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Going over the kits myself one other detail missed by Amk was the partial down angle on the spoilers. The spoilers have a slightly down angle in the retracted position to allow them to fair into the flap when deployed which Tamiya picked up. Amk’s are flat topped ie they have no downward angle when stowed. A quick look at the Tamiya upper wing makes it very clear. Never noticed it until comparing the two side by side and the upper wing is very obvious with Tamiya captured that unique feature beautifully.

All these camo birds are nice but how about some real B-52’s?

Sold! Several actually...those scenes shot at sunset of the B-36 contrailing dodgng CU tops are some of the most beautiful ever filmed..

Well you will want to offload the old Esci kit as fast as you can. its in the far distance and needs a massive amount of work to get up to either of the other two. love the Blinder!

Hi Dave i put a post up re it a few weeks ago. Worth getting in short. First it doesnt have some of the fine work the Modelsvit kit does ie finely scribed vents etc. It does have a single piece fuselage and overall very good typical engineering from Trump so though less detailed its going to be easier to out together. Dimensionally very close to the MV kit but from the Mk1 eyeball id say it has less coke bottle effect on the fuse but its still pretty clear. Overall if your into Blinders id grab one it will definitely be an easier build than MV and imagine if Eduard do

Nice build and very much like the paint well done CKLoo..

My first Sincere kit is on the way. I ordered them seperately to get lower postage so the others are stillto ship. Funnily the shipped my most recent pre order first not the oldest. Anyway at least they are shipping.

If your interested in 3D scanning and then getting that to actually accurately reflect reality search for Wingnut Wings and the lessons learnt on the Fokker D7. 5 different versions of software, project restarted several times and piles of money lost. Reading that story very quickly dispelled the myth of how easy 3D scanning and CAD design is.

Eduard sold all 6000 of the Chatanoga P-51 release in like 2 weeks. Gone. 48th is where its at for Eduard.

Actually claiming fake news is looking at things through rose coloured glasses...

Have you ever heard of a “currency converter” and you do realize shippng is part of the comparison? you know shippng aint exactly cheap in 2019. So exactly like i said the prices of kits is relative to where YOU are in the world and how much it costs to get the kit to YOU. Retail means nothing unless you can walk out the door with the kit tucked under your arm. Playing your silly game. Joshin in Osaka Tamiya F-14D 5400¥ ie 50USD two hours ago...AMK no idea as you cant buy them as its still not released..what a surprise.

I live in Australia but frequent Japan on trips. No way? What is no way? For me to pre order the AMK kit from Hobbyeasy to get two kits was 55.00USD per kit. Sincerehobby was even more expensive for shipping at 68USD the supposed official pre order shop. To ship them was for both was 54 so 164USD for two kits which converted is 230AUD or 250 AUD from the official source. Feel free to check the numbers on Hobbyeasy and Sincere hobby. So 115(125sincere)per kit for AMK shipped vs 130 for Tamiya shipped. So a 15% or 5% difference in price is hardly a huge difference b

No im buying kits on the street in Japan. Americans have a fascination in basing a kits price off what they pay then assume the entire world is the same. Sorry to my American friends but the axis of our planet does not run through Washington DC. Hence drawing conclusions about kits success etc based off what they pay is as fraught with error as me saying everyone xan buy Tamiya kits for 5200Yen ie 45-50USD so AMK stand no chance.

Well for anyone outside the USA the reverse may be true. I can buy and have bought over 10 Tamiya F-14’s in Japan for an average price of 5400Yen. The AMK kit is pre ordering for 6300 Yen after starting a lot higher so 10USD more expensive trying to encourage sales. AMK will be losing money big time given the Mig-31 in Japan is 9800 Yen. To pre order an AMK kit to my home address was around 90USD so hugely more expensive and almost identical price to Tamiya. Price has and always will regional so any conclusions drawn based off the highly favoured US market is on thin i

You may want to seriously relook at whatever lead you to that conclusion. The upper spine on the Monogram kit is horrendously out of shape. The 105 had a significant Omega shape to not only its canopy but also the windscreen and Hobbyboss even though itself not correct is a better shaped spine which directly leads to the canopy shape. Ive spent as much time as i can be bothered on comparing both these kits to reality and the HB kit while certainly not perfect is to me better shaped. Both have issues, both if built OOB end up looking like Thuds but we seriously need someone

The initial boxings dont have the replacement parts so order those from MC or buy the H. Otherwise the best starting point to do a H or G and you can go as crazy as you like.

At the end of the day they are clutching at straws to cover the deficiencies we spoke about 18 months ago. Panel lines to deep and wide was always a concern. Cant wait to see the test build where they are using the multi part canopy and how they intend gluing the panels in invisibly. Unless they are a click fit?? Have 2 on preorder so looking forward to seeing it in the plastic.

It looks more like a case of “not wanting to see” than cant see. its plainly obvious to every observer except you that the kits curves are far to large. The pic above shows clearly its far to curved. The fuse starts wider ends up narrower then finishes wider again. Some wont care some will.Unfortunately for Amk those who do care are the F-14 lovers who buy multiple multiple kits. No amount of wriggling on “photo angles are not identical” can hide that rear fuselage problem its simply obvious. As i said ill still buy one. But if done right i would of bought 6 or 7.

It comes with quite a bit of PE in the new release so you do get some stuff. PE burners etc..still not sure its worth it though if you have one.

We all cant wait for the GWH Flanker!

Sold and sold again! Now how about that SU-27 we all are waiting for! Great work!

Ronin decals, Hawkeye decals, Red roo...piles of Hornet decals covering the entire life.

Be great to see someone work through the entire Buff family... Great Wall please? Loved the Vulcan and Victor so pretty please?...

Personally experts are the last people i listen to now..i still listen but with three grains of salt and a dose of reality. Why? Well take a look at whats already happening with the Eduard P-51 and this is nothing to do with what was a botched kit the first release of the 109G. Its over reaction caused by being to close to a subject. Example. So a panel of experts self appointed who love the Fairy Dingbat Mk7 to bits, have spent there lives collecting information etc, know every block and factory variance take a look at the kit. So when the ultimate or maybe even

Here is the C. Again great skills to get the clear resin so beautifully clear and shaped so well. Its clearly from all reports the most difficult medium to work with and anyone getting these results is very talented at a very black art even the best struggle with. Hopefully this means we may see a few more replacement windscreens and canopies for aircraft which to my eye really need work..cough cough F-105..a correction which would make a HUGE difference to the character of all the kits out there.