TomTheCat

Just a heads-up: Hasegawa are re-releasing their "AH-64E Apache Guardian" boxing with the sugar scoop exhausts, scheduled for February 2026. Pre-order at Hobby Search but it may be available somewhere else too.

I've just odered my copy of the Roden 1/144 XC-99 kit at my local (German) online shop, as soon as it first popped up. (They're usually not the first to get anything, but they get most of the stuff eventually.) Japanese Hobby Search tells me that the kit was released in May already, and that they only have a few examples left. I didn't bother searching any further than that, but I assume that it should be, or should have been, available via most retailers. Now I wonder to whom I could turn for some nice decals...

While I agree that an alternative place would/could be desirable/necessary, I strongly disagree with choosing Facebook. I do have an account there. My experience is that when I go somewhere to read up on a topic, half of the comments are simply not shown in the first place. Even if I check the option to "show all comments", there are still obviously missing some, or rather many, comments. To add to the confusion, the comments are not shown in chronological order. A sensible discussion is simply impossible on Facebook. It's all based only on likes and algorithms. Kursad

For whatever it's worth, I only recently received both the "B-36B" and "B-36D/F/H/J" edtions by Roden, and in both boxings, the jet pods are there twice (four in total per box, so two planes could be equipped), also the straight-tipped props are included even in the "early" kit. Maybe I got an example which contains the whole set of sprue gates by accident, or Roden started to include all of them sometime after production start. Anyway, I consider myself lucky that I'm not limited in my choices concerning early or late 😄

You're probably already aware that Roden are releasing a 1/144 model of the XC-99, a transport development of the B-36. The sole built plane served for about seven years in the USAF. Wikipedia tells me that, while the plane is still around, it is very hard to preserve it from ongoing deterioration due to the high magnesium content in the airframe. I'm afraid that this subject is probably not going to be a sales burner. While I've actually got Roden's 1/144 NB-36H, I don't intend to buy this model. I simply want to put the information out there. Accounting for Roden's notoriously ba

I'd love to see a Wasp Major in 1/48 (or even 1/32) as a stand-alone model. That would be impressive enough. And could even be used to equip a Super Corsair...

The "sugar scoop" exhausts for the AH-64 which have as yet only been included in ONE Hasegawa boxing (1/48). Aside from that, I'd very much like to see 1/35 ammunition for the WW2 German 88mm Flak 41 This is an elusive weapon with only about 530 units built. It used different ammo than the famous 88mm Flak 18/36/37/Tiger I, and it was also different from the 88mm Pak/Kwk 43. The gun itself has been released by now (injection moulded) by three makers in five or so boxings. Bronco are including a couple of shells, but these are wrong, being for a Pak 43. I'm aware that there are

Thank you guys 👍

Please forgive the following noob questions. The other day I got the Wolfpack reboxing of this kit. First: Are the Caracal cockpit window decals supposed to go over the unchanged plastic kit part, or am I supposed to file the window frames down, or should the window panes be filled up to be level with the frames? Second, regarding the SEA camo "Project Bullseye": Is it correct that the plane's underside is devoid of any national markings? Third, also re "Project Bullseye": The black colour on the undersides, tail fin, and even the anti-glare panel is identif

One could have assumed that the USAF or General Dynamics would have sufficient documentation for such a project. I guess that at least one person on the restoration team is a plastic modeler, and thus aware that you released nice reference material along with your "F-16 Early Years" decals not too long ago. All the more honored you can feel about this

Revell has/had a 1/144 DC-10 / KC-10. I have the bundle with the F-15 According to Scalemates, new tool in 1972, the last release was in 1999. No idea about availability of the various releases though.

Old topic, and you probably went with RLM 66 anyway. But according to THIS table, these two colours were indeed the same. Foremost, it is dedicated to the WW2 Luftwaffe modeler. However, it is a fascinatingly comprehensive piece of information for anybody interested in the matter of paints, and I strongly recommend printing it out for future reference.

To either side of the large portion of the walkways...

It's not on the images Kursad posted on page 2 of this thread, but I have the decals before me. On the black colour sheet, there are two "70"s. You have to cut the last two digits from the "11369" and replace them with the 70s.

Thanks Kursad. Just to let you know that the interest is still there. The Monogram B-36 that I bought almost 40 years ago is still lurking under my bed, lol