Hi Terri

while my offer was meant quite seriously, on a 2nd thought postage to you would almost cost as much as if you were buying it yourself, so this is no real option .. thus I will have to bite it and make my own amateurish review ...

all the best

Steffen

Ok steffen I'll try out 1/48. I've got a 1/50 MC72 on the go and today I took delivery
of a 1/48 Tamiya D.520.
Feels roomy! I miss the cramped cockpit of 1/72 though

It's about time you give 48 scale a whirl Jaypee , as Steffen would say it's the only ture scale !


Yes Steffen , the postage would be a killer for sure .

Hi there

Courtesy of our friends at HobbyLink Japan, there'll be these beauties to look forward to as Reviews very soon!




All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan

Hurry up with that Pete review so I can steal some of that stuff for my own one

cheers

Steffen

Hi Steffen

Sorry - a heavy time at work stuffed any hope of an early review! Hopefully, your own kit has arrived by now (or is very imminent) - if not, I'm just uploading some pics and hope to type out the review tomorrow night.

In the meantime, just to give an idea how nicely the kit dry-assembles:



All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan

great you are modelling again!!! In case you forgot: you should include the parts for the cockpit (before you do use some colourful paint on them ... pink was always a nice shade) and also the use of a stuff called "glue" is recommended .....

looking really great! I still hope to get my kit soon.. I used surface mail and will have to pay customs a visit so it takes a few days longer.

cheers

Steffen

Hi Steffen

I can't promise to get the glue and paint out for this one anytime soon (as tempting as it is!) - the Bf 109E-1 (and a certain Sieben Schwaben next month) will be hogging the workbench.

I don't normally take photos of the test-fits which I do for Reviews (even on an In-Box Review, I wouldn't tell you guys how a kit looks likely to fit together if I hadn't actually tried it for myself ) - but I couldn't resist it this time, because being able to dry-assemble a biplane float-plane seemed almost outrageous!

All the best

Rowan

Hi again

HUGE thanks to Jean-Luc for a stunning package that included an amazing bunch of goodies, including a Mark.58 base for my Fw 190F:



and something rather special to build!:



Thank you Jean-Luc!

All the best

Rowan

I Bought AZ-Models' Morane Saulnier M.S 406 for cheap from fellow modeller. I am reserving it for La Marseillaise campaign ( couple of months to go..). Same kit as reviewed here, By Eetu Tahvonen.

Very nice haul Tuomas and Rowan!!

Also got some stuff today ... my parents sent most of my Osprey Combat Arcraft booklets, which was pretty heavy and I got some more samples. initially I did not want the Tamiya Fw190F-9 but seeing the figures at the Tamiya booth had changed my mind .. very nice pose. ... also have a plan for the Siebel .. there was a very cool pic in one of the early AirMag's .. markings for that one are included



all the best

Steffen
P.S ... bought the Skua book for my SH kit.

Hi Steffen

I love the little Siebel - I'll be looking forward to seeing you build that one!

I felt I deserved a treat after a period of heavy work, so I got this from Amazon. A fantastic reference for those Czech Model kits I've got stashed away:



All the best

Rowan

Hi all,

Yesterday I've received my Pete and indeed it is sweet!



I'm looking forward to the review but I can already say that the surface detail is great!

Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

It certainly is!



All being well, I'll post the review tomorrow night.

All the best

Rowan

Great!!

sadly the gallery is down at the moment so I have a bit more trouble posting pix. Here is what I got today:



Moduni has again a sale running and I ordered a lot of stuff today ... I sorted out the heap twice so mostly decals left (e.g. 1/48 scale: CA He 51 "Lw" for 20 €, or the Trumpeter Su-15TM for 24 € ... so not a single model left! .. also for those interested Eduard Hellcat RC for 80 € and Bf 110 RC for 100 €) ... hope to get it by Saturday (worked last time). ... also there will come a model which I need the decals in the pic for

all the best

Steffen

On a visit to a LHS, I picked up the Montex masks for Special Hobby's wasp-engined Fokker D.XXI, and after taking a peek in the box, I purchased Academys Dora with the intention of using the flat canopy for my Revell A.

