LEM Kits Ta-183 quick look

[mahernandez]

I just got my LEM KIts Huckebein today. I just couldn't wait to open her up and fondle the parts. This is just a quick review and it's a pretty nice kit for a limited run resin kit. Kind of reminds me of some of the Planet Models kits. You've probably already seen most of the pictures already posted on the site.

 

The kit comes in an unassuming small  light gray box.

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Inside the box is one large clear zip lock bag containing 7 bubble wrapped smaller zip lock bags and at the bottom of the box is a CD and a nice little Christmas card. Within the forward and rear fuselage sections are 2 more smaller zip lock bags.

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There's a bit of flash between the two sections that I just used an Xacto blade to do the initial trim. Will need a little more sanding to get a precise fit. The kit has fine engraved panel lines I hope won't disappear under a primer coat. The whole kits has fine scratches all over the surface that will need to be polished out. I see only a couple of very small pin holes in the front section of mine.

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The wings and tail are all butt joints. The wings are solid and feel a little heavy. It may need 2 spars to hold them. It was kind of hard to tell the left from the right wing until I noticed the 2 alignment marks on the bottom of the wings for the pylons for the X-4's. There is no nose weight included as far as I could tell. There may be room up front for lead shot to keep her from being a tail sitter. There may be more information in the CD as I haven't check that yet.

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I didn't check any of the smaller bits yet.

 

That's all for now.

 

Here's a picture of the main body parts taped together and the AMTech 1/48 Ta 183 to show for size comparison and the PM 1/72 kit also to show the size. It's really a small jet.

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[LSP_Ray]

Cool! Thanks for the pics. Mine is in transit somewhere...

[upor]

upload nose of the model is not necessary

Model normal wheels on the ground

This will give an extra load on the landing gear

[Out2gtcha]

Cool! Nice review, and thanks for posting pics.   I would say also after experience with resin kits, that I would be more comfortable with two pins holding each wing on as well if they are in fact solid.  

[petrov27]

how is the landing gear? Is it resin only or resin with a wire embedded so they do not bend/warp over time?

[Out2gtcha]

Also curious...................I assume from the pics you do in fact have to cut out your own MLG wells?    In that same vein, if so, are there any recessed panel lines on the inside to follow when your cutting them out?

[Troy Molitor]

Cool. Thanks for this info.

 

Regards,

 

Troy.

[mahernandez]

I only breifly glanced at them but the LG's do have a wire in them for strength. I need to look them over more carefully as I've had some in the past that were like this were either slightly bent or the resin didn't give a full coverage and necessitated major work or replacement. The actuating/retraction arms also have a wire in them. The main wheels are 2 halves you'll need to glue together. They are not bulged but I believe the main gear tires were the same size as an Fw 190 and Ta 152H so I'm sure there are some resin bulged tires out there to use. The nose tire is the same size as later BF 110's or He 111's tailwheels.

 

The nose and main gear doors will need to be cut out but LEM gives you the replacements in the resin parts. There are panel lines on the outside to scribe along but nothing on the inside. It would be kind of hard to cut from the inside the way the 2 fuselage halves are shaped.

 

Mark H

Edited January 8, 2016 by mahernandez

[Out2gtcha]

I only breifly glanced at them but the LG's do have a wire in them for strength. I need to look them over more carefully as I've had some in the past that were like this were either slightly bent or the resin didn't give a full coverage and necessitated major work or replacement. The actuating/retraction arms also have a wire in them. The main wheels are 2 halves you'll need to glue together. They are not bulged but I believe the main gear tires were the same size as a 109 so I'm sure there are some resin bulged tires out there to use.  The nose tire is the same size as later BF 110's or He 111's.

 

The nose and main gear doors will need to be cut out but LEM gives you the replacements in the resin parts. There are panel lines on the outside to scribe along but nothing on the inside. It would be kind of hard to cut from the inside the way the 2 fuselage halves are shaped.

 

Mark H

 

 

Thanks!  Just what I was interested in...............Really glad they give you replacement resin gear doors. From experience of things like cutting out vac canopies and the like, where you have to use parts from both sides of the cut, meaning it has to be dead balls on...........this way, you dont have to worry about cutting into the fuselage or doors too much.