Handley Page Harpy.

[Tophe]

Hurrah!

[Wardukw]

Its either my eyes or mind playing silly buggers but i still cant see it but that makes no never mind anyway..still looks perfect 
Ya know ive been thinking of all the 1/72 scale model planes i had as a kid and i never had a TA152 ..i did have 190s tho ..early ones like the A3/A8 but no D models..i know as i got older my tastes have changed alot and alot of that is to do with you guys 

[zenrat]

Hasegawa FW190 Anton (1976 mould) has the same clear parts sprue as the same vintage 190 Dora.  This is good news as I have managed to get a spot of glue on the one I have been using as a template to build up the Harpy fuselage.

Don't know if my tastes have changed but i'm convinced that 1/72 models were bigger when I was a kid.

[Wardukw]

Hasegawa FW190 Anton (1976 mould) has the same clear parts sprue as the same vintage 190 Dora.  This is good news as I have managed to get a spot of glue on the one I have been using as a template to build up the Harpy fuselage.

Don't know if my tastes have changed but i'm convinced that 1/72 models were bigger when I was a kid.

  ..ya know i have had that exact same problem   
I had the Monogram B36 Peacemaker amd i remember that being huge..my LHS had one on display a while back and i dont remember it being that small..bloody sure bigmacs were bigger too.

Well since you marked your first canopy you dont need to be that careful with it now.. ..makes life a wee bit easier ..my next nut ball plane ill have to be damn careful as the canopy is made up of 5 pieces ..thats gonna make masking a right pain.

[zenrat]

I am annoyed I marked the first canopy.  That kit cost me a whopping $AU 5.
The Anton the second canopy came from was $AU 7.50 so i'll have to be extra carefull.  The extra $AU 2.50 was probably for the transfers as they look like they might actually be viable.
Good looking scheme if they are.
Focke-Wulf FW 190A by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Tophe]

Do you mean Aus $ not US $? (I would make the conversion to understand)

[zenrat]

Yes mate, Aussie Dollars.

[Tophe]

all right, today 1 Aussie $ = 0.71 US $ (according to yahoo conversion), thanks.

[Wardukw]

Fred mate you've gotta be more careful...ya cant just go throwing money like that out of the window  ..punt intended 
I did something yesterday which im happy about ..looked on trademe (auction site here ) and found a TA-152 in 48th from Dargon and put a bid on it 
I know the Dragon kit has issues ..its not that great from what ive read but i dont care..ive got my foot in the door mate and the best thing is its from a seller here in NZ 

[Tophe]

That kit cost me a whopping $AU 5.

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Fred mate you've gotta be more careful...ya cant just go throwing money like that out of the window  ..

Uh, are you both joking? 5 US$ (and 5 AU $ = 3.5 US $ = 3.5 €) is not huge at all for me, am I a billionaire without knowing it?

[Wardukw]

That kit cost me a whopping $AU 5.

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Fred mate you've gotta be more careful...ya cant just go throwing money like that out of the window  ..

Uh, are you both joking? 5 US$ (and 5 AU $ = 3.5 US $ = 3.5 €) is not huge at all for me, am I a billionaire without knowing it?

Tophe mate..are we joking?? Yeah course we are 
A fiver is nothing for a model these days not when you can pay $50NZ for a 72nd F15 which you can here .
Still annoying tho when ya knacker or scratch a canopy ..sometimes quite hard to replace .

[Tophe]

thanks!

[zenrat]

It was sarcasm Tophe.  Those are very low prices.  I got them both at a model show swap and sell.

Today I painted the cockpit and glued on the top plate (the piece the canopy attaches to).
So now PSR begins...

[Tophe]

Thanks for the explanation.
Sorry English is not my mother language, it is not easy for me to guess the tone of voices (especially on written words)

[The Wooksta!]

Still think it needs a radar nosecone, something less draggy than that blunt nose.