Dave J

Great to see this back! Are those PE fasteners custom done? As I have near seen them before. Looking forward to your next update.

1/32 J2m3 Raiden (Jack) Detail Sets (For Hasegawa kit) Eduard See review for catalogue numbers and price Available directly from Eduard Back in September 2011 Hasegawa celebrated its 70th Anniversary by adding a 1/32 Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden Type 21 to its catalogue. This release was warmly welcome by Large Scale Japanese aircraft fans, as a few different boxings would be made available in later months. It also replaced the outdated Revell tooling that was the only option on the market and happened to be long out of production. Eduard just recently released a couple of new Etch sets for the Hasegawa Raiden. You can check out Scale Plastic and Rails review of the Hasegawa kit via THIS link. The sets are the Following – #32313 J2M3 Raiden Exterior, 22,45 € #32736 J2M3 Raiden Interior S.A. , 22,45 € #33105 J2M3 Raiden Interior S.A Zoom, 17,25 € #32313 J2M3 Raiden Exterior This set contains one bare metal etch fret which details not only the exterior of the Raiden, but also wheel bays, engine and Landing Gear as well. Most of the parts included in this set add detail to the internal Wheel bay area and the Land gear components, in way of the covers and attachment framing/brackets. There is no surgery required to any of the plastic components, as these PE parts are simply glued on top or replace the plastic part completely. Hydraulic brake lines are also included, but personally I like to match up some fine fuse wire to the shape of the part instead of using the flat PE part. Some vents and Grilles are included on the Fret for the exterior of the airframe of the Raiden, which does require the odd area to be filed down for fitment of these items. Engine Ignition lines are also included for the Mitsubishi Kasei engine. Overall, hardly any surgery is required to fit this set to the plastic. Etch quality is excellent as you would expect from Eduard, and the instructions are clear and easy to follow. #32736 J2M3 Raiden Interior S.A. Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden cockpit is nicely detailed from the box, and offers a perfect canvas for a modeller to super detail, and this is where Eduard can step in! The Interior set includes two frets of photo etch parts, one is supplied in Eduard's colour printed and self-adhesive etch and the other is in its natural metal state. With this set there is a little bit work involved by removing a lot of the raised detail that is moulded onto some of the cockpit components. One step does require you to cut away a mounting bracket, being the most troublesome task. The lower part of the seat has a drop in plate that has the rivet detail that you can't get during the tooling process of the plastic. A seat harness is included as well, which is printed in colour. The instrument panel is replaced with a two layered colour alternative. The cockpit's sidewalls are also benefited being enhanced with colour photo etch on about every possible plastic part. The seat framing and radio area also gain detail from the interior set with replacement mount brackets and framing. The Radio unit also gets a dash of colour photo etch also. This set provides a High detailed makeover for the interior area of the Raiden. It should be an easy task for any level of experienced modeller. #33105 J2M3 Raiden Interior S.A Zoom. The Zoom set is pretty much the quick version of the Interior set, without the extra Framing and brackets that is included in the above set. This is a single colour printed etch fret set, which contains the instrument panel, and a set of seatbelts for the original kit seat, replacement panels and Radio unit. So what do we think? These sets are highly detail and the printed colours are dense and clear. The high quality that you would expect from an Eduard product. These will be fantastic additions to your J2M3 Raiden, which should make them stand out from the rest. Highly Recommended. Our sincere thanks to Eduard for the review samples used here. To purchase this directly, click the links in the review article.

