oyoy5 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Just wondering I have the Revell Germany issue and was wondering if the later release USA version addresses the canopy distortion issue the German release suffers from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) I'd be curious of their quality as well Edited March 4, 2020 by chrish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 13 hours ago, oyoy5 said: Just wondering I have the Revell Germany issue and was wondering if the later release USA version addresses the canopy distortion issue the German release suffers from. Not the two I bought. Many builders do not care. Good news for me at least; bought 3 canopy sprues for $15 from Tamiya USA. There is a difference. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyoy5 Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Yes I just bought one as well as well as the late tail section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Rick Griewski said: Not the two I bought. Many builders do not care. Good news for me at least; bought 3 canopy sprues for $15 from Tamiya USA. There is a difference. Rick Rick, Did you buy & replace the sliding piece only or the sliding part + windscreen? Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I bought only the bubble canopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 On 3/2/2020 at 2:49 AM, chrish said: Id be curious of their quality as well. The LHS has 3 on the shelf for 48.00 each. A guy could buy a whole squadron for the price of 1 Tamiya kit You could buy 30 Hyundai’s for the price of 1 Ferrari and ill let you guess what id and a huge proportion of car lovers would rather own and drive. As for Mustangs thats why i have 1 Revell kit which needed a replacement for the crushed canopy and i have a Squadron of Tamiya ones which needed nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 It is great to have choices. A great LSP era we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) seems that way Edited March 4, 2020 by chrish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/1/2020 at 11:49 AM, chrish said: The LHS has 3 on the shelf for 48.00 each. A guy could buy a whole squadron for the price of 1 Tamiya kit A whole squadron of 2. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Rademaker Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 10:30 PM, oyoy5 said: Just wondering I have the Revell Germany issue and was wondering if the later release USA version addresses the canopy distortion issue the German release suffers from. I purchased a US distribution REVELL Mustang and the canopy was good, no distortion. Can’t say if all the models will be the same. Jim MikeMaben and Charlie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Thanks Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Rademaker Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Mike, thank you for the welcome. I have enjoyed your builds. Jim MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I was told by a HobbyTown employee that no one has complained about the canopy in the U.S. boxes, which of course carries the caveat that maybe no one complained to him but carries the hope the later batches are better. He also suggested writing the U.S. distributor for replacements instead of Germany just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The nature of the windscreen rippling on the first releases in Europe looked like heat shrinkage caused by premature ejection from the mould. Two bought kits and two Revell replacements, all faulty. Yet some bought at the same time elsewhere had perfect examples. It's likely only better management of mould cycling time is all that was required, and not new moulds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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