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Someone has to be 1st and it's going to be me  I really liked the look of this as it's something really different and something I can hopefully share with my son, who is much taken by Oriental Martial Arts and Mayhem. In fact he is grading for his Black Belt in Tae-Kwondo in a couple of months. Even the Wife was impressed, so this one may even get to visit the living room. There have been a lot of extras offered for this, I presume in Japan, including a Katana. So I hope we may get some here too, hint, hint, nudge, nudge 
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Here's the man Date Masamune. 
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Nice find Andy 
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Crikey ... look at his face, he doesn't look a happy chappy does he?
I reckon another Samurai has just chopped up his favourite puppy!!! 
Good luck with the build Andy!! 
Kev 
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Hi Andy. I'll wager he's thinking "I bet in a few hundred years somebody will make a mint out of copying my brill armour and I won't get a flaming single yen out of it!!" Will watch your build with great interest! Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Plymouth57 wrote:Hi Andy.
I'll wager he's thinking "I bet in a few hundred years somebody will make a mint out of copying my brill armour and I won't get a flaming single yen out of it!!"
Will watch your build with great interest!
Robin Like it.
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You'll certainly appreciate the amount of work invloved in creating the real thing, the amount of lacing and chainmail making is awesome..
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He's got his own Museum. http://www.date-masamune.jp/english/p2.htmlAlso, just bought this, has quite a lot on Date Masamune, plus his contemporaries. http://www.ospreypublishing.com...rs-%282%29_9781841767444
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Now showing on my Account as dispatching tomorrow 15th May
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A couple of extra observations; The Parts are both Heavier and much more Solid than I expected. So this is going to be a very Weighty Model when finished. The Front Cuirass Plate alone weighs over 260g. The couple of parts I have removed have a really well made feel to them. My Part One had been opened and resealed (and not very well at that). It looks like the reason for this was to remove the little tube of PVA Glue which is shown in the parts list and photo and was missing from it's little recess  . Not that it really matters as it didn't look like it would go very far, it's just slightly odd that someone would go to the trouble of doing it. Although I have heard that The Royal Mail are getting strict about shipping liquids etc.
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Hi Andy The same thing happened with the Akagi, I think it has something to do with the H&S regulations on importing and exporting noxtious substances , not that PVA is in any way harmfull. Hope this helps regards Andy PS Good luck with the build Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Hi Andy The same thing happened with the Akagi, I think it has something to do with the H&S regulations on importing and exporting noxtious substances , not that PVA is in any way harmfull. Hope this helps regards Andy PS Good luck with the build Thanks Andy, that would explain it. Good luck with your build as well. I'm certainly delighted with the quality, look and feel of the parts. It's going to look stunning with all that Mirror Finish Black. P.S. According to my Account this dispatched on Wednesday, whereas the D51 didn't ship until Friday, so I'm not expecting that until Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
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court orchard wrote:A couple of extra observations; The Parts are both Heavier and much more Solid than I expected. So this is going to be a very Weighty Model when finished. The Front Cuirass Plate alone weighs over 260g. The couple of parts I have removed have a really well made feel to them. My Part One had been opened and resealed (and not very well at that). It looks like the reason for this was to remove the little tube of PVA Glue which is shown in the parts list and photo and was missing from it's little recess . Not that it really matters as it didn't look like it would go very far, it's just slightly odd that someone would go to the trouble of doing it. Although I have heard that The Royal Mail are getting strict about shipping liquids etc. The glue has been purposely removed.
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Disappointed for you Andy, I'll speak with Admin to see if we can speed up a replacement.
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Tomick wrote:Disappointed for you Andy, I'll speak with Admin to see if we can speed up a replacement. Thanks Mr T, for your very prompt response. Does that mean I don't need to contact Customer Services, for the moment?
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No need to contact C/S. I've put it under the nose of Admin, but can you PM Admin with your account detail for your Samurai so that you account can be pinpointed.
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