Thanks to everyone about their comments on our upcoming Hurricane but this is an update on the 109 K-4.
The second test shots arrived from China last week. Darren and Richard in Wellington have already been through them and are very impressed.
I received mine the other day and started building it straight away and I’m also very pleased with the refinements and changes made, none of which were major but all of which have been achieved in quick time by our Chinese moulding partner.
We could certainly release these parts now as a kit and I think they would get a good reception but we’re going to go all out for the ever elusive "perfect" model and do one more round of very minor changes which won’t take long.
The decals are almost complete after much debate, the box art is almost done and the profiles are largely done.
The instructions are in my hands. This is the first one I’ve coordinated myself and I admit that my full-time vet job has made this a bit of a slow process but I’ll call for help from Darren and Richard if the instructions are going to delay the project down.
I’m an eternal optimist and I think we’ll be shipping pre-sales by the end of April with distributor shipments following thereafter. Richard would probably say May
On the subject of pre-orders I do apologise for the trouble that people have had with the New Zealand Post address recognition feature on the website. Like a lot of big organisations their IT people insist they are right no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary. They think their software knows every single address in the world and just because you’ve lived in your house for 30 years doesn’t mean you know its correct address if New Zealand Post's E-Ship software thinks differently!
Richard has helped many modellers work their way through this issue and usually what happens is that once you’ve learned the trick, you won’t have any issues in the future.
We are grateful to all of those who preorder, obviously that helps the balance sheet of the company and will help us to hire new designers to make more models. Would also like to point out that the free box art print that goes to every pre-order customer is never going to be available for sale. It is solely used as a way of saying thank you to those who trust us with their money before the kitset is released.
I am getting really excited about the buzz you are all contributing to around this model, so thank you!
Of course, it WON'T be perfect and many of you will disagree with our colour and marking choices but that’s all part of the fun.
All pre-orders placed through www.kotare-models.com will receive 32P005 Kotare 1/32 Bf 109K-4 3Dprint exhausts (value US$19.99) and an exclusive free beautiful Darryl Legg box art print (artwork still to be revealed) suitable for framing (only while stocks last).
Cheers
Mark Robson
Owner
Kotare Models
Kit Details
139 high-quality injection moulded plastic parts. 31cm wingspan. All new tooling. Includes early and late production instrument panels, aerial mast, and rudders. Optional deployed and retracted slats, flaps, radiator doors, R6 camera, seats with and without moulded in safety harness detail, tall and low tailwheel struts, tailwheel doors open, wired shut and built shut, drop tank and carrier, open and closed canopies, windscreen coaming air intakes, outer undercarriage doors, wooden and metal horizontal tailplanes, and compass hatch. Wheels with weighted tyres featuring correct alignment. Fully illustrated instruction manual. High quality Cartograf decals for 3 early and late production Bf 109K-4 from 1945.
For further details and to pre-order go over to Kotare webshop.
K32009 - Bf-109K-4 – 1:32
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