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    Default What pre-painted options are out there?

    I know several of you guys use non-WoW minis in a few different scales. I'm curious to know what pre-painted options are out there. If you could list the company name, the scale, and if it's not to big of a list, what models they make. If you have links to where they could be purchased, that would be an added bonus.

    Thanks!

    Here is the list of pre-painted 1/144 from the 2nd page for easy reference:


    Plane Type / Manufacturers [Series]- Number of Paint jobs

    Mitsubishi A6M5 / Bandai [P2]-2 / Bandai [L4]-2 / Takara [World Wing Museum A6M]-4
    Mitsubishi A6M3 / Bandai [L2]-2 / Bandai [Kansai]-1
    Mitsubishi A6M2 / Bandai [L3]-2 / Bandai [Kansai]-1 / Takara [World Wing Museum A6M]-5 / FToys [Wing kit 1]-3
    Mitsubishi J2M3 / Bandai [L3]-2 / FToys [Wing kit 1]-2
    Mitsubishi Karigata Liason Plane / Bandai [L1]-1
    Mitsubishi Ki46 / FToys [WorkShop 3]-3
    Mitsubishi Ki15 / Bandai [L1]-1

    Aichi M6A1 / Bandai [L3]-1
    Aichi D3A1 / Bandai [P2]-1 / FToys [Wink kit 1]-3
    Aichi E13A1 / FToys [Wink kit 3]-3

    Kawasaki Ki45 / FToys [Work shop 9]-3
    Kawasaki Ki61 / Bandai [P2]-1 / FToys [Wink kit 3]-3

    Kawanishi Shiden Kai / Bandai [L1]-1 / FToys [WingKit 1]-2 / FToys [Wingkit 2]-2

    Nakajima J1N1 / Bandai [L4]-1 / FToys [Work Shop 9]-3
    Nakajima A6M2 / FToys [Wing kit 1]-3 / Takara [World Wing Museum A6M]-6
    Nakajima B5N2 / Bandai [L1]-2
    Nakajima Ki43 / Bandai [L1]-1 / FToys [Wing kit 4]-3
    Nakajima Ki44 / FToys [Wing Kit 2]-2
    Nakajima C6N1 / Bandai [L2]-1
    Nakajima Ki84 / Bandai [L2]-3

    Kyushu J7W / FToys [Wing Kit 1]-1

    Kugisho D4Y1 / FToys [Work Shop 7]-3


    Grumman Wildcat / Bandai [P2]-1
    Grumman Avenger / Bandai [L1]-1
    Grumman Hellcat / Bandai [L2]-1
    Grumman Bearcat / FToys [Wink kit 3]-3

    F4U Corsair / Bandai [P2]-2 / Bandai [L4]-1

    Lockheed Lightning / Bandai [L1]-1 / FToys [Worsk Shop 3]-3

    North American Sabre / Bandai [L4]-2
    North American Mustang / Bandai [L2]-3
    North American Twin Mustang / FToys [Work Shop 9]-3

    Curtiss Warhawk / Bandai [Kansai]-2

    Republic Thunderbolt / Bandai [L3]-3

    Supermarine Spitfire / Bandai [Kansai]-1 / FToys [Wing kit 4]-3

    Hawker Hurricane / Bandai [P2]-1
    Hawker Typhoon / FToys [Wing Kit 2]-2

    De Havilland Mosquito / Bandai [L4]-1 / FToys [Work Shop 3]-3


    Yakovlev Yak 9 / Bandai [L3]-1

    Ilyushin Shturmovik Il-2 / Bandai [L4]-2 / FToys [Work Shop 7]-3


    Macchi MC202 Folgore / FToys [Work Shop 7]-3

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    world tank museum 1/144 or 12mm most ww2 tanks

    that's about it unless you buy figure and then get someone to paint it for you

    sorry link
    http://www.world-tank-museum.com/

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    There are numerous Japanese made WW2 1/144 scale models available:

    From a USA distributor: http://www.bcmini.com/id78.html

    http://www.japanesemodelmuseum.com/id2.html






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    Thanks for the great info Brian! I guess Ebay would be the place to look for these. Too bad most have the landing gear down... just does not fit in that great with a flying game

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    Any 1/200 options out there.

