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I loved the English Patient! Didn't know this kit existed, what a cool idea.

I still haven't seen the show. I can't get motivated to watch based on what I'm reading here and have seen in short snippets on the internet. I do note that it is 86% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, which is surprisingly high. I just don't want to spend money just to see this show; I have faith it will come around at some point and be right under my nose on HBO or Netflix, etc., (which I subscribe to), for free. If reviews were much stronger, I'd suck it up and pay the money. I have seen very short clips of some of the air combat, and the CGI is god awful. Reminds me of "Pearl Harbor" or "Midway" (the new ones). For anyone who has not done so already, go watch "COME AND SEE" anywhere you can find it. I watched it for free at Youtube. The whole movie was there. Probably 1 of the top 3 "war movies" I've ever seen.

This is my guess too. Probably a G-6, which has been modeled to death, but it would still be awesome in that big scale. It will be an iconic aircraft, from WWII (I think), and something German since they've done a modern kit of a US and RAF plane already. Bf-109 is the almost obvious guess. Trumpeter already did a 1/24 Ju-87 which a number of people have guessed. I would say "no" for that reason.

That color scheme has been on my radar for a long time! Not the easiest to reproduce, but so cool and interesting!

I have indeed binned many a kit, and find the act to be thoroughly therapeutic. For some reason, on some projects, the kit doesn't come together as planned, or it doesn't look the way I had imagined, and my passion for the project quickly drops off. When it doesn't come back after a period of years, I tend to throw it out, largely to make room for newer, more pertinent stuff. I do strip the box of interesting parts/decals/bits first, however, and bag them with a label indicating what kit they came from. You never know what interesting little accessories will be useful down the road.

The finished camouflage scheme is very nice and accurate to the original. A real triumph!

I have been waiting for this damned movie for what seems like about 15 years. It has been in development forever. I just watched a few up to date trailers. It looks to me more like "Midway" (the new one) or "Pearl Harbor" than "Band of Brothers" or "The Pacific." It's worth noting HBO dumped the project, which has me worried. The special effects look fake and computerized. I will watch EVERY SECOND of the show mind you! But I am smelling a major letdown already. I REALLY hope I'm wrong.

I have copied this technique to great success with 1/72 and 1/48 kits. The principle should work on 1/32 as well, just scale up the materials as needed. You don't need much "size" to hold up a model aircraft; they are light. Note that you can also present the "base" in a million ways with some creativity. https://scalespot.com/howto/stands/stands.php

Unfortunately, greed is older than buying and selling in China.

Many years ago, the big hobby store we enjoyed in my home town in upstate NY had the Airfix 1/24 Stuka hanging from the ceiling in desert color scheme, along with most of the other Airfix 1/24 kits. The Stuka was probably my favorite of the lot! It looks so cool, and my God, it is HUGE. I'm gonna have to get one of these.

I forgot about this Kate! B/W the Akagi deck kit, the Zero, and the Kate, lots of cool diorama possibilities coming from Border. I hope it sells well b/c I love when manufacturers give us new and inventive things like the Akagi bridge...and not the 847th Spitfire kit, or Tiger I kit, or IJN Yamato kit....

I just saw the news of the Aka deck in 1/35 scale coming soon at Modelbau-Koenig in Germany. I thought "That's an odd scale for something like this...why not scale it so you could display a Zero with the Akagi deck?" Then I thought: "Oh my gosh! They are going to release a 1/35 Zero or something like that!" And here is the proof! I think the Akagi deck and island kit is really cool....makes me maybe jump into 1/35 aviation for the first time.

Gorgeous! Love the fur coat on the figure! The whole thing looks fantastic.

I water floss (my teeth) every day. The thing shoots out water with actually quite a bit of force. Yes, it has a pressure dial, but even if dialed down to "1" it's a precise, sharp, HARD jet of fluid. I can't imagine cleaning an airbrush with it without getting the cleaning fluid all over the room. Maybe I'm missing something.

For those thinking about building this kit, you will notice that in PHOTOS of McLaren's of this era, the carbon fibre tub (in places) can look very much something OTHER than black. Sometimes it has an olive green tone to it, sometimes it can almost look goldfish, or gray, and I have seen models with various colors depicted in various areas. Having seen most of these cars (including the 4/4) in person, I can tell you in person the tub is 100% BLACK. Very boring. All of these cool, interesting color shades you see in photos are products of photography. I have the Tamiya 1/12 McLaren Mp-4/6 in my stash, and will be painting the whole tub and related carbon bits black. Might want to vary the black you are using or the sheen to create some visual interest, but it's all black. Here's a great photo showing what I'm talking about. Look how "GREEN" (?) that section of the monocoque looks! I'm telling you this is ALL PURE BLACK in person! Worth noting if you are going to build one from this era.

Don't be so hasty to judge Protar. Unless the MP4/2C really sucks. I built their Ferrari 126/c2 in 1/12 many, many years ago, and it was actually a really nice building experience with good detail and and it went together nicely. Looked damned nice in my display case when I was done. I have found Protar and Italeri to be very hit or miss. Just built an Italeri 1/35 German Sd.Kfz. 10 halftrack; great little kit with detail and fit. Just as good as Tamiya and almost on par with Dragon. The Italeri 1/12 Fiat Mefistofeles is another I am working on; not perfect but not bad either and the finished result will be stunning with some modification. Nice kit overall though. Not a horror story. Other kits are, yes, horror stories! LOL

On the topic of vision and models... Regardless of your AGE or VISION, you might be 25 and have 20/20 vision.... If you are NOT using something like this, buy it immediately and start using it! It will improve your work 20% with a simple purchase! I can't imagine doing ANYTHING without this.

There is a Flakturm converted into a power station in Hamburg to see, one in Humboldthain park in Berlin, and Vienna is loaded with them in a park in the center of the city. How about hitting the Deutsches Panzer Museum in Munster on your way....worth the trip. There is also the only Type VII U-boat left in the world in Laboe, near Kiel. You can go inside! I've done all this, and loved it all.

Sorry to hear this. My immediate thought was that there is no way the company will survive this, but I hope I'm wrong.

The tiger being good is not bs, but that's a topic for another day. The best tank of the war, by far, was the Panther---a German tank. It was so good it basically set the blueprint for all modern MBTs.

I think you'd be in the minority there, but I have no way to know. I guess I can just speak for myself. Going to the HUGE size of 1/16 armor, for me, was ALWAYS about learning more about the interior of these vehicles. I can think of many reasons to stick with 1/35.

The nice thing about this kit is that, unlike the AHHQ stuff in 1/16, the 251 is a FULL interior kit. Buying these kits in 1/16 and NOT having interior detail defeats the point of going to the larger scale. The 251 seems like it will be a really nice kit with everything included. And even in 1/16, it won't be that big; 251s are tiny!