Spots on the Internet

[Dave Ward]

On the MiniArt Facebook page 'model in progress'
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[Dave Ward]

On the RyeField Model Facebook page, assembly pictures of their forthcoming Puma[ATTACH]323433[/ATTACH]
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[Dave Ward]

On the Zvezda Facebook page Yak-Ib in 1/48 will be released in the New Year[ATTACH]323615[/ATTACH]
This is a rebox of the Accurate Miniatures Model, so it has some pedigree!
Zvezda state this - wish more makers were so open!
Dave

[JR]

From an Email from mig
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Estimated availability date: February 20th, 2019
Sorry Dave if you've already posted this before .
John .

[Dave Ward]

Nope, John - Border Model seem to be a company that made tools, but are now branching out into models - this seems to be their first issue - only available through Mig ( at the moment )
Dave

[AlanG]

After the 1/32 HK Lancaster, now, the 1/32 B-24J Liberator from HobbyBoss
* 1/32 Liberator *
That, in an all metal finish will look, ummmm - IMPRESSIVE!
Dave

There has been a massive discussion on LSP about the B24 and it has qute a few major faults with it. The main two being the wrong shaped wing (Davis wing) and the fact the turrets have a seam in the middle of them and are frosted!

There are a few build threads regarding the HK Lanc and the new HB B24

[minitnkr]

Weren't there some delivered w/that wing design (maybe not Js)? PaulE

[AlanG]

Weren't there some delivered w/that wing design (maybe not Js)? PaulE

As i am in no way an expert on the B24 i'll let the people who are (or at least know about it a lot more than me) describe the problems with it. The thread can be found here

https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/77661-hobby-boss-132-b-24j-initial-observations/

[Dave Ward]

If you read the LSP thread carefully it says
"Please note that these comments are based upon what I could determine from photos - not handling the plastic - and thus may be open to further discussion"
I'd wait until someone actually makes one, and doesn't judge from pictures, taken by a third party!
It's also educational to see how that forum members indulge in taking offence at comment! If you wade through all 33 pages, then there doesn't seem to be a lot that is agreed on!
Dave

[AlanG]

If you read the LSP thread carefully it says
"Please note that these comments are based upon what I could determine from photos - not handling the plastic - and thus may be open to further discussion"
I'd wait until someone actually makes one, and doesn't judge from pictures, taken by a third party!
Dave

If you read the thread carefully (page 15 onwards) then it will tell you all about it from the people that do actually have the kit in their hands.... and posted pics of it to prove it

[Dave Ward]

Ah yes, but you will see a comment that no-one is actually building/or blogging the B-24 on that site, which seems odd ( or the Lancaster either ). I'm not familiar with that site, maybe it is mainly a talk forum?
Dave

[AlanG]

The site is dedicated to LSP kits (1/32 and 1/35 and over). You can build smaller kits and that goes in the non-LSP section. There is a lot of talk on there (probably because the kits take longer to build than smaller kits) but also there is a lot of builds too. Some stunning works of art are being built imho. Each to their own at the end of the day. I like to gather info for builds from wherever i can. There are some amazing people on there just like there are on here.

[Dave Ward]

Alan,
I suppose that the larger scale models are more expensive, as well, so it's unreasonable to expect the same volume of builds as here!
I might be joining the larger scale builders, if my fingers lose any more dexterity! Not sure how I'd display the bigger models, though
Dave

[John]

One of my suppliers has just taken on distribution of Das Werk models, I will have this in mid January.
1/35 Faun L900 and Sdah115 Trailer.


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[Ian M]

That looks interesting John.