1/32 Beer Kegs for Tamiya Mk.IX Spitfire Profimodeller Catalogue # 32065 Available directly from ProfiModeller for 319,00 CZK During the Second World War, brewery Henegar and Constable donated free beer to the Troops. After the D-Day landings in Normandy, supplying the war effort with critical supplies was already an issue and as you could imagine, carting liquid refreshments was pushed down the vital supply list. Some crafty soldiers were able to source the non-essential supplies from the locals or by other means. It was the RAF Spitfire pilots that ended up with a better solution. This was eventually recognised as an official modification by the RAF... It was called Modification XXX! With the new Mk.IX Spitfire variant, one of its improvements/developments were under wing pylons for external fuel tanks and bombs. But with a bit of clever ingenuity it was discovered that a pylon could be modified to carry nearly anything... including Beer Kegs! ProfiModeller have designed a neat conversion set for the modification XXX to be used on the 1/32 Tamiya Mk.IX Spitfire. Which is available directly from their website, Product # 32065 (http://www.profimodeller.com/detail/32065-beer-kegs-spitfire/) This set contains 34 resin parts for the beer kegs, 1 Photo Etch Fret, 1 plastic rod and a sheet of vinyl paint masks for two beer carrying Spitfire schemes. The resin parts are cast in a cream coloured resin, which are beautifully cast and are free of air bubbles or any imperfections. The resin staves have a wood grain cast into them, so if you are worried about wood grain finishes you will just need to paint and just add an oil wash with a darker brown to bring out the wood grain. The PE fret carries the metal hoops for each barrel and mounting plates for the pylons. The vinyl mask set includes serial numbers and squadron codes for two Spitfires, but you will have to use the kits decals or source your vinyl paint masks for the roundel and fin flash. The two Spitfires that are included – Spitfire Mk.IXc, MK823, JE-J JR, Wing Commander J.E. "Johnnie" Johnson, 144th Wing, June 1944. Spitfire Mk.IXc, MH978, M-FF, 132nd Wing RAF, June1944. So what do we think? Throughout different conflicts there have been some "interesting" items attached to aircraft, and this surely is one of them! An interesting and easy conversion set for the Tamiya Mk.IX Spitfire kit which will surely make your Spitfire pop out of out of a row of them! Highly recommended Our sincere thanks to ProfiMoldeller for the review sample used here. To purchase this directly, click THIS link.

