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I think I'd better get at least one. Need something to balance out all those Tamiya ones in the display case. Carl

Nice finish on the body panels. Great gloss there. It really is annoying that Tamiya don't die cut their masks. Would make things so much easier. Carl

Same here.

Clean work there Harv. Good enough to be a surgeon. Carl

All this talk of Klingons and K'tingas makes me wand to get one now too. At least they're smaller than the Enterprise. Carl

Looks like a real chopper. A million parts flying in close proximity to one another. Carl

Man that's fast. I ordered my paints and they're scheduled for delivery Thursday. Carl

Starshipmodeler has a section devoted to lighting but you'd need to sign up. http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/viewforum.php?f=58&sid=eec9b15222fb304a6233caee81bfd378 Try also RPF (Replica Prop Forum) but I'm not on there so can't say how best to navigate their site.

Harv, I have the JLC saw and I think it's very similar to the Radu ones. http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_28&products_id=35 They sell spare blades too. You could also just use a scriber and keep making light passes until it cuts through the plastic. Carl

Rob, that's for the 1/350 K'Tinga and I believe Gaz has the smaller 1/537 scale version. I wouldn't mind that kit but it's big. Still, smaller than the 1/350 Enterprise... Carl

Gaz, check out CultTVmanshop.com They specialize in sci-fi kits and carry lighting kits and supplies to make your own. https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Lighting-Electronics_c_27.html Here's one for the K'Tinga that you have. It's out of stock at the moment though. https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Lighting-Electronics_c_27-3.html Check out Paragrafix as they have a set of LED and connectors that are supposed to the easy to use.i haven't tried them so can't confirm that. If you have the time Warren at Tirydium Models does custom sets that are plug and play and very reasonably priced. His sets I've used and they work as advertised. Hope that helps. Carl

Hannants is accepting preorders until Sept 16 for these kits. 10% discount too. Carl

Naked bikes almost always look better to me as well. The Ducati's is no exception. Great work there Rob and it really does look like the real thing. Carl

Great Hobbies has the Revell 1/32 in stock. https://greathobbies.com/productinfo/?prod_id=RMX5536 That price is in loonies so figure about 20% cheaper with the exchange rate. The Dragon kit is a re-box of the Panda model so you could try searching under that name too. As for errors, I haven't a clue what they are if any. Carl

Truly awesome piece of history there John. Definitely not possible here in Canada either. Maybe grandfathered in but even then I doubt it. Carl

The pair of Lotus (Lotii?) are almost done. Wet Nellie doesn't come with a stand so I'll have to figure something out.

Great job on the paint wotk Rob. It's impressive how the small add on details to the brakes improve them so dramatically. Carl

Peter, no luck in Canada so I decided to order them directly from Hataka. They'll ship to Canada but as I went with their lacquer version it's €20 for the shipping. That was offset a bit by the paint being 30% off. I grabbed a set for the Su-33 at the same time to make it more economical. Carl

Not as big a pile as Rog but I did have a box waiting for me today from Hannant's. The biggie inside it was this: I took a quick look inside and it's a nice looking kit. The only possible disappointment would be the gun barrels for the underwing Vulcan. Nothing a Master Barrel set can't fix. Stuff for a Canadair Sabre Some bits for a HK Do335 Finally a couple canopy mask sets.

So Rog, what hobby shop did you clear out of their entire inventory?!!! That's quite the pile of packages to come home to. My LHS had a few of thoseTakom Stugs and the Panzer III kits on clear out a while back. They were $30 CAD each so I grabbed a Panzer III. Carl

X 2!!!!

Rob, it's the Tamiya 1/12 kit. I was hoping they would reissue the kit at some point so I could get replacements but that hasn't happened yet. MFH might make tires in that scale but I'm not sure. Carl

I just saw that HAD Decals is coming out with a set of decals to do the VF-84 Tomcats from the best F-14 film ever "The Final Countdown". https://www.hadmodels.com/32080-f-14a-jolly-rogers--a-vegso-visszaszamlalas-sorozat-dupla-matrica-132 It looks to be fairly thorough and even includes the Zero kill markings they painted on the F-14s.. These will be perfect for my Tamiya kit Carl

Nice killer egg there Ernie. They do look mean with their miniguns and rocket pods. Got you beat there. My Tamiya McLaren MP4/6 I started in 1993 is still in the stash. I work on it once in a while for a bit and then put it back. I have to figure out the tires as a couple have dry rotted. I'm thinking of just leaving them off one side and showing off the brakes.

Welcome! And that's a great subject. Is the kit mostly wood? Carl