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Yes, as this is the aircraft in the photo that's what I would expect. After having a good look online over the weekend, I have been struggling to find wartime examples with noticable Hinomaru overpaints on A6M5's. S

I'm not sure the green Hinomaru border overpaint was much darker than the standard upper camouflage colour, if at all... Possibly only the result of applying two coats in order to cover the underlying white. Deep Green-Black upper colour for late Zeroes was FS34052 for Mitsubishi-built airframes, and FS34077 for Nakajima (IIRC the new Hasegawa kit options are both Nakajimas.) As the Mitsu colour is slightly darker of the two, I would use this as the border colour, or simply add a few drops of gloss to 34077 to differentiate. S

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Great start Frank, And props to you for working a kit that others might consider a Collector's piece, and tuck straight away into the Attic. S

And another... Forum will only allow to start a new topic in selected sections. WIP section will, but General Discussion is blocked. S

And here in Au as well... This is what I get when I try to view, let alone edit my own profile. S

Dammit!

Picked up a few odds and ends to add on to my Hasegawa Fw190 in the Resin Group Build... S

Yes they are rare Ian... The Defiant moreso. There is an Me410 on the market now from HPH, that apparently is an easier build and more readily available. You may find someone willing to part with their Scratchbuilders '410 due to this, but be aware... there were 2 Scratchbuilders versions; the second one being updated and much more accurate in its detail than the initial offering. HTH, S

Not yet Douglas... There's a great difference between the resources at the disposal of a Manufacturing Company, and that of the average Modeller. Anything around the price range that I would find reasonable for such a set-up, is still producing objects that require excessive clean-up. So not for me yet, I'm sorry. S

And also the Hanomag... The stand-alone kit looks great as an option in Luftwaffe diorama.

Indeed, PCM did one, as did 21st Century, in a plastic medium a little like resin. Both were basic kits and had their flaws, but easily could be turned out as nice examples with a little work. Special Hobby also announced an early Macchi C200 variant a few years back, but nothing has come of it to this point. My thoughts are that this airframe seems more to fit Hasegawa's M/O... same basic wings, tailplane, undercarriage and cockpit across the C200/C202/C205 range; with the various engine panel and armament changes it would allow at least half a dozen kits from a core of common sprues. S

Well in that case... nice save! Certainly looks the part. S

So... a full upper camo first, or just a quick undercoat to get the show-through the white?

Even better in this condition, showing to good effect the elevator fabric and wing underside rivet details. The wings at some stage were also probably from an F/G model... the small strip sitting proud of the wing surface indicating that it's been reinforced internally to carry bombs or tanks. Thank you for posting Laurent S

Rog, Once again, I apologise for the delay. As you very well know from Private Messages between the two of us, my former Partner committed suicide in 2015, and my 18 year old Daughter came home from work and found her body. My Daughter is now no longer able to work and 21 months later still cannot leave the house without bursting into tears. My former Partner's affairs have still not been settled, and her Will still hasn't been read due to interference from her Father who is doing his best to see me suffer. I am not only paying rent on my own premises, but also the mortgage, insurance and utilities on the property my Daughters are living in that is still half in my name. I do not own a Computer as I lost mine in the settlement when we split, everything is done on Mobile Phone at this time. The small second hand Computer that I managed to source crashed along with the information I had assembled, and replacing it has been rather low on my list of priorites at this time in my life. All of this could have been conducted via Personal message had you any concerns about delays (you haven't read the pertinent PM file since July 2015), but in the name of Civility, here we are. You may well feel insulted at my offer to return the above mentioned kits, that is your choice. You may also continue to take pot-shots at me here and on other Forums, despite my giving you an undertaking to do the reviews you requested... that is also your choice if you think that's the best way to get results. I chose to put Family and other things above little bits of plastic. That was my choice. S

Sorry, that was me Rog... and it's on me as well. I lost all the files when my Computer crashed. I still have the photo's though and plan to get it done. Also happy to send both kits back if you like. S

Not usually into Allied props... but Man that's a nice build and paint right there! S

For the crazed canopy look... Try applying translucent 3m sticky tape or the frosted clear adhesive Schoolbook cover material (called Contact here in Au) to the inside of the canopy. This way it won't affect the finish permanently. S

I am putting them on my Fw190 in the Resin Group Build Mark... I think that in the larger scales that we work with, adding rivet detail just makes for a more detailed impression on the overall build. Even though it's quite tedious and time consuming, but still worth the effort. S

An older story that has been given new life now that Researchers have the parts laid out... Thought to be OGefr Bruno Krüger of 1./JG102, MIA on 27/11/44 in Bf109G-6 W.Nr 20672 (Stammkennziechen "SL+DF) Blue skies... S

And that's their dilemma... Larger scale = more detail. Revell already covers the Casual Modeller with their price point, and the Enthusiasts like you or me for the most part are happy to pay more for either resin sets to make up what we consider a shortfall in detail, or a kit with Tamiya-like quality. As Eduard already have some lovely resin sets out there to fit the Revell '109, it seem like they've already chosen their place in the market for 1/32 Messers. S

Even before Dave's confirmation I would have thought it unlikely that Eduard would dip their toes in the '109 pool again... They were called out on their 1/32nd '109E canopies, and then embarrassed by the 1/48th kit's wing dimension issues. That's probably enough to warn anyone away from pitching to scale Aircaft modelling's arguably most knowledgable group of Enthusiasts. This, and probably Revell's price point for their Bf109 kits, makes it not worth bothering. S

Geez... That's two weeks work? All I can manage in that time is a few rivets on the underside of an Fw190 wing. Great start Cees! S