models and Graphics PB4Y-2 conversion as a starting point but that is from just looking at the pictures.

I am not sure. Lone star will issue a full kit not a conversion. The other one may have used the old concise model and graphics resin conversion as a starting point but it us hard to tell from the pictures. I have used that guy for some vacuform replacement canopies and been pleased. The resin sets where put in a drawer to stay as I was not impressed. The B-36 slumbers until I retire. As to PB4Y-2s and 1s, I'm going with Lone Star as the detail level is vastly superior and better casting quality.

The vac canopies are great, The resin is okay but not very detailed. If you want to do one that is externally okay his products fit the bill but very lacking in detail and he has stated it was not worth his time to add the details as those that wanted it could add it themselves and those that didn't he would give them an externally correct model at least on the PB4Ys. He concentrates on ease of building more than detail and accuracy. Lone Star has a much more detailed PB4Y-1 conversion and is bringing out a full PB4Y-2 in 1/48.