All Activity

Thanks a lot Rod

There are some animated poses and faces in that collection. What's with the figure who looks like they are about to sprint away? I'm optimistic that careful painting could bring them to life regardless of the slightly soft detail. Please share how you get on with painting them please Thierry. Cheers, Guy

Neither did I. The tally is two so far (although to be clear, it's still only one as the second is still winging its way to me via Royal Mail)

I need to choose a seat type for my conversion build. Photos of surviving Marder IIIH contain seats that look cobbled together. 1/35 scale kits by Dragon and others show seats that look like the farm tracker seats found in the Panzer 38(t) <donor vehicle>. I am inclined to cobble together the primitive seats; cheaper, use wood and plumbing pipe and easier to build etc. But I am concerned that these seats were installed during post war. thanks for any insight

I can only praise the after sale service from Peddinghaus as I already received replacement sets from Germany for the two I ordered that had printing issues!

I agree, I will say this though if that D-9 is a hybrid kit, I will be buying one of those for sure. The D-9 has always defied me so far as building one I am happy with, even 35 years ago I had some sort of 1/32 hybrid edition that was a build failure, I had the Hasegawa kit but was not that happy with the result. I will be buying the 1/32 B when that is released also.

Do the same thing with oil paint. Put a small dab (pin head or smaller) where you want the stain to originate. Then using a cloth/tissue, etc dampened with thinner (and I mean only barely damp), wipe the stain in the direction of airflow. The result should be a stronger stain at the origin and a steak of lessening intensity as it progresses aft. Practice on scrap before committing to model to hone your skills and decide what you like and what you don't. You can use larger dabs of oil paint but start with small ones as to not over-do it. Once the oil paint is dry (it has a tendency to dry faster than not), you're free to overcoat it with flat, gloss, whatever finish you're looking for. I would not use an oil/lacquer based varnish on it though (if applying with a brush) as it may react with the stain and ruin what you set out to do.

I think that's just about everyone's mantra but reality creeps in and throws a giant monkey wrench into our plans.

I don't think Eduard even mentioned an F6F in their 1/32 past announcements... only the P-51B, Spitfire IX, and Fw190D-9. Were Eduard to offer one of these, I should think it would be along the same lines as the aforementioned 1/32 release announcements; hybrids one and all.

I have just realised that the OP meant kits to buy not necessarily to build. I am slow but I get there in the end... Although I preordered two Kotare kits late in 2025, I don't plan to buy any kits in 2026. Kind regards, Paul

Yes, it may. BUT, we may get the definitive IM Hellcat at the end.

The Trumpeter F.6 has got some issues, but a lot can be remedied as Derek ably demonstrated, so she scrubs up quite well — okay she's not the best looking, but still a great date. Certainly not a pig (like the LTV A-7 kits, which are being remedied by ResKit). I was hoping @Iain would press ahead with his correction items one day as those looked great. The main thing for me is that E E Lightnings should be displayed in pairs so if the ScaleCraft hybrid offering comes in at an affordable price I will definitely buy a brace, but maybe 3-4 Revells if they did the subject to the same standard as the recent Meteor, as I'd expect them to do an F.3 or even a T.5 to go with an F.2A/F.6. Tony

Very impressive modeling!!!! that's a fantastic display!

The gestation for the GWH P-40 was as I recall close to 2 years. You might have to do some digging on the first announcement to release but it was quite a long time. So stay tuned but this may take a while.

Is the Eduard one supposed to be their "hybrid" kits or whatever they call them? They are releasing a few kits that have a mix of plastic and 3D parts.

I would say new tool. I don't think Trumpeter reboxes kits from other manufacturers

Use pastels on a flat surface. Put a small dot of pastel powder at the starting point of the strain and simply use a large flat brush moving from that point to create a strain. Repeat the process as much as you want. There is just one drawback: you cannot touch the stain and adding a clear coat is not easy without modifying the effect.

We are considering how do large (read Scimitar sized) aircraft in 1/32 in 3DP. One issue are the transparencies - some combination of vacform for the bits that are clear and 3DP for the framing and structure is probably doable as per the real thing. The other issue is dimensional stability - principally for large, flat surfaces. We have not solved that piece yet. Will

Too bad there isn’t a “hold your nose” Imogee. 😫🦨

new tool, or Kinetic re-box? unless someone is a pure devotee of 1/24, I think many will wait for Kotare (2027 scheduled release); I know I certainly am.

Very interesting and welcome news The (very) flawed Trumpy kits have been around at about £80 for a while now which seems pretty decent if you are happy with a 'looks like a xyz to me...' (and there's nothing wrong with that approach) But I can't help thinking commercially this will go nowhere until they are mainstream injection moulded, if not fully, then at least what Eduard is doing / going to do with some of their new releases in both 1/48 and 1/32 So somewhere along the line - and especially seeing as these guys are also Kiwis - someone needs to find out how Kotare got their finances together and try to replicate that; because if you get it right then even in our large sized but commercially small scale you the opportunities are there (1/32 sales, even by value, are sub 5% of 1/48 I reckon)

Bonne année et bonne santé également. I have been following without comment so far and am looking forward to the next instalments, as this is great reference material. John. 🇺🇦

Most of me says "Wow, great!" but there's a small part saying "What about an F2A?" Joking aside, this looks very interesting and the fact there's a 74 (Tiger) Sqn option in the box is a real bonus. Edit: meant to also say that a potential mainstream kit - and I agree with @Tony T that if anyone does it's most likely to be Revell - would be good.

Your submission makes complete sense Tony from a cost and then by association wider availability perspective, however, having had the misfortune to build the Trump 1/32 F6 version when first released, any current standard 3D conversion set for the base kit (IMHO) would simply be a 'lipstick on a pig exercise' given overt issues with the Trump kit such as the odd shaped canopy and especially so the guppy fish resembling fuel tank/belly area. For the subject and in this size, then my approach would be to either do it properly or not at all as a subject build. Indeed, a 'conversion' part / set would be needed in just about all areas of the base plastic kit. As you say, a new tool Revell 1/32 F6 done to the same standard as their recent 1/32 Meteor would be the perfect balance and satisfy about 95% of those who would love a 1/32 EE Lightning done properly and at a price acceptable to mainstream modelers with even a casual interest in the subject. And of course, the AM guys would be all over such a IM kit by Revell as well. Gary

Wow! Is New Zealand becoming the global powerhouse for high quality large scale kitsets? Interesting to see it is going to be available in 1/48 as well. Gives me time to build my two Airfix versions in my stash. Is it too late to get them to change to a Spey Toom?