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olemanjoe

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  1. Did anyone mention Dragon's F-18E/F? They arent too bad, nice crisp molding. Good weapon load outs, nice choices of markings. Only drawback is that the wings are designed to be folded up, needs a bit of putty if you want them locked down to 'flying' position.

    Also you normally get two planes to a box... with different markings!

    If you also consider 1/144 helos, the new tool Revell Apache is SUPERDUPERAWESOME.

  2. Good review! nicely shot pictures! The Doras look great! Although the Val looks like it has 'trenches' for panel lines, am sure it will turn out better if you hand painted them - the paint will fill it out some! I hope you can do some reviews on the sabres too! Doing one of those with an Aussie mod/marking might be interesting.

  3. I'd have to agree with Steve, the Hasegawa kit is cheap and really quite nice for its age. the fit isnt bad at all, and the really fine raised panel lines look very 'realistic'. I also prefer the three bladed prop, makes the A/C look much better! The worst part of the kit is the (very) slightly clunky landing gear. Everything else looks proportionate and fine. Good luck!

  4. Hi

    Both Tamiya and Fujimi have new tools for the Yamato. From what I have seen, the Fujimi kit is more detailed, ie has lots of tiny surface detail, but quite soft. The Tamiya kit goes well together but less detailed. So its a toss up really. Personally I prefer the Fujimi, as a coat of paint and wash would be enough to make it look better. And if you're not adding PE, the bareness of the Tamiya kit makes it look less 'realistic'... Just my 2 cents! :)

  5. Thanks Kursad!

    I was just in the process of looking for a pic to describe those cut-outs. You got the absolute right pics to describe what i am talking about.

    I thought the extra vert stab. under the main wings was only to compensate for the cut-out shaped tail. Your second pic shows that this isnt the case!

    I am now in the process of building a 1/72 Platz kit so I would like to update it to this 'B' version.

    Oliver

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