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Very, very sad to hear! I have bought many, many Airfix kits only because the boxart grabbed me so hard. A few examples, the B-17G "A bit O´Lace" fighting against a gang of fighters, The Wellington low down at water level, , one enginge burninig and a pair of 109´s just waiting for the final kill, The Lancaster "G" for George coming home at dawn, shot to pieces and one enginge burning, The Sunderland fighting a Condor over the sea, and many many more. Thanks Roy for all the good and happy memories from my younger years! Blue skies, Roy! Stefan

Hi all! My latest order from Eduard have arrived! Containing; Two Freedom Tiger Boxes, this is AFV Club´s excellent F-5E Tiger kit, the quality are secured on the plastic. As usual Eduard have added lots of goodies as Ready painted etch, masks for canopy and wheels, decals for 8 nice machines and some resin bits (wheels and RWR antennas). Yet another Wildcat, this is a Late FM-2 version, I wanted the decaloptions for the Atlantic scheme and a British bird. One Overtree box (just the sprues) with extra plastic…. Finally, I have this beautiful box in my hands! This could only be bought on pre-order and will not be sold later! Exactly the same content as the Double-combo (plastic, etch, masks and decals, but Eduard have added some extra goodies as Resin wheels (2 sets), resin exhausts (2sets, shrouded and unshrouded), 2 resin seats (2 types), 4 additional decal shemes, a 8th AF badge replica(?) and a boxart poster. This will be on the table very soon! I also bought a over-tree box, there´s so many nice decal-options in this kit! I also got some much needed etch sets… Stefan

I got 17/20, but I should have taken two more, Number built and first service year, had no Idea about Southhampton, tough! But I´m happy as I regard myself as a (proud) Spitfire buff! Stefan

Ay, that´s a really hard question! But here´s what I have in the stash; 1) Avro Lancaster, Border 1/32 2I DeHavilland Mosquito, Tamiya 1/32 3) Ki-45 Toryo (Nick), ZM 1/32 4) Henschel Hs129, ZM 1/32 5) Curtiss P-40E Warhawk 1/32 6) USS Langley, Trumpeter 1/350 All of my 35 WNW kits! Stefan

Don´t know if I dare.... But I have 50+ Spitfires in my stash/collection (unbuilt/built) in all scales from 1/144 to 1/32, I even have one bagged in 1/72! I LOVE the Spitfire! Stefan

Maybe 2-5 per year the last 25 years. Stefan

Tanks in 1/35? OK, works for me.... Helicopters in 1/35? I prefer 1/32 but I can accept 1/35.... Aircraft in 1/35? NEVER! My 5cents on the topic. Stefan

Nice work, Håkan! Stefan

This kit is the old Hasegawa in a Revell box; I used the kit decals out of this boxing! There are two options besides the Swiss aircraft, both in agressor schemes and I´m pretty sure one of the options was Alconbury. Stefan

Of course I WANT my models to be as accurate as possible, but sometimes (...most of the times...) reality kicks in. But I usually have a very relaxed attitude to dimensions (as long as the overall shape is OK), markings and colors, depending on the subject. As long as I have fun buildig the kit and I´m satisfied with the result, I´m happy! After all, not many people except my wife and myself will ever see it! Stefan

Yes, the fuselage is a silver laquer too, so mostly silver, I assume. Thanks! Stefan

Would a Devastator in pre-war colors qualify, lower part of the wings are stll silver? Stefan

I got the two kits "that got away", alas, the ones I missed out on earlier. I bought the Mirage 2000 and the Texan T-6 from Modellbau-König (Modelbuildig King) in Germany. They look EXACTLY as the KH boxes did, logo, colors, all is the same and now MBK have (or had....) almost the whole range! I got what I wanted so I´m happy! Stefan

Beautifl work, Håkan! Stefan

Easy now... Update coming soon... Stefan

I´d wait for the Kotare Spit.... Don´t care much for 1/35 scale.... Stefan

Yes, It´s the canopy I ment, sorry. This; Stefan

Looking Good, Mate! Stefan

Hi All! Now, we can remove the lid and take a look on what´s in the box! It´s a standard “Eduard/Special Hobby” sieze box and there´s plenty of room for the kit, not many parts here, really. All parts comes in a single, large plastic bag, the clear parts are thankfully in their own, smaller plastic bag. The instructions and decals also come in a separate plastic bag. Fuselage halves…. The wings…. One large frame with tailplanes, nose wheel bay, engine parts and small detail parts… One smaller frame with elevators, tanks, fins and pylons… One small frame with smaller parts… One clear frame… These are among the best clear parts I have ever seen! No distortion, completely scratch free, very nice and WELL DONE, Fly! A large, well printed decal sheet with decals for 4 interesting machines, 2 Swedish and 2 Austrian. That little sheet to the right contains the instrument decals. Very well printed decals, even if I can spot some spelling errors, even the Swedish Crowns are looking good and usable, and look at the badges! The little devil…. Finally, you´ll get a large bag with resin parts as cockpit, seat, wheel wells and wheels and some small detail parts. Here are the parts cleaned up and removed from their plugs. This is the aircraft I will build, Red Tore (Tango), s/n 29652, 1st Sqn. F9 (F6?). I really like those black exercise markings! More to come soon! Stefan

Revell hands down... ...but invest in the resin cockpit from Alley Cat. Stefan

Make it four! I´d love to get a MiG-21 (ANY MARK!) in 1/32 from Eduard! Their 48 scale kits are wonderful and the MiG was flown by more then 60 countrys! I think Eduard are looking at the 109 F or G series, a completley new tooled kit in the Kotare style, but we´ll get a "profipack" style kit with all bells and whistles and later there will be a weekender too. The 48th scale 109 series, all marks and all scales are their all time best selling kits with more then 250.000 kits sold up until now. No wonder they look at the 32 market too... Stefan

A Swedish firm called "Maestro Models", many 3D printed and Resin/metal parts and even Decals for Swedish Aircrafts in all major scales. The Nosegear set have art.no. 3206... https://www.maestromodels.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=3206 ...and the Intake set have the art. no. 3204 https://www.maestromodels.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=3204 I can only recommend this firm, I have used their products in many of my builds. Stefan

Thanks, all! Yes, if I can get a nose gear set, they are out of stock at the moment. Stefan

Hi all! As this is a Jubilee-build and a long one, even I have a chance to get it over the finish line! What better then building something from my hometown of Linköping, Sweden, where the SAAB J-29 Tunnan (Barrell) was built during the 50´s and 60´s. I´ll use the FLY kit and some aftermarket, even tough there’s not much available. I have the Maestro nose ring as the kit intake is more akin a MiG-15 then a Tunnan. As my main reference I have this book by Mikel Forslund, signed by the author himself! More to come soon! Stefan

This was one of my options too, It´s a nice kit and I will be following your build! Stefan