Darren Howie
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Daco book is completely outstanding...
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Is the Revell USA P-51D canopy free of distortion?
Darren Howie replied to oyoy5's topic in LSP Discussion
You could buy 30 Hyundai’s for the price of 1 Ferrari and ill let you guess what id and a huge proportion of car lovers would rather own and drive. As for Mustangs thats why i have 1 Revell kit which needed a replacement for the crushed canopy and i have a Squadron of Tamiya ones which needed nothing. -
I think everyone grew up building kits with far larger problems than the Trumpeter F-100. Times change peoples tolerance for issues change. I used to obsess over errors buying tons if resin which made kits overly complex to build for very limited gain except my obsessed desire for accuracy. Guess what the number of kits finished plummeted and enjoyment degraded sweating issues only i worried about. These days a resin seat and some burners are generally enough...kits finished escalated, enjoyment returned. So bring on the F-100F and some stuff to do a Wild Weasel 1...and a gloriously shiny F-100C.
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Scooter=A-4 Skyhawk Viper=F-16..
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Eduard Brassin 632 102 Multi Ejector Rack - for F-105D
Darren Howie replied to SimonCornes's topic in LSP Discussion
IIRC there was a long post on ARC on MER’s and the changes over time. Cant remember on dimensions though... -
KINETIC 1/32 scale F-16A/B (MLU) rumour?
Darren Howie replied to timvkampen's topic in LSP Discussion
If they did the A’s and other non late blocks plus a 2 seater they would sell a pile. Big money though... -
1/35 Revell (MRC) OH-58D review and tweaks
Darren Howie replied to thierry laurent's topic in LSP Discussion
What price inside the EU? Only stuff i have seen on Ebay is near 40€. Im waiting to see it shipped from Korea who do good shipping rates and grab several.. Great looking chopper, plenty of weathering opportunities. And its coming soon in DCS as well! -
1/35 Revell (MRC) OH-58D review and tweaks
Darren Howie replied to thierry laurent's topic in LSP Discussion
Be aware Academy are repopping the 58 in March fir 1/3 of the Revell price... https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10026635 be even cheaper direct from Korea.. -
To give you some idea of what 1% of Smug Mug is capable of in under an hours work.. Shameless sharing! https://www.vortexaviationphotography.com PS im a big believer of taking ownership of your photos to guarantee changes in terms etc wont remove very valuable info from still being shared years later.
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Smugmug, i have been with them over 10 years. I run a photography website off them and astonishing functionality that i use only a fraction of. Cant recommend them highly enough.
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Maybe they corrected it after the D/G release...?
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I have not assembled it but the detail etc is simply fantastic. The seat alone is stellar. After buying 1 i bought another 2...
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Who has pricing on Trumpy Mig29 -A and -C?
Darren Howie replied to seiran01's topic in LSP Discussion
Same here. Ive had more bad Ebay purchases from the USA from careless sellers. The big Chineses dealers package fantastically and ship quickly. -
Hopefully they scale them up! I have the 48th ones and they are a nice selection..
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Love to see Eagle editions do a sheet or two. The kit comes with early and late exhausts which is nice.. So decals please!
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Did Trumpeter come into posession of the molds from 21sr Century at some point?
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Why on earth would Hobbyboss/Trumpeter rehash the 21st Century kit when they have the CADS of a very nice 262 in their library already released in 48th and 32nd? If its simply the 32nd kit blown up it will be a great start point for a collection center piece.
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If your getting serious about F-4’s id highly recommend these drawings as a great place to start. Particularly the poorly represented front end. http://soyuyo.main.jp/f4/f4e-1.html PS that was an awesome find on FB of 680 taxiing in after Bolo. Only photo of the aircraft showing the front other than those i was told where taken by Olds crew chief with his camera on the pre flight. Seems Robin Olds memory is to be trusted unlike what a thousand voices saying it wasnt. I guess having photos of the aircraft you flew standing by its nose helped his memory..lol.
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Hi Barry PM me your email and ill forward you the image with info. cheers Darren PS just notced somene posted them. They where sent to me via Gen Olds daughter and an artist andcwhere taken by his crew chief with his ever present camera you see in many videos. The images where of the Bolo pre flight around his aircraft.
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And dont forget to leave off the IR sensor..it was a dorkless F-4C...as where several of the Bolo aircraft a great topic in its own right. The image shot by his crew chief with Gen Olds camera post walkaround prior to the mission shows exactly what he had told Keith Ferris prior to him painting his great artwork. 680 was quite heavily paint chipped being a early camo bird many air raft had poor paint application. The images from before and post mission show quite a bit of paint scuffing on the splitters etc. https://static.thisdayinaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/tdia//2013/01/MiG-Sweep-by-Keith-Ferris-watermark.jpg
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Perfectly happy to see WNW stay with WW1. Beautiful kits of great subjects on an era that was effectively dead to 98% of the modelling community brought to life. If Roden had half a brain then a retool of the Spads to a higher quality would see the expanded WW1 market generate sales they have never seen. They just have to be good ie like the CSM Nieuport, and if they did they could of sold a boat load.
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ZM Henschel HS-129 B-2 - Reservations open for IPMS Telford
Darren Howie replied to Jan_G's topic in LSP Discussion
Out on the 23rd in Japan... Going to be a cracker.. -
NEW Eduard P-40E (Hasegawa rebox) - BFC activation model
Darren Howie replied to Jan_G's topic in LSP Discussion
Well it gets you a significant discount if you can afford Eduards insane shipping prices. P-40E is widely available for not much ie 3200¥ so it better not be to mch. Love those Bunny markings! -
Id be in for several...ie 3 or 4