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  1. Hobby Easy, another Hong Kong based retailer, is also showing it as available. https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/x346brvwjpsvpzhxwz71.html?t=1700852593
  2. Post pandemic, the shipping charges are so high now, I cant buy anything from HLJ, for example. Lucky model is the same.
  3. Lucky model showing it in stock. https://luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=TA 61125
  4. Is US Marines still flying Harriers? I thought they have been retired.
  5. Knowing Tamiya, there may be no later boxing. 😄
  6. What an impressive kit! Its instructions look wonderful and the quality of plastic is amazing. My favorite version of F-35.
  7. That is a welcome news. I have liked B version more than A. The B version with all its doors and bays open looks like some character from Transformers movie. 🙂
  8. The F-4B kit has the clear parts for F-4C/D or F-4J, it seems. But you never know with Tamiya.
  9. Finished these two kits recently. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235127812-italeri-westland-wessex-hu5/#comment-4724189
  10. The USAF link I shared only mentions F-15 though. Not F-16.
  11. The US Air Force site states only F-15 can carry GBU-39B Small Diameter Bomb Weapon System. Has there been any update about which Air Force jets other than F-15 can carry this weapon? I have F-16 in store for future build carrying this weapon but I m not sure if this weapons load will be realistic. https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104573/gbu-39b-small-diameter-bomb-weapon-system/#:~:text=Once the weapon is released,to the desired impact point.&text=The F-15E Strike Eagle,and F-35 Lightning II. Are there are any US Marines or Navy
  12. And i wonder if this loadout is even permissible launching from carrier deck! 😀 To me, Phantom looks awesome with this kind of loadout. This is Phantom in Beast Mode (taking the term from F-35). This is why I built it like this.
  13. Tamiya's superb F-4B kit. Fit, quality of packaging, surface detail and overall presentation is all what we have come to expect from Tamiya. I have used the following accessories Eduard Triple Ejection Rack 648232 Eduard Multiple Ejection Rack 648227 Hasegawa Weapons Set A for Mk 82 bombs Furball Aero 48-076 decals True Details helmets The model was painted with Gunze Mr Hobby H315 and H316.
  14. I have Furball Aero's decal sheet available for sale. I have used one VF-84 marking from this sheet. I think I can safely say that of the 11 possible markings, one of these 7 can still be built from the remaining sheet: VF-14 VF-92 (2 markings in the sheet) VF-114 VF-143 VF-161 VF-154 You can have it for CAD$35.00 including shipping from Canada.
  15. I believe many of us will love to have Tamiya F-4C kit. It will definitely sell in huge numbers.
  16. The F-4B kit also has octagonal HUD clear part. This part seems to be suitable for F-4J. On the parts tree for missiles, we see other version of Sparrow as well as a missing quadrant of parts tree which seems to be for other weapons not included in the kit. The forensics do predict other versions in future. But it all comes down to what Tamiya has planned. We dont know. As I mentioned in previous post, there are parts in other Tamiya kits which are for other versions but we never saw those other versions even after 16/17 years of original release.
  17. Tamiya F-4B kit has an additional tailplane in the kit. It also has a square clear part which looks like front landing light. I m no Phantom expert but those parts point to at least 2 future releases of F-4J and F-4C kits. Its cockpit tub is also molded in a way to accommodate future releases. I can point to past Tamiya kits in which parts breakdown foretells new kit versions. F-16 upper fuselage pieces, photo etch parts with 2 sets of seatbelts predict F-16D. Their Desert Challenger has all parts for a NATO Challenger kit. In both of these instances, we never saw any future kit d
  18. Did Navy F-4s ever carry machine gun pods like SUU-23? Or was it only carried by USAF Phantoms?
  19. Did Phantom ever carry a mix load of bombs? Like some Snakeeyes mixed with Mk81 & 82 bombs in one loadout.
  20. Are there examples of mixed loadout on F-4 Phantom? I was wondering if a Multiple Ejection Rack on one outboard pylon and a fuel tank on another is a possible, operation loadout.
  21. Lol. I like your classification of real white and pure white. Tamiya decals are sometimes bad. But as someone said, there's a robust presence of aftermarket decals and you can buy good extremely good quality decals. My issue with Tamiya is their decal seat belt. It looks so bad no matter which kit it is. Sometimes, there is no escape from using their decals and you know how thick and unwieldy they are when you apply those small decals on weapons and pylons. Also I have to say, seeing high quality, slide molded weapons in recent Chinese kits, Tamiya weapons have starte
  22. Hands down. Tamiya kit. Hasegawa is 80s kit and its details is not good at all compared to Tamiya.
  23. Yes, no need to thin them. But as they age, they gradually dry out so need to add thinner.
  24. Since Testor's has closed its shop, I want to know if any hobby store still has the metalizer thinner in stock. If not, then which enamel thinner I can use? I have tried Testor's regular enamel thinner and it congeals the paint. So my question is that if I cant find metalizer thinner, which thinner can I use for Testor's metalizer enamels?
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