Just a quick summary of what’s going on right now…
First off, Eduard’s lovely F6F-5 Hellcat. The ProfiPack comes with all the goodies – pre-colored photo etch, resin wheels, loads of marking options. What I found a bit odd, however, was that Eduard did not include resin replacements for the gun barrels. The kit’s plastic barrels are rather hopeless.
And while we are at it: Eduard has received some bashing lately after the release of their Messerschmitt Bf109-G6, the kit being out of scale in certain aspects. Compounding that error, it seems like their customer communication was a bit lacking. Be it as it may, I experienced some quite impressive customer care on their part. While decalling away happily I noticed that the decal sheet with all the small stencils was missing from the box. Wrote them a mail Wednesday night, received an answer Thursday morning and an envelope containing the missing sheet the following Monday. That is three working days! Took me longer to find out the email-address of Hobby Boss’ European distributor…
Anyway. Decals done, next up weathering, attaching the small pieces and HVAR rockets.
Next, Revell’s F-15E Strike Eagle. Yes, that kit is as good as they say. I added QuickBoost seats (you simply can’t beat resin seats, let’s face it) and some oxygen hoses to the cockpit, apart from that it’s as it came in the box. Just started decalling today, still have to paint the ordnance – lots of it!, assemble the landing gear and scratch build all these red protective covers for outlets and sensors. Plan is to attach quite some Remove Before Flight labels, as I think all that red will make for some interesting contrast to the Gunship Grey.
Suddenly, a tank. Yes, I still build them from time to time. In that case it’s almost a comission work – a step-by-step build story for someone special 🙂 Esci’s M-60A3 Patton, still a lovely kit, although it begins to show its age. Almost ready for paint.