1/32 Focke Wulf Fw190 A-5 'Nowotny' Hasegawa Limited Edition Series Catalogue #08224 Available directly from Hobby Easy for £30 As you expect with Hasegawa, after they release a newly tooled kit, there will be a few different variants or Special Editions planned in their future releases... One of the latest Limited Edition releases from Hasegawa is a interesting one! This boxing covers two Fw190 A-5's, of the Luftwaffe's 5th highest ranking ace, Walter Nowotny of Jagdeschwader (JG54) Grünherz (Green Hearts) that were base on the Eastern Front. JG 54 is well known for using non-standard camouflage schemes on their aircraft. Walter Nowotny Walter Nowonty was born in Gmünd, a small town located in Lower Austria on the 7th December 1920. During his younger years he moved to a few different towns due to his father's job as an Railway Official. In his teens, Nowotny was interested in all kinds of sports, he played Football/Soccer for the school team in Waidhofen and in 1937, took first place in the Javelin and third place in the Lower Austrian 1,000 metres track and field championships. For his Reichsarbeitsdienst (Mandatory Reich Labour Service) he joined the Luftwaffe on the 1st October 1939. On the 19th August 1940, he completed his flight training and received his pilot badge and then trained as a fighter pilot at the Jagdfliegerschule 5 located in Wien-Schwechat till 15th November 1940. This was the same fighter school that Hans-Joachim Marseille had attended a year previously. After graduation from Fighter school, Nowotny was transferred to the I./Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Mersburg on 16th November 1940, flying fighter cover for the Leuna industrial works (Oil Factories). Nowotny was posted to the Ergänzungs-Staffel of Jagdeschwader 54 (JG 54) on 1 December 1940. Nowotny flew a Messerschmitt Bf109 E-7 "White 2" on his 24th operational mission on 19 July 1941 and claimed his first two enemy aircraft kills, both Polikarpov I-153, over the island of Saaremaa.. He was shot down in the same engagement by the Soviet Ace Alexandr Avdeev. Nowotny spent three days in a dinghy in the Gulf of Riga, until finally being washed ashore on the Latvian coast. For the rest of his combat career, Nowotny always wore the trousers that he had worn during those three days in the Gulf of Riga, for the exception of one day... In 1942, Nowotny increased his tally of victories. Shooting down a further five aircraft on a single day (32nd – 36th victories) on 20th July and seven (48th – 54th victories) on 2nd August. After having downed three more enemy aircraft on 11 August, Nowotny carried out three victory passes over his airfield, despite having sustained combat damage to his own Bf 109 "Black 1". In the subsequent landing, his aircraft somersaulted and he sustained moderate injuries. Nowotny was awarded the Knights Cross on 4 September, after a total of 56 aerial victories. In January 1943, JG 54 started converting their aircraft to the Focke Wulf Fw190. With the new aircraft, Nowotny scored at an unprecedented "kill" rate, often averaging more than two planes a day for weeks on end. As of 1st February 1943, Nowotny, Karl Schnörrer (Nowotny's wingman, since late 1942), Anton Döbele and Rudolf Rademacher, formed a team known as the "Chain of Devils" (Teufelskette) or the Nowotny Schwarm, which during the course of the war was credited with 524 combined kills, making them the most successful fighter team in the Luftwaffe. Nowotny scored his 100 kill marker on 5th June 1943, on his 344th combat mission. By 24th June, he would accumulate a further 24 victories increasing his total to 124. On 21st August, Nowotny was made Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 54. In August 1943 alone, he shot down 49 aircraft, bringing Nowotny's total to 161 victories. On 1st September 1943, he scored ten victories in two sorties, which took his tally to 183. Seventy-two hours later that number had risen to 189, earning him the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves on 8th September. The award was to be personally presented by the Führer, Adolf Hitler, on 22nd September 1943. By this date Nowotny had claimed his 200th victory on 8th September, and on 15th September he claimed his 215th victory, making him the highest-scoring pilot in the Luftwaffe at that time. On 14th October 1943, he became the first pilot in the Luftwaffe to reach 250 victories, scoring it on his 442nd combat mission. Nowotny was celebrating this feat in a Bar in Vilna (Lithuania), when he received a phone call from Hitler himself, announcing that he had been awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, making him the eighth of 27 men to be honoured with award. Nowotny claimed his final two aerial victories on the Eastern Front on 15th November 1943. In total, Nowotny had claimed 255 confirmed kills plus a further 50 unconfirmed, before he was taken off combat duty and sent on a propaganda tour through Germany. In September 1944, Nowotny was made commander of a specialist unit dubbed Kommando Nowotny, flying the newly developed Messerschmitt Me262 Jet out of airfields near Osnabrück, Germany. The unit not only had to contend with the enemy, but also with working through the teething phase of the Me 262 and developing the tactics appropriate for a jet unit. Generals