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THE EYE OF THE STORM! Revell Hurricane


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Well this Hurricane is a must have...hmmm will look nice with the Kotare Spit,and the Whirlwind. As for the Revell pro-mo yes its common for digital camera distortions...even apart from what ever lens there used, then theres whatever been done in photoshop, camera raw....best idea is don't judge till the kits out.The only one I can think of is a certain b-24 where the pics don't lie.

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40 minutes ago, CRAZY IVAN5 said:

I for one will wait it out to see a real build or 2 . I haven't seen the "new" images as of yet [ are they on facebook? ] if that's the case then that would explain it. i f Radu says it's good I'll tend to believe him,still want to wait though.

Ah, i found them , stupid me not watching closer. It does look a lot better in those pics. I stand corrected  

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4 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said:

I must say that the 'pit images aside, I like what I see, and I suspect the 'pit will be greatly refined on the real kits. I went back and took a look at my review of the Revell Bf 109G-10, and as I suspected, the 'pit details, aside from the terrible molded-in belts, looks more than acceptable.

Agreed, the interior details I can get around.  

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11 hours ago, VMA131Marine said:

Revell did themselves no favours by publishing images of a test model that looks as incorrect as this one did.

In the end it makes no difference. If one rejects the kit completely based on test shot photos,

the best evaluation comes after someone builds it and posts photos of the completion.

Most of us wait for that to make a final decision.

We won't know it's cost in the U.S. until it's available here, SprueBros will likely carry it.

 

 

 

 

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I have waited years for a modern accurate well designed easy to build Hurricane kit for years, I have PCM Hurricanes and FLY Hurricanes in the stash as well as a built old Revell Hurricane Mk.I.

I fought my way through the PCM fabric wing kit and liked the end result, however a modern easier to build kit would be nice, I was also pleased with the old Revell Mk.I kit which is still accurate in outline, note the old Mk.II is not accurate, it is just the Mk.I with cannons added no nose extension.

The new Revell kit at the normal Revell price is definately worth a punt so I will be buying one regardless.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

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16 hours ago, Radub said:

 

The model shown by Revell is built correctly. Due to the breakdown of parts it is impossible to build the model with "zero dihedral". Even if there was some way to build it with "zero dihedral" by accident or incompetence, there would be gaps in all kinds of places. How can one make angles in parts disappear without repercussions?  As I explained already, what you see in the photos from Revell is an optical artifact caused by the camera angle. I have the model in hand now, I can replicate that "look" just by turning it in my hand. 

There is nothing wrong with the Revell model, it is all geometry and optics. 

Radu

 

That's great news. Thanks. I suspect that an authentic paint job would have made a huge difference.

 

Tony 

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14 minutes ago, Tony T said:

 

That's great news. Thanks. I suspect that an authentic paint job would have made a huge difference.

 

Tony 

 

I don't think that any "difference" needed to be made. :) over the last few days I had some conversations with a few people about this press release from Revell and the general gist was that "Revell should have used better photos that showed the dihedral." Why? The model is the same, no matter what angle it is viewed from. One can equally say that these photos created a visual "trap" that tripped some people in their haste to issue a "hot take" and those kinds of personal choices made by others can't be blamed on anyone else. :) 

Radu

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33 minutes ago, Radub said:

 

I don't think that any "difference" needed to be made. :) over the last few days I had some conversations with a few people about this press release from Revell and the general gist was that "Revell should have used better photos that showed the dihedral." Why? The model is the same, no matter what angle it is viewed from. One can equally say that these photos created a visual "trap" that tripped some people in their haste to issue a "hot take" and those kinds of personal choices made by others can't be blamed on anyone else. :) 

Radu

The sad thing is that some people are waiting to pounce on new releases to be the first to find fault, genuine or otherwise.

It seems to be their sole reason of existence:mellow:

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2 hours ago, Radub said:

 

I don't think that any "difference" needed to be made. :) over the last few days I had some conversations with a few people about this press release from Revell and the general gist was that "Revell should have used better photos that showed the dihedral." Why? The model is the same, no matter what angle it is viewed from. One can equally say that these photos created a visual "trap" that tripped some people in their haste to issue a "hot take" and those kinds of personal choices made by others can't be blamed on anyone else. :) 

Radu

 

After the ironing board wing Spitfire release, the difference did indeed very much need to be made by Revell. 

Very bad marketing to show one pee-poor photo. But all's well that ends well. Definitely buying one, and any subsequent boxings.

Well done Radu. 

 

Tony 

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Apologies if its been cleared up already and I’ve missed it in all the drama but the photo only shows 4 guns per wing not the 6 I was expecting for the mark Revell said they were releasing, will the final release have 4 or 6 guns per wing. I’m far from expert but it would seem 4 guns per wing opens up more marking schemes.

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