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  1. drake122
    I do believe many people have posted before that GWH customer service is non existant. They do have an email contact listed on their boxes though. Also Mr.Haneto here on ARC forums seems to have inside information, and thus might also be able to help out regarding spare parts? However, first, I would indeed recommend to contact the seller as they could sort the issue out.
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    Well, at least you don't have to rescribe and deepen all of them like the Zvezda kits...
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    That is great news indeed! Looks like no rest for my wallet even in 2022.🤣 Thank you.
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    Merry Christmas, Mr.Haneto. May I ask when can we expect to see a new member of the 72nd Flanker family from GWH?
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    This is true, I observe this on modelforum a lot. Czech modellers give them hell over every little mistake. Their recent Zero release is a prime example. The red color on japanese roundels is brought up repeatedly as wrong, people go as far as asking for refunds over this. Just spray the color yourself then, or buy aftermarket. Even on this forum, there is a topic regarding their in project Mig-21F and users are very vocal about them catering to czech modellers only with the choice of version and they assume in advance Eduard will declare version differences unimportant, where the
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    I asked date predictions for 72nd bis, SMT and R, the response was it is too early to speculate an exact date. I will try to press for more information. I figure they will first release Spitfire Mk.whatever and Bf-10whatever version 1,406,003, because of course there is a shortage of those on the czech market.🤣
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    "Thursday" is just a mistranslation, as someone obviously non-czech speaker read the forum and posted a crude google translate effort on the last page. It is supposed to be slang for 48th scale in czech language.
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    This translation is taken out of context, and no indication at all that we will not be seeing any more Fishbeds in 72nd scale. Vl.Sulc was simply reacting to a post which claimed there is aminosity between 72nd and 48th scale builders on the website. His response was indeed that they are primarely a 48th scale producer, but they are still producing 72nd scale products and will continue to do so. They will downscale 48th products (such as the Mig-21R, perhaps?) to 72nd , it is just not a high priority. And SH Viggens and Mirage F.1s are great kits, there would be no
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    Chasing a Blackbird. 😃
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    This has been my experience with HB/Trumpeter as well. In the box, their kits look very nice and the engineering is superb, but when you pay more attention to detail, and you actually care for the subject matter, you quickly realize their research is very shallow and their already expensive kits will require even more aftermarket to make them right. This has been my experience with HB/Trumpeter in the past, and as a result I now only buy their kits if there is no alternative on the market.
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    The eshop linked above in screenshot is the one I was referring to.
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    Thank you!
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    They only ship to EU countries + the UK, I just checked.
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    Well, I don't know, but even if they do, shipping would probably cost you more than the kit.🤣
  15. drake122
    Thank you for the nice comments!
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    That is quite the irony, as I live in central europe, my favorite hobby shop has the L4824 item in stock, but I don't want it as I am waiting for its 72nd scale brother.🤣
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    Thank you, I like that one a lot as well.
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    Thank you!
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    Greetings, I just wanted to share a few pictures of these jets I built rather slowly during the past year. They have a common theme in belonging to South American air forces, and being delta winged aircraft. The first one is a Modelsvit 1/72 Mirage III EBR, built in the "azure grey" scheme. Aftermarket used is Master pitot tube and Reskit Mirage IIIE resin engine nozzle. Also replaced gun barrels with hypodermic needles, and added some brake lines to gear legs from copper and lead wires. Very nice kit, had fun building it, just required some patience, as fit is rather tight in
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    That is not drybrushing. You use a moist brush (I usually just lick it, haha, but you can use tap water), load it with color from the selected paint and place a dab onto the model, then use another bigger brush or a make up sponge to spread it, blend it in, etc.. If you mess up, just use a wet cotton swab to clear it all up and start over again. You can esentially do the same thing with oil paints to create fuel leaks, etc., but you have to use enamel thinner instead of water with those. I think you can spray a clear coat over the Tamiya weather master products if the paint i
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    Looks a lot like an approach one would take when painting Flanker nozzles is needed. Paint outside and inside separately. After primer, use some mixture of jet exhaust or burnt iron with steel, highlight or darken some petals with variations of the shade above based on reference pictures, seal with clear varnish, add black pin wash, and finish with tamiya weathering master sets, snow from set B is particularly good for emulating the white ceramic effect leftovers, and weathering set D contains bluish and copper shades you might need as well. On the outside, same basic process, but I would
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    Ah, very nice! Spotted a few inaccuracies, but these are all design issues and not print-related. Given the obscure nature of this particular aircraft, and especially the FAE schemes, I am just glad there is decals available for it at all! Can't wait to build it.
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    Maybe message Haneto on this forum? He seems to be associated with GWH... On the other hand, you might want to contact the retailer who sold you the kit, they might help?
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    Dear Mr.Uprise.decals I've been told you are in charge of creating the decals for the Scaleworx resin conversion kit for AMK Kfir into Ecuadorian Atlas Cheetah! I have that set on order, please hurry up as my fingers are itching to cut into the plastic already 😄 (just joking of course, I am busy building other stuff, but keep up the good work) 👍
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    Thank you!
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