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That one, the Slovak special, and the Luftwaffe special release are the only ones that I can find at any regular hobby retailer. Spruebrothers.com hasn't had a restock of the Mig-29s since I've been looking. The GWH kits that are somewhat readily available are the F-15s, F-80s, WWII kits (some) and some of the SU-35 kits. All of those aircraft except for the WWII aircraft are kitted by other companies so the distributors have probably maintained some stock even through the COVID shutdown(s). There are no other 1/48 Mig-29s of comparable quality to the GWH kits. At least we know GWH is sti
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These kits even seem to be getting a little scarce from eBay sellers in China (only 26 Chinese listings today). I had seen on one of the Hong Kong or Japanese Internet hobby shops that GWH had them scheduled for re-release in September, which is just about over. Gordon Kwan: I don't know where you get GWH kits for Spruebrothers, but have you heard anything? Edited the title because I checked and the48ers.com only have two of the special issue Mig-29s in stock.
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Current shipping times from Russia to US?
Bill Moran replied to Bill Moran's topic in General Discussion
I didn't have as much of a delay when I ordered from ResKit a few months back. Apparently Ukraine wasn't experiencing as bad of delays as Russia. -
Current shipping times from Russia to US?
Bill Moran replied to Bill Moran's topic in General Discussion
I had pretty much the same experience ordering from Ukraine back in May. Russia was a different experience entirely at that time. -
Current shipping times from Russia to US?
Bill Moran replied to Bill Moran's topic in General Discussion
It sounds like the process is running faster now. My three previous orders took a week or so to get to the Moscow PO, and then the packages sat for several months waiting for a flight to the US. Thanks for the reply. -
I want to get some of the modern Russian pilot figures that Tempmodels just released plus some ordnance from Advanced Models, but I don't want a 3+ month wait for the orders to get to me like the three orders I placed from Russian vendors back in the April-May time frame. Has anyone had a recent experience of ordering product from Russia to the US? I'm trying to get an idea of the current shipping time using Russian Post, not DHL or another expensive express shipper. Victorymodels.com here in the US stocks Advanced Models line, but they have been out-of-stock for some time on the
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Books for sale, some with decals
Bill Moran replied to Bill Moran's topic in Buy and sell - add scale to your title
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L/F 1/48 Kittyhawk Su-22
Bill Moran replied to Falcon053's topic in Buy and sell - add scale to your title
Just FYI - Kitty Hawk is supposed to be releasing v2.0 of this kit soon. I'm assuming that they at least corrected the mach cone/intake splitter. I wonder if they'll add a fatter rear fuselage section and any other necessary vents, hatches, etc. to make a Tumansky (sp?) engined Su-22M3 which can't be made at present from any of the available kits. I'm waiting on a CWS resin mach cone correction before I start on mine. -
SOLD I got a surprise when I opened my mailbox yesterday. I had a package from Russia that I had completely forgotten about, probably because the vendor didn't give me a tracking number so I could check daily for months on end to see that the package was still sitting in a Russian airport waiting for space on a flight to the US. I no longer need the intakes because I've got the kit they were purchased for mostly built. The intakes look extremely nice. There are no air bubbles, warpage, etc. that I can see. I paid $18.50 plus shipping from Russia along with about a three mo
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When prepping my list of books to list here, I noticed that a couple of books appear to be OOP, so I posted them on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/wbm519_3/m.html?item=373135597780&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
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Niels, That figure is good for 80's up to late 90's or maybe early 2000's. It is wearing the older Zsh-5 helmet which has the visor retract over the top. The newer Zsh-7 helmet has the visor retract up into the helmet. It also has a mount for NVGs (often removed) and five (or is it six?) distinctive vent holes across the top. I am working on some aircraft from the Syrian civil war, and I will probably use the PJ Productions Soviet/Russian pilot to represent Syrian pilots since they seem to have older Soviet/Russian equipment. Bill
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Books for sale, some with decals
Bill Moran posted a topic in Buy and sell - add scale to your title
I am cleaning out more items. Due to COVID-19 related problems with postal service, I am limiting sales to buyers in CONUS. PayPal is the only payment method I accept, and I prefer that you use the 'paying for an item or service' option rather than the 'sending to a friend' so I can purchase the postage through PayPal. The 'sending to a friend' option does not give the option to purchase postage. Books will ship media mail unless the buyer wants to pay for a faster delivery method. Feel free to make an offer if you think my prices are too high. Please email me at wbm519ATgmailDOTcom. -
He replied to my email and said that he had some in the works, but it is a long process.
