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Kora Models has just released 1/72nd SAIMAN 202M kits. - ref. KPK 72085 - SAIMAN 202M Italian Service Training Units Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2940 - ref. KPK 72086 - SAIMAN 202M Liaison & Courier in Italian Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2941 - ref. KPK 72093 - SAIMAN 202M Croatian Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2944 - ref. KPK 72094 - SAIMAN 202M Luftwaffe Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2945 V.P.

Kora models is to release 1/72nd Nakajima Fokker Super Universal kits - limited edition https://twitter.com/hobbysearch_mm/status/1748199692289335688 - ref. 72181 - Nakajima Fokker Super Universal - Japan airliners Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/11055681 - ref. 72182 - Nakajima Fokker Super Universal - Manchukuo airliners Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/11055682 V.P.

Kora Models has just released: - ref. KPK72203 - Nakajima Ki-6 (Bristol Jupiter engine) -;Japan Army AF Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4324 - ref. KPK72204 - Nakajima C2N1 (Kotobuki engine) Japan Navy AF Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4325 V.P.

Kora Models new kits - ref. KPK72194 - Saiman 200 - Italian service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4303 - ref. KPK72195 - Saiman 200 - Italian & German service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4304 - ref. KPK72196 - Saiman 200 - Yugoslav partisan & Croatian service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4305 V.P.

After the Fairey IIIF (link), Kora Models has just relased a 1/72nd Fairey Gordon kit. - ref. 72125 - Fairey Gordon Mk.I - Brazilian NAVY - long type float late Complete plastic kit with photo-etched parts, resin engine and decals. Sources: http://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3465 https://www.aviationmegastore.com/fairey-gordon-mki-brazilian-navy--long-type-float-late-kpk72125-kora-models-kpk72125-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=174914 Box art V.P.

After the Fairey IIIF (link), Kora Models has just relased a 1/72nd Fairey Seal kit. - ref. 72126 - Fairey Seal Mk.I - Peruvian Service - long type float late Complete plastic kit with photo-etched parts, resin engine and decals. Sources: http://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3466 https://www.aviationmegastore.com/fairey-seal-mki---peruvian-service--long-type-float-late-kpk72126-kora-models-kpk72126-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=174915 Box art V.P.

Kora Models is to release a 1/72nd BFW Udet U-12 "Flamingo" kits - ref. KPK72163 - BFW Udet U-12a "Flamingo" Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KORPK72163 - ref. KPK72164 - BFW Udet U-12a "Flamingo" - German trainer Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KORPK72164 V.P.

Kora Models is to release 1/72nd Gotha Go.145A kits. - ref. 72060 - Gotha Go.145A night attack bomber Sources: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2581&zenid=oj4ahg4vr7r04i6iuim3deh4n0 https://www.aviationmegastore.com/gotha-go145a-german-night-attack-bomber-kpk72060-kora-models-kpk72060-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=149110 - ref. 72061 - Gotha Go.145A training aircraft over Czech territory Sources: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2582&zenid=oj4ahg4vr7r04i6iuim3deh4n0 https://www.aviationmegastore.com/gotha-go145a-german-training-aircraft-kpk72061-kora-models-kpk72061-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=149111 V.P.

Kora Models has just released 1/72nd Me.262 Schwalbe kits. - ref. KPK72168 - Messerschmitt Me.262V-1 Schwalbe - 1.stage Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4161 - ref. KPK72169 - Messerschmitt Me.262V-1 Schwalbe - 2.stage Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4162 -ref. KPK72170 - Messerschmitt Me.262V-2 Schwalbe - 1 .& 2. stage Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4163 - ref. KPK72171 - Messerschmitt Me.262V-1/V-3 & V-4 Schwalbe - 3.stage Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=4164 V.P.

Kora models has just released 1/72nd Fiat G.50 kits Reboxing from the Fly (link) G.50 kit with new parts & decals. - ref. KPK72154 - Fiat G.50 Freccia - Finnish Service/ski Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3911 - ref. KPK72155 - Fiat G.50BIS/AS Freccia - Bombe Alari, Italian Fighter Bomber Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3912 - ref. KPK72156 - Fiat G.50BIS Freccia - Croatian Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3913 - ref. KPK72157 - Fiat G.50R/N/TER Freccia Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3914 V.P.

