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[CAT]CplSlade

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  1. 7 hours ago, Jeff said:

    No, not Ford, BUT I called Chevrolet and they made THIS for me......................

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    Actually, what you did was akin to ordering the Ho 229 from Zoukei-Mura's own website direct along with all the bells and whistles they offer, rather than go to your local hobby shop and hope they had the options available in-store. The Tahoe has been available since 1995; Chevy made nothing new in the photo above.

    Now, if you had called Chevy and asked them to design you an ALL-NEW vehicle designed from the ground up based on what you wanted to see in a new product then you'd have a comparison.

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  2. 17 hours ago, zavod44 said:

    We need to start something with these model companies.  There are new companies seemingly starting every day.  There needs to be three kits released in 1/32 that are currently neglected.  The list is as follows.....

    Aichi D3A Val dive bomber

    Nakajima B6N Jill torpedo bomber

    Nakajima Kikka Jet fighter

    The first two are grossly overlooked by kit manufacturers and the third would just be cool....who can we contact to get the ball rolling to get some company to make these.....

    There's actually noone to call to get the ball rolling. They make the kits they want to make without our input.

    Do you call Ford and ask them to make a certain car for you?

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  3. This is Dragon #6700, Mid production with molded zimmerit. Roughly $54 - $60 from South Asia on ebay. It is actually OOP from Dragon although I believe there is a replacement out or coming.

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    The tracks are DS, but as mentioned they are beyond the Tamiya bands. Of course, there is aftermarket or buying a set of Magic Tracks off eBay. There is some PE for things such as vent screens and some bits of wire. Markings for a ton of vehicles, primarily Eastern European theaters but of course these are good anywhere Mids were shipped if you aren't worried about unit markings. I have two of these, and would buy more as they are like Mustangs, 109s, and Spits.

     

    IRT 1to1scale:

    I just built a set of workable links for Meng's Panther A Late. Five part: main link, 2 teeth, 2 metal pins. Those pins are stupid tiny and I use my fingernails to hold them like an idiot instead of using a tool. But, leave me alone with headphones on and boom! I'm done in 7 hours. Of course, my weekend is now shot to hell, but whatever.

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  4. I just spoon a little of the dissolved putty into a small hole or open seam, wait until it hardens and repeat until the cavity is seemingly full, and then sand away what sticks up. However, I have only used it to fill small openings as I find it harder to use over larger areas. Perfect Plastic Putty I kund of gave up on as it dries up fast in the tube. Apparently a flaw in the bottle design allows some air leakage but why they haven't fixed it I don't know.

    But now, I just sand everything down level to the bottom of the cavity and skip using putty.

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  5. Yeah, the chopper is nice. In the first pic, the perspective with the venue walls in the background made it remind me of a similar display in one of the buildings at Pensacola NAS. The info sheet stuck under the gear and the figures standing on the lefthand side were the only things keeping me from believing it could have been a photo of a heli in a museum hangar. Lil' Photoshop take care of that...

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  6. Building Meng's Panther Ausf A Late right now and I am liking it as much as the Dragons I've built. I got the workable tracks super cheap but they are about the same as the indy links except they pin together instead of glue.

    As a plus it includes the plug for the hull MG and antenna for the Befehlswagen version in the box, whereas Dragon likes to sell the Befehls as their own kit rather than as an option.

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