So, since last post my 'need' for Sci-Fi has not diminished (go figure). I've gotten some more Bandai 1/100 Sci-fi - Two Yukikaze kits (the unmanned FRX-00 and the manned FFR-41 variant), another Macross Frontier VF-25F and the new 1/72 Star Wars Tie Interceptor. Also some more Hasegawa Macross stuff too; a couple of VF-1A/J/S kits and a VF-0 in 1/72.
Back to reality, those four 1/48 Hasegawa F-14's I had lined up, became five F-14's (2x F-14A, F-14B and 2x F-14D; all special/limited editions) - also a bunch of 1/48 aftermarket for A-4's, F-4's, F-14's and Harrier GR.7/9 stuff, some Ronin Graphics decals (Hornets, Hawks, P-8, etc; Ronin does INCREDIBLE decals), and also pre-ordered the new Reid Air book, "The Modern SLUF Guide: the A-7 exposed".
More interesting to the audience here though, finally got me a copy of the EE book, "Wolfgang Falck: the Happy Falcon", new Kagero "Ta 152" book, the slightly less new Kagero "Ta 152 Top Drawings" book, a set of the Red Roo Models 1/48 3SQN & 430SQN RAAF "The Away Team Part 1" Mustang III decals, Red Roo 1/48 RAAF P-51D/K/CA-18 Target Tug set, Red Roo 1/48 RAAF Meteor U.21 Drone Conversion, Red Roo 1/48 RAAF Beaufighter Target Tug Conversion and the incredible Red Roo published "Southern Cross Mustangs" book (possibly the best RAAF-type focused monograph I have ever seen!). A set of 1/48 Ju88 exhausts and wheels too, with other various Lw aftermarket (such as some Bf 109G-10 wings for the Revell kit, CMK Me 162 super detail set, CMK Fw 190A/F super detail set, CMK He 219 Engine Set and a bunch of Lw seat belts, decals, etc).
I also happened upon another 1/32 Revell He 219A for the princely sum of $60 - I snapped that up!
I'm still in the process of getting my hands on another Tamiya Do 335 (want to do a Nightfighter conversion - I want an A-12, so I can use most of the second cockpit, and just vacu-form a replacement 'flush spine' and 'flush canopy') and the Eduard Bf 109G-5, because the G-6 kit is awesome, but the G-5 has a bunch of scheme's I'd like to do.
What am I looking forward to? Eduard have told me there are two Bf 109G-10 variants in the pipeline (I expect one to the be the Erla G-10/U4 (as no one has done an Erla G-10 in 1/48), the other I don't know), which I hope will trigger some Eaglecal Bf 109G-10 decals (there's a serious shortage of interesting G-10 schemes in 1/48). I also heard a whisper (through a seller in the Czech, I have dealt with for a while) that Japo's Fw 190D vol.III looks to be a possible 2017 release... But I'm not holding my breath; vol.III has been a rumour since what, 2010-ish?
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