Count0

Very sorry to hear this. But it's inevitable. Rest in peace. Truly a giant in our hobby. https://tamiyablog.com/2025/07/in-memoriam-mr-shunsaku-tamiya/ I had the privilege to meet him at TamiyaCon when they held it out at their beautiful Alisa Viejo facility. He always seemed so thrilled and excited to see all the models at those shows.

It will be fine. I prefer Windex. or , rather, cheap no name windex. Last one I had to strip had a rather intricately painted cockpit so I just applied it with paper towels. Took it right down to primer, one sitting, took maybe an hour.

Depends on the model, the scale. The tiny 1/72 109's I posted here were asked in situ, being difficult to handle otherwise. It all depends on the model. There's no one answer.

Expensive, limited in reach compared to a brush, IMO. Not worth the cost. I like AK in general, but a lot of their products are just gimmicks to get your money. Again, my Opinion. I do love their weathering pencils though.

Those belt look great in this scale. I was looking at their (MFH) belts in 1/43rd that they just released, but it looks like they use the same ribbon, which is just massively overscale for 43 rd cars. Too bad, cause the actual hardware looks amazing. Too expensive if I have to replace the belts to be worth it sadly.

That copper tubing on the front brakes looks great. Is that infact copper line or is it paint? Oh I see now, copper wire. From the exhaust spring photo.

Why does nearly every British plane look like it was flown into the ugly tree and then flirted with every branch on the way out? It applies to nearly all of them, except of course, my beloved Mosquito. Not that they didn't try to ugly it up too, with some of the later variants...

I know one of the modern Titanic kits was rumored to have a misshapen bow? Is it this kit? if yes, any plan to correct that?

Super glue will soak the wood, ruining it for staining later, and the parts won't stick anyway. At least that's what I have found. Epoxy would be my choice, applied very sparingly. It going to ruin the wood as well, if you miss. So some kind of guide would be a good idea. Like tape.

I did too. Hopefully it will show up here before the end of the year. And I did order a PR for myself. I should have mentioned it won't ever be re-popped and they are hand numbered.

New Kotare PR MK 1 spit. Limited release. https://www.kotare-models.com/products/k32501-kotare-132-spitfire-mki-pr-type-a-exclusive-limited-edition

That's what makes it good. That distinction between model and miniature replica.

Does it need to be primed? I don't prime anymore unless I have done major work. Idk what that print quality is but if the surface is equal to a current quality injection kit I think a light scuff with very fine sandpaper is all it would need. After it's been cleaned , of course. Otherwise I would say Mr. Surfacer. If it won't melt styrene it won't melt printing material.

Fast interceptor. And the single seat version was very fast. Then, as usual a trainer and or night fighter version was proposed. Maybe. One was often mistaken for the other.

Some fine work. Idk how you guys make paint stick upside down...

What kind of heresy is this!?!

Ze Germans don't speak Zinc chromate. Some kind of dark grey seems like a safe bet. Maybe raw aluminum for the tubes.

It's a good call, but on something that never made it to prototype stage, colors are kinda open, within reason, in my mind. Late war, paint inside cockpits and wheel bays was possibly just a suggestion of the intended color. One self appointed expert at the local was trying to state that a thin (nearly transparent) coat of RLM 02 was the German version of Aotake... He was corrected very quickly. LMAO.

Oh come on now! You know they have to marinate in the stash for at least a year!

1/48 Airfix. This may be my first ever Airfix kit. Not sure. I wanted a car door Typhoon but didn't move fast enough. Anyway, here it is. Have to do the box art scheme, for many reasons, but mostly the over wing missiles. That just looks crazy, to me, like something out of a Gerry Anderson show.

Lmao! Lucky you didn't end up chained to a radiator!

Tamiya is R/C as well, isn't it?

Das Werk Kit is just a re-boxed Trumpeter with some added goodies to make it an A7. I believe they do this quite often. When it's their own tooling they make a big deal advertising that.

Amazing. It's a beauty. If, though, they are really interested in history and preserving it for future generations or whatever he says in that video it needs to be parked in a big glass box and never flown again. I love seeing them fly, but with so few left in the world especially with an intact, working engine, it needs to be kept safe. On the ground. Go fly a Mustang, we have plenty of those.

Duck you!