Alfred Keller and Adolf Galland had scheduled an inspection at Achmer on the 7th November 1944. Galland had already visited Kommando Nowotny several times and was deeply concerned over the high attrition rate and meagre success achieved by the new Me 262 fighter Jet. After inspecting the two airfields at Achmer and Hesepe, several pilots openly expressed their doubts as to the combat readiness of the Me 262. The next morning, 8th November 1944, the Generals arrived again at Nowotny's command post and Keller declared that the aces of the past years had become cowards and that the Luftwaffe had lost its fighting spirit. Shortly after this, news reached the command post of a large bomber formation approaching. Four Me 262 were prepared for take-off, Erich Büttner and Franz Schall at Hesepe, and Nowotny and Günther Wegmann at Achmer. At first only Schall and Wegmann managed to take off because Büttner had a punctured tire during taxiing and Nowotny's engines initially refused to start. With some delay, Nowotny took off and engaged the enemy on his own, after Schall and Wegmann retiring from the action after sustaining battle damage. Nowotny radioed that he had downed a B-24 Liberator and P-51 Mustang before he reported one engine failing and made one final garbled transmission back to the airfield containing the word burning. It still remains unclear whether Nowotny was killed due to engine failure or whether he was shot down by USAAF east of Hesepe. In recent years, United States military historians proposed that Nowotny's victor may have been P-51D pilot Lieutenant Robert W. Stevens of the 364th Fighter Group. Many witnesses observed Nowotny's Me 262 A-1a Werk Nummer (factory number) #110 400 "White 8" dive vertically out of the clouds and crash at Epe, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) east of Hesepe The Wehrmacht announced his death on 9 November 1944 in the daily radio report. On the day Nowotny died, he wasn't wearing the "lucky" trousers that he had worn during the three days that he spent in the Gulf of Riga... Hasegawa Plastic The plastic included within this kit is the same as the standard 1/32 Fw190 A-5 kit (ST23), that was released back in July 2004. As you expect with Hasegawa, after they release new tooling there will be a few different variants or Special Editions to follow. Normally these kits will include a few additions to back/forward date it to the required variant required and new decals. Since this kit has been on the market for around for 8 years there are few well documented builds and reviews on the internet, so I will give you a quick rundown on it. The plastic is moulded in light grey and clear plastic with a total of 108 parts spread across 13 sprues. Some of these sprues are the common spures that are shared with the pervious A-8 Butcher Bird and D-9 Long nosed Dora releases. All the parts are cleanly presented without a trace of flash on any of the parts, which feature crisply engraved panel lines on the exterior of the airframe. Cockpit detail is adequate out of the box for most modellers, but modellers that suffer from AMS (Advanced Modellers Syndrome) will wish to add extra detail to this area with photo etch and/or resin replacement parts. The BMW 801 engine is supplied as a single engine circular plug that has both rows of cylinders molded in place. Most of the detail will be hidden away under the cooling fan once the model is finished. Wheel wheels are molded correctly as fully enclosed. Unfortunately there are a couple of injector pin marks to take care of in this area, and on the landing gear covers also. One thing that Hasegawa overlooked with the Fw190 A-5 kit, is that they have included in the incorrect style of tyre and hub. The style of wheel that Hasegawa has included is the later type that is used on A-7, A-8 and A-9 variants. Eagle Editions does a resin replacement for the correct earlier style hub and tyre that is required (Eagle Parts #53-32). Overall shape of the1/32 Fw 190 A-5 is pretty good and keeps most rivet counters at bay. Also another note to keep in mind, that the instructions show the attachment of the FuG 16zy antenna to the underwing... This is incorrect for the A-5, as it wasn't used until the A-7. A single sheet is included that carries the decals for two Nowotny schemes, which include a full set stencils and National markings. The decals appear to be printed thinly in a semi gloss/matt tone. However there are some glossy patches randomly over the decal sheet. Carrier film is a bit of a mixed bag, some of the smaller decals have large areas of carrier film and larger decals have small areas. One of my minor annoyances with Hasegawa decals is that, any areas that should be white are an off white/cream colour... Some of their past releases seem to have this problem solved, but it is not the case with this release. The two schemes for Walter Nowotny are – I./JG54 Kommandeur Hautmann Walter Nowotny, Russia, October 1943 I./JG54 Staffelkapitän Oberleutnant Walter Nowotny, Russia, Summer 1943 So what do we think? Again Hasegawa delivers another fantastic and interesting repop of a past kit! A must for all Large Scale Luftwaffe fans! Highly recommended! Our sincere thanks to Hobby Easy for the review sample used here. To purchase this directly, click the link at the top of the review article.

