simmerit Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 3 hours ago, monthebiff said: So the resin kit is €214 excluding import duties/ postage in to the UK. The plastic kit cost me £87.00 GBP including postage and I spent £77.00 GBP on extras including postage so was £164.00 GBP so definitely a cheaper prospect here in the UK. Regards. Andy List price in the UK is 209 sheets from a UK distributor. There is no import duty being applied from the EU is you ship in from Europe. If you bring it in from Europe, its 184 sheets plus postage. If I was a betting man, I'd guess postage will come in at........ 25 sheets, making a 209 total for an import, which is what you can get it from a UK distributor for..... I'm guessing someone at HPH has a nice spreadsheet detailing distributor margins and postage so they can workout direct sale price, distributor price and margins through both direct and indirect sales channels. Like you I bought the kit with a discount but having looked at the pre-release castings, I thought it looked good to go with minimal 'extras'. I've just totted up the full shopping list and with no discount, the 'extras' are 123 sheets, which makes a 210 sheets total - its a quid more expense than the resin kit. I've just ordered all the 'extras'. I'd say the decision anyone else is facing that wants to build a Helldiver in 1/32nd is plastic or resin. There is no real difference in price between the two. just saying Anyway. Enjoy the build. I'll follow it avidly as this is right up there in my top ten planes list. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Interesting they both come out the same with your comparison and having built a few HpH resin kits its definitely plastic all the way for but each to their own really isn't 8t! Regards. Andy simmerit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 23 minutes ago, monthebiff said: Interesting they both come out the same with your comparison and having built a few HpH resin kits its definitely plastic all the way for but each to their own really isn't 8t! Regards. Andy Deffo. Resin isnt the easiest of materials to work with as we all know. It would be interesting to compare a resin build to a plastic build. Really looking forward to yours fella - crack on! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markjames1968 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Funny things is, all these detail sets in resin mean you have actually been ‘tricked’ into building a resin kit with an aftermarket injected fuselage....... the eas bit of resin kits is the large components, the tricky bit is cleaning up HPH pool molded components, which on the injected Helldiver kit, are the same as the resin heldiver kit......... if you are someone who doesnt do resin kits...... stear clear of the hph on with detail sets... nmayhew and simmerit 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 Initial cuts made removing any plastic not required in readiness for the alternative parts. No going back now, coming up to a bank holiday weekend so hopefully some good progress to be had. Regards.Andy simmerit, easixpedro, dennismcc and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Thanks for the info! Still quite a price tag for a rather small kit I have to admit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 15 minutes ago, Starfighter said: Thanks for the info! Still quite a price tag for a rather small kit I have to admit... Around 2/3 of a Lockheed Viking is not that small... Paul in Napier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Still pretty small for a 32nd scale kit... A Viking is not that big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Hegedus Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Starfighter said: Still pretty small for a 32nd scale kit... A Viking is not that big! Aside from the Whale and the Savage, no carrier aircraft is really that large. There's only so much room available and they have to fit on the elevators. scvrobeson and thierry laurent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Are the control surfaces all neutral in the plastic kit? Figure that's the one detail set that I might skip on the kit. Look forward to following your progress on it. Matt monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 34 minutes ago, scvrobeson said: Are the control surfaces all neutral in the plastic kit? Figure that's the one detail set that I might skip on the kit. Look forward to following your progress on it. Matt All of the control surfaces are molded in the neutral position as part of the wing, horizontal stabilizer, and fuselage. They are not separate parts in the kit. scvrobeson and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Joe Hegedus said: Aside from the Whale and the Savage, no carrier aircraft is really that large. There's only so much room available and they have to fit on the elevators. It's not like I'm going to argue with you about the size of carrier aircraft, but there are and were several which are significantly bigger than a Viking, not only the Skywarrior and the Savage. That was not my point anyway - carrier aircraft or not, the Helldiver is not *that* big and I for one find the price tag to be quite hefty for a kit of this size. That's all. Now - back to the WIP as I am really looking forward to seeing more progress. Edited May 28, 2021 by Starfighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 7 hours ago, scvrobeson said: Are the control surfaces all neutral in the plastic kit? Figure that's the one detail set that I might skip on the kit. Look forward to following your progress on it. Matt All moulded in the neutral position, the resinn control surfaces are supplied with resin inserts to replace the missing detail removed from the remaining kit parts. I like the way they have tackled this and the new control surfaces will definitely be an improvement. Hope the pictures help. Regards. Andy Derek B, Greg W, Scotsman and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Thanks Andy! That's pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Looks like an awesome start to this one. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I've just ordered the full set of extras and the price tag was £129.75 with discount John1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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