BradG Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Chatting to Matt and Kev on the weekend we got onto the subject of Trumpeter/Hobby Boss. Apparently someone just has to build all their worst fitting kits and that seems to be me! After the Wellington, I'm not buying anymore Trumpeter models (despite really liking Z class destroyers and Admiral Hipper Class Cruisers). Here are the two previous kits that help this decision. Firstly the Mig 17. Nothing fits well, the wings are too thick for the fuselage, the scribing is poorly executed and the less said about the nose wheel bay the better. For the life of me I couldn't make the drop tanks fit as the anti-sway braces are too short. One frustrating build and it's a pity as I've always wanted a replacement to the Smer kit and if this was a good one I'd have bought 5 of them... Now the BR 52. I've always wanted large scale locomotive with a view to building a 1/35 tank train with the Dragon wagons and vehicles (yes I am insane). I came very close to taking this back to the LHS as 'not fit for purpose' as ever single sprue had suffered mould shift. 700 parts needed to be sanded down on each side. Some smaller parts were unuseable and there are so many ejector pin marks that I stopped filling them. It took me 3 years and it came close to being thrown out on at least 3 seperate occasions, but I finished it....and never again will I be building one. This put me off building their tank engine.... Edited March 13, 2012 by BradG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Well, despite the problems you had mate, I think they both look incredible! A triumph of persistence. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaffyMan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Brad - I hope my painful efforts look half as good as these. Stunning - Happy Days - Taff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 You made silk purses out of sows ears. Excellent results. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Wow man. I think they both look great considering. The MiG is one of Trumps first ever kits I believe. Hearing about them helped me get back into modelling after a long hiatus. I think I ended up with a fair few of them for $6US each. You'd be lucky if that would pay for an argument here in Aus. I have exactly the same train and oddly enough the same idea of a loooong train. From what I can tell Dragons tracks don't fit the Trumpeter kits etc although its only plastic and axles...things can be made to fit easy enough. Nice scheme...where'd you pick that one up from? Weathering looks really nice to me. A couple of Trump kits that I can testify are awesome...their 1/24 Hurricanes and the me262's. The Yak 18 is also really nice. Cheers Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 First of all, that's a superb BR52. Two beers for you! And for those who are interested, LZ Models is going to add a complete loco kit to their already impressive after market goodies to fix the problems with the Trumpeter kit (simplifications being the biggest problem even you end up with a perfectly-molded kit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I considered one of these locomotive kits, but now I might just pass. I have to ask, what are those Darth Vader looking plates on the front sides of the boilers? I see those on a fair amount of German locomotives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamme Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I considered one of these locomotive kits, but now I might just pass. I have to ask, what are those Darth Vader looking plates on the front sides of the boilers? I see those on a fair amount of German locomotives. They are anti fumes plates. (Pare fumée, in French) Cheers, Jamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Very nice engine, but really impressed with the MIG. Well done !......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 They are anti fumes plates. (Pare fumée, in French) Cheers, Jamme Anti fumes? I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 They are smoke deflectors Kevin. Matty - the scheme was based on the one included in the old CMK resin 1/35 loco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 They are smoke deflectors Kevin. OK, I never heard of such a thing before. I just learned something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Lovely builds, particularly the loco. The smoke deflectors (also very popular on British locos of the steam era) worked by forcing air upwards at the front of the engine, forcing the smoke upwards as well. Thus preventing (or reducing) the amount of smoke travelling back along the engine to obscure driver's view forward. They also look particularly cool on some of the latter British locos, especially when combined with streamlining. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Lovely builds, particularly the loco. The smoke deflectors (also very popular on British locos of the steam era) worked by forcing air upwards at the front of the engine, forcing the smoke upwards as well. Thus preventing (or reducing) the amount of smoke travelling back along the engine to obscure driver's view forward. They also look particularly cool on some of the latter British locos, especially when combined with streamlining. Matt Thanks Matt, that makes more sense now. I always did think they looked cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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