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I am cleaning out more items that I would like to build some day, but the need for money comes first. Due to COVID-19 related problems with postal service, I am limiting sales to buyers in CONUS. PayPal is the only payment method I accept, and I prefer that you use the 'paying for merchandise' option so I can purchase the postage through PayPal. The 'Friends & Family' option does not give the option to purchase postage. Kits will go Priority mail and small details and decals with go first class mail. Feel free to make an offer if you think my prices are too high. Please email me at w
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I contacted Live Resin and Reedoak via email to run a suggestion of more seated crew figures, particularly modern Russian. I received a reply from Yaroslav of Live Resin. He said that he had thought of expanding to 1/48 aviation figures, but didn't have the time to do the research. I also emailed Loic Anthian of Kitlinx.com and formerly owner of GreatModels.com to see if he had the time to gather some data on the most popular 1/48 modern jets. I should hear back from him because I knew him well when I lived in Salt Lake City. I also need to create a post on this forum and one or two other
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The Monogram figure is also suited up as a pilot from the 80s or 90s like the PJ Productions figure, i.e., ZSH-5 helmet. I think Reedoak is our best hope for a modern Russian pilot because they already have several in standing poses including one suited up like an Su-34 or Su-25 pilot (no G-suit) in summer uniform with a survival vest just like the pilots in Syria. The best looking pilot/WSO figures I've seen so far are Reedoak's Mirage 2000 two-man crew. Of course when I go to Reedoak's site none of the images will load. Here's a link to some images of the figures on Aeroscale: htt
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I would like to build some models as in-flight, but I am having trouble finding good pilot figures, particularly modern Russian ones. Too many of the companies (AeroBonus is a prime example) model their seated figures without the figure wearing the oxygen mask. I have always understood that during take off and when entering a combat area, modern pilots wear their oxygen masks and normally have their visors down in case of a problem that requires ejection. Reedoak has some very nice seated French pilot figures, and they have a very nice standing Russian pilot suited up like the Su-34 crews
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Does anyone know if Syria has/had any Mi-24Vs? The only photos I'm finding are of Mi-24Ds. I would also be interested to know if Russia has operated any Mi-24Vs there. All the photos of Russian Hinds in Syria I've seen have either been Mi-24Ps or Mi-35Ms. Thanks, Bill
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I use hardware store lacquer thinner for the first pass. I put the lacquer thinner in a jar and add the airbrush parts that get paint build-up in them. I put the jar in the ultrasonic cleaner in a bath of plain water. After running that setup for a cycle or two, I add some cleaning fluid (this last time Mr. Clean was what I had handy), and put the airbrush parts in the water/cleaner bath. I run the cleaner through another cycle or two, and a visible cloud of dissolved paint appears around the airbrush parts. Normally, I use the longest cycle on my ultrasonic cleaner - 8 min. I also only
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I had just recently read that the USAF F-16s were changing back to clear canopies due to problems with NVGs. I'll have to find the site I read that on and make a note that anything they put out needs to be read with a lot of skepticism. I know the tint is more to block/disperse electronic emissions than it is to act as a sunshade. Thanks for checking that out for me Napalmakita.
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Does anyone know if the IAF has replaced many of their gold-tinted F-16 canopies with clear canopies like the USAF has done? I understand that the canopies were/are being/ changed by the USAF to make flying with NVGs safer. I have a Kinetic F-16I I am slowly working on, and was debating whether or not to tint the front half of the canopy. Thanks, Bill
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Based on what Qian posted earlier, that pod should be an AN/ASW-55. KA Models resin accessories look great, but $30 seems like an awfully high price for two missiles and an uplink data pod.