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Kenneth

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  1. Well, that‘s really great So this is the latest in a range of four kits, none of which are available yet?
  2. I have been interested in their 1/32 DH.89 Dragon Rapide. I have only found three completed builds on the Internet, and they were also accompanied by pictures of the building process. All three noted too short struts between the engine nacelles and the fuselage, various wrong or missing details and quite a few other issues. Not for me, is my decision…
  3. None of the readily available 1/32 F-16‘s are the F-16A (MLU) variant and at €40,- it‘s about a 1/4 of what Tamiya‘s F-16C costs. That might lure somebody into buying it (not me though…).
  4. There is a corrected seat with armour plate from Barracuda, only I haven‘t found it in stock with any European online dealers…
  5. Converting an F.3 into any later marks seems to me basically amount to a new kit; there are so many differences. I see some reasoning in Revell not doing an F.4, as it already exists from HKM, but an F.8 would have the potential to be developed into an NF Mk. 11, which in turn, with a few extra parts, could also result in a TT Mk. 20. These aircraft were used by dozens of air forces around the world, and a number of civilian companies as well (e.g. Svensk Flygtjänst for the TT Mk. 20). I really can‘t get my head round Revell‘s subject choice in this case.
  6. I haven‘t built mine yet, but have had many close looks at the kit, and from memory (haven‘t got it at hand right now): + Readily available for less than a 1/4 of the Tamiya Mk IX + Very detailed, and shape and dimensions seem accurate + Clipped or pointed wingtips, large and small rudders included - The seat is quite inaccurate, particularly the seat back cushion/padding - The lower armour plate behind the seat is not included, and it looks as if it could be difficult to add as the seat mounting arrangement to the bulkhead is not reproduced correctly - Raised Dzus fasteners on the engine cowling panels - Some heavy raised rivets here and there - Rudder ribs and rib stitching rater overdone - No engine (which is not a concern for me) I think it‘s a great buy for that price, and am looking forward to doing mine. I intend to convert it into a Mk. IXe, using a conversion kit designed for the Tamiya kit, which seems to fit very well to the Revell kit as well.
  7. Godt tip, tak! Good hint, thanks! Yes, I read up on the kit before buying it, and in some respects it looks like an overengineered nightmare, particularly the engine. But ever since taking up modelling again a couple of years ago, I‘ve always wanted one and it hasn’t been available through my usual sources until now, so I‘m very pleased to have secured one. Particularly as my vendor (Super Hobby in Poland) only now, a couple of days later, has no more in stock.
  8. If they are repops, why are they presented as Kitty Hawk kits? And by whom? Received a Kingfisher from Super Hobby yesterday, and the box, instructions, decals and everything else are 100% identical to the presentation of that kit on e.g. Scalemates.
  9. Super Hobby (very reliable and swift) still has a fair selection of helicopters, and also fixed-wing Kitty Hawk 1/32 kits: T-28, F-86D, F-86K, Bronco, T-6 and RF-5E. They also had Vought Kingfishers, ordered one last Saturday (got it yesterday/Wednesday here in Germany), there were no more left by Monday.
  10. Revell published their new releases for January-April 2024, and the only 1/32 aircraft are reissues of the Alouette II helicopter and an ancient F-16A. There were four years between the releases of their 1/32 P-51D „early“ and „late“ versions…
  11. Anybody knows what their decals are like in general? I‘d really like to see them before taking the plunge. I‘m only interested in a Danish version, and kit manufacturers usually get them wrong, in particular the proprietary font for serial number. At that price, I‘d want a kit which complete and correct… but maybe I‘m being naïve here…
  12. Seems to me that they are painting themselves in a corner, modularity-wise, with an F.3. Beyond an F.4 (which HK has already done) and possibly a T. Mk. 7 (with a new forward fuselage), all subsequent variants will have to have completely new fuselages (and some possibly changes to the wings and engine nacelles as well, IIRC). Much more would have been possible with an F.8.
  13. G-MOTH was indeed rebuilt from parts as DH.82, by Russavia at Duxford in the Eighties, if I recall correctly. Note the lack of tailplane anti-spin strakes and the fabric-covered upper, rear fuselage covering (plywood on the DH.82A).
  14. Kenneth

    Hasegawa

    Don‘t know whether the moulds were sold to them, but Revell has in the recent past reissued the Hasegawa 1/32 Storch, 1/32 F-5E, 1/48 Citation and (if I recall correctly:) 1/48 Learjet and 1/48 Falcon.
  15. … and the exhaust muffler. But both probably retrofits they only got much later in their Air Cadet career, to quieten them down a bit..
  16. Agreed to some extent; wouldn‘t have taken much effort to make a T. Mk. 7 and an F.8 as well. An NF.11 would also have been nice…
  17. Maybe I‘m biased because I‘m Danish (one of the export countries), but I personally find the F.4 historically much more significant, considering the number produced and the countries that used it, for many the first jet fighter. It‘s also prettier than the earlier marks, I think…. Have coincidentally just bought this kit, and found a set of Danish decals too…
  18. Nothing wrong with the kit as such, npr with the previous versions of it, I have the floatplane and the PA-18-90 as well
  19. Preview now available on their homepage: https://www.revell.de/neuheiten-revell/sports-plane-builder-s-choice.html It‘s the otherwise great Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (with wheel u/c), with phantasy decals „designed by the Revell community“ , according to the blurb. Whereby it‘s actually just called „Sports Plane“? Well, they‘re useless „what if“ decals, in particular as the „D-PCUB“ registration is completely off; all German single-engine aircraft under 2000 kg are registered in the „D-E…“ range. Which they should know very well from the initial release of the PA-18-90, which had very accurate decals for a German aircraft. So which „person on the street“ buys a not cheap kit of a mostly unknown aircraft type, which is not that simple to assemble? Or is it just me?
  20. With one exception (the Harrier), Airfix‘ 1/24 kits have been well-known WW2 aircraft. The German ones have been done, most of the British ones too. The two US aircraft (P-51D and F6F) were types that were also used in the UK. My guesses would be Grumman F4F Wildcat/Martlet Hawker Tempest Mk. II Vought F4U Corsair
  21. I‘m currently building the new one. There are no two parts that do not require fettling before they will fit regardless of size and/or location on the model, and essentially all visible joints need putty. Extremely tiresome.
  22. That‘s what I hear too (service-mindedness). But will they have enough non-damaged ones in stock?
  23. That particular aircraft (D-FMGS) is essentially a newly built aircraft with some original components, that was completed in 2018. Revell‘s kit is from 2013, I believe…
  24. In this review of the new P-51D „late“, all three canopies were damaged. I think I‘ll get mine from a shop were I can check them in advance.. https://www.kitreviewsonline.de/p-51d-mustang-late-in-132-von-revell-03838/
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