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  1. She was one from a long time ago. Since then there were many others (not only ejection seats)! : ) : ) : ) Here is a recent right next to my desk. Best regards Gabor
  2. Many moons ago (somewhere almost 30 years ago) I had just 3 seats in the living room against the wall. One K-36, a KM-1M and an early SK seat. They were the second row in front of the TV. : ) : ) Me girlfriend was not really happy about it but it was my flat so . . . They question “me or the seats” was never raised by her. : ) : ) Now I have 25 + seats, but of course they are not in the living room (only few). Best regards Gabor
  3. Hi Gene, I only have the new Zoukei Mura F-4G and as far as I can see the engine "issue" has been fixed by the manufacturer on this kit. Of the earlier versions I have both the very old Hasegawa F-4B and F-4E and the Academy F-4 in Eduard box. Have no plans for the early ZM F-4's, but by the looks of it a bit of sanding could be a fix, but then again I know that it is not a big issue, so . . . Rather get another ZM F-4E in future. Still looking for some white stencils to go with what I plan on my G. (but it is so far in the future for the decals, that I don
  4. Don’t you just hate when people show what they have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!! Envy you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best regards Gabor
  5. Just for balance here is one of my MiG-15 seats from a show exactly a week ago at a model show at Szolnok AFB on Saturday. This seat has far more in common with the Lockheed / Stanley C-2 seat and German originals than most would imagine! Have written several articles about this in the past years. Best regards Gabor
  6. Some interesting background information there and some nice photos of the early seats! Thanks for sharing them. The Lockheed C-2 seat is an interesting part of my collection. Never imagined that I will have one but in the end somehow found five of them which include 3 different verisons. One is from a single seat German Starfighter, there are both front and back seats from the two seater and also an early version which has several things different from all the others. Here is one of them on my stand at an international air show back in 2010. Appropriate parachute pack
  7. Hi Ben, Thanks for the info. Will try to look around for it, but most probably will try to get something at the Moson Show at the end of April. There are many companies represented there and of course vendors who could have something along those lines for me. Have to say that I am an old fashioned buyer who like to see the given product in person when purchasing. The Moson Show is a perfect opportunity for this. We should have some people from US and also from South America for the show. Of course I will only have time to look around if I dont have my own stand wi
  8. Hi Curt B, Good to hear that you are back at work with some kits! Have fun!!! : ) : ) This is the most important! The fact that Zoukei-Mura taken the step to correct the fuselage shows that this problem was not just a storm in a tea cup whipped up by some fanatic modellers. I don’t think there are a lot of modellers who would be willing and / or have to skills to do the conversion with such resin parts. It is more likely that they would rather sand down a bit to “improve” the shape. This is a bigger shape issue which should have not been there on a kit in th
  9. Hi Curt B, I hope you managed to sort out few things on your workbench and the mojo is also back to do some kits! Last weekend received the Zoukei-Mura F-4G from a friend as a present. Although there are numerous projects on my bench could not resist in starting some work on the G. I have my eye on an early WW bird (69 239) with traditional camo and tons of very bright white stencils, ever since I seen photos of it in (I think) Aircraft Illustrated in November 1978. (have absolutely no idea where I will get the markings for it, but . . . ) Have the Academy k
  10. So, I am back from the first really important modelling event of the new year. It was on Saturday, 2nd of March at the Szolnok Air Base. To be exact in the theatre of the bases cultural centre. It was a long day which started for me at 4AM to get everything ready for an early morning start to Szolnok which is about 120 km from my place. The small bus arrived just after 6AM to pick me up, but most important the MiG-15 ejection seat and lots of extra stuff that I wanted to share at the show. The choice of the MiG-15 seat this time was very simple and based on pure economy. This is the smal
  11. WOW!!! That is a nice "under servicing" type of photo!!!!!!!!!! Would love to see any others from the same occasion! Best regards Gabor
  12. Hi Dave, Hi Tank, Yes, sure there is the question of damage to surface details during building the kit and how will a modeller deal with that. The solution should start far earlier!!! One needs a good design and parts breakdown, a clever way of fitting and with todays CAD design the parts fit should be solved, without any need for corrections. So it is or rather it should NOT be a problem for the modeller! But this is a question which should (HAS TO BE) be solved by the kit maker company!!! In case of this Soviet Mi-17 kit there were several “i
