Tony T Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Especially as Trumpeter never made a TA-4J. I built mine in 1981 as a Blue Angel, and would love to see it come out again (but suspect the moulds were permanently tampered with to make the OA-4M release, and I don't know how easy it is to backdate that mongrol to a Scooter trainer). Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Hi, The TA-4J molds were not altered. This is also why you need to do some surgery to add the OA-4M parts. So no problem at that level. When I got another TA-4J, I also got a cheap Trumpeter A-4E as I'm not willing to rescribe again a Skyhawk. This was one of the most boring tasks I have ever done. So, I will just use the cockpit area of the Hasegawa kit as conversion parts for the Trumpy kit! Thierry LSP_Ray, D Bellis, LSP_K2 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 www.hasegawa-model.co.jp - 1:32 Me163B Another re-release, out now. Juraj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hmmm, original boxart too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 13 February 2020 at 11:27 AM, thierry laurent said: Hi, The TA-4J molds were not altered. This is also why you need to do some surgery to add the OA-4M parts. So no problem at that level. When I got another TA-4J, I also got a cheap Trumpeter A-4E as I'm not willing to rescribe again a Skyhawk. This was one of the most boring tasks I have ever done. So, I will just use the cockpit area of the Hasegawa kit as conversion parts for the Trumpy kit! Thierry That's good news. The TA-4J hasn't been repopped for twenty years, the single seater only sixteen years ago. Maybe it will follow? Your strategy is good. My Trumpeter A-4F similarly has the NLG parts from an old Hasegawa, one area where the Japanese offering was so vastly superior to the Chinese editions. cheers, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 The Aires Skyhawk LG bays set is beautiful and exceptionally includes hard metal gear legs. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to use it on the Hasegawa kits as there are noticeable dimension differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) It´s possible.... I have just done exactly that..... ... It certainty requires a lot of cutting and fettling indeed, but it´s doable! Cheers! Stefan Edited February 20, 2020 by Phantom2 coogrfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 12:38 PM, Trak-Tor said: Another re-release, out now. I built that Me 163 in the mid-1970s - now I feel old! Ralph-D and Trak-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I like how the Me 163 box mentions 'Collector's Quality Detail'. Shouldn't need any aftermarket, right? Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Phantom2 said: It´s possible.... I have just done exactly that..... ... It certainty requires a lot of cutting and fettling indeed, but it´s doable! Cheers! Stefan Doable for sure but surely not easy. I had a look at that when I was building a OA-4M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Good news for me then; I really don't care about wheel wells anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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