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Jerry Crandalls Volume 1 on the D9 features a few picture of Brown 4, which had the T2-152 Tail. There are also a few pictures of same aircraft in Vol 2, but only a color plate. Eagle Cals also features Brown 4 on sheet 126. Paul C

Greg, thanks for the link. Hopefully these will hit the states soon. I wonder if the older series have been discontinued? It was mentioned that they dropped 1/2 of the product line, I wonder how many of the WWII German Luftwaffe colors were dropped? I have used all of them in that series and besides RLM 66, (which IMO is not the correct color based on everything else I have seen, it's too green), they have been great to use. Update, after looking at the AK website, it looks like they are already out of most of the original paints (glass jars). Only one page comes up when you select WWII aircraft. That not a good thing, so time to stock up on them. Paul

Can you ahead more light on this? Are they the lacquer based or acrylic ? And are they now more airbrush ready? I have not seen anything on this so far but use the original real color acrylic lacquer quite a bit. I saw where MiG released the Atom line up and purchased a few to try. Paul

So far I have found the Quinta studio belts to be excellent. I wish they would just release the belts in a series so you don’t have to purchase the entire cockpit instrument set. I also tried the HGW belts but all the work to get the various buckles on correctly just did not work well for me. The Eduard belts that are PE tend to be too stiff and the paint comes off once you attempt a bend. Paul

Border makes excellent plastic but their instructions suffer and so far in my build history they’re decals. I just rush they would spend more time proof reading their instructions and add more verbiage. Paul

I am still surprised no one has come out with an after market correction for the nose issue. With 3D printing taking over the after market it should not be that hard just a big print job. The corrections for the A-26 Invaider are many and some quite extensive. Paul

Just to make sure it’s clear, the original A-4 was available in many places after the pre-orders started to ship. At least in the US. Special order or not. It’s still available here. ZM/VOLKS sold this kit the same way. Special order period then no more orders and showed sold out on their site. Within a week after VOLKS shipped out pre-orders the kit was available at 3 major US hobby outlets. https://spruebrothers.com/zkmk31808-1-32-zoukei-mura-focke-wulf-fw190a-4/ Paul

Good to know it's coming, would be great if they could make one without the engine. Also if like all other releases, (at least for the US), no need to pre-order as the US distributors I am sure will have plenty. Pre-order gets you maybe 3 weeks earlier, and cash is taken at order. Paul C

Testers ELO works well. Scalecoat was the best but appears to be no longer made. AK Interactive also has a similar product in their line up. Paul

I would welcome Eduard moving up to more 1/32, especially if they leave out the engine. Their latest 109, the K is excellent. They have gotten great reviews on their Wildcats, and Zeros, both on fit and engaging. As I understand it, they had an early series of the 109, which did have issues, and was not as well engaged as their later ones. Not sure where they made the change, but I have most of the G6 and G10 versions and they are all well engaged. Same goes for the FW-190 as again somewhere in the series they changed out the molds and added much more engaging, and rivet details. You can see this clearly on the D9 kits, very nice. As much as I love ZM and their kits, they offer a lot of fit problems since they design the kits to have open or closed engine cowls. The Do-335 I am just finishing was a trying problem with the front engine cowl, (flaps open). And the main covers did not go on easily either, showing considerable gaps that I had to work on since I wanted one side closed. The FW-190 was great until I got to the Engine covers. Getting all the various single parts to line up without gapping was hard to do and I am still not totally happy with the outcome. 2 bottom, 2 middle, 2 top, plus the top center. Leaving all of these open is great, but also adds a lot of more trouble with painting. The engine on the kit is beautiful sans wiring (not sure why they can't add the wiring as they do on the non radial engines), but the engine has to be put in just right, and aligned perfectly to get the covers to fit. After painting I had some issues. After all of that if you want the kit closed up, all the engine work will never been seen. So, long story short, with modern design, I would welcome a new 1/32 on the market from Eduard, hopefully without an engine. Paul C

You might reach out to Graham at Iconicair. He made a set of the longer wing tips you are looking for the B2 version or the recon version. Both are suggested in the Monogram book on the 335 and shown in drawings but I don’t believe they were ever made. His wing tips matched the fit of the HK B2 perfectly. His work is excellent and he matched the rivet pattern from the kit perfectly. He graciously made my set as a one off and he might make another if he still has the patterns. Paul

Can’t answer first question. But the British sky type S would refer to a late war variant of RLM76. Used on many late44 and 45 aircraft. D9 blue 12 is one of more famous ones. AK interactive had a nice version of this they call it RLM76 vr 3 late war variant. Both in lacquer and acrylic. MRP also has it, I will have to look up their paint number. Paul

One way to help keep them at the best strength is store them in the freezer once opened. Paul

Just wanted to pass this on. I picked up on this product on this site and tried a bottle. Best CA I have ever used. Coming from BSI and similar products. This glue works instantly which is what I want with CA. NO need for kicker. Works great on resin and plastic. Just as important is the bottle design. They have the best bottle I ever used. Lid has a metal needle in the top to allow the opening to never clog. Well thought out i.e. a better mousetrap. Only downside is having to purchase direct from VMS which is overseas and thus takes more time and cost to ship. Note they have quite a few interesting products besides glue. Paul

Just curious, is it all black plastic or green, black and silver? You have the slipstream edition where ZM tied the plane to a anime character. But you get the drop tank also. Not sure if the Ta-152 ever had one fitted but it’s a nice tank with all the fittings. Slipstream came out after the original H1. I believe the H1 non slipstream used tan plastic where the slipstream edition used green. but still had the silver and black. Paul