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Tony May
This was a rough kit for me to pick up. Almost out of stock all over the place, pricey for an underwhelming release for 1995, I happened to spot this over on the AML website & snatched it while I had the chance. Although it comes with markings for Algerian War & Operation Musketeer, both of which are VERY tempting, I actually bought this to pick up the AML conversion kit (former Owl, I think,) to build a TBM-3D. I happen to have the markings for one of these birds from a decal set I initially picked up for a Ventura Night Fighter. I also couldn't resist getting a Hasegawa F4U-1 "Birdcage" to build an F4U-2 Night Fighter using another AML conversion set. I figured if I was going to build two - why not build all three? 😄

Tony May
I almost made a huge mistake & bought the Hobby 2000 Hurricane Mk.I. It was more expensive & popped from molds made with tech more than 20 years behind this one! I would've had to slam a bunch of PE & resin into it to make it look somewhat presentable. Thankfully I caught my mistake in time, cancelled the order for the PART PE & the kit, then turned around to order this beauty. I think I wanna build her in Bader's LE-D markings. That's the only advantage the Hobby 2000 kit had - it came with those markings. I'll just have to pick up a set of Print Scale decals or see if someone's willing to spare them from their own set. Either way I'll spend far less on this beauty & she'll look a lot better for it!

Martin Oostrom
Go to the paint page: Hataka Hobby Blue Line
Add the missing paints first, then add the paints to the set or add the set itself.

Tony May
Thank you very much for the lesson! I've added the missing paint & the set that it is included with. It's now on my wishlist! 😄 I'll need it when I get my new Special Hobby 1/72 Fokker D.XXI 'Against Messerschmitts' kit!

Martin Oostrom
You're welcome!

Tony May
How did I miss the fact that my RAF Spitfire Mk.Vb was going to be represented on my shelf by a Pro-Modeler kit? I considered doctoring it up with a PART PE set, some wheels & Master guns but even then it wouldn't come close to the brilliance of this 24 year old beauty. I will STILL build the Pro-Modeler kit only that it will likely be built in Israeli, Italian Co-Belligerent or Free French markings.

Tony May
These babies are the reason my MPM kits are going up for trade! I love the new & improved Kovozávody Prostějov; I just don't have nearly enough of them! 😄 I'll need one of each to replace my MPM kits. Incidentally one comes with decals for a First Arab-Israeli War Bird & the other comes with a Malayan Emergency combat aircraft. I'd LOVE to see the instructions!

Tony May
I'd prefer a trade over a sale of this model kit. It's pretty nice since it comes with markings for an RAF Mk.XVIII caught up in the midst of the First Arab-Israeli War & an RAF Mk.XVIII used operationally during the Malayan Emergency. This is a bagged model kit, it likely has a cut out from the box & everything the box contained. It is currently in storage but I'm willing to draw upon it the moment you wish to make a trade! (Yes, I have 2 of these on hand & both are bagged.)

Tony May
I'd prefer a trade over a sale of this model kit. It's pretty nice since it comes with markings for an RAF Mk.XVIII caught up in the midst of the First Arab-Israeli War & an RAF Mk.XVIII used operationally during the Malayan Emergency. This is a bagged model kit, it likely has a cut out from the box & everything the box contained. It is currently in storage but I'm willing to draw upon it the moment you wish to make a trade!

Tony May
I was thinking that I would have to wait until next month's model money budget to get this one from OWL directly BUT I was again taken by surprise. I found a listing for two bottles of unopened Model Master Acrylic RLM24 & wondered if the seller had anything else I could tack on to the order to make the transaction worthwhile. Hitting the back button this decal sheet was literally right next to the paint listing! The rest is history~

I'll be using this with a Revell Fw-190A-8, that also comes with the parts for the R11 version, plus it'll be doctored with the old Extratech PE set. Since I have it planned to build an Airfix Fw-190A-8 with Airmodel slipper tanks on the wings to mount on top of my AMTech Ju-88H, plus the Eduard Fw-190A-5/U12, Fw-190A-8/R8 & Fw-190F-8; I thought a Fw-190A-8/R11 would fit in quite nicely! I'm undecided if I'll tack on a Kora Fw-190S-5 & Kora Fw-190S-8 just yet. I DO have two training variants of the Bf-109 so I'm kinda thinking that I should? That said the price difference between the AZmodel Bf-109S & AZmodel Bf-109G-12 compared to those from Kora are quite different in price; Though the latter two are based on the fantastic Eduard kits. Never mind the gorgeous IBG Fw-190D-9 & IBG Fw-190D-11; Plus the epitomes DML Ta-152H-1.

Now if I can just break free from the impulse buys on eBay, the monthly orders of reserved kits from Super-Hobby, then maybe I can get a replacement Airbrush & a decent compressor with an air tank! You know ... something I need to paint ANY of these above mentioned birds?!

Tony May
I've already got the decals for this conversion, which came with markings for a PV-1, F6F-3N & TBM-3D. However the kit I picked up for the possible conversion is pretty interesting in & of itself. (Although the price made me want to vomit blood...) Either way I go it's an absolute MUST to get the Aires 7001 & 7007 detail sets. (Yes I know that's for a TBF/TBM-1C but if you don't tell I won't tell.) Honestly I was really disappointed in Hasegawa's rendition of the TBF/TBM. Although it's almost 30 years old we were starting to see a lot of nice detail in our kits at that time; It just seems like they rushed it & settled for standards that were already obsolete.