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Posted: Friday, August 06, 2010 - 03:19 AM UTC

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Nice haul Steffen

I very nearly bought the Revell re-boxed Albie this week, but I'm having to be extra careful how much I spend these days. I'll be interested to see how the Pegasus Hobbies '190 turns out - there could well be quite a decent kit lurking in there.

All the best

Rowan


Cheers Rowan

Well, the Revell boxing is quite nice. Decals for Kissenberths Black D.V and Udets silver Albatros. Plastoic is white (glad it is not black) ... The direct comparison with the new OEFFAG is quite devastating though. The new kit almost has no tool gap so there is little (if any) cleanup to do. The struts sprue on the D.V has a pretty large offset which will be hard to clean up otoh.

The Fw is surely no competitor for Tamiya, Hasegawa or Eduard. But it is not targeted at the same group so there might be some sale though. Looking forward to the P-40B/C that was recommended by someone who seems to know .. we'll see.

@Damien: I got my credit card bill today .... main aliment will be plain rice for the rest of the month .... "wer das Eine will, muss das Andere mögen"

all the best

Steffen
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Posted: Friday, August 06, 2010 - 12:41 PM UTC
Well it was my birthday yesterday and some of these came via that route and some via my own pocket.


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Posted: Friday, August 06, 2010 - 08:41 PM UTC
Hi Luciano

Happy birthday for yesterday! I hope you had a great time!

Could you do a review of the Planet Models Seafire for us? I've nearly bought the kit on a couple of occasions - I'd love to see more details of what it's like.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Friday, August 06, 2010 - 09:02 PM UTC
Hi again

Luciano: Happy birthday! Wish you all the best! ...... and that is a great haul

Just in is the latest products from Bombshell decals. I bought myself a set of P-38 markings - I do not intend to use the beautiful nose art, but rather the well print stencils for my twin booms campaign entry. For my pal Volker I bought a set of the B-26 Marauding Esquire girls




all the best

Steffen
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Posted: Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 07:55 AM UTC
Happy Birthday Luciano.
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Posted: Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 09:17 AM UTC
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes

Rowan I'll get onto a review once I finish the set of night shifts I'm on at the moment, will be next week some time.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 08:28 AM UTC
Nice one Luciano.

A nice package arrived today from The Airbrush Co. containing the latest releases from LifeColor.



I'll review them as soon as I can.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 10:24 PM UTC
This is my last week haul, not everything for the airplanes but it's still modeling stuff









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Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 10:34 PM UTC
You kept that quiet Lucky!
Happy belated birthday

Today, the postman bought me this..


Which came as a suprise because I only ordered it from Amazon yesterday after reading Terri's review!

Nige
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Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08:37 AM UTC
Hi again

Good grief - they're coming in thick and fast these days, and Postie was almost groaning under the weight of this one! Dragon haev kindly sent us their latest 1:32 Bf 110:



I reckon all these things to review are a conspiracy to prevent me starting my F-80. Poor Jean-Luc must be feeling lonely in what's fast becoming his "solo Dual-Build"!

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08:45 AM UTC

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Hi again

Good grief - they're coming in thick and fast these days, and Postie was almost groaning under the weight of this one! Dragon haev kindly sent us their latest 1:32 Bf 110:



I reckon all these things to review are a conspiracy to prevent me starting my F-80. Poor Jean-Luc must be feeling lonely in what's fast becoming his "solo Dual-Build"!

All the best

Rowan


May I ask something??

Is the Dragon "110" series better than the Eduard ones


Cheers Nick
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Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 09:08 AM UTC
Nick,
I haven't built the 1:32 scale version but I'm almost finished with the 1:48 offering and must say that I prefer Dragon's over Eduards. I encountered many pitfalls with the Eduard build that I almost scrapped the kit altogether. I'm in the painting phase of the build and haven't encountered any issues other then the typical poor Dragon instructions ..everything fits like a glove and haven't had much use for fillers.
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Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08:56 PM UTC

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Good grief - they're coming in thick and fast these days


You should have consider running your own bussiness: a model store. In co-partnership with Steffen...
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Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 10:23 PM UTC

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Nick,
I haven't built the 1:32 scale version but I'm almost finished with the 1:48 offering and must say that I prefer Dragon's over Eduards. I encountered many pitfalls with the Eduard build that I almost scrapped the kit altogether. I'm in the painting phase of the build and haven't encountered any issues other then the typical poor Dragon instructions ..everything fits like a glove and haven't had much use for fillers.


Thank you very much Mr. Hermann


Cheers Nick
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 12:13 AM UTC
Hi All

I got this today..



I ordered the book when I subscribed to Military Aircraft Monthly. The Breda is a sample .... and this is one I am really excited about!!! BTW I wonder why nobody posted the August MPM Newsletter on Aeroscale yet. Seems Rowan is very short on time. If you like to have a look see here

all the best

Steffen
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 01:23 AM UTC
Because it was cheap, because I could and because I love them . . . .



Still in original factory plastic wrap.
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 03:38 AM UTC

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Because it was cheap, because I could and because I love them . . . .



Still in original factory plastic wrap.


That's a real beauty


Cheers Nick
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 03:40 AM UTC

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Hi All

I got this today..



I ordered the book when I subscribed to Military Aircraft Monthly. The Breda is a sample .... and this is one I am really excited about!!! BTW I wonder why nobody posted the August MPM Newsletter on Aeroscale yet. Seems Rowan is very short on time. If you like to have a look see here

all the best

Steffen


But I like the Ba.65 most


Cheers Nick
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 12:20 AM UTC
Nice one Steffen

I'm really looking forward to seeing the Breda myself! Thanks for the heads-up on the MPM News - Jean-Luc sent it through while I was out yesterday, along with his deluge of new Reviews!

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 06:22 AM UTC
My lastest haul

An Academy Flying Tiger's P-40 C's 1/48 (Academy kits are overal excellent. Great packaging, fine engraved panel lines correct shape of the original , excellent decals (comparing to hasegawa ) )

Can anyone tell me the quantity of Retarder that I must use in every painting









"Uhu patafix" propably the best blue tack in Greece (Masking 80% finished)






Cheers Nick
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Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 11:38 AM UTC
Err,,,,,,,,ahhh,,,,,,,it umm,,,,,,,,,,,,well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
It followed me home from the Elvington show at the weekend..............

Nige
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Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 12:10 PM UTC

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Err,,,,,,,,ahhh,,,,,,,it umm,,,,,,,,,,,,well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
It followed me home from the Elvington show at the weekend..............
Nige


CLICK HERE NIGE

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Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 08:20 PM UTC

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Err,,,,,,,,ahhh,,,,,,,it umm,,,,,,,,,,,,well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
It followed me home from the Elvington show at the weekend..............
Nige


Didn't they have anything...bigger?


This is what came to me from the Eastern End of the Word. There was also a Tiger tank from AFV Club in 1/35 in the box but sadly not for me...



Today I also hunted something very nice in a reasonable price but I'll wait with posting till I get it into my hands...
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Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 12:42 AM UTC

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Err,,,,,,,,ahhh,,,,,,,it umm,,,,,,,,,,,,well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
It followed me home from the Elvington show at the weekend..............
Nige


Didn't they have anything...bigger?


Yes they did, but it was the one I'd just finished building a couple of days before


Reg, I'm in,,great excuse to keep the Tiffie from ending up sitting in the stash for years

Nige
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Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 12:51 AM UTC
Hi Nige,

Are these Mark58 display plates under your Thunderbolts?

Jean-Luc
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