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  1. Just to clarify, this wasn't an aircraft that survives, but one that was comprehensively assessed when it was newly delivered (1939?). The photographs were something of a revelation, like the best walkarounds of museum exhibits, Cheers, Bill.
  2. The Soviets purchased two new Do-215 and they were very extensively photographed, full interior and external detail shots. It's some years since I've seen these images, but they are presumably still to be found somewhere, and I would assume have made it into print, Cheers, Bill.
  3. Dragon's 1/48th Ta-154/Fw-190 Mistel was available in a Revell box until fairly recently, Scalemates says it was issued in 2012, Cheers, Bill.
  4. The assembled model looked like a mixture of 3D printed and injection moulded parts. The rear and forward fuselage looked like 3D prints, where the engine cowlings, spinners etc were a lot cleaner like IM plastic. This is a long way from finished, but it looks to be a very impressive kit when we get it, Cheers, Bill.
  5. The 1/24th Spitfire Mk1 has been in production forever, so presumably it's been a good earner for them. The tooling is well past it's best though and it looks like a serious candidate for replacement, but I suspect a MkIX would be most likely this time round... ...but I said pretty much the same before they announced the Typhoon, Cheers, Bill.
  6. They used to be very good, but the last couple of years they have been truly dreadful. 6 months waiting for clear parts for their recent 1/48th Sea Fury which were unavailable a few weeks after the kit's release. When pursued for the promised parts after that time, I was told they couldn't help and to return the kit to the shop where it had been bought. Fair enough and in line with consumer law, but why wait six months to tell me. Canopies for their 1/72 Blenheim were chased for over a year, they eventually sent an entire replacement kit as they had no spares stock... Cheers, Bill.
  7. My recent experiences with Airfix customer services haven't been so good. Waiting 6 months for replacement parts which were on backorder, then being told to take the kit back to the retailer when I chased up the status. This wasn't for a Typhoon (mine was OK) but for another smaller kit released this year, YMMV Cheers, Bill.
  8. It's quite a bit more expensive than the B-17 was when first released, but the latest B-17 price brings them pretty close.
  9. WNW have reportedly been working on their Lancasters for 8 years so far, the kits' catalogue numbers certainly put them amongst other subjects which WNW were releasing from 2012 onwards. While the HK Lancaster was announced some time ago, there have been long periods of silence with many of us questioning whether we would ever see it released. Cheers, Bill.
  10. That's really intriguing, I considered mine to be amongst the best fitting kits I've ever built. Worst fitting for me wasn't an LSP but a SSP, one of Roden's early He-111 series. A misshapen fuselage like you just couldn't imagine, with pretty poor fit everywhere else. Sticking strictly to LSPs, the aforementioned Airfix Fw-190 caught me out too. Everything seemed to fit well, then I found the engine was substantially longer than it should be when it was too late to do much about it! Cheers, Bill.
  11. This is a bit of a pet subject for me, and I'm glad that Revell haven't jumped on the Do-17Z. If Revell pressed ahead with the Do-17Z now, they would not have an original example available to measure. Now I don't know what plans and drawings relating to this aircraft survive, but there's no substitute for studying the real thing. All of Revell's recent 1/32 releases have involved study of complete airframes during restoration, and this once more is the case with the He-219. Take into account that there is a substantially complete Do-17Z underwater, which the RAF Museum intends to recover this year. A Do-17Z produced in a few years will benefit from vastly improved research material. The people at Revell aren't stupid, I'd be astonished if this isn't a major consideration to them, Cheers, Bill.
  12. I think it makes a lot of sense. Revell will have been able to study an original example of the He-219 under restoration, in the same way they have oen with the He-111 and Ju-88. For the moment, the only Do-17 known to exist anywhere in the world remains underwater. That should change in Spring 2012, and I'm sure Revell will be paying a great a great deal of attention to that aircraft's recovery, Cheers, Bill.
  13. Looks rather nice. Have they announced a Mk2 as well as the Mk1? The Mk1 is shown on their website, but the (different)CAD images on the Armorama site show some features of the Mk2 http://www.mbltd.info/35114.htm Cheers, Bill.
  14. I'd be even happier if they did that with their La-5 or La-5FN....... Cheers, Bill.
  15. Afraid not, Revell have reboxed ICM's 1/48th Bf-109F, rather than the superb Zvezda kit, Cheers, Bill.
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