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Curt B

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  1. Hey Gwen, I presume you've actually tried, and failed, to get replacement parts for your GWH models? I'm sure we've discussed this before, just can't recall. I've not had a need...YET...for any replacements for my numerous GWH kits. But you would think, given the premium price that their models command, their customer service ought to match. However, unfortunately, this is not always the case. Hope all is well! I'm sure I owe you a PM or two! 😊
  2. Thanks for the link. Great pictures of most of (all?) the parts. Now...WHEN CAN I GET ONE??!?!?!?!?!
  3. No worries! It's nice to be helping each other with stuff, on topic or not!! 😊
  4. Since someone thought the release date for the GWH A-10C might be 03/12/24, wondering if anyone has seen any on sale by any hobby stores OTHER than EBay offers from China.
  5. Agreed, and the link was helpful. Thank you so much! Now I've got one more question...has anyone completed their MiG-31 with either or both the wing leading edge slats, or the flaps, deployed? Maybe it's just something with me, but on most of my airplane models, if there are posable control surfaces, elevator, rudder, flaps, slats, etc., I usually try to show the surfaces in their deployed or off center position. However, with this big jet, perhaps there would never be an occasion where the plane, onnn the ground, would ever have slats and/or flaps deployed. Does anyone know
  6. Hey Ben, really cool to be helping Gabor! This is why I LOVE this site!! 😊
  7. @Gabor: thanks for the detailed reply! It so happens that I have the Eduard MiG-21bis kit that you wrote about. I believe that I got it as part of a sell off by another modeler, and I was able to find that Cold War Studio correction set, plus a whole lot of other aftermarket stuff. That kit sits with all my other unstated models. The box is so full of stuff that the box lld barely closes! And as you wrote, even though my modeling skills have improved some, the plastic surgery required to install the corrections remains frightening to me, and I'm not sure I'll ever decide to start building
  8. Hey all, Just beginning work on the subject kit, and I have a question, as the instructions are very much less than clear. In steps 2 and 3, for parts L4 (port side) and L15 (starboard side) respectively, it is not clear how these parts are supposed to be oriented. I think these parts are supposed to connect to the gear bay doors when they are installed, which doesn't come until later. Where those parts are mounted is clear, but not how they are to be positioned. I've looked everywhere for other builds or photos of the real plane, with no luck. Any help?
  9. @Gabor: Hi Gabor, thanks for your thoughts on this topic. Yes, i've gotten over my modeling slump, but since then, I've still been bouncing around from kit to kit, not completing anything. I've not touched the 2 in-progress F-4 kits I have, the Tamiya F-4B and ZM F-4C, but I'm sure I'll get to them The closest I've come to completing anything is an Academy A-10C, which is at the decal/weathering stage. Hopefully, I'll push on with that soon and finally finish one. I did try to pick up a previously started build on a GWH MiG-29 9-13, but then I made some serious errors. I've abando
  10. I just saw that Reskit is coming out with really beautiful looking 3D printed improvements to the 1/48 Hasegawa A-7D/E intake and landing gear. It looks fantastic, though close to twice the price of the kit itself. Combined with the Reskit exhaust, that should make for a fabulous Corsair II. While not having new moldings of the A-7, I’ve always liked that airplane, and the plane it was derived from, the F-8. The upgrade looks amazing!!
  11. Agreed that the GWH A-10C appears to be the next ‘best of’ Hog kit, and I’m truly hoping this is the case. I think it’s always great to have a clear ‘top of the heap’ kit for a given aircraft, as it makes it easy to 1) recommend such kit to others, and 2) have an easy ‘go to’ for any project you do involving that airplane type. In my experience, Tamiya is typically that ‘go to’ kit for many, many aircraft types and variants, but while Tam continues to come out with clear flagship kits (e.g., 1/48 F-4B, F-14A and D, F-35A & B, P-38F/G, H and J), they are also being challenged in many area
  12. Thank you, sir! And I agree, this IS the fun part, seeing the plane finally ‘pop’! It’s going to be one of the demo planes, 2 tone gray with historic WWII D Day invasion stripes on horizontal stabilizers and wings. Thus, very limited weathering, which is going to be new to me. Perhaps more of a challenge to do a really clean airplane, but will define the panel lines, as even those can be seen on the photos of this air show A-10C, using the 2Bobs Heritage Hawgs decals. It’s also going to have the ailerons split as the air brakes, the flaps are going to be fully extended, and the canopy ope
  13. Thanks for all the vids!! Getting more anxious now, seeing how good the plane looks. WHEN are they gonna release this thing?!?!?
  14. Just a super bad snapshot of my Academy A-10C primed and ready for paint (with engine nacelle upper inside bulge glaringly obvious).
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