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I’d check the Reedoak range first ... Hubert

Hmm. That does not sound good for a Mustang with wheels. Better change for a mustang with real horse-shoes Hubert

Here is my only one (well, the only visible one, I mean, because started kits in their boxes don’t count, do they ?) It’s a 1/32 scratchbuilt Aichi Hansa, a Japanese licence-built Hansa W-29, with an Hispano engine. It was started in 2008, before WNW existed, years before WNW’s W-29 was launched and went OOP. The build was stalled when my cat pushed into an unscheduled first flight - with only very minor damage . And ... sorry for the cluttered bench .You can see my current mojo restorer ... an Entex 1/36 Palawan. It is in fact a kit of George Watson’s (of IBM fame) Palawan IV, designed by Sparkman and Stephens, and built by Rasmussen. And with only very minor improvements (like open skylights, to see the inside fittings - hang-on, that means I have to scratchbuild the interior ? ) Hubert

I once started a detailed SS Mauretania, correcting and improving the ... Airfix 1/600 venerable kit ... When I fought and battled over the scratchbuilding of the main windlass/capstan on the f’csle, where the biggest part was about 1.5 mm in diameter, it suddenly dawned on me that there was no reason to inflict myself such insane teeny-weeny detailing ... So, now I do 1/32 aicrafts, where I can « relax » detailing cockpits with less-than-a-one-millimeter-diameter knobs and levers. But this is « meaningful » detailing ... But I have decided not to touch the small scales anymore. 1/350, 1/400, 1/600, 1/700 are banned in the ships scales, and 1/144, 1/72, 1/48 for aircrafts. It’s just 1/32 for aircrafts, and 1/200 for fighting ships (IF they are pre-dreadnoughts, so in IM plastic, there is just the Mikasa ... or cardboard models ) or bigger scale for sailing ships and minor vessels ... One has to protect one’s nerves and eyesight, hasn’t one ? Hubert, perfectly able to explain rationally his choices, without the slightest trace of BS

With everyone else here : manufacturers release the same subject time and time again because they believe it’s going to make them money. And their working assumption os that it is better to have a slice of a gant pie than 100% of a small cookie ... This is called competition, just like you have more than one beer to choose from, to drink while you watch your favorite program among the dozens available ... And finally, let’s face it: if the future release of another FW-190 was announced from Tamiya rather than KH, everyone complaining would be dancing a happy dance, saying they are going to buy at least ten ... I am just happy that we have manufacturers like KH or Special Hobby, or resin manufacturers, that have released subjects I am more interested in. And I support them with my spendings. This, again, is what free market is all about. Judging by my kit expenditures over the last 10 years, Tamiya is a midget, Hasegawa is not on my chart at all : if they judge business success by my reaction alone, then they would actually say their investments have been wrong and they’d be out of business ... Whilst I am still waiting for a DC-3 in IM (or HPH to get their price down), I’ll contend myself with the forthcoming Saab 29, and even the Westland Whirlwind, in spite of my « no camo » personal rule (because Westland had the good idea to civilianise one for a few months at the end of WW II. Hubert

Well deserved. An outstanding build, and an original scheme. What’s not to love ? Hubert

Outstanding work ! I particularly like the gunsight detailing. Hubert

I’ve heard that the red uniform is awesome with girls ... Hubert

You’re going to be in the police afterwards ? Like a Monty on a horse (rather than a Mustang) ? Hubert

Gotta say I spent 4 days in Las Vegas - in the Mirage - 22 years ago, in May 1997 (and managed not to play one cent, btw). That was enough of Las Vegas for me for about 4 lifetimes ... Hubert

No problem, I can drink your share Hubert

And where in 2020 ? (Not that it makes a big difference for me ... it’s not so much the driving, as the swimming across the pond that is an obstacle for me ) Hubert

And that’s the new much awaited WnW Fokker Dr-1 Hubert

Looks like it ... Some will argue that the lack of cowling is because it’s unbuildable Hubert ()

She should be a showstopper in Chattanooga ! Very very very very well done Hubert

Great for those who have been waiting for a WnW DR 1 since this company started to storm the 1/32 market... And great to see that WnW seem to be listening to customers’ demands, and reviewing their previous statements about certain releases that were supposed to never happen. Gives hopes for a future Spad or any type of French aircraft ... And finally, on a personal note, great to see my wallet is safe with this one Hubert

B-58 over the Valkyrie, anytime ... Hubert

Known subjects being worked on by HK are the Spey-powered Phantoms, the P-51 B ... Don’t you guys start teasing me with CF-100s or B-58s Hubert

Oh, and by the way, VERY nice work, Ernie. It’s going to be a real show stopper ! Hubert - 1001 (Do I see some silvering under the « 104 » decal on the fuselage side ? )

Here is a challenge I cannot resist (being a dick, I mean) ... one thousand ... Hubert

Thirded ! Hubert

That interior looks so good ! Hubert

With my limited German, I am nevertheless wondering wether « eierloch » is not a polite way of designating another « loch » ... Hubert

Well, that’s one (smart ?) way of reducing the bench and shelf footprint ... Hubert

The new Tamiya kit is a F/G, the boxart one being the Lightning that shot down Yamamoto’s Betty. Much better looking than the latter (admittedly more aerodynamically efficient) J/L featured by the Monogram and Academy kits in 1/48, and Revell’s and Trumpeter’s 1/32 renditions. As a side note, do you know that the Yamamoto mission could only be completed because a certain Charles Lindbergh taught the pilots efficient fuel management ? Hubert