Paul2660

The AK real colors book on aircraft covers the RLM 83 issue well. I believe it also has pictures of the actual specifications for 83 being a maritime color dark blue. I have followed their colors for late wars German aircraft. Have to pick a player and stay with them. They cover the dark and light greens (late) very well as well as RLM81. AK actually sell RLM 83 in the blue shade. MRP is very close on the greens and 81 it I don’t believe they have a RLM83 (blue or green). Flouquil had RLM 83 as a green the bright green and I still like their color for the light green when it’s blended a bit to dull down the brightness. Model master testers also had RLM 83 as a bright green. Paul

Make sure you read some of the reviews, maybe on this site? for sure Britmodeler, I believe only 3 of the actual paint schemes that Border used were for an A6, the rest were A8. This covers the decals also as they apply to A8 aircraft. Back to your post, you will find that there are many books out there that feature the FW-190 A series, two I can recommend are: 1. Focke Wulf Fw-190 & Ta-152 by Eduardo Soler and Aurellio Gimeno. Accion Press IBSN 84-95464-51-9 This book as at least 8 or 9 paint schemes for the A6. Very nice art work. 2. The Focke-Wulf 190 (Radial Engine Versions) by Richard Franks. Airframe and Miniature No7 2nd edition IBSN 978-912932-08-5. Has a few paint schemes for the A6 but a ton of info on the aircaft in general. Great reference. You will find that there are virtually no aftermarket decals for the 1/35 Fw-190 by Border. I found that Border's decals for the 1/35 Bf-109 G6 were transparent with the white and very thin. You can find a few sets on line with generic marking. There are a couple of paint mask sets, one new one just out by Quinta Studios for the 1/35 Border Fw-190, but I am not sure if it covers the A6. One Man Army also have a set of masks for the Border A6 specifically. Cover the main markings and a lot of the smaller stuff. Their masking sets are excellent but not cheap. Paul C

For sure some of them are for the engine access panels. The others I am not sure about. But the main engine cowlings can be shown open or closed with the magnets. The actual plastic for the covers is thinner to allow them to fit flush. Some of the other magnets as I remember are for the various cooling flaps like the one below the fuselage. For sure there are quite a few magnets. Paul

+1. Also preorder done in March. No email. However I still have the order confirmation email so I assume all will go well once they start to ship. Paul

I was out today, and just got a call from my wife, the kit arrived! No updates on the USPS site when I last checked yesterday and I was not able to look until now. It went from into customs to delivered. No other status. Amazing kit, huge salute to Peter at Airscale. This is the future of modeling IMO, in the next 20 years or so as the tech is just getting better and better. The box is a work of art and the way it was packaged was also excellent. Thanks to all. Paul

Mine was possibly on the same flight as yours as my dates are similar. Went not customs on the 11th and not heard from since. Not looking too good. Paul

Thanks. Hopefully mine will free up. Normally I would not worry about this but this kit is very limited. Paul

thanks for the info. Interesting as mine also hit Customs on the 11th. Just have to wait to see if ever clears Chicago. Sounds like it should eventually. Paul

I was impressed by how fast Airscale had my kit shipped out, via Royal mail, tracked shipment. But things have gone a bit sideways since the shipment was sent to U.S. customs. Has anyone who ordered this kit in the U.S., had their kit clear customs? I have had mine in customs now for approximately 6 days. There is of course no way to reach out to U.S customs that I know off. I was able to reach a knowledgeable person at the USPS. Customs apparently has 45 days to either reject the shipment, or notify you that something is needed before it can released back to the USPS. I have ordered plenty of kits, parts, etc from UK, (Hannets) or Europe (HpH, etc), and have always watched the shipping. Normally customer clears it the same day or next. This was not an inexpensive kit, as we all know, so they may need duty, or something. Per the USPS, customs will notify by snail mail if they are requiring anything else. Just curious if others have had this same issue or if my shipment was just unlucky. Thank Paul PS to mods let me know if this need to be moved to a different forum.

For me, this is Sad news for sure. HpH kits are by far the most difficult kits I have ever attempted, partly due to my mistakes, and partly due to the sometimes vague instructions. However they stand at the top of my list of the independent companies. Their quality of resin is the best, it doesn't shrink over time, and has no typical resin smell. But for me the one area that I will miss is the Customer Service. They are 100% the best. If you need a part, all you needed to due was email them, and within a few weeks, you had an estimate and the parts were shipped. On their Me-410, which I am slowly working to finish I have needed spares 3 times, 2x due to mistakes or I just did not like the way it came out and 1x due to a missing part. I just completed my last parts request from them today and they did confirm that for now they are no longer going to be selling over the web. Hope that this doesn't become permanent, and that they or someone else will continue to produce the products. I realize that 3D printing seems to be taking the markets over by storm, however there is still big place in the market for the products that they produced. One note to others, when you open a HpH kit, stop and make sure all the parts are there. It can take a bit of time but the first thing you need to do is inventory. I guess it may not matter as I am not sure if they will continue the support structure they had in place. The website is now down 303 error and the email listed is not a valid one. I do hope this will situation will change in the future. Paul

Agree I would have preferred no clear plastic. And their clear is not even clear, it’s frosted so even if you wanted to show the area through the clear plastic you can’t. Their point of sanding it until the frosted look goes clear (per the DO-335 instructions) IMO will not work as it’s impossible to get the same level of clear across an entire part. Nice looking however impressive array of armament. Now if we could only get a HS/129 with a MK-103! Paul

How ironic, release on the anniversary of of D Day. June 6th. Paul C

That should be interesting, looking forward to this, a kit of the Typhoon in 1/32 is so long overdue (one that is up to modern standards, not the old Revell). MDC made a great one, but I believe it’s no longer in production? Paul

They made 2 versions of the Taiho, I felt the version with the additional parts was a nice kit. Very involved build with all the PE. Paul

Hello Peter will you make a announcement on this site when the ordering window is ready? The site shows sold out which I assume is there until you have everything ready. Thanks Paul