Formers and Maly Modelarz kits

[Padre]

Now, how long is it going to take you to finish those??? Huh?

I keep ordering models I really like and plan to build............but.............and a big BUTT. They keep piling up and I then see another model I am DEFINITELY gonna build next....................

[rickstef]

Padre,

No idea, but it is there for me to try

Buffalowings,

I work long hours, and that allows me to buy those models I am interested in

[Gharbad]

That F-16 is pretty good, though it has some miscolorations. I also had a few misfits, but those could entirely be my fault, I built it long ago.

Here's my Star crane...




It all works and moves, though it's starting to fall apart from age.
It was a really fun model, hope you like it too.

[Don Boose]

Come on, Padre! You build faster and better than 99.9 percent of the population. I offer your ever-popular "All My Children" thread as evidence.

Don

[SJPONeill]

Originally Posted by buffalowings

did you order from gpm directly? the shipping is incredibly expensive
some nice additions to the stash by the way

You have to be so diligent when shopping for paper models as there is a such a massive difference in shipping costs, especially if you are in the southern hemisphere...cheapest I think is Modelik but they don't take credit cards or Paypal...others like Moduni have both a massive range and a 25 Euro flat rate and then there are others where the shipping ramps up in quite major steps e.g. I have had to tune my current order to maximise model cost/shipping cost ratio but one extra kit doubles the shipping!!

I look for three things in an online vendor: reasonable shipping costs i.e. proportional to the actual order, must take Paypal (otherwise I have to ask my wife to use the credit card and you can guess how well that flies), and must have a range with the models I am after.

Just on another issue, I looking at these comments about how good some of the old Maly models were (and I like retro in my modelling and have a a lot of Renwal, early Revell etc in my other stash) and am wondering whatever happened to Maly Modelarz? They seems to be producing up until 2007 and then just blinked out of existence - they is a website still up but I've had no response to emails in both English and Google Polish - it'd be so cool to get some of the classics back on the market again!!! Perhaps under Mr Gutzmer's latest initiative if the licensing could be resolved....(unless someone else is contemplating designing a Scud-A, Nord Griffon etc....?...

[Gharbad]

The 2007 thing isn't accurate... they're still releasing models (I just bought the latest today) but they're numbered without skipping dates. The current issue is dated 10-11-12 2007, but it came out just now. It's not even on their official site yet.
It kept disappearing recently too, but this is it:
Prawo jazdy, nauka jazdy, kursy na prawo jazdy

Also this one:
http://www.mazowszelok.pl/maly-modelarz

[rmks2000]

Rick,

Is the 2006 MIG-29 just a reprint of the 2002 version?

[SJPONeill]

Originally Posted by Gharbad

The 2007 thing isn't accurate... they're still releasing models (I just bought the latest today) but they're numbered without skipping dates. The current issue is dated 10-11-12 2007, but it came out just now. It's not even on their official site yet.
It kept disappearing recently too, but this is it:
Prawo jazdy, nauka jazdy, kursy na prawo jazdy

Also this one:
Ma?y Modelarz

Thanks, Gharbad, that's not the one I kept getting via Google but is obviously the current one as it is being regularly updated. Via Google Translator, it looks like they are starting to rerelease some of the classics, though only as reprints and not (yet) in a digital format. I also see that they do have the CDs available for the early models and this is probably the way to go as the cost per model would be down around 1 euro each + shipping for the CD.

Wow, that's really made my day...!!

[rickstef]

Originally Posted by rmks2000

Rick,

Is the 2006 MIG-29 just a reprint of the 2002 version?

No

It is a redraw/update of the 2002, the camo and panellines are sooo much better in the 2006 version

Rick

[modelperry]

I started the '06 mig, and while the print quaity is good for a maly, there is still some variation of color between matching panels with the dark gray. I got discouraged with this one and put it in my boneyard for now.

Greg