Bill M.

Another update:
 
"Dorothy’s saying Hello! MV348 is one of the 2 schemes to be included with the conversion."
 
 
 
 
 
Love the way he made the masks here to assist with alignment and placement. Very clever!
 
I inquired about the other scheme, and he indicated it would be a post-war Belgian scheme, which is what I expected. Still no indication on price.
 
Release date? He hopes in a few weeks, so get your wallets ready :-)
 
- Dennis S.
   Mount Juliet, TN USA

I got reply from Infinity today that they will ship the orders this week. 

Well, after saying I would wait to order my Val from US retailers, I decided to order a Val and the accessories directly from Infinity or HPH. My thinking was that I wanted to show my support and encourage them to follow through with the Kate. 
By the way, when I went through their E-shop, it wanted to charge me VAT. When I inquired about having to pay the VAT, they said I should send an email ordering the Val kit and accessories, and they would send a PayPal invoice with the VAT excluded— saved quite a bit of money that way. 
Anyway, my Val kit is on its way…

Well, after saying I would wait to order my Val from US retailers, I decided to order a Val and the accessories directly from Infinity or HPH. My thinking was that I wanted to show my support and encourage them to follow through with the Kate. 
By the way, when I went through their E-shop, it wanted to charge me VAT. When I inquired about having to pay the VAT, they said I should send an email ordering the Val kit and accessories, and they would send a PayPal invoice with the VAT excluded— saved quite a bit of money that way. 
Anyway, my Val kit is on its way…

I only ordered my Val kit at the end of last week and have not received a shipping notice. But I’m in no hurry— just as long as it shows up eventually. Lots ahead of it in the queue.
Bill M.

Well, after saying I would wait to order my Val from US retailers, I decided to order a Val and the accessories directly from Infinity or HPH. My thinking was that I wanted to show my support and encourage them to follow through with the Kate. 
By the way, when I went through their E-shop, it wanted to charge me VAT. When I inquired about having to pay the VAT, they said I should send an email ordering the Val kit and accessories, and they would send a PayPal invoice with the VAT excluded— saved quite a bit of money that way. 
Anyway, my Val kit is on its way…

Well, after saying I would wait to order my Val from US retailers, I decided to order a Val and the accessories directly from Infinity or HPH. My thinking was that I wanted to show my support and encourage them to follow through with the Kate. 
By the way, when I went through their E-shop, it wanted to charge me VAT. When I inquired about having to pay the VAT, they said I should send an email ordering the Val kit and accessories, and they would send a PayPal invoice with the VAT excluded— saved quite a bit of money that way. 
Anyway, my Val kit is on its way…

Well, after saying I would wait to order my Val from US retailers, I decided to order a Val and the accessories directly from Infinity or HPH. My thinking was that I wanted to show my support and encourage them to follow through with the Kate. 
By the way, when I went through their E-shop, it wanted to charge me VAT. When I inquired about having to pay the VAT, they said I should send an email ordering the Val kit and accessories, and they would send a PayPal invoice with the VAT excluded— saved quite a bit of money that way. 
Anyway, my Val kit is on its way…

Well, after saying I would wait to order my Val from US retailers, I decided to order a Val and the accessories directly from Infinity or HPH. My thinking was that I wanted to show my support and encourage them to follow through with the Kate. 
By the way, when I went through their E-shop, it wanted to charge me VAT. When I inquired about having to pay the VAT, they said I should send an email ordering the Val kit and accessories, and they would send a PayPal invoice with the VAT excluded— saved quite a bit of money that way. 
Anyway, my Val kit is on its way…

I placed my order on the very first day when the “order” button appeared on the infinity homepage.

https://www.resin2detail.com/product-page/r2d-1-32-sbd-dauntless-helldiver-0-30-mg-stinger-gun-upgrade-32101
 
HTH
 
Rog

I hope that Val will sell good enough to justify the decision to continue with Infinity brand
However with imminent release of Border Kate in 1/35, this will be difficult decision. Sure not for me, because 1/35 is different scale and I'm personally in 1/32 only scale camp

Well, I bought the Helldiver and will build it. I will also certainly buy the Val— just waiting for it to reach US retailers. And hoping too for the Kate! The 1/35 Border offering just doesn’t do it for me. But I will happily purchase an Infinity Kate!

I’ll be interested in what you find out about ordering these uprise decals. There are a 2-3 of these I would like to order.

The Reskit folks are a pleasure to deal with. Slava Ukraini!!

Yes, I’m definitely getting one, but I’m waiting till it gets to the states. Shipping from Europe is just too expensive.

Just came across this on Facebook:
 


These two are apparently being release in the next few days.
 
Kev

One of my three kit build themes was going to be Midway, so a Midway subject will do for me.
 
Cheers
 
Dennis

Agreed.  The popularity of yellow wings aside, a lot of people are going to want to do a Coral Sea or Midway aircraft.

There were decals by Victory of USMC F-8’s. Also, Zotz did a very nice set of Vietnam MiG Killing F-8’s. I believe Zotz also did a set of decals dedicated to F-8J’s. I don’t know where you might find these except posting a WTB ad. 
I was impressed with the artwork for the Sunrise decals posted above, but know nothing of the company or the quality of their decals. 
Personally, I would like to see someone produce an accurate set of the asymmetrical Y missile rails for the Crusader. I’ve been clamoring for this for years.
Good luck in your decal hunt!
 
”When you’re out of F-8’s, you’re out of fighters”
 
 

Well if they only offer prewar decals in the kit, I would guess that we will see plenty of aftermarket decal options for wartime TBD’s. Let’s hope!
 

There were decals by Victory of USMC F-8’s. Also, Zotz did a very nice set of Vietnam MiG Killing F-8’s. I believe Zotz also did a set of decals dedicated to F-8J’s. I don’t know where you might find these except posting a WTB ad. 
I was impressed with the artwork for the Sunrise decals posted above, but know nothing of the company or the quality of their decals. 
Personally, I would like to see someone produce an accurate set of the asymmetrical Y missile rails for the Crusader. I’ve been clamoring for this for years.
Good luck in your decal hunt!
 
”When you’re out of F-8’s, you’re out of fighters”
 
 

The way I look at it, this will likely be our one and only chance to get a 1/32 scale Val. I’m willing to do some extra work to end up with a decent build. I’m not expecting Tamiya quality, but if it is accurate with reasonably good detail, I’ll buy it. 
Bill M.

…. or a 22/24 Spit!