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  1. This arrived today right before lunch; the 1/32 Zoukei-Mura Horten Ho 229. Now my plan for lunch today was to tackle the nose parts of the Airfix Typhoon to see if I could get them to line up. Needless to say, I got distracted and just drooled over this kit. Here is a peek into what’s in the box. This cover goes over a plain cardboard box containing all the good stuff. It was packed quite well and not one single piece was off of its respective sprue. And, this is what they look like: I was very surprised at the contents. I knew the option to do the kit as a clear version was included, but I thought it would be like the 1/24 Trumpeter Bf 109 kit with alternative clear parts. Not quite, this is designed to be built as a clear version and then afterwards, if you want, you can paint it. The exterior parts are all clear; well sorta. Many of the exterior parts are canopy clear. The main parts, the fuselage and wings are this cloudy clear version. I am not sure of the reasoning why these parts are semi-clear as opposed to completely clear like the canopy parts. Very odd. The detail looks good and the framework that needs to be built up looks complicated and challenging. The decals are nice, but not exceptional. There is also one correction piece in the box for part F-3. It was quite prominently displayed so it would be hard to miss and use the incorrect piece on the F sprue. That is a nice touch. The manual is what can be expected from Zoukei-Mura as it is quite detailed and has examples of the built up parts. colour callouts are only for Vallejo paints. It looks like 45 pages of modeling fun. I am desperately trying to resist immediately starting on this kit. I have too many others that need to be finished. Hopefully, I can finish one or two prior to this weekend. If I do, this kit is jumping ahead on my to do list. So a WIP will be posted soon. If anyone has more questions or would like more detailed photos, please let me know. Now just how much Future do I have on stock? Probably need more!
  2. Source: http://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/sentiment/otr_ipmsRepo2_03.html V.P.
  3. ZM's latest 'Old Man's Blog' asked for requests for what the community would like to see next. I asked for a Whirlwind and a Bronco. Here is the reply from Z-M's president... "Mr. Mike Hislop Thank you very much for your nice suggestion. 1/32 Westland Whirlwind!! If I just think about it I get excited!! One day it might really become one of our kits. So please keep supporting our SWS kits! Well, The OV-10 Bronco sounds good too!! Hideyuki Shigeta President of Zoukei-Mura Inc." So there you are... A cast iron guarantee from the President himself that we'll be seeing a 1/32 Whirlwind before the end of the year. Well, we can dream, can't we? Does anybody out there have anything to do with the Whirlwind Project? Mike
  4. OK everyone, after about 8 months work, I give you Zoukei-Mura's wonderful (and complex!) Heinkel Uhu, featuring none of the pain of the Revell version (Hi Iain), but on the other hand featuring a host of other 'features'. But really, I'm not complaining - it is hard to fault when you take the whole thing in the round... 8 month's entertainment? Seems like excellent value to me. WIP is here: http://www.britmodeller.om/forums/index.php?/topic/234945361-oh-lordy-its-only-a-zoukei-mura-uhu (This editor, in IE 11, is *really* doing my head in... cut and paste is all screwy, the link dialog appears to be a work of Satan and doesn't go away when you click any of 'OK', 'Cancel' or the 'Close [x]' box. Getting the URLs in from PhotoBucket is a NIGHTMARE!!! But I digress, on with the show... 1. A few general overviews: 2. Close ups on the nose: 3. The pit: 4. Some engine close-ups: 5. The fuel tanks and DF equipment: 6. An extremely murky view of Schrage Music system (not easy taking internal pictures!): 7. Wiring gubbins: 8. A wheel well: Hope you like! Mike
  5. Airframe Constructor No1. The P-51 Mustang Valiant Wings This is the first in what I imagine will be a great series of books from Valiant Wings, that take one particular model and describe the processes and challenges throughout a build. In this case it’s of the Zoukei-Mura 1:32 P-51D Mustang. Inside the glossy cover there are sixty four pages of information, starting with the preface, which covers the history of the P-51. The rest of the book is on the build itself. The pages are very well printed and the photography of each stage of build is superb. Rather than an out of the box build the author, Daniel Zambaride Suarez has taken the standard kit and modified it with some fairly simple scratchbuilt items to build a post war aircraft of the Guatemalan Air Force. The author has written and interesting build narrative which precedes the build pictures and explains his reasoning behind the build, how certain effects were achieved and how he painted and weathered the completed model. After this there are thirty six pages of photographs showing each stage of the build. Each picture is annotated