stuman
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ORIGINAL: Feinder "Dear God, please don't give me any missions until after May 1st..." Yes, I think it's the Taymia kit at 1/48. I like Fujimi as well (or however you spell it). I've got one of USS Hornet w/ the B-25s plodding along as well. I actually don't care about the B-25s. I might have to get a pack USN AC to fit out out. The 1/700 scale kit? I believe that is a Fujimi kit. There were 4 Japanese kit makers who agreed to pool their resources to make most of the ships of the IJN in 1/700 scale rather than compete: Tamiya, Hasegawa, Aoshima, and Fujimi. They made some Allied and German ships too, the Hornet is one of them. Many of the Aoshima and Fujimi molds are getting old, but Tamiya and Hasegawa have been retooling their old kits. Tamiya also sort of broke the agreement and released a couple of subjects done by other kit makers including the Yamato class and Shokaku class. quote:
Actually, I've filled up most of the my wife's china cabinet with 1/72 airplanes. I had made it my goal to build all the AC of WW2O, for those that remember it (Hurri, Spit, Bf-109, Bf-100, Blen-IV, Stuka, He-111, Dew-520, H-35, et al). But the boys (3 and 4 years old), have "played with them" occasionally, so they're often missing a landing gear or prop blad here and there (* shrug *). Some of the more obscure aircraft are hard to find, even in 1/72 scale. I have an unfortunate jones for larger kits. I have most of the 1/24 scale aircraft kits in existence. I also have a lot of 1/32 scale kits. I deal with the space issue by hanging them up. Can't do that with armor or ships though. I like interior detail on a kit. It's the engineer in me. It's an interesting learning experience to build the kit and find out something new about how the original worked. Bill At one point , years ago, I had an entire air fleet hanging from my ceiling. I had left a number of models I had built at my parents house. When my kids were old enough to wander around a bit by themselves, they found these. Not many survived their " curiosity "
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