Slow last 2 days of bench time (getting ready for spring is sure a time hog)… At least some more cool accessories came in the mail, all for my vampire project down the road, and probably a mosquito build...
The rockets are Eduards new tool, absolutely amazing detail/quality, and excellent price to boot. They turned out a real winner here, kudos to them (and the packaging is extremely good).
The decals, by Extradecal, are very nice, in register, and the price works out very reasonable per decal, another winner.
The white metal landing gear by SAC are very nice, vast improvement over kits parts.
Same story with the tailwheel, and strut from CMK. I'm probably going to save this for a mosquito, i'll pick up a whole wheel set for the vampire.
The seats from Pavla are quite nice, not perfect mind ya, but quite nice. Detail is quite nice, a little short shot in places, but big improvement over the kit seats. Looking them over, it seems they're is using too brittle a mix, or it dries too fast in the molds. Hopefully they can get the problem sorted out.
And finally the wheel well detail set for the vamp, again from Pavla. Turns out to be a bust... Not that the parts that came are too bad... Just where are the wheel well inserts?!!... Big disappointment on they're part. And not to mention there packaging is a disappointment as well, just a plastic bag stapled to a cardboard flap, parts can/will get broken easily. Like what happened to me, one of the landing gear covers snapped in 2, right where the leg and wheel cover meet. And one of the tiny brace peg snapped off also. But that's not the issue, the real problem is that i'm missing very important pieces. Well, i'm contacting the seller to request a replacement or refund. Oh well, you win some, and you loose some.
