Hi again Hot off the Net and thanks to Petr, here's Mirage Hobby's reply to questions: "Hi Petr, About Decals of Lozenge and Woodgrain. The cost of production of them is too high for including them to one box with a kit. The price would be very high. We decide to sell them separately Lozenge is needed to our first version of Halberstadt - nr. 481306 and it will be availble on the market in 2-3 weeks (we are testing them in printing now) Details: Halberstadt CL.II & CL.IV Lozenge - daylight 5 color pattern. size: 4 sheets decals no cat.: D0002 About Woodgrain-Decal: This decal is needed to our next version of Halberstadt no. 481307 (Bayerische Flugzeug Werke) Halb. CL II, Polish-Russian War This decals will also be sold separately Of course on photos from Nuernberg we could see our full range of products according to our new line of WW1. Your customer could not know about it, because on the site there is nowhere Mirage's authorized information about these products, so he could conclude only from photos of some photographer. I hope, you understand our status on this matter." Disappointing, and undoubtedly not the news we wanted to hear, but the kit does still look a stunner. All the best Rowan

I have been in touch with Peter on this subject. Something is up in the lozenge arena. As if their European supplier just kicked up his price.

Hi again Unfortunately, it does seem to be the case that we saw pics all the items lumped together on the stand at Nürnburg and made the logical assumption that they were all part of the kit. It's just a shame that the misapprehension was allowed to persist for so long. Anyway, my kit's on the way from Modelimex. I can can hardly wait! All the best Rowan

The good thing is (well at least for me) when ordered form Modelmix you won't have to wait so long! One other thing about this kit. I really have been scratching my head, about how to apply those decals on the fuselage. It more or less should all be in one piece. Anyone got suggestions by now? Cheers, Nico

I hope to be ordering this kit soon , one I don't want to miss out on . The bluemax kit is good but this one is like the icing on the cake ! Sad though about the decals , but can still be order which is always a plus . Nico , nice to see you again ! The srcubble decals would be in one piece for the center in top wing and fuselage to what I have seen in pic's and in books .

Hello, Knowing where they should be is not my problem, but how to get 'm there. Which is not problem for the topwing, but around th fuselage ~ Cheers, Nico

I really think I will need to make some room for at least one of these kits in my display. This looks like a really really cool kit with any of the decal options. Does anybody remember how Eduard became a mainstream manufacturer? Supplying a few really neat offerings. Are we seeing the birth of something great?

Hi Nico , I see what you mean and you have got me thinking now on how to do this . Since this would have carried over curves on the rear decking using one cut out will not work to well and the decal will have to be cut into sections . I guess how I would start with it is doing the top decking first with a little over lap followed with the side pieces with the over lapping one should be able to line up the pattern pretty close . The side pieces of decals would have the same over lap but on the bottom of the fuselage with the bottom piece being cut to shape . Not saying that this is the way to do it , but it's where I would try and start first .

Hi again My kit arrived today from Modelimex and first impressions are... it's STUNNING! A touch of flash here and there, but otherwise really nice high pressure moulding. Great detail throughout. A large etched brass fret with seat harnesses, cooling jackets etc. Moulded jigs are supplied for the wings and printed templates for the undercarriage struts. The instructions are colour CAD illustrations and also packed with B&W and colour reference photos. I've got to work on some other reviews first, but I'll try to get a proper First Look done this week, prior to Stephen going to town on the model. I'm building a WW2 kit for a UK magazine, so I must NOT get distracted and start anything else, but looking at this beauty.... Aaaaghh! The temptation! All the best Rowan