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This is something that came out last night as a follow up to this years event. In a presentation a bunch of new kits, new scales, new ideas were presented. In the past years it became evident that while all those ideas are very nice the actual cutting of metal to produce them is delayed again and again, and again, and again. There is a very big gap between wonderful ideas and the actual production capacity/capability of this company. Will there be a production slot for this third, fourth priority kit besides the flagship 32 nd Mustang, the new Zero, the brand new P-40 family, the 48 th MiG-21F

So one has an ejection seat. What do you do with it? Put it against the wall in the man cave? In the garage, in the basement. . . ? (tick the appropriate) The easiest is to mount it on a custom made cart, on a support so it will be upright and at the correct angle. I did touch on this subject earlier. But, a seat is what? Around or at least, minimum 40-50 kg, but more likely somewhere around 100 kg or even more depending on the manufacturer. One has to move it around every now and then or in my case take it to air shows, exhibitions, museums. . . So it has to move around somehow. The whee

There have been already complaints that the separate frame and glazing is not . . . Well it is just one OPTION for the modeller! You don’t have to use this version if you don’t like it! A complete traditional (boring) one piece canopy is also provided as alternative for the modellers. Here are some steps of building the kit. Sprues in hand show well the size of the Zero in 48th scale. Stills taken from a todays video from Fine Molds here: Best regards Gabor

As far as I know ClearProp! have sold out completely the first production batch of the kit in just seconds. This could be the reason. Only they can say when it will be available again. Dont forget there is a bloody war going on in that country!!! Best regards Gabor

There is no ploy of any sort in it I believe. Very simple, there are so many manufacturers producing a good plastic kit while in different “department” within the company would produce some aftermarket parts for further detailing the kit. Don’t have to look far, look at most Czech manufacturers doing this business model! Anyone who wants / needs to include further details can get the extra parts if he wants. While the kit in itself is good! Best regards Gabor

Just announced for next year (2025) a 32nd scale early Mustang. Well the CAD was there from the smaller versions, it was only a question of will. Best regards Gabor

Hi Signals, Thanks for understanding! But of course I am very sorry that I could not help! I am sure eventually there will be someone out there who will do this particular seat in the bigger scales. Mind you one would need to have a good, state of art kit of the MiG-19 in the first place!!! Long overdue! Best regards Gabor

: ) : ) : ) Just two or three pages back. No problem. Best regards Gabor

Hi Sabrejet, Wasnt this already started some time ago??? Best regard Gabor

A little closer look at the new Fine Molds Zero details from Twitter (Google translation): I have been told that the rivets on the 1/48 Zero Fighter I announced will be expressed as a doughnut-shaped circle instead of a dot-hole ●, and I have been receiving praise for being a "pervert!", but in fact, I have been showing glimpses of my perversion for over 20 years. "Because there is no way that all the flathead screws will be facing the same way." The red arrows show the different orientation of screw heads. : ) : ) And a little scale of what we see.

Hi Signals, There are several obstacles to this. First. That 72 nd scale version comes from an analogue era when it was all made by hand. To make a master like this takes a lot of time, it is a lot of scratch building! So to make a 48 th or 32 nd scale version is not a “simple” up-scale since I don’t have any digital CAD model of the 72 nd seat. Second To make this profitable (at least get back some of the costs like materials, workhours, cost of silicon rubber, cost of resin . . .) one would have to produce it and sell it one way or the other to

The Eduard seat is the original Soviet MiG-19 seat, the "Curtain" type. Yes, the Chinese did make a licens produced MiG-19 copy of it for the F-6 versions. Martin-Baker had to fit the Mk.10 seat into the cockpit of the MiG-19. it was not so easy. A special modified version of the early Mk.10 seat was manufactured and fitted in Pakistani AF aircraft. I only made the 72nd scale version since at the time (in early 90's) there was no kit in 48th worth doing anything for. Best regards Gabor

For the Pakistan AF the Chinese copy MiG-19's had a special version of the Martin-Baker Mk.10 seat installed. Zillions of years ago I made a resin version of this seat to be used in 72nd scale kits. Best regards Gabor

The reason for two fuselage sprues on that table in Belgium is simple, they are dedicated F4B-3 and a different F4B-4 fuselage parts. There are a lot of differences but the most visible ones are the size of tail and the engine cover details. The comparison of the two versions. Here is also some details of several kit parts. As well as a view of the fuselage inside. Best regards Gabor

This weekend at a show in Belgium ClearProp! announced a brand new line of kits, the Boeing F4B biplanes. Here is a view of the ClearProp! stand at the show where all the sprues for both the F4B-3 and F4B-4 versions were on display for everyone to see. And a little closer look at the sprues. Best regards Gabor