Mr One Thirty Second

Hi Guys, This is my very first post on this forum site, been reading the topics and forum posts on this site for the last year, some very great info and finished models especially the WIP, here is my 2 cents worth. I will be picking up my HK B-17G this morning from my local hobby shop in Melbourne Australia, I was called to say it had arrived in the shop on Thursday the 1st of August 2013 very happy and suprised as I was told in early April when I paid for it that it will be available in Australia some time in May. Unfortunately I will be storing on the shelf for a while as I hava few other project on the bench ie: trying to finish my 1/35 Iterlari JFK PT-109 that I started in March and my recent aquisition of a Dragon 1/6 M4A3 Sherman Tank (HUGE!). The other issue is the aftermarket parts for this kit are going to cost me a fortune as I just saw the first few items on Sprue Brothers web site from Eduard example the landing flaps alone are costing over USD100 !. The price is still AU$319.00, which is still value for money even though our Aussie dollar has taken a tumble in recent months, in April AU$1.04 to 1 USD, now AU$0.89 as the saying goes America sneezes and Australia catches a cold. For you 'Melbourne nites' who want to see one in these 'monsters' in the flesh it is available at the two premier Melbourne hobby shops, Metro Hobbies in Box Hill, see Ross or Victorian Hobbies in Melbourne CBD see Gino. I will try to upload photos of my kit when get some time this weekend. Greg