RadBaron Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Never having laid claim to a mind of sense or reason, reading the reports of how terrible Infinity Models' first venture into injection molded territory was, awoke something in my few remaining brain-cells. With every word of admonishment that adorned build review, just like that red flag to a bull, I wondered what sort of a Worst-Kit-Ever was hiding within the quite large box. Looking over the sprues revealed a interesting combination of raised and engraved details, miles of flash and plenty of mould release lines. One curious detail was that whilst some parts were (randomly) numbered on the sprues, others had no numbering at all. A check of thr sprue layout in the instructions cleared up which part was supposedly which, but more on that later. Whilst infinity offers all manner of add-on detail kits, I like my models closed up, preserving the shape of the aircraft, so luckily those won't be a further hindrance of dragging this kit across the finish line. One addition I do think needs be made, is the PE dive flaps. They're a fairly costly necessity, but given the fragile, multi-layered nature of these flaps in real life, compared to the somewhat representative blobs of plastic provided in the kit, I think they're a must for anyone contemplating this build. Other than these and a set of Master perforated gun barrels for the rear guns, I'm aiming to go OOTB with this. The plan is to build the 3 tone paint scheme (or something similar) as provided in the kit. On to the plastic! Denzil Edited October 10, 2022 by RadBaron Uncarina, npb748r, Paul in Napier and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 Playing with plastic. The cowl halves go together fine. The cowl flap hinge-line is wonky as can be. I chopped off the flaps, hit thr line with filler and sanded the rear of the cowl straight. The forward upper intake insert was offered up to look at fit. Not bad, except that that's nothing what the real thing looks like. Sorting that out will wait until the cowl halves have completely dried. D Bellis, LSP_Kevin, Archimedes and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 On to the wings, then! The kit provides a one piece main spar, that also makes up the rear wall of the gear well, to which the wing ribs are attached. Given the complete lack of fit of literally every part, I didn't want to to leave such a visible area to chance, so I decided to deviate from the instructions, chopping the spar in half, gluing each to the respective upper wing half. From there I'll make up the structure, and most likely put in some of the more prominent wiring and plumbing. Every single part needed shaping and trimming and fine tuning. The spar needed notching to fit around molded in structure on mating surfaces. The ribs needed notching and trimming One issue I did find was, (and I'll put my hand up and take some blame if I installed the spar incorrectly) the angle of the rear face of the ribs as provided in the kit are a 90° angle, which didn't come anywhere close to the angle of the spar. More chopping and creative wrangling. Eventually we get to this stage Here's a completed wheel well. Now to do the other side and add some plumbing! There is still an inboard "rib" to be added, but this part is representing the fuselage skin of the real aircraft, so I'm going to glue the piece to the fuselage, to keep correct angles and what not. The horizontal stabilizers have gone together too, and I've separated the elevators from the stabilizers. Curtiss used some fairly chunky hinges on their controll surfaces, so I'll make those up before reattached everything. Sofar, the kit is living up to being a bit of a slog, but certainly not unbuildable. How badly do you want a Beast in your cabinet? MikeMaben, Landrotten Highlander, Sasha As and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmerit Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, RadBaron said: Playing with plastic. The cowl halves go together fine. The cowl flap hinge-line is wonky as can be. I chopped off the flaps, hit thr line with filler and sanded the rear of the cowl straight. The forward upper intake insert was offered up to look at fit. Not bad, except that that's nothing what the real thing looks like. Sorting that out will wait until the cowl halves have completely dried. I have to say that is very poor. The build that was posted on here by the manufacturer ground to a halt after about 4 posts. Either they were just posting to drive purchases, or the builder realised what a complete crock the kit is. Both are plausible and neither reflect well on the manufacturer. Like many, I bought it plus all the add ons which racked up a bill that meant the resin version was more attractive as a purchase and every time I look on eBay, I see other hapless fools flogging their ill-gotten purchase. Good luck with it - I will await the result with baited breath. Cheers Si RadBaron, monthebiff and Paul in Napier 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 There are other builds on other forums that have gotten further. Here is one that is ongoing: https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/17094-infinity-models-sb2c-4-helldiver-update-092322-rear-canopy-fix/page/8/ Paul in Napier, RadBaron, monthebiff and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 41 minutes ago, Gazzas said: There are other builds on other forums that have gotten further. Here is one that is ongoing: https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/17094-infinity-models-sb2c-4-helldiver-update-092322-rear-canopy-fix/page/8/ Ernie is doing a great job on his Helldiver and lots of really good work arounds on his build. Superb job so far. Regards. Andy RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Odd coincidence that the original aircraft was a bit of a dog as well . Paul in Napier, D.B. Andrus, RadBaron and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Looking forward to your progress on this one, its a Beast of a kit in all the wrong ways. Not worked on mine foe over a year but here is the progress so far RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Well, at least you guys can look for an aftermarket L/G set from us in the near future. Cheers, Damian LSP_Kevin, Woody V, scvrobeson and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, D.B. Andrus said: Well, at least you guys can look for an aftermarket L/G set from us in the near future. Cheers, Damian Now that is good news Damian, initially you mentioned you wasn't going to do this one! I will keep my eye out. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Based on viewing the build in the link, note to self: buy the resin kit. I genuinely don’t understand why people don’t like resin kits (yes I know it is carcinogenic but I wear a mask if I am sanding resin parts). Best regards, Paul simmerit and RadBaron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I especially enjoy tongue-in-cheek build commentary so I'll definitely be following this. Archimedes, Dennis7423, themongoose and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Spare a thought for all the desperate souls moaning in front of their ZM Bf109 fin fiasco. Woody V, Panzerwomble, RadBaron and 4 others 1 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 1 hour ago, quang said: Spare a thought for all the desperate souls moaning in front of their ZM Bf109 fin fiasco. That pales in to insignificant compared to this monstrosity Quang! Regards. Andy chrish, RadBaron and Panzerwomble 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 3 hours ago, monthebiff said: That pales in to insignificant compared to this monstrosity Quang! Regards. Andy It’s exactly what I meant, Andy albeit in a sarcastically euphemistic fashion. Paul in Napier, RadBaron, thierry laurent and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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