Author Archives: russ@AHS

Canadian Sales Taxes Can Now Be Pre-Paid

Posted on December 12, 2019 by russ@AHS

Canada, our good neighbor to the north, is our largest E-Commerce export trading partner. Now, duties and taxes for First Class Mail International Service (FCMI) packages to Canada can now be prepaid for one low flat rate. If Canadian duties and … Continue reading →

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26 Decals Ceases Laser Decal Production

Posted on December 9, 2019 by russ@AHS

As reported earlier, 26Decals has announced, effective October 31st 2019, that they will no longer be offering their laser decals for sale. Reasons given are to free up more time for other projects. This means that all “TS” series decals … Continue reading →

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Revell’s Airbus A.320NEO and A.321 NEO Review

Posted on December 7, 2019 by russ@AHS

Today my first shipment of Revell Germany’s newly released 1/144 scale Airbus A.320NEO and A.321NEO kits came through the front door. RV3942 Airbus A.320NEO, Lufthansa (2018 cs) The A.320NEO kit provides PW 1100G Geared Turbofan engines.  The decal was designed … Continue reading →

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Minicraft C.130 Hercules “Bagged Kit”

Posted on November 28, 2019 by russ@AHS

Previously, DRAW Decal has negotiated with Minicraft to obtain “bagged kits” of their MD80 and DC-8-63/73 kits.  This program has now been extended to add their excellent C.130 Hercules kits, and with all three propeller options – 3 bladed (A/B … Continue reading →

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New Product Announcements, week ending November 17th 2019

Posted on November 26, 2019 by russ@AHS

8ADecs has released the following three new 1/144 scale decals: 8A144​-567 F.A. Brasilia Boeing 737-200 8A144-​568 Delta Airlines Douglas DC-8-31 / -50 8A144​-569 Singapore Airlines Airbus A.350-900  

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New Product Announcements, week ending November 10th 2019

Posted on November 17, 2019 by russ@AHS

26Decals has released the following two new 1/144 scale screen printed decals: STS44-357 Royal Air Force C.130K Hercules STS44-358 Canadian Armed Forces C.130E Hercules  

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New Product Announcements, week ending November 3rd 2019

Posted on November 3, 2019 by russ@AHS

As announced last week, 8ADecs has released the following new 1/144 and 1/200 scale decals.  Art is now available:: 8A144-563 8A200-563 MAS Air Cargo Douglas DC-8-61F 8A144-564 8A200-564 Frontier Airbus A.320NEO ‘Ichabod the Whooping Crane’ 8A144-565 8A200-565 Egyptair Boeing 787-9 8A144-566 Air France BAC / Sud Concorde (development aircraft) … Continue reading →

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FRsin Announces the Canadair CL44

Posted on November 2, 2019 by russ@AHS

FRsin has announced that they will be releasing a series of 1/144 scale Canadair CL-44 kits at the IPMS UK Scale Modelworld to be held at Telford on the weekend of November 9th and 10th.  I expect to have them … Continue reading →

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New Product Announcements, week ending October 26th 2019

Posted on October 29, 2019 by russ@AHS

DRAW Decal has released the following new decals for the Boeing P8A Poseidon kits in 1/144, 1/200 and 1/72 scales. DW44-7​37-176 DW20-7​37-176 DW​72-737-176 Royal Air Force Boeing P8A Poseidon MRA1 DW44-A3​40-019 DW20-A3​40-019  Lufthansa Airbus A.340-300 8ADecs has released the following new 1/144 and 1/200 scale … Continue reading →

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New Product Announcements, week ending October 19th 2019

Posted on October 22, 2019 by russ@AHS

8ADecs has released five new decals in 1/144, 1/200 and 1/48 scale: 8A48-558 F.A. Mexicana Cessna 500 Citation (Surveillance aircraft) 8A144-559 TUM Aerocarga Boeing 737-300F 8A144-560 8A200-560 Interjet Airbus A.321NEO 8A144-561 8A200-561 Avianca Airbus A.321NEO 8A144-562 8A200-562 Boeing Prototype 757-200  

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