  13. Hi Tank, I prefer authenticity! This is the surface of a real Mi-24! Try to reproduce in scale what the original looks like. Here we are speaking of the Mi-24 attack helicopter and if one looks at a real example in 1 to 1 scale will see that it has enormous mushroom rivets all over its surface. Keeping this in mind it was still the fastest helicopter in the world. (imagine what would have been if it has flush rivets and the whole structure is designed more streamlined!!!!) How to reproduce this in scale? Obviously with positive rive
  14. Certainly possible to cross kit. BUT and this is a very big BUT. Then you have to buy two kits in the first place: the new Trump Mi-24A and one of the Moscow company. Since the latter is completely “naked” one has to buy a cockpit from one of the 3D printer makers or a resin interior or a photoetch set which will be about 30-50 Euro extra. Then there is the naked exterior so get a 3D printed rivet set which will increase the overall price tag even further by about 60-70 Euro. Not speaking of any other extras like resin wheels, external stores, pitot tubes, turned gun barrel, afterm
  15. Here is the situation few years ago from overhead view. Not much changed since then. These are the ones "not so important", there is also one additional Lansen inside the base. This area is now once again part of the air base and strictly prohibited to enter. This the once was museum is not completely out of reach for civilians. : ( : ( : ( Best regards Gabor
  16. Hi Sabrejet, You are absolutely right and I should have know it correctly since still have the flyer from the show. Also lots of Phantoms at that show! : ) : ) : ) One of the views of the Blackbird from that show. Here are some of the U-2's "visited" in the past. The one in Moscow Best regards Gabor
  17. Hi Niels, As pointed out by JeffreyK and based on images of the kit and some opinions I am not convinced by the AFV kit. In case of a U-2 the quarter scale is a bit too big for me, but I am very tempted to get this new kit and wait for further developments. I still have the original U-2 by the big A in 72 nd from prehistoric times as well as a Testors kit. Meters of book shelf filled with publications about U-2 from past decades. Never got around to building the kits I have but had spent a lot of time with camera and measuring tape around museum exhibits of
  18. Same here, but for the moment there is no alternative in this scale! It is obvious that the Moscow company will somewhere in future do the "glass house" A version, but it will be just as "naked" as the previous ones. So . . . ??? Best regards Gabor
  19. On display this week at the Nürenberg show the Mi-24A early version from Hobby Boss. One can say it is a strange subject and question the market potential for it, but for those interested in the Hind . . . Print screen from a video report from the first day at the show by Modellbau Koenig. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXec2K4VluA&t=623s Best regards Gabor
  20. On display this week at the Nürenberg show the new U-2S from Hobby Boss. Looks nice! : ) : ) : ) I know about the flaps, but a bit of primer and light sanding after can reduce the "problem" if it is a problem for some. If something I would go for this one! And of course if they would do an early version. Print screen from a video report from the first day at the show by Modellbau Koenig. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXec2K4VluA&t=623s Best regards Gabor
  21. Hi Mark, Thanks and your are welcome with the Mi-8. It was fun but of course there is still a lot to do on the Hip project. So many things to do and so little time. Life is too short! Good luck with the Viggen! Have several kits of it (latest is a Special Hobby kit), it was always a special love for me! Actually asked the director of Flygvapenmuseum back in 2004 what they are planning to do with the retiring jets. And added “how about bringing one here to Hungary”. He said why not and we started to talk about it. The end of the story was that a Viggen (JA37 D c/n37347)
  22. The Polish Master Co makes some fab and perfect scale pitots for the Viggen. I am not conviced by "correction" nosecones, in most cases they are simply a ripoff!!! They take the original plastic part and make a cast of it and sell it at a premium price. But everyone has their own opinions. Best regards Gabor
  23. Armchair expert? Yes, you can say in a way! But . . . From an armchair (which actually has no arms) it is easy to read all the comments / announcements by the producer which provides details / plans for future releases. You can do it also. Good luck in reading all of it! But in my case it also involves personal connection with many manufacturers, knowing decision makers, involves speaking to them on regular basis. . . be it here in Europe or faraway places. As an aviation journalist this is part of my work. Not sitting in an armchair and fantasizing but putting the question d
  24. A bit further down the page there was already a topic on this. Have a look here: There has been a lot of talk about this kit already! Best regards Gabor
  25. OK, so we turned into 2024 and a short list of things to come was shown in the latest January issue of the companies newsletter. We have brand new early Mustang, Albatros, the new love the P-40, lots of Me 109’s, there will be a F-5E, B-17, B-26 and many other kits. But what about the kits which go silently into history without materializing. Promises, promises, promises . . . There is a standard kit manufacturers strategy of giving hints, sneak previews, clues of things to come simply to “break down competition” that is discourage them from doing something similar. Standard procedure, s
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