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Ok. It has all the looks of a rocket about to take-off, but where are the wings ? Anyway, Brilliant job seems an apt description 👍 ! Hubert

From experience, you will need to drill the « rods » holes with a very small (0.3) than slightly larger (0.5 / 0.6) bit. Be prepared for some nerve-wracking job and a lot of failures If you have a vertical drill, it’s even better, and will save a few drill bits. I’d then recommend stacking the pieces of strip together and holding them in a mini-vice.

Me, I am contented with resin kits of some interwar &(**%$!^, some unarmed @(&%, or some civilian %()(@ , or even scratchbuilding some interwar &(**%$!^, some unarmed @(&%, or some civilian %()(@ Hubert, feeling cheeky and jestful … PS: I just received the Lukgraph DH-90 Dragonfly. What a gorgeous kit of some interwar &(**%$!^, some unarmed @(&%, or some civilian %()(@ 😍 !

I take this remark personally, and resent it deeply, Gary 😩 😭 …. Why, oh why so much violence 🥴 ? (🤣 😂) Hubert 😄 PS: the next big question is : will JohnB buy one, and then how many more will he churn out ? More than Corsairs ?

Well, these guys seem to have learnt the lesson that quality + iconic subject = cash flow. Wishing them plenty more of all of the above. Hubert

If it’s a consolation, you’re not the first one to miss the distinct angle of the Mirage MLG. And I know a friend who glued the MLG of a F-15 with wheels facing inwards. And a famous French modelling magazine published an article on the build of an E2-C Hawkeye, with the main wheels facing outwards 🤪 ! But, now we cannot unsee it ! Hubert

That’s WHEN Gary will have spilled a bottle of Tamiya Extra-Thin and a pot of enamel, plus let a drop of hot solder fall on the mat, that he will really be able to claim he has joined the rest of the modelling world 😁! Just my Hubert

Dang ! I wish you had not mentioned this, Ernie ! This led me to check whether there existed JA-37s without the splinter camo (you know, me and camoes ), then I found « Blå Petter », then I found also some NMF birds, then, « unknowingly and inadvertently» my finger slipped on the « order » button … Damn you, my friend ! Hubert

Sorry, I can’t help you much, but I know that the only thing that will last for 3 days are LEDs. I also know that there are some fiber optics sets. With one led as a light source you can carry light to many points on you kit. I wish I did know where to point you at for those, though Hubert

Very nice ! Well done ! Btw, you posted this in the wrong sub-forum. Hubert

Sorry, I know zilch about both kits, but I can already tell you that the Dragon kit is the « wrong » scale … Hubert

Hi Tim, These kits were OOP (and hard to find as second-hand - the last eBay auction of a Bulldog I saw went for USD 268), and are being reissued because of customers’ demand like mine. The asked price is a great deal, considering what I saw. And it’s a one-off production run, made-to-order. HTH Hubert

Beautiful detail work, Gary. And the great tip of clear nail varnish is duly filed in my memory 👍 Hubert

My friend Martin Field, who mastered for me a 1/32 Dragon Rapide kit - which I passed to release for a number of other life reasons - was working a few years ago on the master for a large scale (I think I remember 1/6, but may be wrong on this one) Vincent. If the person who commissioned Martin was more diligent than me, then this kit must be available somewhere. Btw, sadly, I learned that Martin died of cancer a few days ago. Hubert

I mentioned it in another post in the « Buy, sell, swap » section of the forum, but SW have decided to re-release, on a limited basis, a number of their discontinued kits. The production run is based on firm (i.e. pre-paid) orders from the customers, so will match the actual numbers of customers for each. The deadline for receiving these orders is September 10th, so there are only three days left for you to act if you want one of those. The list of reissued kits is : · 1/32 Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA · 1/32 Hawker Hart · 1/32 A. W. Siskin IIIA · 1/32 Fairey Flycatcher · 1/32 Heinkel He-51 · 1/32 Heinkel He-51 B2 Needles to say I was elated to see Silver Wings listen to pleas of their customers (including mine) and come back with this offer. Hubert