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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!

I think that might change with a full fuel load (plus auxiliary tank), and a bellyful of 500 pounders.

Good Luck, Maru!

Splendid!

Great video, thanks for sharing! For the curious, Carl Vincent is 200 feet or so longer than the Lexington.

Aye Caramba! That's a lot of paints, Carl.

Perhaps my view will come around once my period of mourning is over. Thank you for the kind offer! I'll look forward to normality, then. It's a sweet build of a kit, if you haven't had the opportunity, yet.

It's all just one huge disappointment. What were they thinking? The list of slow sellers is pretty big. Whatever they were doing, it wasn't about making money. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Ernie has listed many of the Turkeys. so I won't repeat it. I don't care if the Czechs or Chinese re-pop everything that was produced. I have enough of the ones I wanted. (unless you have an unwanted Pfalz D.III sitting around) But now I feel bereft of hope. There is no tomorrow when a new WWI aircraft model will be released. Let alone 2-3 a year.

I would build it... I just wouldn't know what to do with it once done.

Wait, aren't you the guy who's spent the last two years on the Gotha?

Stranger things have happened! But if I buy it, it has to jump to the front of your build que.

She's a beaut, John! Lovely weathering!

Rob, I absolutely love it! The squid is just awesome! Well...it's a fantastic build all round. The squid's mouth, is both terrifying and realistic looking at the same time. Congrats on a job well done!

As much as I hope that you get either, or both, I just don't have room. I'm guessing that there are a lot more photos of 17 details than there are of 217 details. The ICM 1/48's are nice kits. But nowhere near the level of detail you guys would expect.

Smitty, those cockpit details look sharp!

Thanks mate! Thank you! it'll look even better after a bit of wet sanding. You got it, Marine! Once you start spraying this, you'll wonder why you open another pot made by somebody else. Thank you, Ernie! Yessir, it is. It even had '1978' in raised letters under the belly. But if you have one... Throw it in the bin and buy Tamiya.

Hi mate, I just looked one of these up here in Australia. I've noticed that the finest grit for sale is 400. That's a bit coarse for my liking as I find myself getting rid of gouges whenever I use anything more coarse than 600 grit. Is the paper the fuzzy backed stuff?

If Happiness is a warm gun, than close up is getting all of your masks up without paint lift. Painted with MRP lacquers. Eventually I'll sand the mottle to get rid of some overspray.

Beautiful!

Great detailing!

Anybody build any of these?

On the D.III build I'd actually used EZ-line. I've switched to monofilament since. It doesn;t help that the Roden plastic is soft. Still...there's not a lot of space between upper and lower wings for big hands. I wear a large glove, and have never been called graceful/dainty/gifted dexterously. Long tweezers help.

My father was an armorer too, F-102's in Germany... where he married my mother.

Hahaha... I figured that was an age/joke/reference... So I had to look it up. I'm sure he;s not that old!