bulmer69

Well they could have made some kind of announcement sooner than this. It's going to hurt HK for sure and to announce it so close to the release of the HK kit is pretty low.

They worked really well for me on the Tamiya Spit. used micro set (blue) underneath and they stuck really well. From memory (couple years ago-should have kept notes) about 4-6 hours then peeled away, no carrier film. Try a couple out first and come up with what works for you. Cheers Joe

Had the same issue with the 48th Catalina. It is now 1 year to the day since I preordered them. Apparently they rejected a couple of batches due to QC issues. Not sure what the delay is at this point, these are just decals, no PE. Cheers Joe

I wouldn't go for the pre painted canopy. It doesn't fit that well and you'll likely lose some paint in the process of getting it to fit. Cheers. Joe

For me too. Sprue Bros shipping to Canada is very reasonable now they have the discount shipping rate available to here (I forget the name of it). takes a little longer but I'm rarely in a hurry. I've had nothing but positive experience with them. It is cheaper to order the Camels from Hannants in the UK and ship to Vancouver, Canada than to order from Weta in Seattle. Hannants overseas shipping seems pretty reasonable. Cheers Joe

I cancelled mine when the shipping charge came up as $40 US to ship one camel to BC, Canada. Sorry, but there's no way I'll pay that. Cheers Joe

Me too. And the duellists, depending on the price

Made the same mistake with the sheet fot 'hot gen'. Thought I'd do a b25 in British markings only to find the markings are for the CWHM b25. Nice enough If you want to do that warbird, but the original wartime b25 hot gen was not a solid nose and was not a Mitchell III, so I can't use them on my glass nose one either. Should have looked into it a bit more before I bought them. Cheers Joe

Those were really nice builds Bill. All 3 were beautifully done. Congrats. Thanks for the comment on the Zero, that was mine. Cheers Joe

I'd love to do a conversion to a Canadian SAR lanc. I started the 48th conversion with the Leading Edge decals and resin but fizzed out on it. Would be great if Leading edge scaled up their decal sheet! Cheers Joe

The Zero type 21 was almost entirely a new tool. New wings, fuselage, most of the cockpit. Not a lot in common with the type 52 Cheers Joe

I used to use Polly Scale too. Tried a lot before I settled on Vallejo Polyurethane Matt Varnish (27.651). Not the same as the little squirt bottles of flat. Very durable and dead flat. Thinned with Vallejo airbrush thinner. Good value too as it comes in a large bottle (the one I got is 200ml, but they have larger ones I think). Cheers Joe

I'd buy, but almost everything I looked at was back ordered.

colour schemes now up as well as all the model images, instructions etc

Who owns revell now then? Cheers Joe

Well half fixed. Crack was taken care of but my replacement still has a blob in the middle of it

Ditto from Me. That was a beautiful build. Best Aircraft and Best WW1 subject well deserved. It had my vote for best of show too. Got me excited about building a WNW kit. Just started the Roland CIIa today! Cheers Joe

Here's the response I got from Hornby yesterday: Dear Mr Brown We have today despatched a canopy. Very sorry you have experienced problems with the product A19002. The problem with the Q sprue, is not common to all the kits. The sprue feed was changed to eliminate this problem. There is a very slight dimple in the canopy, we have been informed when product is completed Will not be visible. Regards Airfix spares. IMO the dimple is not 'very slight' and the one on the windshield is pretty bad too. Looks nothing like the test shots or the one Brett Green built for his book (judging from the online pics-I don't have the print book) . Will reserve judgement till I see the replacement though. Cheers Joe

No, it was at the Bomber Command Museum in Nanton Alberta. The Lanc had 3 engines running earlier in the morning, but was having trouble with the 3rd for the rest of the day and only ran the 2. Show was great too. Lots of high quality models there. I'll definitely be driving out from BC again to attend Cheers Joe