Craig Baldwin
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Coming here real late. But absolutely amazed at your commitment to detail. Thanks for sharing your hard work and will look forward to your posts in the future.
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Joycraft.ca are working on a slat/flaps deployed wing set. Plans are for all hardwing versions, so far pictures of the thin wing sets, again in development. Check their Facebook page.
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In case anyone has not seen this link. The kit instructions are up.
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Fine Molds created a spot on the engine/intake assembly that supports the wings, to allow for proper fit and wing anhedral angle.
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New video up. Auto-translate works reasonably well. Excellent close up of actual parts.
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13 minutes ago, MoFo said:
Thanks. If you liked that, hopefully you'll enjoy this.
Thank you @MoFo, your way ahead of us.
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18 hours ago, MoFo said:
Thumbing through the instructions, there's an interesting easter egg in Step 25. Either the F-4S is confirmed, or they're re-tooling sprue B to add airbrakes to all the kits.
Nice find @MoFo . I have my E but never studied the instructions that well. My Tarot cards are saying a spring announcement for the S is coming.
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Good news, the FineMolds F-4F shipments have been bumped up to September 12.
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8 hours ago, JeffreyK said:
I actually can't seem to get hold of a FineMolds kit though, they're sold out everywhere I look in Japan.
A number of their releases are classed as Limited or One-Off Limited so don't expect they will ever be re-released. I think they only have kept releasing the base EJ and EJkai editions.
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I just found this thread and the great support from @A-10 LOADER in answering questions. Will be useful for my current build of the GWH 72nd kit.
Fantastic community.
Craig
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2 hours ago, GeneK said:
it appears the new Phantoms will include the gun gas purge door.
Yes I see that in the video too, they just keep getting better.
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5 minutes ago, JNordgren42 said:
I love the box art for the F-4F!I will like to see their suggestions for paint for the Norm 81 scheme. Not easy to match.
And the F-4F boxing is listed as "LIMITED" while the E release does not say that. Another obvious marketing ploy to divide us from our money. 🤭
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41 minutes ago, GeneK said:
Nice " discussion starter" and "though provoking post"
Unfortunately, 72nd scale subjects take a backseat to everything else here on ARC. I will always keep room for a few more FineMolds kits.
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FineMolds president and a project manager discuss the latest releases. Auto translate feature works well.
And this at the end......
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47 minutes ago, Illu said:
That’s because it’s not a font. 100% guaranteed those numbers were laid up by hand.
It would be easy enough to modify an existing font to match, with a Affinity or Adobe application.
@BWDenver are you looking at printing the decals on a clear paper?
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4 hours ago, ya-gabor said:
The brand new Fine Molds Zero Type 52 is out today as promised months ago by the company. Two versions are released with around a weeks difference.
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From finemolds_t on X. QR codes in the instructions.
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First sprues of the "coming soon" B/N release.
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Everything looks to great to have the kit ready for release the end of December. FineMolds are almost always on time with deliveries. Photos from FineMolds X account.
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This looks quite nice. As posted on X by finemolds_news.
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I think everyone is interested how the windscreen/canopy will look. First glimpse. Posted on X by finemolds_t .
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Initial shake down complete. A success.
Actually, just a curious modeller checking out the fit of parts on the test kit.
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FM will also revise the MLG strut.
Finally, Fine Molds new F-104 Starfighters in December 2025
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I feel their F-4 series had the most shallow panel lines, with most of their other releases having having slightly deeper lines. @ya-gabor is correct, they are tailoring their kits to domestic preferences.