And now for the ranting part of the post.
My small mind just can't comprehend how kits can be designed this way. The canopy in the Revell kit was all-round awful, being thick, cloudy and marred by badly placed sprue connectors.
Now this academy canopy is crystal clear, thin, and best of all, it fits perfectly to the Revell fuselage.
...But the headrest mounts on the inside of the sliding section extend almost halfway up on the clear section, and the windscreen is rendered all but useless because of the sprue connector on the clear section.
And with the hard, quite brittle plastic, removing the offending sprue connector, let alone the headrest mounts would be all but hopeless.
Who on earth designs these things?!

You guy's have done well with your latest haul !
My order finally came in which I order about 4 months ago now ..........Eduards new Fokker E.III and the New Roland C.II

Heres what dropped through my letterbox today.
Some custom decals.

The decals underneath are the Tamiya offerings.
The artwork was done based on the planes noseart and using the same photo that the noseart was based on.The original pilot was closely involved in reproducing the artwork.
Heres the noseart.

And the original photo.


Now I can complete my collection of P-47M's
Nige

Another catch for forecoming campaigns:

Special hobbys Brewster buffalo, I am planning to build it as one of FAA's brewsters at Crete.

Hi gang

my turn again ... last weekend consumed much of my months budget .. should help me to lose some more weight.

this is the first batch. As written above, moduni has a sale right now and especially the decals were/are in a good price range:



CMK 2 x Fw 190A/D Wheels 1:48
KMC Sturmovik Wooden Wing /Staight 1:48
AMD Storms in the Sky Pt.XI 1:48
AMD Sabres over Korea Pt.VI 1:48
AMD Sabres over Korea Pt.VII 1:48
AMD S.E.Asia Mustangs 23RD FG Pt.I 1:48
AMD Lightnings Galore (P-38) * 1:48
AMD Lead Sleads F-105 Pt.IV 1:48
Eagle Strike In defence of the Reich, Pt. I, Fw 190's 1:48
Eagle Strike Barbarossa Pt.II Invasion of Russia (Bf 109) 1:48
Eagle Strike P-40 K,N Warhawks Pt.III 1:48
Techmod British Roundels part III 1:48
Techmod Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib 1:48

all the best

Steffen

Hi Steffen

A superb haul! I'll be very interested to hear how the Il-2 wing mods work out.

I've got a few bit to add to our thread... I finally got a chance to visit my favourite proper old-time model shop - Dorking Models and picked up an Airfix TSR.2 (good grief, it's BIG! LOL!) and Special Hobby's Seafire, and Eagle Editions have very kindly sent through the full set of their new Bf 109E-1 decals:



Sadly, there's some bad news for quarterscale modellers here - contrary to our News Item, these are now destined to be 1/32 scale only, until a suitable 1/48 scale kit is (re-)released.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan

not my scale, but usually the sets from Eagle are pretty nice .... what about the instructions. Are they on toilet paper again or went Jerry back to the high quality stuff?

I am curious how Airfix' Canberra looks like? already have the set for the German Leuchtorange WTD 61 bird with the TT wing ... what a cool combination (also got a few pix from a friend)

BTW I would welcome a 48 Eduard Bf 109 E-1 .... though I think it is a bit too risky to develope such a thing at the moment ... OTOH maybe Tamiya could add a new wing to their pretty nice early Bf 109 series?! ...

all the best

Steffen

The postman really brought something special today

Finally got my Pete today .. great little kit

still I am a bit puzzled about it .. better to say, how I got it. It has a bill for the tax attached, but no info (nothing!) where I should/could pay it?! .. the parcel was placed just in front of my flat (something I do not really like, but as long as I get my stuff i am o.k. with it) ... do you think I should ask for it or shall I just be quiet to keep the dogs sleeping?!

also got a nice ebay item today ...



all the best

Steffen

Nice one Steffen!

I'd keep stumm - I'm sure they'll contact you if they really want the money!

As regards your earlier question about the EagleCals instructions, they're printed on good quality paper that has a slight sheen to it.

All the best

Rowan