JeffreyK

I did not say one piece. Of course the wings have upper and lower parts and an inner straucture with cavities etc. The upper and lower pieces were fastened to the inner structure. But the parts were machined material, not skinned with thin sheet metal as in the traditional way. J

The wings were machined/milled from solid material, not sheet aluminium. It therefore had a rough texture and was factory puttied/painted to smooth everything out.

I hear ya. J

Photographed this one many a time at Duxford. J

Must-have 🙂 J

I can't answer the blast panel decision right away, need to look at it more closely, but I'm sure there is a technical reason behind this... I agree it's not ideal, I had to deal with very similar problems on their D-21 kit recently (i.e. part joins running through other surface detail). But if it hadn't been for a generally poor fit of the wing-fuselage joint, clean up wasn't actually that bad and as I said, sanding smooth a joint and then partially restoring panel and rivet detail ADJECENT or PERPENDICULAR to the join I find much easier than trying to re-create a neat and clean panel line ri

First of all, the kit is not designed for you alone. Moulding the upper slat wells integral to the upper wing parts would mean you cannot build it with retracted slats, like in-flight. Yes, it may be the minority, but it's good they catered for this option. The alternative would be a step, like on the Hasegawa Skyhawks. Now, that would have caused a storm of complaints 🙂 Also, there are many modellers you explicitly PREFER to have part seams AWAY from panel lines as it can result in a cleaner end result. If all part joints or any kit would fit as well as Tamiya then OK, point taken, but often

“3D Chute Expert” has both types in his range. I have both and I think they are different from each other (not home right now to check…). https://3d-chute-expert.myshopify.com/collections/1-48

Thank you, much appreciated!!

Thank you! J

I will make one for my kit, just not sure whether or not to address the FOD screen. Not sure if it’s worth making it into a product… We’ll see… J

I spot a correct J47 style inlet centrebody. j

Seems like you have absolutely not read or understood my explanation. No one is forcing you to buy the parts. And you don't want the company to make money and maximise their investment in the project? So Eduard should put all their resin parts for their own kits into the box and charge €200 for a 1:48 Spitfire? Anyway, case closed. J

Because 3D printed parts are printed in dozens up to hundreds, but not thousands like an injection moulded kit. You need to have significant printing infrastructure to do that. J

I really don't think this is correct. First, I never heard of any cooperation between Wolfpack and Armory (in fact I never heard of any rebox of an Armory kit). Second, Wolfpack announced it as an "all new tooling" when first announced. Third, Wolfpack's projected price point is quite a bit lower than Armory which wouldn't be the case if it was a rebox. And finally, I spoke a few times with Gustav about the kit and at no point did he mention that it was an Armory rebox. Nothing's impossible but I think Scalemates is wrong here. J