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FYI, the kit is available at a number of online-shops, including Eduard’s own e-shop (with a number of AM already available as well - including redundant stand-alone resin propeller and PE cockpit sets, redundant because these are already in the box). Retail price between shops is between 31 and 35 €, which is a VERY good price for a 1/32 kit.
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Looking really good, Harv
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12 minutes ago, DocRob said:
Until now I felt no urge to join the other side, but now I'm contemplating
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Cheers Rob.
I smell you would miss us here
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This is where I measure the difference between LSM and other Large Scale forums ... There, a thread drifts into the merits of different single malts and gins, and here in a dissertation about farts
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46 minutes ago, Dekenba said:
I agree - masks are about protecting others, rather than the wearer.
Absolutely.
But for FFP2 masks, which filter the incoming virus, but, because of their scarcity, should be reserved for people really needing them, like hospital staff, security forces, firemen, etc. , the N95, and for that matter the home-made cloth, masks, do not filter incoming air, but retain splutter, and prevent you from spreading the infection.
So, if everybody wears such a mask, everyone is perforce protected. Plus there is the psychological benefit of signaling to others you care for them, whether you are ill or not ... Good reasons to wear them, even it is not very comfortable (but then IF you have the choice of going out wearing a mask or staying home, you can always go for the latter)(And I will not comment on the incredibly daft attitude of a certain VP visiting a hospital, and being the only one without a mask on
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Beautiful result, Mike. This is not a « shake-and-bake » kit, but you have demonstrated it could be built in a masterpiece.
Extremely well done
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5 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:
.... into a speculator ....
Methink that the #@!% autocorrector of your phone or ipad has stricken again, Ernie
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Whatever you choose in the end, she is going to be a stunner.
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Greta videos. Really like the purring of the Lightning’s Allisons.
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And one more ....
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X-32 ... the « unlucky » competitor to the X-35 ...
Even a flying turd on a brick has more sex appeal
Hubert
PS: I can’t tell why, but in this angle, it reminds me of Sponge Bob
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And just for the fun
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It looks like you are "nearly" there with this one, Cees
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Great work
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1 hour ago, Dekenba said:
Just got my despatch note for the HB A-26B.
[...] I know the engines are short of a cylinder or two, [....]
4 per engine., and 8 in total, to be precise .... And the too-conical shape of the cowlings goes well with the undernumbrered engines. I’ d keep an alert on Shapeways for correctly-shaped cowlings, to house your AM R-2800s, if I were you
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I always wondered, provided the wing was thick enough, whether it would be possible to tie one extremity of the PE wire to an elastic hidden in the wing, that would maintain the PE under tension ... To me that would be the only way to use these flat wires. The better alternative is to find some flat monofilament. I found some, but it’s a bit big for the scale, buy maybe for the Swordfish (or for 1/24).
On my Fisher Ryan ST-M, I followed Paul Fisher’s advice and did not use the supplied PE wires, but some round monofilament, and only the experts will know it is inaccurate
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Nice one, Dale. Looks like an hybrid of the Hawk and the Alpha-Jet ...
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14 hours ago, GazzaS said:
Well let;s see... they might not put a Nazi Swastika on the box... so they can sell it in places where is outlawed.... Finns, Bulgars, and others flew them... So... issues solved! You can build as many as you want, Hubert!
As I said, I quite like the look of the « flying pencil », hence my preference for the early marks of the Do-17. But so many modellers, and perforce manufacturers, seem ONLY interested In Nazi swastikas
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Hubert
PS: if a Nazi swastika ( you guys have noticed my choice of words and the association of « Nazi » with « swastika » ? ) is #1 on my « To avoid » list , #2 is « camoed » . I know I’m weird, compared to the average modeller. Can you imagine: I am a niche within a niche within a niche within a niche modeller
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44 minutes ago, [CAT]CplSlade said:
What if I told you these kits would include not the Nazi swastika, but the Buddhist sauwastika in reverse-image?
Would you buy them then, HubertB you are? I can throw in some eggs and ham, any color you like.
Let’s not play games. I know the origins of the swastika, and that’s ok for me, and have no issue with Finnish aircrafts, for instance. But I am struggling to understand the fascination of modellers for Nazi stuff. Just MHO.
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First, as everyone knows, I will not buy a kit of an aircraft adorned with a Nazi swastika. So my opinion is not even worth the famous two cents
But If I bought a German bomber, it would be a DO-17, no doubt about it. And an -E even more than a -Z
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7 minutes ago, Dekenba said:
It was the colour that caught my eye - not many chances to model a bright yellow 1/32 aeroplane kit exist these days.
I've also pre-ordered. Genius choice of subject by Lukgraph.
There are plenty of civilian guises for this one, with all the colors of the rainbow ...
I agree with you: it is a genius choice, and that’s why I started the project of a 1/32 resin Dragon Rapide in 2012. So I guess it also makes me a genius
... The only thing is I forgot Edison’s quote about the « 99% perspiration » behind great ideas, and the project got caught in the doldrums of life. I still have an expensive master to tease me about this unfinished stroke of genius 
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Great video ! Now, where are the Zeros
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17 minutes ago, Dekenba said:
Lukgraph's DH.89 Dragon Rapide is soon to see the light of day. I was browsing through an old Aeroplane magazine, and these caught my eye...
DH.89 Germany i by dekenba1, on Flickr
DH.89 Germany ii by dekenba1, on Flickr
DH.89 Germany iii by dekenba1, on Flickr
Aaaaargh ! Why spoil the gorgeous design of the Rapide with a #& »! Swastika ?
Hubert
PS: and, of course, I have duly preordered the Lukgraph kit
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11 minutes ago, Buckeye82 said:
Thanks Hubert! What do you use to assemble the brass parts, super glue?
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Not CA. CA is only good for resisting tensile forces, and the LG design of the OV-10 implies torsion and shearing forces for which CA is not the best. So, use two-component epoxy instead. The queen of epoxy glues is JB-Weld : old product, but still unbeatable.
And, yes, the KH kit absolutely needs replacing. The Aerocraft landing gear is really great.
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5 hours ago, Buckeye82 said:
Thanks for that information, I was just about to order the SAC white metal gear. Will definitely go with the brass!
Mike
It’s a simple rule to remember: NEVER EVER buy a SAC white metal gear for a 1/32 kit. If you have doubts about the strength of the plastic part, you can be certain that it still will be twice stronger than the crapium used by SAC
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ICM I-16 Type 24
in LSM 1/32 and Larger Aircraft Ready for Inspection
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I had missed this one ! Very nice build
! Somehow, I always the stubby look of this one. Must remind me of racers of the era 
Hubert
PS : it also seems to have inspired the Yellow Empire jet-powered "Sharks" in the cartoon "Blake & Mortimer - The Swordfish secret", by E.P. Jacobs