1/32 B-25J Mitchell "The Strafer" HK Models Catalogue # 01E02 Available from HK Model stockists "The Strafer" With the first half of 1942 looking grim for the Allies, after losing Philippines, Dutch Indies and Singapore to the Japanese Forces. The Allied forces in the South West Pacific fell back to Australia to regroup. Australia would soon become the base of operations for General MacArthur's South Pacific offensive with fresh supplies and troops arriving, to retake the islands that were lost. The decision to intensify Strafing and Bombing missions in the various island campaigns was made by General George Kenney, now the head of the Thirteenth Air Force, due to the low-level attack virtues of the Douglas A-20 Havoc and North American B-25 Mitchells. Roles both aircraft weren't originally designed for. This would be the start of the development of some of the most lethal aircraft fielded against Japanese forces in the South Pacific. Skip bombing tactics were developed which involved a low level approach against the heavy defensive fire of the Japanese ships. General Kenney was dissatisfied with the armament and bombs of the two attack aircraft, as they weren't completely suited to how he wanted to employ them. This is were Captain Paul "Pappy" Gunn came in, one of the brains behind developing Strafer-bombers. Captain Gunn developed a field modification for the A-20 Havoc that put an extra four .50 cal machine guns in the nose, as a bombardier wasn't required on these low level attack runs. This way skip bombing and strafing could be combined in a single aircraft. These modifications were better, but extra fuel tanks had to be installed in the Havoc's bomb bay to increase its range, which in turn reduced its bomb load. By the summer of 1942 A-20s were in short supply as orders for the A-20's were increasing from the Russians. The B-25 Mitchell became the ideal replacement as it had already proved its role. The B-25 had a longer range and could carry a heavier bomb load than the A-20. Gunn came up with field modification for the B-25, with the help of North American Aviation field representative Jack Fox. This field mod put four extra .50 cal's in the nose section of B-25C serial #41-12437 and additional two pairs of .50 cals on external blisters on each side of the forward fuselage. By the summer 1942 Jack Fox issued a memo to all the other North American field reps in the South Pacific Theatre on how to modify the B-25 into a Strafer-bomber. Tactics were worked out and crews trained on a wrecked ship off the coast of Port Moresby, the final result would include a pair of B-25s approaching enemy ships at 1,000-1,500 feet and then drop to 500 feet or lower on the final run in to the target. One Mitchell would open up with its gun battery to suppress the defensive fire while the other Mitchell would drop a string of bombs in a skip bomb attack. After the first pass, the pair returned for a second run, this time switching roles. During the first half of 1943 Strafer-bombers wreaked havoc on Japanese shipping that supported the Imperial war machine. Soon airfields also came under attack by the Strafer-bombers dropping 23-lb fragmentation bombs slowed by parachutes. The Strafer concept was so successful that by September 1943, 175 B-25Cs and Ds had been converted. By that time, five squadrons had been so equipped in the South West Pacific. The Strafer modifications to the B-25C/D led to the B-25G, which was a dedicated factory-built strafer that was succeeded by the more efficient B-25H. However, it was not until the solid-nosed B-25J that the Strafer received the full fire power that brought Havoc on Japanese Shipping. The Kit – Back in May 2012, SPAR's Matt McDougall took a look at the Glass Nose B-25 from HK Model. Most of the Strafer kit is unchanged from the Glass nose version, so we will take a look at the new items within the Strafer kit. If you haven't seen Matt's review please check it out here, so you can familiarise yourself with the common parts that are shared between these kits - Click THIS link for the review. Most of the new parts are located on two new sprues, The first noticeable one is the new solid nose, which is located on its own separate sprue. Some of the rivet detail is very faint compared to the rest on the nose, this is most likely due the limits of the tool and the plastic injection molding process. It will be a easy task to deepen them with a pin to match rivets to the rest on the rest of the nose. The second new sprue contains the components for the nose area. The nose can be either built with the gun bays fully open to display all the firepower contained within the nose or bays closed. The sprue contains the two gun bay doors and the interior framing as separate parts. The framing parts do have some injector pin marks on areas that are easily seen, but these will clean up without any difficulty. Also on the sprue are the eight .50 cal bodies and ammunition cases/tins. One item that is missing are the ammo feed belts to each of the .50 cal's from the ammunition cases/tins. These are quite noticeable in period photographs. These would have to be scratched built or I am sure that a aftermarket company will come to the rescue, if you wish to display the bays open.. The printing of the decals are unchanged from the Glass Nose release, they thick and glossy. Reports from other modellers that I have seen on the internet, that they do go down nicely, but do require some aid from sol solution. I didn't use the decal on my Glass nose build. so I cannot comment from my own experience. Again no airframe stencils markings are included on the sheet, but the Hamilton Standard prop logo's and data are suppliedon the sheet. However there is an aftermarket offering from Kitsworld decals for Stencils, if you do wish to add them to your build. The sheet only carries one marking option for B-25J, 498th Bombardment Squadron (Falcons), 345th Bomb Group, Okinawa, 1945. So What Do We Think? As Matt stated in his review of the Glass Nose B-25J... "There can be only one word to describe this kit .... Epic!" This is indeed correct! It's a huge amount of plastic that you get for the price tag and it does build very easily. I enjoyed my build of the Glass Nose kit (appeared in the October issue of Military Illustrated Modeller magazine) that instantly stuck my hand up for this one... Some AM supplies will aid and improve some areas that are lacking detail. And just remember... This builds in to a big kit! Highly recommended. We are in the process of gathering a few aftermarket items that are upcoming and currently on the market for B-25...And we will be bring you a full build review in the near future! Our sincere thanks to HK Models for the review sample used here.