Kora Models has just released 1/72nd Fairey Firefly IIM kits - ref. KPK72158 - Fairey Firefly IIM - Belgian fighter "Silver Wings" Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3936 - ref. KPK72159 - Fairey Firefly IIM - Belgian fighter in WWII Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3937 - ref. KPK72160 - Fairey Firefly IIM - British & Soviet services Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3935 - ref. KPK72161 - Fairey Firefly IIM - Belgian fighter & trainer in WWII Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3938 V.P.

G'day everyone. The types built at Fishermens Bend continue to fascinate me. However, many of the more esoteric prototypes have never been tooled in a high-quality injection molded kit. Crazy, right? So this has lead me down the path of resin. I try to model the prototypes where possible, so at some point I'll be shortening the tail of a Nomad, grafting a Gypsy Major onto the nose of a Wackett and removing the cowling from a Ceres. However, I had an idea. Maybe I should try a resin kit straight out of the box before I go hacking up some perfectly good (and somewhat expensive) kits. This is where the CA-15 comes in. Every kit's a model of the prototype if they only built 1! I had the option of the CMR or Kora kits. I'd head bad things about the CMR one, but couldn't find any reviews or builds of the Kora. Photos of the parts showd that it had nice surface detail though, so I got myself a copy of it. I'm not completely new to resin (having built a Beaufort Mk.V with the High Planes conversion), so I knew to be careful when cutting and sanding the parts. Lots of slow, careful sawing under a running tap in the laundry, and some sanding in similar circumstances, left me here. Everything needed to build the cockpit and close up the fuselage is separated from the casting blocks. Clean up wasn't too bad, and the surface detail does indeed look nice. The kit also comes with a few photo etch pieces. After a bath in soapy water, I cracked out the super glue and put together the cockpit pieces. These went together without issue, but a test fit suggests I may need to trim the corners of the rear bulkhead. And this is how far I got before the notion of building it without any modifications ended. I looked at the fuselage pieces, and just couldn't make myself be happy with the outlet duct form the radiator....mainly because there isn't one. Just a flat plate, which I was presumably meant to paint black. So, out came the saw again. It actually wasn't too hard to cut along the existing contours to achieve this result. I've since cut out the other side too. Now, on to some paint. I hit the interior of the fuselage, and the assembled cockpit, with some black Mr. Surfacer. Straight from a can, because I can do it outside and not have to ever use laquer thinners in my airbrush indoors. Despite the high volume of paint, it settled into the details well. I also sprayed the photoetch sprue at the time. At this point, I had to stop work on the cockpit. I've got a delivery of modelling goodies arriving tomorrow that includes some paint for the lurid RAAF interior green. I could mix it myself, but I just can't motivate myself to do it when I know I'll have the right stuff arriving tomorrow (which is also going to go inside a CAC Mustang, possibly, pending research of colours of the early kit-built Mustangs). But, I wasn't quite done. I found some clear plastic lying around and glued the paper instruments to it, using Micro Scale Industries Micro Crystal Clear. It looks a bit rudimentary like that, but after attaching it to the photo-etch panel, it looks pretty great! The panel was dry brushed with dark grey and had some entirely fictional splashes of colour added to make it stand out a bit more once the canopy is on. Trust me, it looks a lot better than my phone camera under indoor lighting could convey. The clear plastic worked well, the instruments reflect light at the right angles, and they appear to have depth. So that's where I'm up too. I hope to get the cockpit pretty much done tomorrow. I'm stuck at home with a (thankfully mild) case of covid for the next week. I'm luck in that it's bad enough not to go to work, but not to bad to sit at the workbench. Fingers crossed it stays that way!