    I have searched many times and best I could find is the AIR/200 models at my LGS

    http://www.lastsquare.com/



    Require a bit of work, but turn out nice and the price is good at $7 for a 2pk of fighters or $6 for a Val/Stuka.



    A cheap way to increase the numbers in your air force as many of the current planes in DoW and fire form the sky are available.

    They lack the detail of the WoW models, but I just cannot bring myself to repaint a WoW model when I can get 3 planes for the same cost with Air/200.

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    I saw a 1/200 P-47 for sale on e-bay (prepainted). Sorry i don't remember the manufacturer. I did check out the store's website though and the same comapny had a number of airplanes but they were all the same size (so scale varies). For example:
    F6F hellcat = 1/190
    F4u Corsair = 1/190
    Typhoon = 1/180
    Spitfire & P40 = 1/160
    and so on.

    There are numberous WW2 planes available on ebay at 1/144 scale.
    Manufacturers include:
    Takara
    F-Toys
    Bandai
    21st Century Toys
    Altaya (Spanish company makes metal models, expensive)
    Sweet (unpainted but often comes with cute little kitten ground crew?)
    Kamide Koro
    Corgi (metal)
    Furuta
    and others

    In WW1, as far as I know only F-toys makes painted 1/144 models and those are only for Spad VII & albatros DIII.

    Pooh

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    Thanks for the list of manufacturers guys. Can any of you give details on the quality of some of these?

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    Hey Col., I bought an F-Toys 1/144 Ki-61 pre-painted. It was like a little snap-togehter model kit, with the option of landing gear up or down. I did it with the gear up. I will bring it Thursday for you to look at.

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    There are plenty of companies out there that produce prepainted and partial assembly kits. They come in a small box that is designed to fit in a vending machine and the idea is that the model that comes out is a random selection of the current set of in most cases 12 different models. In 99% of cases the models are 1/144 scale, but one company called Furuta makes them in what seems random scales. I buy all of my models from Ebay sellers that buy the models by the case, carefully open the package at the bottom to see what is inside and then lists them accordingly. In my years of buying these models I have never been dissapointed by any of my regular sellers in Japan or China, sometimes the post can take longer to arrive but I have been assured that its not the sellers fault but more the culture within the Chinese Postal Service. At worst it may take 3 weeks instead of 10 days. I have had a worse time waiting for sellers in Australia and the USA to get motivated to walk to the post office!

    In 1/144 scale all of the companies below are excellent in quality and all models can be made wheels up or down

    F-toys Confect. Make a great range of models and each series has 3 Secret models there are usually 12 different models in a series of 4 different planes. The exception would be there 4 engined bomber set that had 9 models and 3 secret paint schemes.
    F-toys makes models from all eras, WW1, WW2, Early Jets, Korean and Vietnam Wars, 4 Engined Bombers, 2 Engined Bombers Modern, Flying Boats, Star Wars etc. All models come with some decal in place but a waterslide decal sheet with additional marking is also supplied. Sometimes a particular scheme of a model will have 3 different registration and ID markings so you can make 3 or 4 planes from the same squadron. This was the case with the Early Jets series. I have 3 Gloster Meteors with consecutive numbers and I have 4 Me262's likewise marked. looks great on the tabletop.

    Cafereo Make a great range of multi engined aircraft, my favourite from this company is the "P61 Black Widow". I missed out on their He111's, but they make a lovely Dornier 217.
    This Company usually makes 10 models in a series with 4 secret models, 3 are different schemes of the subject models and the 4th is something completely different and sometimes from a completly different era. The last series by CafeReo had a C-47 in Japanese Airforce markings as one of its Secrets, I bought it to run a confusion scenario I am planning.

    Cafereo are about to release a Divebomber series in February which will contain Ju-87D-5, Ju-87G-2, SBD-4 Dauntless, SB2C Helldiver and Type 21 & Type 33 Comet. At this stage there is is no information what the secret model is. A Val I hope. I am really looking forward to buying models from this set.

    Bandai and Takara are two other companies that produce the same types of models, they are of excellent quality but neither company has produced anything new in awhile, Takara mostly concentrated on Luftwaffe and Luftwaffe '46, where as Bandai are more general with a slant towards Japanese airforce.

    Its easy to convert all of these models for Dawn of War, I use a Pin vice to drill a small hole in the underside of the assembled model and use a superglue a short piece of Evergreen plasic rod in place.