1/32 B-25H/J Mitchell Wheel Set (HK Models) Eduard Brassin Catalogue # 632014 Available directly from Eduard for 11,25 € Bunny Fighter Club price: 9,56 € I have been lucky enough to build one HK Models B-25 already. At that time, the Glass Nose version was just released, and there were only a handful of aftermarket items on the market at the time. The HK Model B-25 is a very enjoyable kit to build and is very nicely detailed, straight out of the box. The kit only a has a few minor flaws/nit-picks to those who want more detail.. One of these areas is the wheels. The HK Models wheels are nicely detailed straight from the box, but due to the injection moulding process limitations, space between the raised tread lugs are too big and they don't blend on the sidewalls compared to references photos of the real thing. Also the mating surfaces of the wheel half's are on the tread lugs, which can be difficult to clean up. The Eduard Brassin line is fantastically done, all items are CAD designed and then printed using the latest technology of 3D printing and then masters parts are beautifully casted in grey resin that is free of bubbles, pinholes or any other casting flaws. Eduard must be proud of this line as every review of Brassin that I have come across, praises their work and efforts and I can see why! Upon opening the black Brassin box, you will find 11 resin parts packaged in little Ziploc bags and 1 Photo etch fret safely packaged between foam blocks. Also included is a set of Eduard Kabuki pre-cut paint masks, instruction sheet and a bright blue scotch scouring pad to help in cleaning up process of the resin. The two main wheels are cast as one piece items that are finely attached to a pouring stub. The tyres are nicely weighted to appear load bearing, which is a nice touch considering the weight of a B-25 Mitchell. The tyres walls feature the manufacturing codes and details and even the GOOD YEAR branding. On a close inspection of the GOOD YEAR, the text has been misspelt as GOOD YBAR, I am sure this is done for Trademark reasons... and to be honest no one is going to notice this unless they are inspection the tyre walls with a magnifying glass or have read this review. The hubs are also casted as six separate (inner and outer) hub items that are designed to slot into the inner hub ring on the main wheels. There is a small amount of resin flash on the holes of the outer hub, this can be easily removed by using a fresh scalpel blade or a tooth pick. The Eduard inner hub is more enhanced than the HK Models offering, the brake line is thinner and not oversized compared to HK Models version. The hub nuts and brake hose connections are more detailed also. KIT PARTS The nose wheel follows the same design as the main wheels... tyre, hubs are separate pieces and slightly weighted. The small photo etch fret that is included carries the nose wheel hub cap for the nose wheel which gives you the two fit out options for the B-25 Mitchell. Some Mitchells crews had the hub cap fitted or not to the nose wheel, so it always pays to check your references on your chosen subject to see if it was fitted. Once the wheels built up, the plastic landing struts will slot into place without any modifications, which is also a huge plus! I would also highly recommend matching these wheels with a set of G-factor White metal landing struts. So what do we think? Perfectly cast, a small amount of elbow grease to clean up, and they will really stand out on your B-25. These are some of the best looking wheels that I have seen! If you are planning to build a HK Models B-25 sometime?? These are a Must Have! Our sincere thanks to Eduard for the review sample used here. To purchase this directly, click THIS link. Dave J.

