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Bump (two kits were pending, but are now available again).

I hope this isn't a dead horse, but if Tamiya re-tooled the 1/48 Corsair, later variants would be awesome. Dash-4, 5, etc.

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Howdy. Thinning the stash a bit. Prices listed are firm (ish); shipping is from 45242, vis USPS; payment via PayPal. Hasegawa P-38 F/G/H "Beautiful Lass", kit # JT3 / 09103; box opened, all inner bags sealed. $30 Monogram RF-101B, kit # 5818; box opened, all parts there. $25 Monogram B-24J, original boxing with the tracked tug, kit # 5601; Mike Grant decals, B-24H "Witchcraft" included; box opened, all parts there. $95 Revell (Monogram) F-101B, kit # 85-5853; box opened, all inner bags sealed. $30 EDIT : removed Tamiya P-38.

Thank you. Yes, and in doing so, took it a bit overboard. I've sanded down too much, and it is sumply not going back. I've masked and painted another windscreen from another Tamiya Cat. So I'll have to replace it at some point down the road.

Anyone possibly have tips or suggestions? 1/48 Tamiya F-14, unable to get the canopy windscreen piece back the way its supposed to fit. It was tacked on for painting, amd fit great, but trying to get it back has me about to swear off ever building another kit. (Plus, I lost the PE overhead ejection handle for ghe pilot's seat.)

Thanks. This one's sort of running concurrent.

That's what I'm thinking of. I'm almost done with decals on Dog 100, and wanted to seal them up.

Follow up queation: is it OK to spray Mr. Color lacquers onto (dried/cured) X-22 gloss?

Thanks Joe.

Does anyone have knowledge or opinion of the -5 offering from Minicraft?

Oops see next.

From the sounds of it,unless I find a great bargain on the Tamiya kit, I'll prolly stick with Hasegawa.

Howdy everyone. I'm looking for input, please, for a good 1/48 F4U-4 kit. I have the old Academy kit, and the fit and detail are just lacking enough that it became a "slug" for testing techniques. Are the Hobby Boss F4U-4 kits a good selection? Dang it, it's be great if Tamiya offered a kit of the -4. Oh well.

Thanks, habu2.

I am in the decal phase for a B model, as VF-143 "Dog 100." Does anyone know which grey rescue decals are correct? Thank you in advance for your help.

Good info, thanks Kurt. (Just 5 minutes ago I put in a bid for a Has CJ kit, PT32, also a "big mouth" intake, but hopefully it has both, too. The seller has it priced low, it's missing decals and instructions. If this falls through, I'll look at the Aggressor from Tamiya.)

These are the two I plan to build - Cripes-A-Mighty, and the SEA scheme. EDIT: Aaaaaannnnnd I just saw that Cripes-A-Mighty was a Block 30 with regular intake. The Has V10 kit has wide mouth. Hmm...

So I have kit 06110 (V10), Block 50, and the chart on the Modeling Madness site indicates the large mouth intake is included, as well as the "Wild Weasel" armaments. So yay for that much, at least.

LOLOL! A couple of weeks ago I saw a seller had one on ebay, $37 OBO, plus $8 shipping from Japan.... my offers were rejcted, now they're all in the high $40 to mid $50 range. I've seen the Has offerings in the low $30 range, I'm just not sure I want to spend the extra dough. But maybe I will.

Thanks Kurt. I'm not sure if the main landing gear will be an issue, but it may be. I'm imagining that would be something to get broken off while painting, decaling, etc.

Thanks for the tips. Honestly, I'm about at the point where I don't care if some details are missing, or flat-out incorrect. I'm currently working on a Hobby Boss "easy assembly" P-51D just to take a break from the Tamiya F-14D. Also, I've got AM decals for the F-16's I want to build.

Hello everyone. I want to two build two F-16C's, both block 50 (I believe - whichever has the GE F110's). I have one Hasegawa offering, the F-16CJ "Misawa". Has anyone built the Hasegwa and the Tamiya kit? As I'm getting close to wrapping up the Tamiya F-14D, and reading rave reviews of their F-4B, I'm curious if their F-16 kit has the same level of engineering. Any thoughts and comments are appreciated.

Thanks for the tip - I dialed down my dynamic to about 11 - 12 psi, and that worked - much better results! As far as rubbing the surface down, I "usually" do buff out any roughness, but for whatever reason I didn't this time. I often use just plain notebook paper, or a clean fabric cloth.