HobbyTerra.com?

No, but they appear to have some strongly attractive items... 

I have purchased from them twice.  Good prices and fast service.  One oddity was that when I ordered several A-Model Spaceship One / White Knight kits, each kit came bagged with all of the kit boxes flat packed on the bottom of the shipping box, as though they got unassembled boxes from the manufacturer.  I spent an evening folding and gluing the box tops and bottoms prior to distributing the kits to my friends.  I think it took around one week from the time I ordered to the time the box showed up at my door.

I got the Art Model Yak-36 from Hobbyterra.  The plastic parts look like a limited run kit, the resin bits are a just little rough around the edges, and the decals have that dreaded ultra flat finish.  I have seen an on-line build up that was utterly fantastic looking, so I know that a nice model can be built from the kit.

HTH.

Real G

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I got the Art Model Yak-36 from Hobbyterra.  The plastic parts look like a limited run kit, the resin bits are a just little rough around the edges, and the decals have that dreaded ultra flat finish.  I have seen an on-line build up that was utterly fantastic looking, so I know that a nice model can be built from the kit.

HTH.

You must have access to Manny's agents, that is exactly the kit I was looking at! Or you read the same British magazine as I had....

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You must have access to Manny's agents, that is exactly the kit I was looking at! Or you read the same British magazine as I had....

Nah, just a lucky guess!  Either that, or you have the same tastes in weird airplanes.  (Better have the doctor look into that...)  If you like bizarre Soviet aircraft, then you might also like:

http://hobbyterra.com/product_info.php?products_id=4064

Not trying to make you spend more, but just in case you didn't see this one.  Unbelievable as it might seem, this aircraft was actually built and flown.  Imagine a Bristol T.188 that landed on skids!

As much as I enjoy my Luftwaffe subjects, I really do enjoy building some non-mainstream subjects. (Not keen on looking for all-resin kits though, so this one is intriguing.) That Yak looks like some metal-clad prehistoric fish.

Bump !  

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Vance is no longer the only one considering buying from Hobby Terra as I notice the company has Micro Mir submarine kits in stock.

Anyone else ever order from Hobby Terra?

http://hobbyterra.com

BTW......where is Hobby Terra located?

I cannot locate an address on their website.

I have bought stuff from Hobby Terra three times. Great service, with average shipping time from the Ukraine to Hawaii in about a week.  I have seen on another forum that some people from the US mainland have been seeing delays this year, but the last package that I received a month or two ago arrived in 11 days.  Yeah, so tell the Puter to lay off the Ukrainians so our kits don't get delayed.

Linkie if anyone else wants to see what kind of wacky kits are for sale there:

http://hobbyterra.com/release.php?scale_plastic_models=new_and_prev

Oh look, glider-borne tank! 

http://hobbyterra.com/product/antonov-a-40-kt-prototype-flying-tank-using-t-60-amodel-72202.html

I bought a Micro-Mir sub (Schertel-Sachsenberg torpedo boat):

http://hobbyterra.com/product/german-torpedo-speedboat-schertel-sachsenberg-projekt-micro-mir-35-011.html

Fit is absolutely dreadful, but I am enjoying the build (in a half crazy sort of way)!  Hopefully their SSNs are better.  But really, the kit is so nutty looking that I keep working on the thing!

BTW, they offer free shipping over a certain amount, and the kits arrive with their boxes "flat packed", i.e. unassembled, to save space!  So you get to build the boxes before your kit.  

REAL G 

Thanks for the info.

I noted that shipping is free ( orders over  $150 USD ? ) and saw the packaging web page but didn't read why the kits were in bags as I was searching for an address.

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Yeah, it's about that time of year, so let's tell Putin to " let our kits go !" 

I wondered about Hobby Terra a long while back too. They do carry some unique odd-looking kits. Makes you wonder if they were prototypes of the real deal.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

I wondered about Hobby Terra a long while back too. They do carry some unique odd-looking kits. Makes you wonder if they were prototypes of the real deal.

Real G

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

I wondered about Hobby Terra a long while back too. They do carry some unique odd-looking kits. Makes you wonder if they were prototypes of the real deal.

 

Some were factual, others not.  But the Russians cut metal on a LOT of WTF designs.  The Tsybin NM-1 was one such example.  If I hadn't seen photos of the real thing in flight, I would have assumed it was a paper napkin design. 

Now that you mention Russian prototypes........I'll need to sift through the kits for a Russian M-50 / M-52, Myasishchev 'Bounder' as my old AURORA kit from 1959 is presumably not as accurate as a modern kit.

Why yes, they do:

http://hobbyterra.com/product_info.php?products_id=1291

But beware Amodel's "A-Monster" series.  The main components are hand laid fiberglass/resin that are tough like a surfboard!  I drank the Amodel Kool Aid recently:

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The on-line posts for building this thing were not kidding about bad fit and lots of cleanup!  Still, they make some really cool looking aircraft.

Real G

Why yes, they do:

http://hobbyterra.com/product_info.php?products_id=1291

But beware Amodel's "A-Monster" series.  The main components are hand laid fiberglass/resin that are tough like a surfboard!  I drank the Amodel Kool Aid recently:

The on-line posts for building this thing were not kidding about bad fit and lots of cleanup!  Still, they make some really cool looking aircraft.

 

$200.........yeow!

A lot better detail than my old AURORA kit, but I guess I'll keep my old AURORA kit in the build stash a while longer 

The only company that I can see doing an injected plastic M-50 is Trumpeter.  But they would pooch the canopy, get the fin tip wrong, or put afterburners on all four engines (the real thing only had them retrofitted to the inboard units).  Annnnd, it would probably cost around $200.    But it would be easier to build!

BTW, was your Aurora kit the "nuclear powered bomber"?   That was a Holy Grail kit when I was a wee lad.  I never did see it in the stores though. 

Real G

The only company that I can see doing an injected plastic M-50 is Trumpeter.  But they would pooch the canopy, get the fin tip wrong, or put afterburners on all four engines (the real thing only had them retrofitted to the inboard units).  Annnnd, it would probably cost around $200.    But it would be easier to build!

BTW, was your Aurora kit the "nuclear powered bomber"?   That was a Holy Grail kit when I was a wee lad.  I never did see it in the stores though. 

I probably should experiment with making a resin copy first, before building the kit