Tissue and Dope

I’m not too interested in having more than one variant of each base ‘plane; one Spitfire, one Hurricane, one ME 109, one Lancaster etc. Of course that falls down because I buy something ( which goes into the stash ) and then a ‘better’ kit of that base subject comes out, and so I buy that new one with a view to sell the first one - but strangely I have an inability to get around to selling anything :D As I’m not the most skilled modeller and so my intention is to buy this Kotare 109 and then sell the rather more complex to build Z M Hartmann …….. But who knows what will happen by early 2025. They say “A week is a long time in politics.” ………….

I won’t start buying 1/35 ……. not because of ‘scaleophobia’, but because I’m TRYING to cut down on what I buy for my long lease tenants Mr and Mrs Stash, and the first 1/35 kit I’d buy would just be the thin end of the wedge, and more would inevitably follow.

I dare not look !

Hmmmmmmmm ………. Jadlam again have the E/F at £225.99 I MUST resistance I MUST resistance I MUST resistance I MUST resistance ……

They also have the Grand Slam Lancaster offered at a similar price. I already have the HK BI/III ( with clear nose included) in the stash as well as the initial Border Lancaster. Maybe I should try and sell the HG Lancaster and buy (swap?) the B17, in that way the stash is no larger and the amount of ££££££ invested in 1/32 four engined bombers is not too depressing?

A few weeks ago Jadlam had the E/F on sale at a VERY low price ( under £240 iirc ) and I was extremely tempted, but realised that it would probably stay in the stash for ever, and looking at yet another huge box in the stash would add to the albatrosses around my neck, unusually for me somehow I managed to resist buying it.

Decalcomania - it’s an 18th century thing.

When I bought my BL in the UK it was cheaper than the Mk1a (mid). Jadlam have the Mk1a at the moment for £77.99 including postage.

Mike - Does that price in Japan include any sales taxes? In the U.K. you have to add 20% VAT and in the USA most states have varying amounts of sales tax.

Another chance for a sale price: https://www.kotare-models.com/products/k32001-132-spitfire-mkia-mid

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27998/lot/306P/1943-vickers-supermarine-spitfire-mark-ix-single-seat-fighter-chassis-no-mh415/

And available in the UK for £89.99 with free postage from: https://www.timetunnelmodels.com/live/catalog/italeri-2518-macchi-mc202-folgore-high-detail-large-model-p-71780.html

What strange photographs of the whole plane, taken with a wide(ish) angle lens that distorts the perspective; the closeup image of the cockpit area looks good though.

I thought that it is was 1500 of the first release, but whatever the number, you raise a good point about the nose art clear parts, and I also wonder how the moulds for all the other main kits’ common parts will hold up by the end of this second run?

That equates to about £67.00 UK - MUCH cheaper than is being shown by UK sellers ……