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for some reason I thought you'd finished when I looked at this thread late last year. Glad you've been able to get it back on the bench again.Looks great with the cockpit painted!

wow! - 4 pages and 1 night later and I had a stack of reading to do. Thanks for taking the time to reply - these were a great read. I can relate to quite a few of them. [Typing this reply while I'm reading all the responses] My eyes have only just started going with having to get my first set of reading magnifiers 2 years back. First hint was due to me finding it hard to read serial numbers of the back of appliances for technical support. As mention in the OP, my preference for bigger scales over smaller scales is about the risk of finding something too hard at such a small detail. I just figure I'd have better odds to make it look better than a smaller scale. It's also why I've become a PE model nut like those that John Smith has shown on the forums here. (All detail and no painting works for me) Found it funny how a lot of people said it was bad eyesight was the reason for a bigger scale preference, while also saying that they liked the high detail in LSP, which needs good eyes to do it justice, which allows you to do good detail.... Does price put many people off for the 32/24/BIG scale? Or do all the other reasons given (Eyes/detail/looks) outweigh that possible speedhump? I don't think there is such a thing as a 'cheap' LSP so I figure people mostly just get more selective in their choices of LSP then deciding to grab a smaller scale. I quite like fightersweep explaination - The dreamlike lure of the BIG models as a child and always wanting to tackle one/many of those. Hmmm.. I wonder if there is a child memory being triggered here. The small scale kits would of been xx big to us while kid size, but to adults, you need a 32 or 24 to get the size right again when compared to a memory - since you're gotten bigger (obviously the 'growing up' part is optional when getting to adult size). ADam

Thought I'd ask the question... My main reason is because I suck at the smaller scales and figure I've got a better chance of something turning out decently at the 1:32 scale. But this is from someone who is still getting reaquainted with the hobby after a 25yr break. Making a totally wild guess at potential responses, I figure people who most know what they're doing, possibly enjoy the detail the scale brings, or maybe you just like the size of the finished piece when you display it somewhere around the house.

In case other are interested - I post another model up here: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=58611 This one is a F6F HellCat from Jasmine Models. only in 1/48 scale though.

Just got an email back from IMCTH: For information about how to purchase from abroad, it will be published on Facebook on/after October 30. Sounds like it will be available as some point - yay!

From what I've researched - I've not seen anything news on IMCTH doing a corsair, but I did see this go up not long ago. 1/32 Desktop Shinden http://hobbycom.jp/workshop/special/56.html It's only available to Japan local shipping and is a web exclusive to Hobbycom. Here's hoping it comes up to the rest of the modelling world at a later stage.