Juggernut Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Just in at Sprue Brothers. Not my cup-o-tea but it looks nice: https://spruebrothers.com/ifm3201-1-32-infinity-models-sb2c-4-helldiver/ monthebiff, Gazzas, Derek B and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32scalelover Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 They also got in all of the add-on PE sets. Greg Juggernut and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Soooooo tempted. Actually had it in a cart and then stopped myself. Need to think about it some more. monthebiff and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Waiting for the Beaufighter. There were a couple others that sounded good as well, just can't recall what was on the list. The Phantom, monthebiff and Scotsman 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Its a lot of work to build this one up for certain, but I am slowly getting there with it. I would definitely recommend the external PE detail set and the flaps. Both are a must when compared to the plastic. Regards. Andy mkd1966 and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkd1966 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, monthebiff said: Its a lot of work to build this one up for certain, but I am slowly getting there with it. I would definitely recommend the external PE detail set and the flaps. Both are a must when compared to the plastic. Regards. Andy I agree Andy... I just started working on mine last week and one thing that I've noticed is how many and how thick the plastic is attaching the parts to the spruce trees... When I removed the parts for the engine - it had two attach points on each cylinder - just seems like serious overkill to have 14 attach points on half a engine part... But hey, on the bright side I'm happy to finally have a Helldiver in 1/32 scale... Have a great day, Mike scvrobeson and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, mkd1966 said: I agree Andy... I just started working on mine last week and one thing that I've noticed is how many and how thick the plastic is attaching the parts to the spruce trees... When I removed the parts for the engine - it had two attach points on each cylinder - just seems like serious overkill to have 14 attach points on half a engine part... But hey, on the bright side I'm happy to finally have a Helldiver in 1/32 scale... Have a great day, Mike I've been focusing on the fuselage internals so far Mike but as you mentioned the engine I've just gone away and had a look. Look at the state of the difference in width of these cylinders and that is definitely not just a little flash to clean up! Fun,fun, fun clean up time! Regards. Andy ivanmoe, Fanes, scvrobeson and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32scalelover Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Looks like some shrinkage on one of the sprues possibly. Edited July 7, 2021 by 32scalelover monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 11 minutes ago, 32scalelover said: Looks like some shrinkage on one of the sprues possibly. Both pieces next to each other on the same sprue, the others etc of cylinders are the same Regards. Andy Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) Haven't seen shrinking styrene from a mold yet... Resin, oh yeah but styrene, not seen that one yet. Looks to me like an error in the design and/or an error in tooling; something a test shot build should've discovered. Not even cylinder baffles could explain that mismatch. This is one of those "too bad" occurrences. Edited July 8, 2021 by Juggernut Daywalker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Well, that was easy. I had it on preorder through Hannants but cancelled due to a move. And after packing up 25 moving boxes of model kits I figured I didn’t need another kit anyway. Oh well. I guess one more won’t hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 12 hours ago, LSP_Mike said: Waiting for the Beaufighter. There were a couple others that sounded good as well, just can't recall what was on the list. They can take my money now. Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkd1966 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 15 hours ago, monthebiff said: I've been focusing on the fuselage internals so far Mike but as you mentioned the engine I've just gone away and had a look. Look at the state of the difference in width of these cylinders and that is definitely not just a little flash to clean up! Fun,fun, fun clean up time! Regards. Andy Hey Andy, I've been thinking about my options on this engine... #1 is I can buy an aftermarket resin engine (so there's more money) or #2 it dawned on me that when I purchased the Hobby Boss A-26 - people were talking how it had the wrong engine in the kit (14 cylinder R-2600 instead of 18 cylinder R-2800) so I purchased a couple of resin R-2800's for the A-26 but I think the wrong engines in the kit may be the same engine the Helldiver uses - so I'm going to dig out the A-26 kit tonight and see if it will work... Have a great day, Mike monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32scalelover Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 13 hours ago, Juggernut said: Haven't seen shrinking styrene from a mold yet... Resin, oh yeah but styrene, not seen that one yet. Looks to me like an error in the design and/or an error in tooling; something a test shot build should've discovered. Not even cylinder baffles could explain that mismatch. This is one of those "too bad" occurrences. You are correct. I was thinking of resin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Weird seing SB already got everything as I ordered mine from a well-known large German reseller (with the Whirlwind and two or three other goodies) a month ago and if they have both kits it looks they re still waiting for the Helldiver accessories for quite some time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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