Thanks guys Figures?

If its for the WNW website... Can't use anything that not is supplied in the box... But for myself... that a different story....

I never really had a thing for Japanese aircraft till my trip to Tokyo in 2009.... I saw a built up 1/32 Tojo, and loved the forward swept wings on this interceptor... So I had to get one! well two! I used the small bonus photo etch fret that was supplied in Japan's Scale Aviation magazine that is published November 2009 issue on both of them. I also added a small amount scratch detail in the ways of control cables in the cockpit, brake lines on the landing gears, wiring the ignition on the engine and drilling out the tail wheel fork. Interior's was painted using a custom mix of Tamiya acrylics and the bare metal finish was done using Mr Color Super Metallic range. All the unit markings and Hinomaru's are painted on with Tamiya acrylics by using a set of Warpigs Circle Paint Masks, no decals were used (except for the B-29 kill markers). Chipping on the airframe was with a pin and on the propeller was done using a silver pencil. First Scheme is WO Makota Ogawa, of 3rd Squadron, 70th Flight Regiment, Kashiwa Air Field, 1945. Second scheme is 2nd Chutai, 47th Hiko Sentai, Narimasu Airfield

My Early Sopwith Snipe that was build for the Wingnut Wings Website... but lives in my Cabinet at home now Build from the box, EZ Line and Prym Knit in Elastic used for the rigging lines..

Here is my Pfalz D.XII that I built in 18 days before the launch of the kit at the NZ IPMS Nationals back in 2011.... Built from the Box... Ezline has been used for the rigging.

Clowns are evil!

Has anyone seen these in the flesh? How do they look/fit? Thoughts will be appreciated! http://www.kitsforcash.com/mosquito-single-stage-merlin-cowlings-33-p.asp

Outstanding! And in a different scheme that you don't see everyday!

Fantastic work Rick! This will stand out in you cabinet

It will be the ZM 219! No seam... just me wiping the wheel down will a damp towel to remove a spot of dust... and it took the pigment with it

This turned out Great Jim! Glad I gave you nudge to submit it!

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

Great work Jim...why am I looking at Alley Cat conversions now?

Ah I now see what you mean... Yes that line does go all the way to the top, I just hadn't rescribed it yet in those photos...

Are you talking about the Engine Cowl?

This was my first published article that I ever did.. It appeared in the September 2011 issue of Military Illustrated Modeller magazine... Cockpit had wiring and hydraulic lines added (this was before Barracuda's Sidewall upgrade set was on the market), Eduard's Late Mk.IX harness and some of Interior PE set was used. I also added Barracuda's fantastic Cockpit upgrade set, Padded Seat and access door and 4 slot wheels. This scheme is included in the Tamiya boxing, but its incorrect. I was lucky and was able to contact the pilot's son, and he confirmed with me with the correct serial number that I had found during my research. All the markings were painted on with custom paint masks made from Miracle Masks Hope you like!

This was my completed build for the North Africa GB over on Scale Rail and Plastic forum when it was still alive before the HDD died... At this stage its was 99.98% done... Just needed glue on the small under wing parts and the aerial wire...

Thanks guys! Jeroen, I used a set of Profi Modeller Barrels, Eduard set Harness and AMS Props I had the crank cases already fitted and painted by the time they arrived. Markings are Custom Paint Marks done by Joe at Scale Precision, and Apache Head marking on the Tail was robbed from the Zotz Decal Sheet B-25's at War Part 1