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[Maverick]

G'day Gang,

IPMS Deutschland have a review of the new MPM Sea Vixen FAW.1 (auf Deutsch naturlich).  I'm sure there'll be quite a few interested in this one.

http://ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/MPM/MPM_Sea_Vixen_FAW1/MPM_deHavilland_Sea_Vixen_FAW1.html

Regards,

Mav

[Maverick]

G'day Gang,

Another review of the Sea Vixen (auf Englisch this time ).

http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/reviews/kits/mpm72545reviewpm_1.htm

Regards,

Mav

[Doc Yo]

"the same excellent plastic and resin parts as the Xtrakit Sea Vixen Sea Vixen FAW.2/D 3"

These would be the ones that are under sized/scale and not particularly accurate, then? According to much discussion on Britmodeller over the Xtrakit release

It constantly amazes me the fellatio in/on model magazines and websites to keep the free kits coming in.

Well, its their fecking model, innit?

[Maverick]

I have to agree with Lee on this point.  There are too many reviewers in my opinion who have biased views about given companies and happily bleat on about a particular company's products praising them ad infinitum whilst belittling another's efforts because they aren't from their 'favourite' companies.  This is all the more galling when the uber-kit has flaws that are blindly obvious.

Regards,

Mav

[PR19_Kit]

Too many accountants in the loop if it's anything like it was in the '70s....

I used to do reviews for Scale Models back then, and even if the kit was TOTAL rubbish I wasn't allowed to say it!

Apparently you couldn't upset the advertisers under any circumstances, so I just refused to send the review if it really was a rubbish kit, and asked them if they wanted it back.

They never did but I didn't get paid for the review either. Nothing changes it seems.

[nev]

Based on my experiences with SAMI, its nothing of the sort.  Any shortcomings of the review - usually not picking up on a kits fault - tend to be the result of the fact that the reviewer is not a rivet counting experten on the subject at hand.  Plus, in half a page there is only so much you can say;  a reviewer also needs to talk about fit, detail, decal options etc etc.  You also have to couch your words in (semi) proffessional language.  "An unbuildable POS just like every other Trumpeter kit" may be de riguer on a forum but won't do for a magazine.

[Green Dragon]

I did some reviews for SAMI a few years back and could write what I wanted. Only time I got edited was a jokey reference to a certain young lady painted on the side of Italeri's Mirage 2000 kit! Took me ages trying to think of something funny and they changed it for PC reasons so it didn't come off as a joke anymore.
The last three I did didn't get published and were after the new guys took over. I did have a couple of criticisms of the kits (Italeri OH-6A, Minicraft DC4 and Academy KV-107) but I doubt that was why they didn't publish them.

Paul Harrison

[TsrJoe]

ooh some nice large scale subjects coming soon from the MPM. stable,

1/32 Nieuport 16, MPM
1/32 Heinkel He.100, Special Hobby
1/32 Heinkel He.176, Special Hobby

[GTX]

the He.100 would be cool - I assume it will be the same variant as their 1/72 one.

Regards,

Greg

[Maverick]

G'day Gang,

Special Hobby's Pucara is reviewed over on Cybermodeler, altho I think the Airfix repop might be a better option.

Regards,

Mav

[NARSES2]

Among the next batch of releases under the Special Hobby banner are a Fw 58C in Czech service (strangely the box art has Soviet markings), Brewster SB2A-3 Buccaneer in USN markings (AZ are bringing out the RAF version) and a Skua MkII, all in 1/72.

Given the way the adverts lead I reckon to see these late May/Early June

[Thorvic]

http://www.cmkkits.com/en/news/modely-pripravovane-na-tento-rok/

Looks like their own boxing of the SHAR FA2 is due, and no dout the Brede 88 will please Narses (bar the fact he may have already bought teh Planet resin version

G

[Aircav]

http://www.cmkkits.com/en/news/modely-pripravovane-na-tento-rok/

no dout the Brede 88 will please Narses G

And me 

[NARSES2]

http://www.cmkkits.com/en/news/modely-pripravovane-na-tento-rok/

Looks like their own boxing of the SHAR FA2 is due, and no dout the Brede 88 will please Narses (bar the fact he may have already bought teh Planet resin version

G

I do have the Planet kit, but thats never stopped me before   

The Soviet A20 Torpedo bomber looks nice as well, so does the G56 

[Maverick]

Here's a link to MPM Groups upcoming kits.

http://www.hyperscale.com/2009/reviews/kits/mpmpreviewbg_53.htm

Regards,

Mav