News and Status 7/29/10. We will be at the IPMS National Convention in Phoenix, AZ from August 4th through August 7th. If you want to order some item(s) for delivery there, just let us know. Tasca 1:24 Panzer II, Ausf.F DELUXE kits now available. ABER made, exclusively for us, the metal gun barrels and PE set for this kit. Both the 20mm main gun and the 7.92mm machine gun barrels are included. So we have added both of these ABER items to kits to make deluxe kits, TA 24-001D and TA 24-002D. Each kit is priced at $88.95 with a good savings compared to ordering the kit and items individually. Available in our catalog now! Tristar has announced a new 1:35 scale Sturmpanzer IV early version (mid-production) with lots of interior details and upgraded details to the kit. We have a small number sent to us for the IPMS Nationals. It is now up in our catalog for orders under TS 35040. Tasca has announced three new Sherman kits. The first is a British Sherman III w/ the cast driver's hood(TA 35-018). The second is a U.S. Sherman M4A3(76)W (TA 35-019) and the last one is the British Sherman III w/cast driver's hood - Italian Front (TA OL-2). TA 35-019 is sold out and TA 35-018 is very low stock. All are up in our catalog for orders. We can confirm that Tasca is working on more 1:24 scale kits of German subjects. We now have new lower prices on most Tasca kits. The new prices are up in our catalog now. Please check them out! Luftwaffe Color Monograph (KD LCM) is now back in stock! We have received a re-stock of Lifecolor paint and paint sets along with 3 new sets. CS-22 Axis Tank Interiors (German & Italian colors), XS 07 Modern Italian Air Force colors and MX Master Mixer Set. All items are up in our catalog. ABER has produced exclusively for us a new gun barrel set for the Tasca 1:24 Panzer II, Ausf.F kits. Both the 20mm main gun and the 7.92mm machine gun barrels are included (AB 24 T02). They have also announced a new PE set for both kits (AB 24 T01). Both are now in stock. We are pleased to announce our next new kit, the Hurricane MK.I Battle of Britain (PCM 32012) version with metal wings is now in stock. We will begin shipping next week. The decal sheet by Cartograf will include 6 Battle of Britain Aces. The decal choices have been changed and are now as follows: 1. RF-E P3901 Flg.Off. W. Urbanowicz 2. RF-R P4175 Sgt. Josef Frantisek (highest Hurricane BoB ace) 3. F-SD V7357 Sqn. Ldr. J. "Ginger" Lacey (2nd highest Hurricane BoB ace) 4. LE-D V7467 Sqn. Ldr. Douglas Bader 5. DT-A V6555 Sqn. Ldr. Roland R. Stanford Tuck 6. UP-A V3308 Sqn. Ldr. Archie McKellar There will be a PE sheet by Eduard and resin detail parts. This will be made in limited quantities based primarily on pre-orders. We will make only a few more than the pre-order quantity as sales on the fabric winged version did not reach our expectations. So order now to make sure you get one. For those of you in the U.K., we are pleased to announce that our new distributor for the U.K. is Model Wholesaler UK Ltd. They are a true distributor supplying hobby shops. You can reach them at: Unit 3, Dean Close Raunds, Northants NN9 6BD UK TEL: 01892 680009 FAX: 01892 522526 Retail customers who have already pre-ordered from us can let their order stand or cancel it with us and place it with a shop in the UK. AlphaFlight has re-supplied us with AF 48017 1:48 Sunderland resin kits along with the Yak-1 correction set and the Fiat G.50 Wing correction set. Both of the latter are now up in our catalog for orders. For the Ta-152H-1, we have arranged with Sword to mold the hydraulic landing gear retractors and the engine plug shield as part of our next kit. This sprue has now arrived with the FW-190A kits. For the U.S. and Canada, if you ordered our kit from your local hobby shop, please ask your hobby shop to contact us. We would like to ship each shop all the pieces needed in one shipment. If you ordered your kit direct from us, please contact us after the announcement. If you ordered your kit from a hobby shop overseas, please contact them. We will be shipping our overseas distributors the same amount of pieces as kits purchased. New Cammett Fiat G.55S conversion kits (PCM 32007C) and complete Fiat G.55S 1:32 kits (PCM 32007A) with only a few left in stock. Both are listed under Pacific Coast Models aircraft kits. G-Factor Models metal propeller sets for our Ta-152H-1 (GFM 32008A) and the metal Landing Gear set for the Hurricane MK.I (GFM 32010) are both now in stock. ABER of Poland is releasing a new line of 1:48 and 1:32 aircraft gun barrels and gun barrel sets. We will be adding more items as time progresses, so if there is an item you want which we don't list yet, just let us know and we will order it. The 1:24 Vintage Fighter Series (VF-2405) P-47D 25/26 with the all American Aces decals is sold out. We still have some kits left of VF-2404 which has decals for two each of American, British and French aircraft. Vintage will be releasing a Razorback version of the P-47. ETA is unknown at this time. A feature in our catalog which you may find interesting is that when you are looking at an item, you can click on the photo or description, it will take you to a second page. At the bottom of that page will be listed any items related to the main item. You can click on any of those to either look at it or add it to your order. We are deliberating on a list of new kits for next year. There will be some real surprises! We are open to suggestions for new kits for 2011 and thank you for the ones which we have received so far. Please keep them coming. We have placed some of your suggestions into our production list. Please e-mail your suggestions to us at: info@pacmodels.com. We are offering a "Lay-away Plan" for all orders totalling $50 and up. You may reserve items and depending on the total order amount, pay in 2-4 installments with the last installment including freight and tax. Contact us for more details. Best Regards Ken & Mary Ellen Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.