stating the process of building, painting and weathering each assembly, plus any additions which were scratchbuilt. Even if you weren’t building the ZM kit the book is still a very useful reference of the various techniques that can be used on any model. After the build section there is a small section on how to paint a bare metal scheme including weathering, which some may not agree with, but it may be somewhat exaggerated, but could still be useful. After this there are five pages of colour profiles, each page with five different schemes, all nicely drawn by Richard Caruana. The profiles are followed by a six page walkround of P-51D in the markings of Ser No. 413704 along with diagrams taken from the pilots manual. The last couple of pages consist of lists for all the aftermarket items available for 1:32 scale P-51’s plus the ones available from Zoukei-Mura themselves specifically for their first P-51D release. Conclusion[/size] Considering this is the first book in the series I think Valiant Wings have done very well indeed. It feels like a quality book which also really shows in the photography. The brief history at the front along with the period photos is a nice touch, as are the side views and walkround, all of which will come in very handy to anyone wishing to build a P-51. The build section itself is an absolute mine of information and I hope to use some of the techniques in my future builds. Highly recommended Review sample courtesy of
  6. Source: http://www.zoukeimur...tml#Ipms1211Lst After two years of research next Zoukei-Mura 1/32nd Super Wings Series will be a Mitsubishi J2M Raiden "Jack. V.P.
  7. I see ZM now have the UHU on pre-order. http://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/index.html I must say 1.32 is not really my thing but after seeing this at Telford I really could be tempted The standard of kit engineering I saw was first class. Apparently if you pre-order then you get both resin crew members thrown in as well. If anyone want a better look then one of the guys over on the SP&R forums is building a test shot. http://sparforums.com/ipb/index.php?/topic/2642-132-zoukei-mura-heinkel-he-219a-0/ Rumors of them doing a 1.32 Typhoon have caused my wallet to go into hiding Julien
  8. Zoukei-Mura research team was observed at the Udvar-Hazy working in and around the museum's Fw.190 F-8/R1 (http://airandspace.s...id=A19600318000) Source: http://www.zoukeimur...tml#Ipms1211Lst A future Super Wing Series kit in view. V.P.
  9. Calling it done - need to get the build written up for Military in Scale now... May add a little more oily stuff underneath - but will sleep on it. Model is extensively weathered - albeit fairly subtly in places. Last one to show I have replaced the static wicks on the control surfaces... Iain
  10. Well everybody, It's been ten long months off and on creating what comes next. It is a splendid kit, and definitely rewards patience. Fit pretty marvellous, moulding also. Definitely the basis for a super-detailer's tour-de-force, with the many (now sadly invisible) internal components and structures. It's sort of OOB... I bought Z-M's (but engineered by Eduard) photo etch enhancements, but I really don't get on with the stuff, and very little ended up being used. The little wires on the trailing edges of the flight surfaces were removed and replaced with fine wire, similarly the pitot on the tail was replaced by the depositor from a tube of Humbrol liquid glue with a bit of fuse wire up it's nose, for a rounder finish! I tried to make a pair of brake lines out of fuse wire, too, but you know what? The supplied plastic pieces were perfectly acceptable and they fitted! There's a lesson for me in there somewhere! On with the show... Just an overview of the monster. It is almost as big as the Revell 1/32 Ju-88, not bad for a single engine... An alternative view. With the light as it is, you can almost imagine the waters of the Pacific washing over the floor of my modelling den... Just a simple plan view... Did I mention the wings fold? OK, some might consider that to be a toy-like feature, but I like them! And on that theme, the airbrakes open and close, too. Albeit quite stiffly, and not something I am going to be investigating on a daily basis... Because the wings fold, it has a handy built-in stand for when you want to take pictures of its belly... Z-M's detailing is pretty exquisite. Guns... Undercarriage... Cockpit... Engine... And then there is the ordnance. This isn't quite finished, in that there are a further 20(!) bombs of a variety of sizes to be decalled, and everything needs dulling down and roughing up a bit, but I think you get the picture... Finally, if you're still with me, I would like a bit of advice and guidance. The little guys look a bit flat and lifeless to me, so I was wondering if anybody out there who specialises in figures has some quick tips to perk them up a bit? Well, that's it! Thanks for watching, and I can't wait to see Iain Ogilvie's (Ian (32SIG)) finished version, too. Mike
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