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September 20, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

Tarangus 1/48 SH-37/SF-37 Viggen (in-box review)

I’m currently working on Tamiya’s 1/32 Corsair, and I still need to write up that Type 23 Frigate, but today let’s take a look at something completely different: Tarangus’ 1/48 Viggen.

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September 17, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

Italeri 1/48 RAH-66 Comanche

Back around the turn of the millennium, I loved the PC flight sim Comanche 3.  This took you into the world of a helicopter that blended stealth and firepower, having to figure out the best way to approach various mission profiles.  It was great fun, and it made me really like the RAH-66 Comanche.

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August 24, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

MiG-21MF Build (Eduard 1/48)

The story of how Eduard’s little MiG-21 ended a streak of really struggling with builds.  What a nice little kit it is.

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April 23, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

Kitty Hawk Su-35 Build Review Part 4

This is the wrap up of my posts on building Kitty Hawk’s 1/48 Su-35.

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March 25, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

Kitty Hawk Su-35 Build Review Part 3

As I mentioned at the end of my previous post on the fuselage, so far I had not seen any of the problems Kitty Hawk has a reputation for, and was even wondering whether the stories may have been a tiny bit exaggerated.

Well fear not, I found the lunacy!

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March 21, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

Kitty Hawk Su-35 Build Review Part 2

Last time we left off having assembled the cockpit and built the landing gear bays.  This entry will deal with the fuselage: closing it up, assembling the engines, and the landing gear itself.  The next entry will cover the wings and weaponry, and then we’ll do a final write-up on the completed build.

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March 14, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

Kitty Hawk Su-35 Build Review Part 1

Following my in-box review, here are my thoughts after building the cockpit and some fuselage elements.  So far, I’m really enjoying it.  I’ve found things that I like, things that I found a bit ominous, and some silly mistakes which I point out below.

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March 12, 2018
Aircraft: 1/48 and smaller

Man vs Kit(ty Hawk): Su-35 Part 1

This is the first post in my Su-35 build.  I introduce the kit and my review rules, and look at what you get in the box.

I got fed up splitting elastic thread to rig the Mikasa, so I’ve put that to one side for the moment and decided to start the next build instead.  I wouldn’t normally have two open at once, but as I’m really excited about this one and was just going to do a rush job of Mikasa to get to it, it seemed a better plan.  I fancied a nice, relaxing, jet build.

So, I got Kitty Hawk’s new Su-35 in 1/48.  Makes sense, right?

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March 10, 2018
Musings

Confused about strategy: Scale model manufacturers

One of the interesting aspects of business strategy is that doing something different to everyone else is often successful, so why do the majority of managers want to do exactly what their counterparts in the competition are doing?  I guess it’s easier to justify a decision when it’s “best practice”, rather than finding an argument that “best practice” is simply “what works for those guys, and we keep saying we’re different to them”.

In this blog I intend to show the ways in which this approach is affecting companies in one industry (scale model manufacturers), why they have fallen into this trap, compare and contrast two manufacturers and show how different strategies are valid.

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