By the way, Troy, I have the Tamiya Il-2 and it looks very nice indeed. Highly recommended for those who like 1/48th scale Soviet aircraft. I suppose I need to do some writeup about that in another thread.
Regards,
Jason
HI Jason
I already have 6 of the AM kit[2 ski single seaters, 2 Eduard straight wing, 2 Italeri arrow] plus the vector spinner which I have cloned....so a 50 quid Tamiya kit is not going to grab me.... [though I'm hunting for the Js-2 and Matilda tank kits..]
But certainly like to know more about the Tamiya, is it really worth 3 times the price of what you can get an AM kit [or rebox] for?
Still, if they do some more VVS kits....imagine a decent OOB Yak-9
Back to the Yak-23, I just had a google to find out a UK price etc and ran across a build on Hyperscale by Vic Shurman, whose a damn fine modeler, here
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/thread/1340722704/Bilek+1-48+Yak-23+WIP2+and+some+assembly+notesThis has some useful pointers in assembly notes from my brief read of it...ie what to trim and where!
HTH
T