Found 1 lonely red B 262, of course didn't ring up on the register, had to wait for them to figure it out. But, my opinon it's the best 32xw 262 to date.

Amen brother. I just picked one up today along with Tex Hill's "Bullfrog I" at a TRU over in the states. Lucky me, because I had been to two Wal-Marts already, and after finding only 109's, I was ready to return to Canada empty handed.

As for Bullfrog I it slightly edges out my Black 12 190D-9 for the best fit of any 32X plane (IMHO).

I keep looking for the Bullfrog P-51, no luck. There was one ME262 at TRU, maybe there was a Bullfrog also and someone picked it up.

Found another Bullfrog/Princess P-51 duo at another Wal Mart in Fresno. Princess still had the uneven tail stripes which really detracts from an otherwise excellently rendered paintscheme...

On another note, I also found the new FOV 1:72 vehicle Battlepacks and the 1:32 aircraft at a Fresno area Target. The battlepacks included the "Dragon Wagon" vehicle

I'm probably going to have to take my Bullfrog back to where I got it. The hardpoints for the droptanks didn't come with the rest of the plane.

Hey tman, so they're making Bullfrog in 1/48 or Princess in 1/32???

Ah, cool just found it on the recon thread. Nevermind tman.

Brand new WM opened near me today.
They had a new "Dogfights" set containing a Corsair and a Zero. I did not check details carefully. The Zero was dark green.

Not something I'll go mad hunting down, but that has to be one of their better pairings for a Dogfight set

Are these 1/32 or 1/144?

Just picked up a Red B 262 myself. Dang if that ain't the sweetest Schwalbe I've seen. Frickin' slick!

These are 1/32 .. Big Hog Corsair and Zero.. Sounds like a nice set..

Picked up the new Stuka/Macchi 202 Dogfight set today. I really don't need more of either aircraft, but both schemes are really quite unique! The Stuka is a plane used by an Italian squadron in the Balkans campaign and has the Italian insignia on it. The Macchi 202 is from the same group as the previously released "Reinar" Macchi (S2?). It has a nice banded green-on-tan cammo pattern, save that the right wing carries a smoke-ring pattern. On the real plane, the wing was damaged and had to be replaced with parts from another plane. Its nice to get new repaints!

Went to a Wally World across the river tonight, and lo and behold were two 32x Dogfight packs, both of them "Big Hog" vs. "Red 183". I quickly scooped one set up, and I just finished putting them together. The Zero is excellent, but I gotta be careful around my Corsair's landing gear as they're quite finnicky, and the canopy is loose to the point where slide off at the slightest touch. Any thoughts?

Edit: They also had a couple of "Cobra" and "Bastogne" playsets as well as some XD stuff.

3 new kits, A6M3 Zero, Macchi C.205, and Bf-109-G15. (I think it was a G15 anyway).

What's up with the silver 109? I didn't get a chance to read the info on it. Seemed odd to see one in silver.

>>> The metallic un-painted look of the 109G-6 is no mistake. ... The Germans did this on purpose for aero-dynamics & speed sake. =

After doing some cursory searching a while back in regards to JG 300 and Kurt Gabler, I think the plane may have actually been used as a "Wilde Sau" night fighter. The "Wilde Sau " aircraft were intended to simply fly in the direction of a city under attack, acquire targets visually, attack and stay engaged as long as possible to shoot down bombers. Pilots were simply told to bail out of the planes if they ran out of fuel or couldn't find their airfield. As the planes were nightfighters, the typical cammo scheme may not have been needed as the plane wasn't being flown during the daylight...

Either way, here is a little bit about the unit's history (its part of a review for a book about the squadron). It mentions Gabler flying a Bf-109G-6, but not the one 21c replicated. Still, it gives some indication of what the aircraft in the squadron were used for and perhaps why the 21c '109 was painted the way it was.

http://stonebooks.com/archives/050828.shtml

Mg42 is essentially correct that this particular 109 was stripped of its paint as an experiment in aerodynamics to see if the 109 could be improved..

Very cool! I may have to grab one of these unique 109's! Of course the real reason is that the Germans thought all those shiny natural finish Mustangs and Thunderbolts were sexy and wanted in on the action!

That's pretty much the idea.. The Germans thought that the NMF might increase the 109s speed as it did on the Allied planes.. Less paint weight=more speed..

Not sure if this is new but I just picked up a S6 Me 109E at Walmart. Not a real attractive scheme but something I don't have so I picked it up.

2./JG 27 Black 3 Gazala, Libya 1941.

SR 200 WM in Ocala had 4 Italian Folgore/Stuka dogfight sets. After a lengthy inspection which found 3 sets to be stinkburgers I found a set that was 99.9% perfect. I've been wanting a Folgore but I thought I would sell the Stuka. Once it was out of the box however I fell in love and it is now hanging, divebombing some carpet fuzz. The Folgore Lucchini scheme with the different camo on the replaced wind is really cool. Now I just need a Veltro.

I took a trip over the river into New York State where I perused a TRU and Wally World (They're few in far between in these parts ). I was hoping that either store would have the Macchi/Stuka two pack, but alas, all TRU had was three P-51B/C's, a 262, and many of FOV's newest armor releases. Wally World was no different. Just three Corsair/Zero packs (already got one), some playsets, two 109F's, a P-40B and some 1/144th stuff. Not wanting to go home empty handed, I picked up the P-40 (After politely asking a little kid to move after he decided to sit directly in front of the plane playing with some electronic toy.)

Tommorow, I'm just going to swing over to BCA and order an Macchi online.

I found one of those the other day as well in Illinois - I think it is new.