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[Sharkmouth]

@paddy, it is a VERY nice kit but you need to take your time! If you ever built any Mirror Models kits, you will know what to expect. If not, be prepared to dry fit often (more about orientation than fit). Tolerances are tight so adjusting one part to 'fit' will throw off the tolerances on other mating surfaces. In other words, a Domino Effect. Make sure it is correctly oriented prior to adding glue.

Regards,

 

[paddy]

Thanks Saul, Duly noted. forewarned is forearmed ( or something like that)

 

[helios]

Order from Israel arrived today. A couple weeks ago a buddy sent me a message, "Hey, check out this recce conversion for an Israeli F-4." Damnit... So while I was placing an international order, figured I might as well see what else they had that I couldn't readily get on this side of the pond.

Resin conversion for an early F-4 to convert to a F-4E(S). F-4E strike camera to fit in the forward Sparrow well. A Barak conversion for the F-16C/D.


Bit of a spur of the moment purchase...they were blowing these out...too good of a deal for me to pass on. Such a cool looking aircraft.


And some decals I've had my eyes on for a while. I'll probably get double use out of the Barak set, as I'm very tempted to use some of the squadron markings on my F-16XL.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Nice new book!

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

Bit of a spur of the moment purchase...they were blowing these out...too good of a deal for me to pass on. Such a cool looking aircraft.

Here's a refercene photo for ya. One was flying around London when I was there a couple of years ago.

hope it helps...

 

[Sharkmouth]

From BNA Models in Australia (purchased through eBay where their store is a-modeler):

AliExpress, dirt cheap and free delivery, let's see how long they last. Brushes in 0, 00, 000, and 00000:

Regards,

 

[Sharkmouth]

Brushes from Kyrgyzstan... huh?

Interesting, came with masks for the superb Tamiya 1/32nd scale kit and the mediocre 1/48th scale Hasegawa kit.

Regards,

 

[Sherman 18]

Added this Aussie Shepard to our clan a week ago. His name is Lincoln

 

[Sherman 18]

This is what happens when I do research. I find something else that looks fun.

Came in this week

I do believe the M8 will make a neat South Vietnam version.

some other stuff

these parts came from a new company Hellcat Models (?)

 

[sharkman]

Got a couple this week, the first is a Revell 1/16 Rolls Royce. This started life as an Entex/Gunze kit from Japan. It was one of the last kits I bought as a teenager before I got out of the hobby and I had really wanted to build it at the time but ended up selling it. I found this one complete and in sealed bags for $40 because the main body was broken, it was missing the instructions and most of the box was gone. I can easily pin the body and fix that and was able to get a scan of the instructions from someone on Scalemates so, win win!

The other is a 1/48 Fiat Cr 25. I saw a couple years ago that Felix Rufolo from Italian Kits was offering pre-orders for a recasting, so I sent one. He contacted me just last week and said the kit was ready last weekend. Big surprise to me!

 

[Jeeves]

Great looking pup Glenn...we got a blue Merle pup in the fall...it's still crazy as ever but we love him!

 

[Mo_]

Seems like a nice kit. Now if I can hold off until the group build..

Here is how the kit is packaged.

Inside in one package is the sprues,mask,clear parts, and instructions.

The clear parts are nice and clear.

The sprues, plastic looks great and the detail is crisp.

Includes mask and PE

Inside the instructions are the decals

The decals look very nice and have great color depth.

Example of the instructions

@Sharkmouth here you go.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Seems like a nice kit. Now if I can hold off until the group build...

Well, I know it is a nice kit!
Sprue trees are on their way to me as thank you from Wojtek. It's too bad his decal designer has a preference for the Pacific Theater so I guess I should be happy he included the sharkmouth scheme under both owners.

@moon puppy, we have the votes but we need to cull the old campaigns when you have time.

@Mo_, it should not be long for the start... if not, Miniature March (or whatever it is called) is only a few weeks away! If you can, post the contents. I am only getting the plastic since I have decals on the way for two other schemes (guess which?):

The Real Deals

Hopefully, I can find decals (or complete markings information) for this one:

Regards,

 

[Sharkmouth]

Nevermind... found several more photos on another drive! I should learn to be more patient as I search my wirelessly connected storage drives (WSAN).

P-51B-7-NA 43-6638 355FS, 354FG Code GQ*T Blue spinner, blue & white checkers, OD used paint over white recognition stripes on upper wings, horizontal and vertical tail surfaces, and beaten D-Day stripes.

May need to go a larger scale as it has a lot going for it!

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

Added this Aussie Shepard to our clan a week ago. His name is Lincoln

What a happy little baby!

 

[Rhino]

USCGC Bernard C. Webber, Hot off the Shapeways presses in 1/700 scale. A Sentinel class Fast Response Cutter. The 3D print scales out almost exactly at 48 meters. A bargain at $15.00!

 

[Sharkmouth]

New books...

This book is full color throughout.

Click to see inside.

Truly nice but after correctly identifying the vehicles, the author foolishly includes the erroneous nicknames such as Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma, Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär, Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer, and he keeps using King Tiger (instead of Tiger II or Tiger Ausf. B). As my son already knows from a visit to a German zoo (he makes me proud of his German fluency), Königstiger is Bengal Tiger, a name only used in a film.

Bought this Medallion Models conversion for the ancient Monogram kit for 21 US dollars and it is missing the starboard upper wing (as well as the base kit). However, the seller did mention it...

So, why buy it? It still has usable flaps, horizontal stabilizers, and pilot's seat. Also, the Mustang improvements included below far exceeded the 21 USD paid (and got free shipping too).

Flaps for the Hasegawa kit (I already have two sets of flaps for my one kit but I can probably adapt to others):

Aires P-51B/C (yep, not really useful on a P-51D) wheel well set for Tamiya kit (it should fit ICM's clone as well):

Moskit exhausts which are rare, expensive, and happily accepted although these are for the Allison engine and not the Merlin... No problem! I have several Accurate Miniatures Allison engine Mustangs!

Regards,

 

[helios]

New books...

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Definitely interested in your thoughts on the Prowler book. I've seen it somewhere at one time and it caught my eye.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Definitely interested in your thoughts on the Prowler book. I've seen it somewhere at one time and it caught my eye.

I will take some photos of what is inside. Each book has a different photographer which means their focus is not always exactly the same.

Regards,

 

[Duke Maddog]

Nice scores Saul! I gotta wonder about that title of the first book: "Never Ready". Doesn't sound encouraging!