Small Scale Military Headquarters

Great transaction with tman just completed. Immense package of loose figures and kit received two days after being sent. Thanks again, tman!

aae83

Looks fishy to me ie. the camo on the wing. Their release photo when they were debating doing this scheme does not have this camo, the one that the fellow got by accident does not have this camo, so I'm suspect. At first, I thought the band on the wing was camo, too, but on closer inspection, I thi...

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There are photos on the SSHQDB photo archive ( http://www.sshqdb.com )... Old Crow: http://www.sshqdb.com/18/displayimage.php?pid=1441&fullsize=1 Hurry Home Honey: http://www.sshqdb.com/18/displayimage.php?pid=1410&fullsize=1 Thanks again to SSHQ board member grunt1 for raising/maintaining the photo...

Another thing to watch for is the prop. I received one that looked as if it had been wire-tied into the package while the plastic was molten; the hub was very badly distorted. BBI sent retailers extra props, landing gear and pilots. I now imagine this was to correct quality control issues that surfa...

I would be happy to see any of these.

Go for it!

My biggest concerns with vac form are fragility, and requiring a level of modeling expertise that not many have.

What about making large parts out of expanding polyurethane foam? Could that be done and still capture, e.g., panel lines?

OK, after a little resuscitation, I think I can share this. Bad Cat's Valentine's Day Sale email arrived today with a picture of an He-111 Condor Legion, (mis)labeled 1/18th scale, at the sale price of $99.99. I wonder if they did it just to stir the waters a bit... wouldn't it have been a sucker pu...

Nice enhancements, and I really enjoyed your photos at Flickr!

Thanks for sharing!

John

Yes; in the other thread he said:

About 4-5 years ago I came into contact with a guy who worked at 21C creating their box art. He got one each of the items he did art for, and also picked up these prototypes along the way. He sold me several of the boxed figures and the 1:18 items.

Based on this discussion, it seems some may not be aware this is one of our members: ParatrooperCarbine. Give him some time and he'll probably say where the protos came from. It seems to me he's had these and others for years, but I could be misremembering. Here's his thread: http://www.warbird-phot...

Noticed a new link at Skyworks, labeled Mitsubishi J8m1 Shusui. http://www.skyworkstoys.com/misubishij8m1shusui.html There are no pictures, as yet; a search came up with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_J8M As Panzer_M once mentioned, this is the Japanese version of the Me-163, a logica...

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Actually, the SkyWorks models listed at MTS are shown as Mk.XIVe (Mk.14), rather than Mk.IX (Mk.9): http://www.militarytoyshop.com/product.asp?P_ID=1406 http://www.militarytoyshop.com/product.asp?P_ID=1407 http://www.militarytoyshop.com/product.asp?P_ID=1408 At the SkyWorks site, itself, the page re...

Hi, Matthew.

Two for me, and $35 seems very fair. How much do you need for shipping?

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John

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Awesome progress, and I think the detail level is perfect! I looked through several other books including Dieter Holsken's and didn't see any great pics there of the Zubringerwagen, either, unfortunately. There are some wartime drawings on Goran Jansson's page that show some mechanism detail, but to...

Thanks for going historical on the cart, Matthew. I knew you'd do it up right. Increase my order to two!

It will be nice to have a true cart to go with the scale V-1 that also ought to be made someday.

Cheers!
John

Count me in for one, Matthew, whenever you get around to it.

Merry Christmas!

John

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As V2 MAN said, we just completed a satisfactory deal for a 1/18th plane. Good communication and prompt delivery (considering the holiday in between), as well as a very sturdily protected item.

Would gladly trade again with V2 MAN.

aae83

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I'm a little late, but recently completed a great transaction with vulgarvulture for a 1/18th plane. Plane arrived as promised, very sturdily packed.

Thanks for the deal, Mike!

John

First XD were the S1 Me-109 and P-51 from TRU back in 2000.

Most recent XD was a Night Fighter Me-109 from fellow board member, vulgarvulture (Thanks, Mike!)