KursadA

Folks, I have the latest batch of decals ready to go, but I will be delaying their release until early December. Don't worry - things are going great. Too great, in fact - I have been swamped with to many direct retail orders this past year and neglected keeping up with large orders from resellers like Hannants and others. I am going to spend the rest of the month concentrating on shipping these so that they are well stocked for the end of the year. The new batch of decals (Dark Vipers 6, F-94A/B Part 2, 1/72 B-57 in Vietnam etc.) are all here; waiting for December.

Still a possibility - but quite honestly Meng stumped everyone with a pretty good rendition of even the relatively poorly undocumented aspects of the jet. We'll have better SOM missiles, HGK / KGK, ASELPOD, other indigenous weapons, etc.

Now that there is a dedicated Meng kit of the subject, it is time for a decal sheet for this type : we will also do some 3D-printed Turkish weapons & pods to go with it.

I am working on a 1/48 sheet and will most likely scale it down to 1/72 after some time - probably not in the next 4-6 months, though.

No - we will need to have suitable markings for it so I will wait for it to become widespread in the fleet.

Beautiful F-105 posted at Britmodeller: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235159960-f-105d-“honeypot-ii-have-gun-will-travel”-148/#comment-5335885

These look great. I am happy that there is an option for 1/72 modelers to build these jets. Hopefully some of my other current and future sets will encourage such 3D design projects as well. If I like an experimental / uncommon variant or airframe; I typically include the markings for it on a set, hoping to prompt exactly this kind of development.

A very cool YouTube video to keep yourself occupied while you wait..

I still automatically pay a small amount to Steve every month, which I assume contributes a little bit for hosting expenses.

Yes, this sheet is long overdue for a re-release. I will order a reprint soon.

We don't know much about the cockpit of the Kurnass but wasn't the Terminator a few years after the Kurnass mods? A new 2020-specific sheet is on the way from Caracal along with more 3D-printed Turkish weapons so you will not be limited to the SOM and Popeye missiles that come with the kit.

Let's move on, guys - I guess he has a point (of sorts), while the delivery could have been a bit better. Note that these days I try not to announce future projects that I don't think I can deliver in a couple of months or so. As several of you have stated, there is a ton of things that could derail a research project; especially if it is a historic subject and you can't simply ask someone to take walkaround photos for you... I could have easily designed 10 F-16 sheets in the time it took me to do the B-47 or early B-52 sheets, for example. I intend to do almost all of the decals I

Y'all picked the wrong person to argue about various special purpose C-130s 🙂

Now available for preorder - shipping sometime next week: https://caracalmodels.com/cd48220.html

All of the new releases are ready for preorder now - I enabled the order links in the first post of the thread.