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    Thanks for the breakdown Roger Wilco. I just ordered a Takara Bf-109 off eBay to compare size and quality. At US$8.50 shipped to my door, the price was pretty good for "testing the waters".

    Would you say the F-toy WWII planes are of the same quality and material build as their WWI planes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post

    Would you say the F-toy WWII planes are of the same quality and material build as their WWI planes?
    I would say yes. Our group had played WW2 air miniatures several times in the past using F-toy miniatures, and they are of very good quality.

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    Most of the WW2 models are better than the WW1 models. The Takara Bf109's are excellent little machines. I have a couple of their Ta152, and 154's which were my first purchases and i must say I was blown away by the quality. some of the manufacturers 1st or 2nd VOL. or Series models are not as good as the more recent releases but they are still very good all the same.

    One brand mentioned by some of other posters is 21st Century Toys also known as New Millenium, I don't recommend unless you can't get hold of a particular model through another source or if they are too cheap to resist. They come in a clear square box covered in a card board sleeve. They are fully assembled and painted (finished) and they come wheels down. The problem is that the paint work is very inconsistant in quality as is the assembly, they also treat the models genericly and give the models paint schemes that were not true to the particular Mk or type, pitty realy. If your not fussy like that then its worth taking advantage of low prices to pick up aircraft not available from other manufacturers, Spitfire X's, P51-D's, P47B's and D's, Dauntless', Jakes, Oscars, Zeros, Fw190-A's & Me 262's. I just clip the undercart off mine and don't look underneath at the uncovered wheelbays.

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    Any options out there for some P-38s?

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    Okay, I found some that are called approx. 1:144 SCALE by Corgi Showcase. They are die-cast metal and there appears to be 3 different ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    Any options out there for some P-38s?

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    Okay, I found some that are called approx. 1:144 SCALE by Corgi Showcase. They are die-cast metal and there appears to be 3 different ones.
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    AIR200 does have a P-38 in 1/200, but it is not pre-painted. The LGS I get mine form does offer painting though. I just prefer to do my own. I have resisted getting the P-28, p-51 and others as there are not cards for them yet in the game.

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    Not having official cards for a lot of the planes does suck, but I'm trying to work some of that data out with WWII aircraft historians and tech geeks. The biggest problem is going to be the speed of the late war planes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    Not having official cards for a lot of the planes does suck, but I'm trying to work some of that data out with WWII aircraft historians and tech geeks. The biggest problem is going to be the speed of the late war planes.

    That is going to be a tough one. The only model I have so far that is not in the game is the B-17. I had found a wrkable card and movement system on the "cockpit" site first.

    There are some great models out there for WWII, I just hope the game keeps up. I had a number of the 21st century planes (I can find them for $3-4), but sold them off when the minis released as I like the WoW models better. I just wish there was more around in 1/200 scale.

    I will be very curious to see what the offical answer is for some of the faster planes. I am thinking bigger movement cards breaking with what they have now would be the easiet answer.

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    I don't think we will see bigger movement cards... at least, not for fighter sized aircraft. That would require all new packaging and a new setup for printing and cutting the cards. I think the way I would handle it would be to place a new card in to the decks of the faster planes. This new card (some thing like a stall) would then be used "extend" the planes movement in the forward direction. Since all planes have wider turns as you increase speeds, a simple short straight card played after the normal movement card would keep the turn angles the same and just increase the distance the plane travels. It would also make it easy to account for a larger verity of speeds. If they made this "extension card" a thin, clear plastic piece, it would be easy to lay it down on top of the normal movement card and still line up the planes base with the new arrow head on the extension card.

    Just my thoughts though and there are a lot of different ways to go about it!

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    For those of you with deep wallets (not me)
    Altaya diecast planes include many types not widely available in ww2 1/144. They seem to specalize in twin engine bombers. I have 2 of their planes an LeO 451 (french medium bomber) and a SM.79 (Italian trimotor medium/torpedo bomber). They are high quality with a detailed paint job although I'm not familiar enough with squadron markings to know how accurate.
    Altaya models ussually run from $20 to $50.

