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There is an even more thorough exploration of "Red 7" in the JaPo book on the Me 262, Luftwaffe Over Czech Territory-1945 Pt. 4. It's thrown in at the very end of the book. Jay

Mal, that looks very nice. Great job with the PE railings! Jay

Thanks, John(Thunnus), I did what you said with the address and was finally able to place my order for two. Jay

Still having the issues with ordering on the Kotare website. I was hoping that would have been resolved by now but no luck.

This is a great video on the subject. I have watched it many times. Greg has excellent videos for anyone who likes the technical side of things. Cheers, Jay

Per the JaPo book this plane would have the early, high demarcation scheme. Personally I like the 331xxx scheme the best but there are plenty of AM decals out there. Jay

I don't think there is anything wrong with saying Kotare is a modern version of Hasegawa. The Hasegawa 1/32 kits were pretty good for the time and fun to build. You could add a lot or not to get what you wanted. I will definitely get the K-4 and will rivet it just as I had to with the ZM G-14, the Revell G-10, the Dragon Emils, and all the Hasegawa 109s I have built. I prefer that to the Trumpeter representation of rivets on their 109s. I definitely prefer the simpler approach of Kotare, as in no engine, and hope they do well. As far as shows go 1/48 is still the dominant scale with 1/32 usually a distant third. There are shows that only have one category for 1/32 although most have a separate category for rigged but its usually 1/48 and larger. After seeing that study I'm interested to see if 1/72 starts gaining on 1/48. Jay

Thanks, Thierry! I was hoping that someone had and someone here would know:) Jay

I wish someone would remake the RB Productions seatbelts. I've always liked them the best because they are two-sided and easily positioned however you want. HGW belts are ok but you just can't do what you can do with the RB belts. Jay

This is the funniest thread I have seen in ages. Getting fired up about a kit you didn't buy when there is a great option in the Dragon kit which Lynn Ritger has called the most accurate 109 kit out there, any scale, any variant. 13 years. Jay

The JaPo K-4 books show many interesting schemes, at least I find them interesting. The JaPo books are very well documented and show the evolution of the different K-4 patterns. Mike, I think you are talking about the G-14AS which does have a similar front end to the G-10 and K-4. Yes the K-4 cockpit is different but mainly just the right sidewall. The most easily identifiable difference between these variants would be the position of the radio access panel which could be rescribed if you wanted to make a different version. Same with the tailwheel doors. Really looking forward to this kit. Jay

Very nice, Mike! I'm really getting into P-47s recently and yours is a good example of why. Cheers, Jay

Thanks, Kev! I think I can probably get rid of it without too much drama. We'll see haha.

Sure Ray!

I picked up this kit a while back at a trunk sale for $30 but was always apprehensive about building it given the negative reviews. I was also motivated by the excellent results shown here by John , Andy, Tom, etc. I read through all of their build logs again to try to avoid some of the fit issues and they helped a lot so thanks, guys, for sharing. Since I was only in it for $30 I decided to take a crack at it. Although forewarned I still had my share of difficulties but managed to get through it but the Dremel was definitely used, plus a lot of sanding, and clamps. This kit is definitely a case of trying to fit 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag. You fix one issue and it creates another somewhere else. In the end it was a fun build and I'm happy with the result. Oddly enough with all the 109s I have built you might think I'd have done a 190 family plane but this is the first. Really want to do a D-9 now. Cheers, Jay