quang Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I'll be willing to bet we'll soon see the A/M guys all over this neat little airplane .Props. landing gear ,interiors . Lots of great things with the new decals from AOA leading off Why always rely on the AM guys? Looking at the pics of the real a/c, super-detailing the interior should be within the capabilities of the average modeller. Try it, you'd be amazed! Jack, gatorbait51, Shawn M and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorbait51 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Why always rely on the AM guys? Looking at the pics of the real a/c, super-detailing the interior should be within the capabilities of the average modeller. Try it, you'd be amazed! Thanks, I plan to . AM stuff is for dressing her a little bit , the kit itself looks very,very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Really looking forward to the Skymaster! I was planning to build this one since quite some time already - won't have to do it from scratch now! gatorbait51, Out2gtcha, Vandy 1 VX 4 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Looks quite nice (hopefully the overall size and shape is good). Given the moulding techniques used for these types of short run injection moulded kits, it is to be expected that many of the parts will be simplified by necessity and the kit will probably not be a straight forward build. However, this kit looks to be pretty comprehensive and I am delighted to see it kitted in 1/32 scale. Derek gatorbait51, Out2gtcha and rafju 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Really looking forward to the Skymaster! I was planning to build this one since quite some time already - won't have to do it from scratch now! wow, a "push only" push-pull! I wonder if they souped up that single engine any to compensate gatorbait51 and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTroll Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Got mine today (2 kits) from Sprue Brothers. I'll let the "pro" reviewers do their thing but I can say that I am a bit disappointed. I started to assemble the engine and discovered that all the characteristics that Roden has had in the past on the WW1 kits are unfortunately present on this kit. Locator holes and pegs that are not the same size; soft, cheese-like consistency of the plastic; some incomplete mold fills (air intake) and some mold slippage (prop shaft and some engine bits); decals that look like the yellow will be translucent and instruction diagrams that hint at where parts are to go rather than clearly indicating locations/angles. Oddly enough on one of kits the bag containing the sprues had been opened and there were a couple of loose clear parts in the box. The box was factory sealed when I received it so maybe there was a quality issue corrected at the last moment? I did not discover anything missing. All in all, the kit is pretty standard Roden (for better or worse) and will be a challenge to bring to a satisfactory completion IMHO. I am going to try to finish these but will wait for the AOA decals before committing any more effort. Edited December 8, 2016 by OldTroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Ron Thank you for the info. I sure was hoping for a better kit but it's the only game in town Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I'll let the "pro" reviewers do their thing Excellent. Know any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Excellent. Know any? Apparently. the author of this review flew one in the past: https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/rod/kit_rod_0619.shtml An expert? Maybe not. But, he has some good notes on the kit. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Hi All Just for fun, if you're not still in love for that "Birddog", after seeing that film: you will! Enjoy Raf Shawn M and Tony T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 stumbled upon an all black skymaster last night on the interpipes...must have one LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Apparently. the author of this review flew one in the past: https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/rod/kit_rod_0619.shtml An expert? Maybe not. But, he has some good notes on the kit. D Actually, I was just poking fun at the 'pro reviewer' comment, as virtually no one here is. Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Hi All Birddog' fan Just received one directly from Ukraine today (through eBay) And after first exam, for sure I'll buy an other one, a quick review to MY eyes: Fuselage, wings: nice engraving panel lines without any rivets. Some dihedral to the main wing but not enough, and needs certainly reinforced struts.. Small parts are really with nice engraving with enough détails for a from the box. Can't resist to show you that loved 'kit...(fingers are here to scale comparison and sorry, difficult to hold parts together without any locating point...)) She really looks like a BirdDog! Thanks to Roden! raf MikeC, red baron, alaninaustria and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Wow! Very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Wow! Very nice!! Indeed! Got one on the way from Poland, looking forward to getting my mitts on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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