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[Airframes]

Thanks Andy, and yes, I'm intending to replace my Luftwaffe BoB collection, lost in a house move 20 years ago. I'm considering making the He111, Do17, Bf110 and Ju87 (JU88A-5 already done, from KG30) from units which took part in 'The Hardest Day', 18th August, which really should be 'Battle of Britain day', rather than September 15th.
And when I get current stuff finished, I can continue with the 1/32nd scale Mosquito conversion.
BTW, it's highly unlikely that I'll ever use the Hs129 or Do335 canopies, so if anyone needs/wants them, let me know - first come, first served!

 

[Wayne Little]

That Mossie nose looks real good Terry!

 

[A4K]

Great scores Terry!

 

[jjp_nl]

good finds there Terry! The BoB decal sheets looks pretty neat!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks guys, and yes Jelmer, the decal sheets are a good buy - four '109s and one each of Bf110, He111 and Ju87, plus full national markings for each.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

WOW, the Mosquito nose looks GREAT! It's always nice to find something that makes a job not only easier but look proper also.

 

[Wayne Little]

Couldn't help myself yesterday....really want to do a couple of the late model Spitty's so now I have one, the other when I find one the Mk22/24....and the D-9 well that sort of jumped into my arms, amazing huh!

 

[A4K]

Great scores Wayne!

 

[Lucky13]

8)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Wayne. If you can't find a Mk22/24, let me know.

 

[jjp_nl]

Good find there Wayne! Come to think of it, I need to look into getting my Seafire build back on track as well. BTW MK.22/24 shouldn't be that hard to find... and if need be you could always piece one together from the Seafire kit I think it holds all the pieces for the Mk.22/24 plus additional parts for the seafire variant. Decals of the original spitty Mk.22/24 kit are cr*p anyway (way out of register and quite rough earlier airfix quality) so you would want to have those replaced I reckon.

 

[Airframes]

There's a couple of places I know have the kit in it's original issue from around £16 pre-owned (all complete and untouched) to around £22 new; the decals in my 1997 release are in perfect register.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice ones Wayne. The late Dora looks like a great kit - can't wait to get into mine.

 

[jjp_nl]

the decals in my 1997 release are in perfect register.

Funny, I have had three in my stash, all '97 releases (one of which has been build in the mean time) and without exception the decals in all three kit were/are utter rubbish

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks for your comments guys... will put my hand up for help if I can't score a specific Mk.22/24 locally...and Your right Jelmer, looks like all the stuff is there in the 46'47 kit...didn't know that!

 

[jjp_nl]

The other day I got these two sets of Super Scale decals for P-40E's/Kittyhawks at a good discount from Hannants. With too many cool subjects to not build them (Cresswell's multi-flag noseart mount is a no-brainer though) I figured I needed some more P-40E kits as well. The prospect of having to buy a bunch of Hasegawa P-40E's isn't exactly cool as far the finances go. So as I was searching on EBay for something suitable I came across this guy who sold a good bunch of AMTech P-40E's (incl. replacement fuselages) packaged in lots of three...for $20. So a good bunch of decals and a package deal on some P-40E's. Even in a worst case scenario (customs fee) I still end up with 3 kits shipped in from the USA for the price of two similar kits ordered here in The Netherlands

 

[Airframes]

Great score Jelmer, well done !

 

[T Bolt]

Nice find Terry, it will be good to see you working on the Mossie again.

And Wayne you'll love that Seafire kit. One thing I know about it is that the angle of the rear frame of the windscreen/forward frame of the canopy is not at enough of an angle. I used the Squadron vac canopy on mine.

 

[A4K]

Great scores Jelmer!