phantom Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Which kit would you recommend for the 262, Revell or Trumpeter? Mike mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Revell. Although the Trumpeter looks pretty good, the Revell is more dimensionally correct and usually cheaper to boot! Our own Radu helped design the Revell kits. Skyraider3D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusionreigns178 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 I've been told the Trumpeter has been designed for all the hatches to be built in the open position. In other words, when you try to glue the hatches down, the kit will fight you all the way. Perhaps folks who have built the Trumpy version can confirm or deny this for us... Chris. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant_T Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, Confusionreigns178 said: I've been told the Trumpeter has been designed for all the hatches to be built in the open position. In other words, when you try to glue the hatches down, the kit will fight you all the way. Perhaps folks who have built the Trumpy version can confirm or deny this for us... Chris. I built it quite a few years ago and this sounds familiar. I think mostly it pertains to the gun bays but it is not that bad. I enjoyed the kit a lot. I have the Revell which I intend to build soon. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Both kits build up to very nice models. I built the Trumpeter single-seater last year. 13 hours ago, Confusionreigns178 said: I've been told the Trumpeter has been designed for all the hatches to be built in the open position. In other words, when you try to glue the hatches down, the kit will fight you all the way. Perhaps folks who have built the Trumpy version can confirm or deny this for us... Chris. It did take some work to get the nose panels to fit on this build including the use of shims... I am currently building the Revell version of the two-seater. Unfortunately, the nose panel fit is not perfect on the Revell either but perhaps a little better than the Trumpeter. Based on my experience (factoring in that I am not quite halfway through the Revell build), I would recommend the Revell kit over the Trumpeter. The riveting on Trumpeter kits is heavy-handed and the cockpit assembly has four large attachment tabs that are clearly visible from the wheel well. No rivets and the Revell cockpit is very well done using their included decals for the instrument and side panels. Nicely molded plastic tires too versus the vinyl tires in the Trumpeter kit. RadBaron, mpk, chrish and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Beck Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 17 hours ago, LSP_Ray said: Revell. Although the Trumpeter looks pretty good, the Revell is more dimensionally correct and usually cheaper to boot! Our own Radu helped design the Revell kits. No,he didn´t help, He designed it! Jack, mpk, Rick Griewski and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 While I had the Trumpeter kit and liked it a lot (but eventually sold it off), now I'd just go for the Revell kit, for the cost if nothing else. Rockie Yarwood and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 I am currently building the Revell single seater. I closed the gun bays & engines. It did take some work to get a good fit on both if you close up. Great kit though. The details are well done, shape appears to have no issues. Besides the closed panel fit issues, it builds up very well. I am not going to rivet mine, but I did go over the panel lines with my scriber, as they are a little 'soft'. Also, my windshield has some serious distortion, similar to their P-51 canopy issues. Luckily I have a two seater in the stash, windshield sprue is the same. It was fine & I'm using it. Contacted Revell.de & they will send a replacement. I have some in progress photos on 1/32 scale aircraft on Facebook. I also have the Trumpeter in the stash & believe they both have their pluses, but can't comment on how it build up yet. mpk and Rockie Yarwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 It appears that the Revell kit is unavailable at this time, I was thinking of doing a P-51B any advice on the P-51B? Mike Artful69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thunnus Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 6 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: The Trumpeter kit is covered with beautiful engraved rivets all over every square mm of the surface. None of which are visible even from five feet away from a real Me262. Revell's is much more accurate in that respect. I don't think this is necessarily true. There are wartime photos and film of 262's that show that rivets were visible. Unrestored 262 where you can see evidence of putty and visible rivets. The Dude, LSP_K2, Archimedes and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Great images John! Both kits are actually pretty stellar (I have built the Trumpeter kit and have the Revell version). I agree on the discrepancies in respect of the gun bay doors (having just done a dry fit of the Revell kit's. Otherwise no complaints from here. In terms of the rivets: There is much that was puttied over in terms of panel lines as shown in your first image. This is shown in higher resolution of Classic Publications Me 262 Vol 1 Page 202 where the horizontal rivet lines do appear quite distinct from a distance of what looks like 8-10 feet. Best regards, Paul mpk and LSP_K2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 In the pics above, looks like the vertical panel joints on the fuselage were putties and sanded. If so, assume that a kit would have no panel lines either? mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 On 12/12/2020 at 10:01 AM, phantom said: It appears that the Revell kit is unavailable at this time, I was thinking of doing a P-51B any advice on the P-51B? Mike The only decent P-51B out there is the long oop Jerry Rutman resin kit. Both ZM and HKM have said they are going to release a new tool one in the future, so I would wait for those. If you are really Jonesing for a 262 and the Revell kit is not available, I would go ahead and build a Trumpy one. It really is one of their better kits in spite of their niggles. Ir hit aBay for a Revell kit. phantom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radub Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Panel line denial is fake news. Look at photos, trust your own judgement. Radu thierry laurent, Archimedes, mpk and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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