Kora Models has just released 1/72nd IMAM Ro.41 plastic injected kits - ref. KPK72142 - IMAM Ro.41 - Spanish & Hungarian service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3849 - ref. KPK72143 - IMAM Ro.41B Bicomando - Spanish & Hungarian service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_5_73&products_id=3850 Source: https://userimg.teacup.com/userimg/6927.teacup.com/daigonextone/img/bbs/0001924_2.jpg V.P.

Kora Models new 1/72nd Fiat CR.20 & CR.20bis kits: - ref. KPK7271 - Fiat CR.20 Italian Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2858&zenid=if2eph2uu3n58sqeo815j2q8t7 - ref. KPK7272 - Fiat CR.20 Lithuanian Service early Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2859&zenid=if2eph2uu3n58sqeo815j2q8t7 - ref. KPK7273 - Fiat CR.20 Lithuanian Service late Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2860&zenid=if2eph2uu3n58sqeo815j2q8t7 - ref. KPK7275 - Fiat CR.20 Polish et Soviet Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2862&zenid=if2eph2uu3n58sqeo815j2q8t7 - ref. KPK7276 - Fiat CR.20 & CR.20bis Hungarian Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2863&zenid=if2eph2uu3n58sqeo815j2q8t7 - ref. KPK7277 - Fiat CR.20bi Italian Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2864&zenid=if2eph2uu3n58sqeo815j2q8t7 - ref. KPK7282 - Fiat CR.20bis Austrian Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2865&zenid=if2eph2uu3n58sqeo815j2q8t7 V.P.

KORA Models rebox from the Eduard 1/72nd Fw.190 kit. - ref.KPK7231 - Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8/R-1 SG.2 Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2459&zenid=0joelrks75lnhbmghm6b8gv8u6 - ref.KPK7232 - Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 SG.4 in Italy Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2460&zenid=0joelrks75lnhbmghm6b8gv8u6 - ref.KPK7233 - Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 SG.5 in Finland Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2461&zenid=0joelrks75lnhbmghm6b8gv8u6 - ref.KPK7234 - Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 Sonderverband Einhorn und III/KG 200 Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2462&zenid=0joelrks75lnhbmghm6b8gv8u6 V.P.

Kora Models has just released four 1/72nd Armstrong-Whitworth Siskin Mk.III kits. - ref. KPK72112 - Armstrong-Withworth Siskin Mk.III Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3141 - ref. KPK72113 - Armstrong-Withworth Siskin Mk.IIIDC "British service" Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3142 - ref. KPK72114 - Armstrong-Withworth Siskin Mk.IIIDC "Estonian service" Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3143 - ref. KPK72116 - Armstrong-Withworth Siskin Mk.III & III.DC Double kit Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3144 V.P.

Kora Models has released a 1/48th Kokusai Ta-Go/Ki-128 resin kit - ref.4827 Sources: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3116&zenid=m29du3kpjpl2vi9hjpj8jhkpm7 https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KOR48027 V.P.

Kora Models is to release 1/48th Beneš-Mráz Be-50 Beta-Minor resin kits - ref. 4824 - Benes-Mraz Be-50 Beta Minor Racer prototypes Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3113&zenid=m29du3kpjpl2vi9hjpj8jhkpm7 - ref. 4825 - Benes-Mraz Be-50 Beta Minor Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3114&zenid=m29du3kpjpl2vi9hjpj8jhkpm7 - ref. 4826 - Benes-Mraz Be-50 Beta Minor German & Slovakian service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3115&zenid=m29du3kpjpl2vi9hjpj8jhkpm7 V.P.

