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keavdog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 4:24 pm I don't mind Italeri kits.

Me too…. Yeah, I do like Italeri kits…

Great stuff Stik. I've got 8 in the stash and these on the shelf.

Very nice John! I really like the Veltro & Osprey!

Veltro comes with the smoke ring decals

keavdog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:06 pm Veltro comes with the smoke ring decals

The decals are probably much easier to use compared to airbrushing those onto the model.

keavdog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 4:24 pm I built their Veltro last year. Nice kit. I don't mind Italeri kits. Where else do you get 1/12 scale cockpits

Working on the F-104 cockpit now

Italeri is a company that has had some great kits and then some downright stinkers. The 72nd Tornado comes to mind.

I've got quite a few built and in the stash

They're very hit or miss. I've built the Osprey and it wasn't horrible.

I have several Italeri aircraft kits in my stash but I don’t remember building any in decades… Aside from a few that started out as ESCI molds…

tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:27 am

That's a mighty good looking Finnish Hawk! This particular example, the HW-302, was the first BAe Mk 51 Hawk that was delivered to Finland, 16th of December 1980.

Sadly, the same Hawk, in March 1981, crashed to the ground while recovering from a loop. The pilot, who attempted to eject from the aircraft while it was flying at a low altitude in a partially inverted position, died upon impact with the ground. The passenger, who was also in the aircraft when it crashed, was seriously injured.

- Kari