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Tony T last won the day on February 13 2017

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  1. The talk of 3D printing lines, coupled with the thought of glueing everything but the model together satisfactorily with cyanomasichismo[insert a blue word]acrylate glue is a final passion killer. I will gaze at your finished models with delight but these kits are not for me. What it has achieved is to make me more aware of an inflationary price curve in 1:32 which is preparing me for higher sticker numbers on new styrene kits. The prospect of a Red Pills F-4B, Trumpeter S-3, and (more remotely) a Rye Field Fishbed etc is sufficient for me to keep the faith and stick to styrene, using just detail 3D printed and resin enhancements. But supergluing add-ons is as far as I'm going to go, otherwise it's back to woodwork. Tony
  2. The thought occurred to me that HK Models want to placate the jet fans by giving us an accurate 1:48 FG.1/FGR.2 — and that would be more than okay too, as it could happen quite quickly. Obviously wishful thinking, but I don't want Airfix tackling the F-4's canopy. Their penchant for non aerodynamic chunky framing is dire. I don't see the 109E being a HK Models candidate. The thing doesn't fit in and is a complete yellow fish. The subject of the photo is the scanner with the Lancaster in the distance. A Beaufighter would surely sell well, particularly if the kit offered different observer arrangements, exhausts, cowling inlets, noses etc in one box with a big decal sheet, rather than in piddly instalments. We aren't getting younger! We need it now! Tony
  3. FR47 Seafire, yeah! We're beginning to get 1:32 Spitfires coming out of our ears. Still eagerly awaiting DBMK's 1:48 Scimitar. Tony
  4. That didn't go unnoticed here, either. But a Beaufighter would be almost as nice! Tony
  5. Along with many hundreds of others, I imagine, who don't live in Japan and are looking for a £75ish quality Spitfire with everything in the box. CAD mostly done, apparently, and just in need of an update. Yep, exactly that. No doubt the first wave would be premium editions but regular Profipack editions would ensue. Spitty stashers will still buy at least one because a/ it's a Spitty and b/ because it'll be *absolutely new*. And I bet the box will be appealing too. When it comes to Eduard I'm way more of a MiG jet man but am in for one of these big propellery Supermarines. Tony
  6. A three figure kit would probably be a special edition with a book and a shedload of etch, löök etc Remember you can buy bells-and-whistles 1:48 Profipacks for about £30-40 and weekend editions for £25ish. I'm guessing a Weekend edition 1:32 Spitfire might actually come in at around £55-60, an overtrees set for £35-40. A Profipack without a limited edition book and pilot figure for £75. Now, Eduard's figures may differ of course, and they may just want-in on the £100-is-now-normal Tamiya, GWH and Kotare single-engined prop avenue, but I think they'd be missing a trick not to slide in with cocked guns just behind Kotare and Tamiya. And blast away. And the Spitfire IXc is a good-looking mark to start with, assuming they do actually bite into 1:32 scale. Tony
  7. I don't yet have a Tamiya Spitfire IXc, just the Revell, so an Eduardo might be a perfect qualitative upgrade for folks like myself. And if they took the plunge with a MiG-21 Fishbed series, that would be magic. That, a -15UTI and -17F. I'm pretty sure none of those are going to happen in big scale, just 1:48, but a £75 1:32 Spitty would be at the right price point. Revells's inexpensive Spits are riddled with divots, and the Tamiyas slightly bland and expensive. Probably the right move. Tony
  8. The Flanker B is a single-seater and, yes, we desperately need replacement clear parts @Ali62 if you get the mojo. I'm content to sacrifice my originals. Modifying the shape slightly would be a bonus, but smooth clear copies would be a boon. Tony
  9. Thanks for the reminder: I must get a 3D-Chute Expert F-16A-ADF fin for a future L'Ultima Diana and pair of Kormorans and launch rails for a Marineflieger Tornado. The 3D-C-E stuff looks very good and I don't know why it's taken me this long. Tony
  10. If you have the Phantom Phreaks nose that has the rounded profile and is good for RF-4B 7348 onwards. Just a few. These also had the thicker wing so you fit the nose conversion to a Tamiya F-4J as Marcel suggested, et voilà! Not sure about the cockpit — does the Phantom Phreaks set have the pilot's IP with two side-by-side scopes? The Revell kit is really ancient and best sold on / given to a kid to make. HTH Tony
  11. I'm still hoping your Thunderstreak dossier may find its way into Zimi's hands. It is as significant as its contemporary the Hunter, which was nicely done by Revell. The F-84F is waaay overdue in 1:32. Sadly, while I acknowledge that 3D-printed & resin kits are not just the future but also the 'now' in 1:32, my current overriding maxim is "If it can't be done right away using polystyrene cement and Humbrol paints it's a pass". Tony
  12. My enthusiasm is tempered only by the price and long wait for the goods, which is why I skipped on the Draken — and now another favourite Cold War jet. Aaagh! I'll enjoy seeing these built — by others. Tony
  13. Thierry and I have been banging gongs about a MiG-21 since page 1 of this thread. I'm glad there's three of us now. Tony
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