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Hobbycraft HC1696: F-105D Thunderchief


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This may help in clarifying some questions:

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=40546

 

Thierry

 

Thanks, Thierry. Between your tweak list and my general observations, hopefully we've covered it fairly well. Interesting that the Trumpeter kit has weapons stencils, as the Hobbycraft kit has none at all.

 

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Great review.

 

Note that the "real deal" photo depicts a Thunderstick II modified jet, with the enlarged spine.

 

Tony

 

Thanks. I knew the spine was not standard, but it was the best photo I could find of the tail (without spending gobs of time on the web).

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Learned something new... I never even knew Hobbycraft boxed Trumpeter kits.

 

Yes, they actually did quite a few; Both F-105's, P-38L, MiG-15 bis, MiG-17F, F4U-1D, P-40, F4F-4, and perhaps a few others as well, I'd need to look into that.

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Hobbycraft also boxed the 1:24th Trumpter kits too.

 

That's true enough. Oddly, not one of the 1:24 Hobbycraft boxings of Trumpeter kits, is listed in our database, even though there are/were several.

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Nice review!

 

Like the author, I did not find big shape issue with the kit tail comparing plastic to real pictures.

What is supposed to be wrong in there?

 

As for the MER, Eduards released those beauty. Quite cheap moreover:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1067646-eduard-632102-mer

 

As for the gun, I will add Master barrels:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/224816-master-am-32-029-m61-a1-vulcan-six-barrelled-rotary-20mm-cannon

and some scratch...

 

Cheers

 

Romain

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