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Sickeningly cheap!! Though I have pledged no 190 buying until Zoukei-mura's kit

indeed and remember that bricks and mortar is the future of the hobby and pretty soon all the internet forums will fizzle out, and i'll be writing this post with pen and paper, then trot off to the post box... ...at least according to some

£71 inc airmail shipping from http://www.sealmodel.com/

Ok, to clarify, I am referring to sale prices The Arado has been available on eBay consistently for less than £20 for well over a year; I haven't seen a 219 for £25 but then i haven't been looking as I already have one - I agree that it is consistently available mid 30s and only going one way... The common denominator is Revell: great value kits even at full retail here in Europe, and tend to get cheaper with time. Modelzone has just gone into administration btw - and they were the only shop I saw with any real deals to compare with deals offered in US, or with far eastern prices in general Back on track, I have just had a Tamiya Spit IXc delivered airmail for £71 from Seal Model. Deal with confidence, and make sure you ask them to 'help out' with the customs declaration value It does make me feel a little insulted when UK retailers - Hannants! - list this at.... ...£140!!!

Nice one! Good use of "Luftsieg" btw - or should that be Luftsiegen?? Tee hee hee - my German always was rubbish!

Cheers guys, much appreciated

Instagram is an app that makes any pic you take look like, as an example, an old oil painting etc Surely you can see these pics are not what the naked eye sees them as? Personally, I would much rather see what is actually there, than someone's arty take on what they think I want to see

I guess this thread will always be continent specific No way any of these crazy cheap USA prices are EVER going to apply in Blighty (grrrr) As an aside, is that kit any good??

Ditto re their Spitfire accessories esp the 'cigar' drop tank, but they do seem rather shy of 1/32 in this regard

Er, why are they all "instagrammed"??

Interesting I suppose now we know why the Jug was damned big?!

Doogs you (we) need Derek Bradshaw to give us the lowdown - he is the expert on this aircraft... Having said that, isn't that stuff all in our review? (Haven't checked) Cheers Nick

Ha ha They had to give it a bash at something it might be decent at maybe? Nick "mine's a Mossie, thank you very much" Mayhew

nice one Andy, cheers for posting this kite doesn't really do anything for me, but if i did eventually make one i would try and find a widow with Invasion Stripes...there were a few i think... cheers again Nick

Hi Petr, Any more news? Your public are keen to know! Kind regards, Nick

Hi Sorry I thought I had posted on this but guess I didn't press the button before! Anyway, yes yes yes it looks superb!

Beautiful

Ooh - what subject Dave??

Er, you could be getting a LOT of PMs!!

Out of interest, is the appeal because of the skeletal look, or just the subject & scale? Put it another way: would you buy it if it was a 'regular' skinned kit? Curious, because this seems like buying a Z-m kit and just leaving it bare...

It was shown at a model show in Brno, Cz Not sure there is anything on their site yet

Alley cat conversion is incomplete Look at the XVIe instructions on HobbySearch website and you will see AlleyCat conv does not have panels underneath, which are in fact quite different (This is also why the PCM Spitfire IXe is not an e - in case you think that is a way around it )

Ben, The discussion has been on Britmodeller and also LSP Afaik there has been no crticism of what they have produced per se - because they haven't produced anything yet! There was a spat concerning who has accurate plans, and what ones they are using, with one British chap saying in effect he ha the only accurate plans and he wasn't going to help HPH. Now, whether that is ALL bs or not, who knows. One thing I DO know is that both the Walrus and Cat are pretty much industry benchmark kits *in whatever medium* - uber pricey yes, but they are about as good as it gets - and I include WNW, Tamiya's 1/32 etc etc when I say this So, if they were ever to do the Hornet, I'd be pretty confident it would be accurate. Just my assessment of te situation, as I did watch that one bubble away (and participate in those discussions myself) N

You shelling out for the Cat then Rick??

Most informative as always Steve! Nice one