Eduard S.E.5a, MiniArt SU-122, Hasegawa Jun'yo, Takom FV432, Zvezda 737-800

Hi, Steve,
I've bought every copy of Fine Scale Modeler since they first came out, and I'm pretty sure I picked up that bit of trivia concerning the Aurora molds in one of their magazines. Now, I may have learned that little factoid somewhere else, but, whatever the case, I never set out to research it. I just stumbled across it, and it has always stuck with me. All I can say is Aurora was notorious for producing kits with no surface detail on the underside, so, when Monogram acquired some of Aurora's old molds, they altered a few to make them a little more realistic. At the time I thought the Monogram kits were a great improvement, and I was surprised to find out later they were actually reworked Aurora kits.

Just keep reading Fine Scale Modeler, and you'll discover you are unintentionally researching a great many things. Yay!