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The owner by his own admission is knocking 60 , & they don't have huge backing just a few business angels . Sadly as a business model that doesn't suggest a huge number of releases coming in the next few years. Don't want to wee on your bonfires but maybe adjust expectations ? One model , four variations in 3 years .... Age and under investment are both limiting . But yeah ......I'll have a Blackburn Bungalow III if we are playing Santa Lists .

Airfix....mostly so-so models aimed at so-so modellers IMHO , I guess they know their own market, and nowhere near cutting edge. The prices are silly for what they offer in 1/48 and 1/35 , esp as it's all made in India . Don't build 1/24 the reviews seem better . I like their choice of subjects, but the kits I've done are often disappointing to me , Ferret , Chipmunk, Tiger Moth all ok but a bit meh . Be nice if they stepped up from 'state of the art in 1995' to 2025 ....with photoetch , masks , better parts definition, nicer decals ..."Airfix Advanced / Plus" not too loose the 'dads and lads' segment ? Much smaller Eduard do it all so much better and without the price gauging and repopping 60 year old tooling Feel free to disagree.

Nice one Max.thats a great build .. That chonky wing on the typhoon and the bulbous yawning mouth ......coming from the same designer who gave us such beauties as the Hart, Fury and the Hunter ....it was like Sydney Camm had a bit of a brain fart in 1940 and decided on function over form 😳

Had the same thought couple of years ago. The 1975 Revell cost me more than the Revell/SH repop . Decided in the end throwing SH parts at the old dog was a waste of time , glitter on a pig etc so built the Tempest instead. Its a nice model . Then stupidly bought the resin cockpit for the Revell thing anyway 😳....it's still on the shelf , as all that re revetting is not something I CBA with . Good luck !

I'm liking the subtle chipping , looks very in service . My efforts tend to come out pebbled dashed at times🤕

That's lovely Pete ,I salute your perseverance on such a mammoth task . Will it dwarf the squadrons of Vipers though ?

How did Telford smell ? Live up to expectations ?

Nice cone work .

OPR.... the way to go .

I did a walkaround at Shutleworth recently , this link will take you to the gallery , lots of pics but including number of the Glad they have there . Hope they might help . https://postimg.cc/gallery/fT0v74V

Exceptional work . That absolutely kicks ass ! That is one heck of an Apache Larry .

Very sad , I'm sorry to hear that terrible news. Good luck with the future .

Even with half of it sawn of .....the diorama is still nearly a meter long ! Laterz PW

Picked up and built this one recently - I believe was the first model I made with my dad back in 1974 . I can remember us taking it into the garage so he could give it a coat of grey car primer as the paint job.

I thought we had just retired our Herculaneums ?

Living up to it's realife subject this one crashed and burned. After three hours of patchworking metalics yesterday , TBH wasn't really working out very well , so stopped and then gingerly held it vertically whilst peeling the making tape off as the paint was still soft ....and .....slipped out of my fingers hit the desk and the wing snapped off cleanly . Given how thin the wing is , and the angle of the join , pinning it looks to be a real PITA even if it's doable . So the thing lived up to it's reputation as a lawn dart and back in a box it goes. I can sit there for a while until I decide if I can be arsed with it again . Laters PW

No just responding to specific point made while the UK was at sleep / at work . I'd leave it up to the mods to police threads.

The old Italeri kit is great, I've built quite few over the years , and owned numerous 1:1 versions Nice job there Mike, for me the roof is always a bit tricksy but you've pulled it off. If you ever research MOD plates this website will give you in-service records. https://merlinarchive.uk

To the guys getting a bit hot under the collar with my opinion -I invite you to please post some RFI's of your WNW builds as you both were clearly well into them . I never built one when I could afford one , and would be genuinely interested to see your builds , what worked , what would was hard , why they were so good . I'm sad WNW died before I got into biplanes, and also sad that for whatever reason the moulds haven't been licensed or sold on, and languish in a warehouse somewhere gathering dust, and the remaining stocks are now just being hoarded for profit . Learning from others for me adds value to my hobby , far more than just speculation , or wishing that things were different than they were . Cheers PW

Wife bought me one for Xmas, which was a good move as she knows not to try buying me models . Looks fascinating in concept TBH . I saw a superb 'car in workshop' one on FB a while ago, but can't find the pic. Something like 1/72 but looked more 1/24 in detail . When I build it anyone interested in seeing a log ?

There's a "Flapper theme" going on in the Burrow at the moment .

I think closing down yet another WNW thread ( 7 alone started by the OP of the recently closed one) is not excessive. How much really is left to be said on the subject ? TBH if people want to have wish lists , and endless debates over minutia , and grind their pet axes then why not have a separate part of the forum , or ask that all the debate is kept on one or two threads as on other forums , easier to ignore it all , less clutter, & saves repeating yourself on a whole new thread ... Anyone familiar with the British Army forum will know what I mean , nb they have a less polite view /description . If you want to mark it "Wish list ....Tamiya Wish list ....or just "WNW /Kotare/ 1/35 again" in the title that would be handy too. I'll skip it . Over the years I've been on here, I can say, for my opinion, this forum consistently showcases some of the finest scale work to be seen anywhere , by genuinely gifted folk -way beyond where I will ever get in the hobby , heck there are plenty of people who manufacture kits for a living on here too . LSP reviews and guides are outstanding , and the mod tolerance here is good , no redlining and "experten" flying around . Personally I've drifted off a bit in the past 12 months because of the growing numbers who never seem to build anything but have to crack on endlessly about the industry , why this is wrong, what such and such should do etc etc. That most famous proponent (now departed) had 10,000+ posts, not one of which ever mentioned anything he built . I don't miss his presence. The endless rehashings ....be nice for them not to become what LSP is known for. Oh and I'll have one of these from Kotare for Xmas please , a Blackburn Puffin Pellet .

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100's of proper build logs on here .. .this is intended for entertainment alone Damn thing's so big it needs to hang up to bake the paint . I liked the lens flare too .

Happy Birthday , Delphine salutes another year passed !