    Also, while looking at e-bay for 1/200 scale aircraft, I found an auction for a pair of white metal unpainted FW 190s. Going out to the sellers website (Strikemaster Collectables in the UK) I found he has a variety of 1/200 scale WW2 planes but most are VERY expensive. They are mostly WW2 German recognition models and include a wide variety of allied planes including the A20, Wilcat, Anson & P38. It seems the Germans made their recognition models in 1/200. They seem to be gray with national markings. The one I took a closer look at was selling for about $75 before shipping.
    I won't be buying any of them but they're there if any are interested.

    Pooh

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    Bandai have a P-38 in their 1st series but it is quite expensive when it appears on Ebay, either its got a high buy it know price or the auction climbs out of control, the same happens when a Corsair pops up.

    I have a couple of the Corgi P38's, they are diecast and they are heavy and I haven't done anything with them as far as DoW is concerned, I actually bought them years ago for Flames of War and they are still in their boxes, I haven't measured them and I suspect they maybe slightly undersize but they look OK. There are a few resin options on sale around the web but they will require you to use a paintbrush and some CA glue.
    My approach when it comes to desiring out of print models is to wait it out. Somebody else will eventually pick up the torch and if you go down the impatient path it usually isn't long before you end up muttering "$#@! I knew I should have waited". There is plenty of other choice models out there to pick up in the meantime plus these Japanese companies between them release something every couple of months. I check this blog everyday before I go anywhere else on the web, it has almost become a religious habit for me http://kampfgruppe144.blogspot.com/ This guy is so on the ball its not funny.

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    With the issue about not having highspeed manouver cards, here is my answer or reasoning.

    Speed between aircraft of any given moment in the war is relative.

    The Speed difference between a 1939 Spitfire 2 and a Bf109 E2 is insignificant in DoW game terms and they use decks A & B which have differences between them to represent the individual abilities of the given planes. OK!

    The differences between a 1943 P51B and a Fw190A or a Bf109 G for arguments sake would also be insignificant in Dow Game terms, so what I do is use decks A & B they could be used respectively or they could be swapped around it doesn't matter that much.

    The problem of speed differentiation occurs when you pit a 1939 Spitfire 2 against a 1943+ bf109 or Fw190, but as luck would have it all the Spitfire 2's were destroyed or modified by then so it never happened and if they existed, it would be suicide for the Spit pilot, it never happened.

    What I am getting at is you don't need faster cards, you just use the same cards you already have, you just use models from the later year. If you want to you could add certain cards from one deck and add them to another to fine tune a deck to the parameters of the individual plane you are using. I think thats what the game designers do when they introduce new planes into WoW they just play around with the deck compositions.
    The only extra things you need to do though is agree on a relative armour rating and the damage dealt out by weaponry of the aircraft you create. Its just too easy and some design notes I read somewhere help when planning this.

    I am fairly certain if/when Nexus release a set for mid or late war WW2 this is what they will do, they will probably say that the two sets although similar are not interchangeable in much the same way that WoW is incomptable with DoW.

    I hope this is clear.

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    Clear enough for me and that would work fine as long as you never wanted to introduce the Me 262 (over 100mph faster the the P-51D) or you never wanted to have introduce bombers our transport planes. It goes even so far as to never have a P-51D against a Stuka... and I don't see Andrea not letting that happen. He has already said he has special rules written up for it.

    But we are way off topic here!

    Thanks for the detailed listing on the planes out there. I'm really not in any hurry for a P-38, but I would really like to design and play a scenario based on Operation Vengeance.

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    There is an F-Toys P-38 up on the Canadian Ebay right now for just over US$24. Kind of tempting. lol

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    Made it to the Last Square yesterday afternoon and picked up 3 new planes.

    ME 110C, BN5 Kate and a P-38. I just could not resist. I will get some pics once they are painted. For now I am just going to use the "i" deck for the bombers that I do not have official cards for yet. Not sure what I am goin to do for the P-38 or if it wil just serve as eye candy for now. At $6 I just could not resist any longer.

    I thought about just getting 3 kates to go along with my 2 Vals for a Pearl Harbor scenario. Right now my plan is to do a hypothetical post Pearl Harbor raid scenario with with 2 P-40s pursuing a group of 2 Vals and the Kate with one zero in escort. I will probably wound one of the bombers so it can only move slow.

    FYI, for those that just do not want to paint I did check it out and the pre-painted ones only cost $10 for a set of 2 fighters. These are not decaled, but look pretty nice.

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    WOO HOO!!!!!

