Stew Dapple Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Damn. I just ordered two Profipacks. You people are a bad influence on me. Cheers, Stew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Welcome to the new way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Thank you PC, I shall embrace this... new way. Cheers, Stew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 You like Spitfires, you buy the latest and likely the definitive mk IX kit yet released. Why's that sooooo bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Overtrees ordered. It does look like a great kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Overtrees ordered. It does look like a great kit. What are the overtrees?? Are they just the weekend editions?? I am confused Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 What are the overtrees?? Are they just the weekend editions?? I am confused Rob Overtrees are just the styrene from the kit - no decals, no instructions, no suitable-for-framing bonus fragments of a FW-190 or whatever. And delivered in a plain white box. An excellent bargain for anyone who has a stockpile of suitable decals; the instructions are available in pdf form for downloading from Eduard's web site. What's not to like? Well, besides the fact that it's not a Yak-9 - oops! I said it again... John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominikS Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Me ordered two overtrees. And some time ago I ordered PP edition too...two boxes. Gonna start as soon as I get them...The problem is when I finish though. Would like to build one for model show in September. But usually my modeling plans doesn't work Well will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Ordered a few overtrees, as I've got plenty of decals in the stash. Very curious to see this kit, I feel that as soon as my package is delivered this will jump at the top of the stash ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I've just looked at the propect of ordering overtrees, I'm assuming t from what I've read here that the plastic is the same in all these kits, though these are late IX overtrees. Need a minimum of three for an order, @ US$9.31 each, plus UD$15.00 for shipping to NZ plus exchange rate of approximately 1.5x, is +/- NZ$63.00. I'm struggling to make that seem like a good idea for 3 naked kits. I think I'll buy fully dressed ones one at a time & by cherry picking prices & vendors reckon I'll pay very little more. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 We should be able to beat or match Eduard's afterparty promo price and with less postage for UK customers. So if anyone has patience, they can save some cash. thanks Mike 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Overtrees don't make any sense to me if you factor in shipping, unless you are in urgent need of the kit. Better to wait a few months for the weekend edition, which many local retailers will stock. You spend less money and you get a complete kit as well, including the stencil sheet which is a real bonus as most aftermarket decals do not include those. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Overtrees can or not make sense when all factors are accounted for. Personally I've bought 5, for €7.15 each. Postage comes at little more than €2 each, giving me a total of roughly €9.5 each delivered to my door. Sure, there are no decals included, but I have plenty of spares and I can print all stencils myself (Spitfires stencils are mostly black, good thing). Is it expensive ? Depends... I can buy the Airfix kit for €9 at the local hobby shop, it includes decals but the level of detail is not the same that Eduard offers. And I'd have to move the car or jump on a bus. Will the weekend edition be more convenient ? It may, but once postage is included I'm not sure. Granted, I will be able to buy this from the local store.. actually not, as they don't keep Eduard. I would have to move to a different shop, that farther out and is well known for being the most expensive hobby shop in the country... Clearly with postage costs varying between countries what is convenient to me may not be for others. Same for decals, I have plenty while others may need to buy aftermarket sheets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 not bad value the overtrees, 3 sets all the way from CR for 23 pound, considering it cost almost 24 for an AZ joypack from hannnats, I won't be ordering them, Ill wait for the weekend editions, or maybe Ill be week and grab a profipack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) The overtrees look to be decent value for money. I'm not fussed about masks or the etch, I have plenty of decals for mk IXs and I rarely if ever apply stencills (72 is a full size aircraft 72 feet away - with my eyesight, I doubt I could read sqn codes, let alone make out stencils!). TBH, I only ordered them as I'd been paid and I wanted to get the kit quicker. The AZ Joypack is good value for money - I have nine - but the KP Czech boxing is better value, having the same AZ mk IX but with an additional sprue with new intake, guns, wingtips and belly tank PLUS a comprehensive decal sheet. You'd have to be stupid not to get it. IIRC, Mike (MJW) is offering the AZ Joypack at a better price. Edited June 21, 2016 by The wooksta V2.0 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
172flogger Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Preview: http://modelweb.modelforum.cz/en/2016/06/21/172-supermarine-spitfire-mk-ixc-late-version-eduard/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominikS Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 My Czech is very poor but at the Modelarovo.cz website there is a review of a new Spitfire and according to a person who wrote it new Spitfire has too big span (sth ca. 1/70.8 scale). I hope this is not the case as I have already ordered 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 That's terrible, it's quite obviously fatally flawed! I'll take them off your hands for a fiver each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Oh no, hope thats not the case, though then again its an upgrade on the AZ one which is undersized in both length and span Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominikS Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 That's terrible, it's quite obviously fatally flawed! I'll take them off your hands for a fiver each No way....not gonna give it away....even for fivehundreder I've checked other Czech forums and what I've noticed is that there's some kind of "Czech kit producers' Civil War"...if I understand Czech good enough (well I should, I live 30 km from Czech border lol). I hope to put my hand on my models before the end of the month...and then I'll start my workshop...if I only have enough time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Greenshirt (Tim) did a comparison of the Airfix, Sword and AZ Mk IX's with the Monforton drawings here. Hopefully he'll update it when he gets a hold of the Eduard kit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) Removed. Edited June 21, 2016 by Graham Boak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenshirt Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Greenshirt (Tim) did a comparison of the Airfix, Sword and AZ Mk IX's with the Monforton drawings here. Hopefully he'll update it when he gets a hold of the Eduard kit. I plan to...kit ordered. Tim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
172flogger Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 Brassin sets: http://lietadielka.blogspot.cz/2016/06/spitfire-mkixc-late-eduard-172.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 The Spitfire is here, and it's fantastic ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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