It's a drive by Gaston .... Terri

He does that a bit though. Jumps into a topic, throws around some line infested photos to back up his assertions, then disappears when he is shown to be not correct. While he did point out some problems with the Great wall P-61 kits, that good work is outweighed by his refusal to accept that 100% accuracy is impossible to attain.

And exactly when was I shown to be completely wrong? You keep saying that, but I have yet to see you provide an example. Oh I get it; is it when I spelled Griffon Gryphon? Or when I got the name of the author of a drawing wrong? I have to agree: Terribly substantive issues: Says it all really... Even on the Zero short-tail issue, it still remains true the new-tool Tamiya's Zero tail is nearly three inches too long: 139.4 inches rudder hinge to canopy, vs slightly under 137 inches on four airframes... Tamiya's is the best Zero by far, but you STILL have to cut its tail shorter to make it accurate: Don't worry, you'll get the how-to build article during this year, promised! As far as I know, I was the only one truly complaining about the cartoonish Airfix Spitfire Mk XII, while actually showing all the insanity needed to correct it (minus the cockpit width, which I spotted initiallly, then sadly ignored...). What do you know, we get immediately after that flare-up a fully revised and nearly flawless P.R. XIX, in which Airfix totally revised their "infallible" research... The narrow nose I know now is easily fixable: Don't worry Rowan, I'll keep mine... I like to think the ten tubes of putty I poured into that thing below is not entirely unrelated to the sudden Airfix "revision"...: Btw Matt, since you constantly proved me wrong, where's yours? Oh I forgot, I'm supposed to be the rivet counter who never finishes anything right? Gaston

What it actually says is that you fail to carry out even basic research, before committing yourself to the computer terminal......................... Over the years, I've seen this "promise" go unfulfilled on thread after thread, on site after site, so forgive me if I don't hold my breath on this particular one. You were, in fact, only one, in many, who commented on the kit, but they, instead of using ludicrous rhetoric like "cartoonish," went out and did some proper research, finding out that it amounted to 1mm, and could be easily fixed by some applied use of sandpaper, rather than hacking away with a saw. HORNBY (do try to keep up, Airfix no longer exist as an entity) have never claimed that their research is "infallible," in fact they have admitted that they used a distorted drawing for the Spitfire XII, but, while you continue on your programme of self-aggrandisement, others, here, are quietly assisting the company in any ways that they find possible. Your conceit does you no credit, and I can assure you that your belief is unfounded, in fact Hornby have never heard of you. One other thing, if you used ten tubes of filler on the XII, I suggest you look at the floor, since you must have spilt an awful lot, and you might find your feet are stuck firmly to the floor. Edgar

Is that coming with the article on how horribly inaccurate the 1/32nd Tamiya Spitfires are? You remember, the article you promised back in April last year that would 'educate' people and drag the truth of the matter into the glaring light of day? I'm not holding my breath Gaston... A lot of us commented on the Airfix XIIs portly fuselage Gaston, your hyperbole was just the noisiest and most ill researched, most of the rest of us could work out that a little sanding would improve matters no end. Airfix (Hornbys) "revision" had exactly jack to do with you or the noises you made Gaston, why would it, you're an insignificant whiner, moaning about how nothing is ever good enough on a niche hobby forum somewhere on the Internet! Far more knowledgable people than you were consulted regarding the PR.XIX kit, little of which owes its lineage to the Mk.XII. You've been shown to be wrong a number of times in the past on a variety of forums Gaston, I know that to be a fact because I've called you out on some of your BS myself, time and again you've been put in your place by people that know more than you, because they've done the first-hand research themselves not just culled Google for some dubious images and scrawled red lines across them. I get the feeling that the real reason you've taken up 1/350th naval subjects is that you're becoming aware of how insignificant and unwelcome your kind of hyperbole is elsewhere, you abandoned the Track48 forum because we didn't all fall in step with your pronouncements, you post under the login name 'Andre' over on Hyperscale and Track48 to avoid repercussions and now you only stick your head into this forum in order to blow your own trumpet, from what I've seen of your posts on ModelShipwrights you're not really making friends there either. Maybe the hobby of modelmaking isn't the real problem Gaston, maybe it'd be better if you left the Internet alone and returned to pursuing the hobby like we did back in the old days, as a solitary past-time... YMMV.

LOL! Thanks Les! But, everyone, let's cut the name-calling before it gets worse. It doesn't do you any credit and it's something I don't like to see in this niche hobby forum. All the best Rowan

Gaston, I don't need your how to article on the Tamiya Zero. I'm quite content with my Hasegawa kit, which may or may not be the right length, but still looks like the real aircraft to me. Getting back on topic, I'm quite happy that something as significant as this kit is coming out. It played a huge part with the Soviet air forces on the Eastern Front, then it went on to annoy the UN forces on Korea. I guess my next wish is for a nice new injection moulded Westland whirlwind to be releaaed...oh wait, that's on the way!!

Well given Trumpeter's track record I'd wait on the "nice" part until we see it in the plastic. It'll be new, it'll be easy to build but will it be "nice"?

That's the million dollar question, Jessie. If they learn from the mistakes they made with the Spiteful, it may be a worthwhile buy.