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Not yet - we are working though the cost of decals, PE and 3-D printed parts Will

Thank you for the recommendations. They are impressive beasts!

Like to be Sprue Brothers and Andy’s Hobby Headquarters

With 3 Australian marking schemes in the box Australia is a key market for us!

Likely to be Aviation Megastore and the ‘48ers (they now do 1/32)

We still have not decided on the Aus/NZ retailer.

We are aiming for September

Does anyone have a spare -5 windscreen from the kit as the one on my kit has cracks in it. I am UK based but will cover and costs. Many thanks in advance Will

Are there any T.20 drawings - I wonder and will have a look!

DBMK are talking to suppliers in the US and Hannants should stock it as well. Will

Love it Steve - great job!

The Scimitar is being worked on now and will follow the Hornet. Will

Those are test prints - decals will be printed by Cartograf.

They have a wash in them to check the tooling. They are very fine in practice

We are aiming to have at least one major retailer in every major market.

There is an RCN scheme in the kit decals

A new cockpit, transparencies and rear fuselage halves. 🤔 There are none left on the UK to scan - does anyone have the plans?

Love the Razorback P-47 book. Just purchased it.

Thank you - that survey is fascinating and am wondering what the metric is - sales, releases or completions? There is another factor here as well which is margin. Costs are not linear by scale and the amount someone will pay for a 1/72 prop is considerably less than they would for a large scale kit. 3-D printing is definitely changing the dynamic. It is not hard to imagine a situation where the larger components are IM plastic for stability and production costs while the cockpits, elements with narrow edges and UC bays are printed.

We licenced Arthur Bentley’s CAD model created from factory drawings and David Collins has helped extensively with the Hornet. We scanned the Navy Wings Sea Fury and have been assisted by Roy Sutherland, Steve Long and Steve Winter for the Sea Fury.

It is a tough call tbh. We have been focusing on the Sea Fury which is currently in tooling - the first test sprues will arrive next month with the full set by mid March. It is looking really good in the latest progress pictures. One of the benefits of announcing early are the unsolicited offers of help with information which for a tricky airframe like the Spit is a real benefit. Will

Unfortunately more like September but it is coming!

Ordered as well - absolute bargain! A really well done publication.

Currently being tooled in China. It was designed based on a LiDAR scan of the Navy Wings airframe. PE in the box and 7 schemes (British, Australian, Netherlands and Canada). Slide moulded canopy to capture the complex curve. Due out in the first half of 2025.

My guess is that is the wrong silhouette and it should be a P-51B/C.