    I found this today a 1/144 scale Vb Spitfire. F-Toys are going to release a Spifire, a Stuka (again) and some other Japanese fighter (Oscar). No release date yet but probably in the next month or so. There are three of each model shown on the poster but there will be another of each model which will be the three "secrets", we'll have to wait until release to find out what they are.
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    Those look great! I sure wish there was a 1/200 option like that out there.

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    Another one for those who like high quality at an equally high price check out

    http://www.helmet-aircraft-200.com/

    They have a HUGE range of display quality models that can be pre-painted to CUSTOMER specifications, including accurate squadron details and wheels up or down.

    Or you can buy the white metal models (about $18 each) and do your own painting.

    I have ordered two Fairey Battle Mk.II's and two Morane M.S.406's unpainted. I'll post some pics when they arrive.

    Cheers,

    Carl.

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    My favourite is Fokker E.111 - it looks really nice. I am on the hook...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl_Brisgamer View Post
    Another one for those who like high quality at an equally high price check out

    http://www.helmet-aircraft-200.com/

    They have a HUGE range of display quality models that can be pre-painted to CUSTOMER specifications, including accurate squadron details and wheels up or down.

    Or you can buy the white metal models (about $18 each) and do your own painting.

    I have ordered two Fairey Battle Mk.II's and two Morane M.S.406's unpainted. I'll post some pics when they arrive.

    Cheers,

    Carl.
    Very nice, but even at $18 I can get 3-5 paint your own models.

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    Quote Originally Posted by afilter View Post
    Very nice, but even at $18 I can get 3-5 paint your own models.
    Hi Aaron,

    Like you my prefered source of 'paint your own' is Air 200, at $5 each for a single engined fighter you can't beat the price. For some reason however I can't access lastsquare.com, and have to buy them from www.magistermilitum.com, but they don't offer the whole range (no Gladiators, Falcos, B5N's).

    Skytrex.com is my next port of call as their range is wider (for UK and German types), however they sell their single engine fighters for about $10 each and their twin engined aircraft for between $16 and $28 each.

    The biggest thing Helmet has going for it is the wide range. As I will be running WW2 campaigns with my playing group I want to have the capability of deploying a variety of aircraft. There are no other companies I have been able to find that make the Fairey Battle, Morane M.S.406, Brewster Buffalo, Boulton Paul Defiant, Curtiss SB2 Helldiver, Grumman Avenger, and many others.

    I am trying to limit my addiction to two (or three) of each type!

    Cheers,

    Carl.

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    To get back on the original tack of this thread, the photo below is a 1:200 Furuta Messerschmitt Bf 110 I bought on EBay for $5! It is painted in the Eastern Front colours of the 'Wasp' group of ZG.1.


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    Does Furuta have a decent line of pre-painted 1:200 scale planes?

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    How are you doing holes to bottom side of models? With small drill or is there any other holding system?

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    I think most are drilling a small hole and then gluing a plastic rod into it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    Does Furuta have a decent line of pre-painted 1:200 scale planes?
    Furuta makes there models in all different scales. I have seen their Mig 15 it was about 1:180 and their Shiden K at about 1:160 and they looked fairly basic.
    I saw an ebayer selling a Hellcat which was listed at 1:180. I think the scale of them is decided on whether it can fit in the plastic egg container.
    That bf110 does look nice though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Wilco View Post
    Furuta makes there models in all different scales. I have seen their Mig 15 it was about 1:180 and their Shiden K at about 1:160 and they looked fairly basic.
    I saw an ebayer selling a Hellcat which was listed at 1:180. I think the scale of them is decided on whether it can fit in the plastic egg container.
    That bf110 does look nice though.
    Trevor hit the nail on the head - their scales are all over the place. I am not sure but I think the Bf 110 and P-38 might be the only ones exactly 1:200.

    I fix my aircraft with rare earth magnets, one to the underside of the aircraft and one to a sacrificial altitude peg. Although as of today I have more non-WoW WW2 1:200 than official DoWW2 minis (17 WoW, 27 Air 200, Skytrex, Helmet and Furuta), the magnetised pegs are seeing plenty of use.

    Cheers,

    Carl.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    I know several of you guys use non-WoW minis in a few different scales. I'm curious to know what pre-painted options are out there. If you could list the company name, the scale, and if it's not to big of a list, what models they make. If you have links to where they could be purchased, that would be an added bonus.

