Jonathan_Lotton

Feel free to excuse yourself then.

Interesting that they're still not showcasing the new (presumably still coming) P-51D Late (D15+ tail) as a follow on to their 1/32 P-51D Early.

As of right now...the best Strike Eagle is still the Revell kit, it'll just need updated. The best F-15C is still the Hasegawa, as the GWH has errors as well (intakes being very undersized) Overall the best shape is still the Monogram F-15A/C...like a lot of the old kits.

Go ahead and run under teachers skirts then. Oh wait, you're already there!

You'll have to modify the kit a bit. The kit as it sits has the reinforcement straps on the tops of the wings mid span and the antenna on the tail boom is different. The better kit to do a pre-MSIP C is the F-15J kit.

Right...so..me wanting an explanation as to what is taking so long, or if the company is going to continue to produce the kit at all...I should just kind of..accept it? Whatever you say chav

No, but that really shouldn't matter.

I don't have any. All I know is that I made a commitment to buy two of the damn things and so far they said it was coming out in the summer of 2018, then there were "unavoidable delays" and then they went quiet totally and have ignored their customers and potential customers. So either they're incompetent or out of business, either way they should disclose what is going on.

I dunno...normally companies that go belly up at least make an announcement that they're done, the standard "we appreciate all of you but due to circumstances beyond our control.." etc. I think either more errors came up, and the cost to fix them would have outweighed the return on the kit now that the Tamiya D is out there and GWH is not far behind probably and have just elected to stay quiet because they don't know how to handle this.

AMK's FB page has been dead for nearly two months now. They've stopped responding to things even on their Kfir and MiG-31 kits.

Honestly GWH has shown an ability to really rapidly get kits to market. It wouldn't surprise me if the GWH Tomcat isn't out by May.

The GWH kit is an F-14A from what I can tell.

I did pre-order two, and I've remained mostly silent, occasionally venting..but this is silly. They said summer, then "unavoidable delays"...now..complete silence. Either AMK is gone belly up and is effectively no more or they're having to fix errors (again). Either way, by and large, AMK's done as a model company.

I love the Mirage family so I'm very interested in the 1/32 M2000 also. I've debated on getting the 1/32 Italeri Mirage III because I thought the Eduard kit built up into a very fine looking model and 1/32 just begs for more detail.

Aw hell, I'm feeling generous..here ya go.. What can I say...SMCG did manage to get KH to shut off the ability of people to post things to their page without moderation. Remind me again who was childish here?

Shall I include some choice screen captures of said people making an fool of themselves there? Let me know 🙂

The "Friends of Kitty Hawk" page wasn't started by anyone from Kitty Hawk whatsoever. SMCG actively bashed people left right and center and *anyone* who dared leak posts about said bashing was immediately banned. The only reason SMCG made contrition for bashing the build here is because they got caught on that one and had their dirty laundry exposed here.

Now the question remains is if it's just a temporary assignment or if VFA-31 will be making the move to California.

I saw that too. I asked a guy at 106 I know about it and he said he couldn't comment on anything.

Scale Model Critique Group. A facebook page run by Jim DiCeasare and Matt McDougal and a few others who take it upon themselves to "critique" peoples work. There was a situation a few years back where the circle jerk brain trust there decided Kitty Hawk was the worst of the worst after KH posted a meme that rustled their jimmies (it was mocking people who do nothing but complain when a company releases a new kit and isn't their cup of tea). They took that as the worst personal affront and declared war, sounded the trumpets and proceeded to begin to troll and mock KH everywhere they could

I asked about this on their FB page, but they've got moderating turned on to prevent the anti-KH trolls from smearing them from SMCG. No posting or reply so far to me.

I'm ever curious what their problems were that resulted in the kits delay..seems like it cropped up right after import certification.

It's a module for Digital Combat Simulator by Eagle Dynamics..

I know, I know! I just found it funny

Apparently now there's questions about the angle of the intake lip relative to the fuselage?