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I just came across this kit at some on-line retailers. The kit looks pretty basic from the small thumbnails I've seen. Have any of you built or have this kit? I'm curious to hear your feedback before I drop $200. Thanks, Chris

Thanks for the reply. I was surprised to see the parts included as well, which prompted my post. I picked up one of your KA-3B sheets the other day without looking at the parts. Oh, well! Too many subjects and not enough time, so it sounds like business is good. Keep up the work. You and the guys at Fightertown and Furball have done a great job of filling the void left by Afterburner and TwoBobs (still out there but nothing going on). Chris

Are you going to rescribe the panel lines? I've picked up all of the Fisher parts as well as some PE for the Connie's wheel wells and cockpit. I forgot the manufacturer, but I'll post the name later. Make sure to get the SAC metal gear to handle the weight. Best of luck with your project. Chris

Kursad, I picked up the 1/48 Trumpeter KA-3B kit yesterday. As it turns out, it has everything to build an EKA-3B. Does Caracal have any plans to release some of the colorful and interesting schemes for this variant? I'm particularly a fan of VAQ-34 with the diagonal stripes on the rear fuselage, and detailed badges. Thanks. Chris

My best guess for the wheel wells was gloss gull gray.

Coming to Fairfax in two weeks? I have the rest of that F-4 if you still want it. Chris

Kursad, Thanks for taking the plunge into the world of the EC-121. I've got several kits like this one that have remained in the box due to the lack of available markings. Your work is greatly appreciated. Could you please post the profiles of the second sheet, so we can see how they compare to the first one? I just placed an order for three of your other sheets. Thanks again, Chris Derks Virginia

Anything with a "109" or a "190" in it will put your kids through college. Money losers for sure, but: 1/48 T-38 wheels. 1/48 Mig-25 intakes for the KH kit. 1/72 B-52 wheel and bomb wells. 1/48 exhaust trunk and rear fuselage plugs for KH F-35B. 1/48 CRT screens with nice relief 1/48 SR-71 nozzles 1/48 OV-10 update set How am I doing?

The Hustler nozzle is different than the Phantoms. Not having pics in front of me at this moment, my recollection is that the B-58's exhaust have a wider diameter along with more exhaust petals. My Aires nozzles have a slightly smaller diameter than the engine opening, which makes it look a little weird. I may wrap a narrow square styrene ring around it it hide this a bit. Fisher makes intake nacelles, which are fantastic. Elevons as well. Hth, Chris

Just picked up the new F-35 and T-38 sheets today. Thanks for making these available and providing a quality product.

Glued my fuselage halves together tonight. What's the ETA on this sheet? Chris

Ingo, I had to cut the walls as well. My biggest problem was mating the PE parts to the fuselage and exhaust trunk. The parts fit didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I did an in progress build over at Zone Five. ARC won't let me copy the link here, so search for F-22. Hope this

This is the Gold Standard build for this kit. I'm currently building the same kit and for it to be pulled off the way it was is simply fantastic. Phenominal job. Chris

Like Paolo, I went with what the Hasegawa instructions suggested. Don't beat yourself up by trying to figure it out. What I like about the Hasegawa mix is that (like the real jet) it looks different under varied lighting conditions and the contrast always changes.

Janusz L, Don't listen to these guys. Your model is fantastic. Chris

Yes, I got the date wrong. I think I picked up a set in Kansas City in 2006 at some random vendor table. What secrets are out there as far as measurements are concerned? Why bother since you bootleg other company's parts anyway? You know who I am. If you have records of everything you sold or took pre-orders from I can be found in your database. I'm the guy who forced you to send only a money order because you can't be trusted.

"This is all the info I am willing to Release." I didn't know you were a spy? I'll probably get banned from this post, but I don't want anyone to get ripped off by sending you money. It took six months for you to refund what you owed me. If I remember correctly, you said that you spent my money to pay your income taxes and that your computer printer didn't have paper to print out the instructions. How many people do you still owe money to for your failed 1/32 B-58? How's that project coming along, btw. I sucked it up and bought some of your HSABs at a Nationals. I had to extend the bea

My bad. I remembered the paint being a bit lighter than what is depicted in your photo, but I guess I was mistaken. Sorry about that. Jorge

i feel Judging has to have all perspective open and balance the weight desicion. i Igree on what you just brought out and quote : "Now the question is, does 5 extra things done to a model outweigh one minor flaw, vs. a cleanly built model with no extras but no "WOW" factor" let me tell you the WOW factor was very high on the model A , not only on A , c, d, e , there where a lot of candy well build on that table. I've finished second, third, and even way out of the money at contests when I thought I should have placed higher. For example, I once had an F-16 that was second to a Mirage (with

Yep. That's it. I don't quite understand what you had to remove. Could you please explain a little more? Thanks, chris

I purchased this kit a while back and noticed that the aft fuselage to wing/engine pod joint is nowhere near close to fitting. Has anyone come across this problem. Other than that, this is a fantastic kit. I"ll try to take a picture if I didn't get my point across. Thanks, Chris

Does anyone make 1/200 747 slats and flaps? Thanks, Chris

Mark, There is nothing remarkable about building this kit. It is nicely detailed (except for the cockpit and exhaust) and the fit is fantastic. If you can get over the shape of the intake and cockpit inaccuracies (like me), it has been a bunch of fun to build. No complaints. Highly recommended.

Pretty much all of them! I laid down a base coat of Mr. Surfacer 1000 and then polished the entire model. I then hit it with the basic aluminum shade and then went back over the forward fuselage with aircraft aluminum. The wing-spar area is duraluminum. I've also used dark aluminum, regular aluminum, and even a misting of steel (right behind the cockpit). The engine area was mostly panels of pale burnt metal and gold titanium. I used the hot metal sepia, blue, violet, and red shades. I masked some of the areas off and gave a dusting of jet exhaust and some other shades to break things u

I started building this kit several weeks ago and have to say that it has been a pretty steady and smooth ride. Many have knocked this kit because of the too flat lower section of the intake and inaccurate kit. This may be true, but I don't care. I purchased the Cutting Edge sheet for George Laven's F-100C several years ago along with the CE C wing/tail mod for the Monogram kit. I tried (unsuccessfully) to rescribe the Monogram kit and attach the wings. Needless to say, it all went back in the box. I was pretty happy when Trumpeter announced this kit and got on it as soon as it was available