    Thanks!
    After I have did some research, I could recommend you the following for Prepainted 1/144 plastic planes:
    - For Zero models, go with Takara World Wing Museum Series "A6M"
    - For Me109's & FW190's models, also Takara Famous Planes Series
    - Me262 is a special case, Takara or Ftoys, dont know which is better
    - For Stuka I would recommend Cando series.
    - Lightning, Mosquito and Shturmovik go with FToys

    the rest is quite simple since models as the Folgore are produced by only one manufacturer.

    I do not recommend the first series "part 1" from bandai. Also, I do not recommend Furuta or Yujin if you seek quality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Wilco View Post
    WOO HOO!!!!!

    I found this today a 1/144 scale Vb Spitfire. F-Toys are going to release a Spifire, a Stuka (again) and some other Japanese fighter (Oscar). No release date yet but probably in the next month or so.
    In March they will be released. I have seen already a seller on Ebay selling this set, well actually taking pre-orders.

    Trevor, what 1/144 models do you have from the Japanese manufacturers (Takara, Bandai, FToys)? I am going mad for a Do335 A02 "green" and cant find one

    Do you have any "motor" things?

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    Thanks for the continued info guys. I'm working on compiling a list of each series and what planes were in them and how many different paint jobs they had. It's pretty slow going as it is hard to find any real info on the older series.

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    Anyone have any experience with Aviation Model's pre-painted stuff?

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    I'm looking at the Wing Club L4 series right now and they seem to be very expensive... around US$20 a plane and as much as $80-$90 for the specials. What makes them so much more expensive?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    Anyone have any experience with Aviation Model's pre-painted stuff?
    I have the set of 4 FW190's on their way right now, I'll let you know when they arrive

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    I'm looking at the Wing Club L4 series right now and they seem to be very expensive... around US$20 a plane and as much as $80-$90 for the specials. What makes them so much more expensive?
    Nothing, they are not worth that much money, my rule of thumb is: no more than $10US a model and no more than $15 for a special unless I think I really have to have it. If its more than that then wait for the price to drop or wait for the model to come out via a different source.

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    I found a local hobby store that had some Big Bird vol. 3 boxes in stock. I picked up 3 of them and got 3 Ki-21 Sally's... two of which are the secret/special ones. I also picked up one Takara Famous Airplanes of the World, Wings of the Luftwaffe and it was the secret Japanese Bf109 with the motor.

    The secret bombers I'm going to just use since they will give me a nice 3 ship box formation for missions. The Japanese 109 with the motor I'm not sure what to do with. I really don't have a need for a Japanese 109, so I don't think I will ever game with it and I really don't care about collecting these for collection's sake. I guess I could put it up on eBay to try and fund buying a few more boxes.

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    you could change the decals on the 109 and make it german, as for the motor, its a cool gadget that can be placed with any other Takara plane... you should reconsider.
    I have a Do335 that needs two motors to have both propellers moving

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col. Hajj View Post
    Anyone have any experience with Aviation Model's pre-painted stuff?
    The FW190's are excellent, the 4 different models arrived yesterday and I had a quick look at them, but have not removed them from there protective plastic yet. The paint work is very neat and are painted weathered. Details are nice and its great now having 4 planes from the same squadron. I will add some pilots to mine before I glue the canopy down, too good an opportunity to miss.

    I'd score these babies 9/10, as these models are on par with Takara

    I recieved my models from Ebay from a vendor called 7TOYS. He is one of the best sellers I have found yet and he has the set on sale for $24 US with $10 postage, these guys are a bargain for under $10 a model.
    Trevor

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    Thanks Trevor. I have an order in with him right now for some different stuff. He got my stuff in the post very quickly, just have to wait for it to show up from HK now. Guess I'll have to look into getting that set from him as well.

    Is it just me, or is there a big lack of Allied fighters out there? So far I've only really found the F6F and P-38 for Pacific stuff.

    Can the landing gear be modeled closed on these?

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    I've also had good luck with 7Toys. I bought my F-Toys Albatros DIIIs and Spad VIIs from him.

    Pooh

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    Its not just you Col. there is a huge shortage of Allied models. My theory is that the Japanese seem to have a real facination with Axis models, its the same with armor models as well, all Tigers and not much else.

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