Darren Howie

Mr Surface in conjunction with Tamiya White..if it aint broke...

And very nice resin set it is. Hasegawa kits are a bit weak on interior detail so a Fawcett set plus the Trump kit will give you a lovely Stuka..

Decals in the SH-60B are outstanding and altogether kit looks excellent. Great selection of schemes and lovely printing etc. Will grab another at some point..

At the end of the day go with the one thats cheapest or fits your goals. The Revell kit has a full engine etc plus a more complex build. Hasegawa kit goes together beautifully and far more quickly. Both look great so just go with what suites you more. You will get a great looking kit either way.

Hope so Dassault really know how to design an awesome looking 2 seater.

I think a quick look at view counts on youtube vids shows any text based video is annihilated by voice over video. just think how exciting is it watching a subtitled movie with the radio going? There are some outstanding youtube modelling resources and none of them you text over voice..

if you can do a bit of cockpit work you can do that F-4EJ with a standard hard wing F-4E which is already out in both 32 and new ZM in 48...

Why bother waiting when there is the utterly magnificent Tamiya kit to build?

The only two with correct diameter that i know of are GT and now OOP Sierra Hotel in 32nd. Getting the burners the right size makes a huge difference to the look of the Tamiya F-4 rear end. Either of those will work good luck finding the SH set..

Most of those WW guys will be rubbing their hands together at what this will do to the price of D7’s they where smart enough to buy when you could. WW prices being high is not a new thing. Every one of the WW kits that went oop had big prices afterward and continue to. Anyone thinking the entire company going into hibernation wouldn't lead to a surge in prices is simply not being realistic. Supply vs demand. There is no “speculation” when it comes to WW you either bought them when you could, you pay big money later or you miss out.

If you can find them Rhino did an outstanding set of intakes for the kit. Some people have had gear leg sagging problems. There is a wonderful set of brass gear legs from G factor id recommend as well. Lovely kit..

Im very hesitant to wait for anything Italeri based off the 104 and Mirage kurs. Incredibly poor fit on Mirage and trench like panel lines on the 104. Hopefully they dont screw the pooch again..

From what i understand they go on reverse hence why reverse printed. Never bought a set so havnt seen them but they are all like that. reinventing the wheel!

Anyone saying the new ICM stuff like Ju-88’s, HE 111’s, Mig-25’s are “average” needs to reassess what they expect in a box. I’d put up any of those kits on a plastic vs plastic viewpoint dual with any manufacturer. If ICM’s stuff like the Mig-25 Family is average good luck with other manufacturers..

The interesting thing to me is why the second biggest conflict in human history is considered a “niche” topic. It may be niche to Americans but to other countries ie Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France etc etc its a huge part of their history. Its been the ability to design kits with smaller tolerances to allow for the more complex engineering that has allowed WW to really launch an ignored genre. Realistically its ignored because if you look at kit manufacturers other than Airfix not one manufacturer comes from a country which played a significant part in the first world war. Why Roden even when Jackson said he would not tread on their toes refused to retool any kits or launch new ones to higher standards is beyond me. They could of really surfed the wave with WW instead they did nothing leaving WW on their Own for a decade until CSM came in recently. Very interested to see what happens we have an entire Spad family still to go plus Fokker D7’s now in theory gone until either WW returns as a shell ie just repopping kits already released or Jackson may Sell, lease or just keep the tooling. Only time will tell..

You only have to go back a year to see Tamiya used some very spurious P-38 images to get word out thats what they where working on. Funnily enough the internet lit up with people denying the possibility of them doing a new P-38. Door is wide open for a great 32nd 109G family, wide open. In fact we need a good 109G in 32 with every other kit having issues from small to nit so small. If they do it will complete the big trio in 32..

An interesting discussion in this vid that relates back to the fact that just because the Russians gave up didnt mean the game was over.. The game never stops its just the players that change. https://youtu.be/0bFs6ZiynSU

If it sounds to good to be true....

What Dave says. The CWS stuff for the Mig-29 is incredibly detailed, very accurate but there is a lot of work in the cockpit and seat. They do look quite amazing when finished. All the Zacto stuff is outstanding For both kits if you can find one the most important mod to the Flanker is the windscreen/canopy. Its the single biggest issue the curved edge in side view which is visually very obvious. The SU-27UB and other two seaters have a far better looking front windscreen you can swap out. They never fixed the single seater. A radome/nose replacement is needed as well.

In such a great kit its truely an enormous letdown and really a review brushing this off as being “easy to leave off” is pretty average. Most Lancasters had the blisters and i cant see a way to put them on that will look even remotely close to reality. For such an expensive kit to not mould a second glasshouse with them in place is being truely cheap. Multiple nose pieces for the B-17F but the most numerous config for the Lanc is a cheap afterthought. And its only the most obvious thing you will see when you look at any finished kit as yiu cannot hide it anyway you try. Maybe someone will vacform a replacement..

No matter that at least a few people like the Ju-52 it simply doesnt sell. When i was working in a large well stocked heavily frequented big selling shop when released we got in 6 Ju52’s. 2 sold i bought one. 4 sat in the shop for a year until we sold a third. That was 25 years ago the other 3 are probably still sitting there. Any manufacturer that thinks investing huge cash in tooling highly unpopular aircraft is smart is simply tearing up $100 notes in a cold shower.

The cheapest option from a reliable source is Luckymodel if your happy with surface shipping. 15% off and combined with $8 for shipping 4 kits meant an average price of $36 each. if you find it that cheap shipped anywhere let me know!

I still think Hasegawa found the right balance in 32nd and 48th with their kits. You could build em out if box or go ballistic and both routes got you satisfaction.

Yep the vertical sides of the cowl below the exhausts are far to rounded on the Trumpeter kit. It gives the nose a far to pointed look because the lower cowl lacks depth because they rounded its side off to much. if your building it to show the engine it wont be an issue. Closed cowl you cant miss this issue its visually very obvious. Personally Hasegawa is easily the best out of box not requiring any replacement parts due to errors. Revell G-6 needs new gun bulges. Trump needs a new lower cowling and rudder.

Luckymodel are doing them for 39.99 and 55.99 with $8 flat rate surface shipping and between a 10-18% discount for various value orders. Excellent deal...