chrish Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 hahaha....After seeing better modellers than I going 10 rounds with the E I'm putting my efforts into my (bought n paid for) Trumpeter G. Life's too short for me to take on that fight. otis252 and dmthamade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otis252 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 I was really looking forward to this kit, think I'll pass now. I could have lived with the flatish spine, but which these build threads it looks like really nothing fits well at all. I'm seeing all kinds of fighting by modelers with more skill then me on virtually everything. Intakes, wheel wells, exhaust area, the spine, poor cockpit detail, I think I'll pass.But that's just me. Chuck chrish and dmthamade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Stopped working on mine. Pretty much everything has been a battle. Did some dryfitting on the vertical tails, flaps/slats, ang main gear. Flap/slats looked ok wih exception of big sawtooth gap at root of leading edge. Gear fit needs lots of work, tail fins fit like they belong to another kit. Radome mishapen, started with wet/dry, ended with coarse file to get it close... on and on it goes....this kit will really suffer with age. Main gear doors short molded...the shape of the spine? least of the problems IMHO. DON Marcel111, otis252, chrish and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The main problem is that it takes a lot of work and skill to assemble this kit into something inaccurate in many ways, so why wasting your time on it? Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Starfighter said: The main problem is that it takes a lot of work and skill to assemble this kit into something inaccurate in many ways, so why wasting your time on it? I'm about 1/4 of the way through the build, dryfitting parts show it'll be a lot of work ahead. I know as modellers, we're supposed to be able to take a kit, build it and create a work of art, but this kit is a whole new level. Not scared of slugging my way, but sometimes ya just gotta take a break. As for fit of parts, it's like there are parts from a Revell kit, other parts from another manufacturers kit, and the manufacturer is Fisher-Price. Now, I haven't binned it (yet), it's in the box in a dark corner. Something I will wait to see is aftermarket gear, SAC would be acceptable as the kit stuff feels weak and needs a lot of work to....work. Don Out2gtcha and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 If you are looking for a challenge, try the Trumpeter Super Bug - it's challenging and annoying to build, but it's extremely easy compared with the Revell offering and looks the part once you've made it to the end... reminds me that I need to take photos of mine. stusbke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 i hope we will now get a resin pit (for the F/G too) because the pit is the biggest shortcomming of the trumpy kit (along with the pylons) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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