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Big, big thank you from here too!! Rog

Pffft! ... Dale ... 35 isn't REALLY hot ... how about a week full of 38-43 ... in NOVEMBER ffs!! ... (insert melting emoji here!) Happy New Year Rog

So ... ever since I got my Ute ... I've been planning to get a hard lid (or hard tonneau cover) ... and yesterday the mission was completed : A quick drive south to the Erksine / Falcon region ... and 3 hours later ... And back home ... Rog

SORRY FOLKS!!! ... original links were deleted and re-uploaded .... and I forgot to repost!! The Pz.Kfpw.III Chassis is by far my most favourite armour ... ... I always said if they released one in a BIG scale I was all in!! Rog

Nice one guys ... Seasons Greetings!! ... I hope everyone had fun and remembered to thank contributors and organisers alike!!! Rog

I'm afraid that the Fly kit is your only option Johno - unless Tamiya want to spread their Merlin goodness a little further in coming years ... and sadly I think the D kit is the only one with underwing hard points. My guess is someone like MDC or Greymatter might make something AM? Rog

Beat me to it!! Guys ... All my big cats are Dragon ... some with Magic Track ... some with that silly DS (not so crap) crap they stuffed around with later. JUST as I was getting my Magic Track equiped stash up to speed ... a whole bunch of new stuff started to roll out ... So ... how does Dragon compare with RFM, Meng, Takom etc?? .. and now we have Border also! Rog

Ooooo ... is this so you can imitate Darth Vader while you build? Rog

You, Sir ... are a masochist Rog

So apparently ... HpH are moving into the plastic arena (Infinity Models) ... and Heinz (the bearer of HpH news) has provided a list of subjects to be kitted ... https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235064691-infinity-models/ I like the idea of the Val ... but wish they'd get onto a Kate also (unless they have wind that someone ELSE is already onto that one??? ... There's a Beaufighter Mk.X in there too ... ... as well as as an A-20 Havoc ... Does this mean HGW is reverting back to HpH with the G casting?? - theres been no news for some time ... or are we getting HpH making the earlier variants?? Rog

Lee Iacocca passed in July this year ... It didn't take the "Woke" crowd long to screw up his legacy ... A Mustang is a fastback sports coupe ... not ... whatever THAT thing is!! ... If Ford start putting out that kind of trash ... it won't take long for them to slide out the way of the Dodo. "Get Woke ... Go Broke!" Rog

... as can be noted in my evil laugh ... My personal preference is for the ZM Mk.IV - and sadly this is not my subject matter ... But nice of Tamiya to give John more ammo!! Rog

Wonder if they've fixed the panel lines? ... Mwahahahahaha Rog

If I knew how to make one I'd do it ... "Hitler Rants about LSP" ... Insert all of Steves comments Rog

Talk about thread drift!!! ... started New York to LA ... ended in Cape Town!! Steve - those posts would make EPIC work on a Hitler Rant meme Rog

I agree with the notion ... and it falls in line with the "favouritism" comment I made earlier ... However, while I'm the first person who would suggest that 'J' can be more than a little obnoxious with his commentary ... This case doesn't appear to be all that "clear cut" ... Please note that I have no dog in that fight - nor do I know ALL of the facts. Iain, on the balance, tends to be a fairly reasonable sort ... J didn't mention any names - so I'm leery of jumping to conclusions ... my only questions would be ... Did the particular person PROMISE to complete something for someone, without stating any conditions prior to? Did they, indeed 'go dark'? Was the promised work not completed (irrespective of the reasons)? ... If so ... and other people were contributing/waiting on the said person to fulfil their promise ... I'd suggest that J (and Iain) may have a point ... Maybe not so eloquently put - but a point nonetheless. ---------------- Maybe it's just the way in which I was raised? - I never promise to do something unless I'm sure I can do it - VERY cagey about agreeing to anything actually ... I ALWAYS overestimate the time required to do the task, so there's a better than even chance I can deliver on my promise early (I actually learned that one in customer service management roles) ... If - for some mitigating circumstance, I cannot complete what I said I would do - I advise the involved parties ASAP (i.e. as soon as I'm aware) and ASK for either 1/ a deferral ... or 2/ removal from the task altogether if the delay will be outside of any reasonable guideline ... the mitigating circumstance matters not ... I was raised that my "word is my bond and therefore the measure of my character" ... Quite often, when I was younger (and much to my chagrin and embarrassment, I will add), I was forced (by my father) to complete tasks that I had frivolously promised to complete - In situations that were no longer convenient for me ... be it that I wanted to go to the movies with my friends ... or that I just wasn't feeling all that well. My father always drilled into me that a "man who doesn't keep his word cannot be trusted" ... Like I said ... Maybe just the way in which I was raised ... but it's always made me the most trusted confidant by friends and one of the most trusted staff members by employers. Rog

Couldn't resist!! Rog

Another good point! ... Although I remember someone posting (somewhere) that the Do.335 didn't have one on purpose - because it wasn't supposed to need one ... The He.219 definitely does!! ... and from memory I added some additional ballast in moulded lead also just to make sure (and even then I was stressing that I may not have enough)!! My HKM B.25 kit didn't have one included - but I think Neil realised early on that it would need it - I got a cast one in an added on separate box I think? The kit is a stash queen atm so I can't remember specifics - the boxing was one of the first edition releases. Rog

Now isn't THAT weird ... I'd actually heard it was the other way around - That if the ZM kit was built as per instructions, straight OOB, it was not a natural tail sitter, whereas the HKM kit was! - I didn't hear about the little prop either!! ... Either way, there's no way I'd build a tricycle landing gear configuration kit up without some sort of ballast in the front end - it would just feel weird! ... and thank's for the pick up on the CAST ballast - I forgot that bit - a specifically fitting ballast makes assembly life much easier. Rog

Oh wow!! .... A hard one - as the answer is purely personal ... Both kits are good in that they have no generally listed accuracy, engineering, fit or finish flaws. The ZM kit has transparent plastic for the external skins - the idea being that you'll be able to see the typically ZM styled internal engineering when built - the problem being, that it's opaque!! ... Some people declare that the "clear" plastic is more brittle and harder to work with than the standard grey stuff, though I've never had this sort of experience ... mind you - my "experience" is limited to the standard clear canopies etc. HKM has the benefit of: 1/ Slightly cheaper in most countries ... 2/ Made in the traditional style of configuration with the traditional grey plastics throughout and 3/ Containing a a nose weight inside the kit!!. If you've built ZM kits before, you're probably going to lean that way, regardless. I have both ... build priority will be with the HKM kit. Rog

I Posted this elsewhere ... but for those interested in books ... particularly the "Classics" series ... theres a new one coming out. For the Dornier Do.17 ... Due March next year ... From Crecy - The publisher who bought the rights to the Classics Publications series from Ian Allen Publishing. Hopefully some manufacturer hears the cries of those hungry for some Do.17 1/32 action. http://www.crecy.co.uk/dornier-do-17 Rog

Easy fixed!! ... Beaufighter Mk.X Rog

At the height of production we we getting between 4 & 6 new variants in 1/35 ... per month!! Ridiculous by anyones standard. But I got just about every conceivable Pz.III chassis available from the 'E' onward. Think of a WWII AFV in 1/35 ... and odds on Dragon popped out a kit for it! Rog

There are several ... But the one I want most of all is ... a ... Do.17z Rog

One I'm in the middle of working on currently ... Siege of Tobruk 1941 - Title is "Next Move?" Starting point was some miniart figurines with Rommel looking at maps with his officers sitting on top of a Panzer. Rog