Kora Models has just released 1/72nd Dewoitine D.27/D.53 kits: - ref. KP7278 - Dewoitine D.27 part III.Swiss AF, Silver wings I. Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2918&zenid=a489ivdvjn95lei3fvv42s62d2 - ref. KP7279 - Dewoitine D.27 III.R, Swiss AF Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2922&zenid=a489ivdvjn95lei3fvv42s62d2 - ref. KP7280 - Dewoitine D.27 III. Swiss AF, Silver wings II. Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2920&zenid=a489ivdvjn95lei3fvv42s62d2 - ref. KP7281 - Dewoitine D.27.III Swiss AF, WWII camouflage Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2921&zenid=a489ivdvjn95lei3fvv42s62d2 - ref. KP7284 - Dewoitine D.27/53 Marcel Doret Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2939 - ref. KP7287 - Dewoitine D.27 Asian service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2916&zenid=a489ivdvjn95lei3fvv42s62d2 - ref. KP7288 - Dewoitine D.27/D.53 Spanish Republican Air service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2917&zenid=a489ivdvjn95lei3fvv42s62d2 - ref. KP7289 - Dewoitine D.53C.I. French Service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2919&zenid=a489ivdvjn95lei3fvv42s62d2 V.P.

Kora Models is to release 1/72nd Focke-Wulf Fw.44 Stieglitz kits. - ref. KPK7238 - Focke Wulf Fw.44J Stieglitz - Brazilian Navy & Air Force Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2506 - ref. KPK7239 - Focke Wulf Fw.44J Stieglitz - Finnish service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2503 - ref. KPK7240 - Focke Wulf Fw, CVV& ASJA Sk.12 - Swedish trainer Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2492 - ref. 7245 - Focke Wulf Fw.44D & F Stieglitz - Swiss & Danish service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2502 - ref. KPK7246 - Focke Wulf Fw.44F Stieglitz - Slovak & Czechoslovak service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2496 - ref. KPK7247 - Focke Wulf Fw.44D & F Stieglitz - Winter training, early with ski Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2498 - ref. KPK7248 - Focke Wulf Fw.44D & F Stieglitz - Winter training, late with ski Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2499 - ref. KPK7249 - Focke Wulf Fw.44D & F Stieglitz - Liaison & courrier service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2504 - ref. KPK7250 - Focke Wulf Fw.44D & Fw.44F Stieglitz - German school service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2491 - ref. KPK7251 - Focke Wulf Fw.44D Stieglitz - captured by US troops Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2497 V.P.

Kora Models is to release in July 2017 1/72nd Curtiss Wright SNC-1 Falcon kits - ref. KPK7241 - Curtiss Wright SNC-1 Falcon - early insignia type Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2490 - ref. KPK7242 - Curtiss Wright SNC-1 Falcon - late insignia type Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2500 V.P.

I have had this one on the stash for a while now so I think I'll get into it once the GB starts. My goal is to build this one, a Hurricane and a Hunter...we shall see! Lots of fiddly resin bits with this kit and I foresee plenty of scratching to be done. Detail looks quite sharp and the moulds look solid and without bubbles. The instruction sheet is a not-to-scale single page carbon copy, so my skills will be tested not only on the build but the old "now what is this bit supposed to be?" question...looks like fun! camo above, trainer yellow beneath. Striking! See you all next week!

Kora Models is to release in July 2017 1/72nd Curtiss Wright CW-22 kits. - ref. KPK7243 - Curtiss Wright CW-22 Falcon - RNeth. East Indies Army AF. Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2494 - ref. KPK7244 - Curtiss Wright CW-22 & CW-22B Falcon - captured/ in Japanese markings. Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2505 V.P.

Please find posted below my completed model of the Curtiss Wright SNC-1 Falcon in 1/72b y KORA Models, I finally got use my Sierra Scale Decals sheet that I have had in the stash for a very long time. The kit is of mixed media (i.e: IM Plastic for main details + parts, plus resin details and a vacuum formed canopy x 2 copies - Thank goodness and a decal sheet plus a mask set for the wing walks) I thoroughly enjoyed building this kit, it requires a lot of patience, dry fitting - but, no fit problems encountered, just a little filler here and there. I will be building more kits from this range. I hope you all like it.

Kora Models is to release a 1/72nd Curtiss Wright CW-19R kits. - ref. KPK7235 - Curtiss Wright CW-19R Cuba & Ecuador Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2501 - ref. KPK7236 - Curtiss Wright CW-19R Bolivian & Dominican service Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2493 - ref. KPK7237 - Curtiss Wright CW-19R Chinese AF Source: https://www.lfmodels.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2495 V.P.