Habu12 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Honestly, this kit was a big disappointment. Not on par with the latest Airfix releases. The detail was sit or lacking, panel lines were inconsistent in depth, width, or non present altogether. The plastic is funky and like marshmallow in places. Fit was fiddly in the nose and the panels on top. I managed to make it look decent. The Hasegawa P-40s are still better. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Perhaps a poor kit, but it looks fine to me,after the work you did on it. Good job !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Great result and a very nice scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane39 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Fantastic build as always. Sad to hear your opinion with regards to the kit. Just waiting for my LHS to receive the one I ordered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Beautiful build and finish,opinion is mixed on this kit I loved it,others not so much but when it end's up looking as good as that something's right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 ... a great result nonetheless. Really like your restrained weathering on this one Habu, and the overall dusty, deserty look. Very interested to hear your take on this kit as well, I always assume that all Airfix releases from now on are going to be stellar- your points indicate there's still a bit of a random factor in play. Anyway.. great build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Habu.. MAGNIFICENT build.... you always turn out AWESOME builds regardless of kits not being perfect !. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 You've made a good job of it, but it does go to show have different folks can have the same experience with the same kit. The only bit I've encountered was the nose alignment of the gun panels. Getting those aligned was tricky, but fixing any misalignment afterwards wasn't too hard. How did you find the gear legs? I found those to be rather "relaxed" in terms of location and fit, and I'm not looking forward to fitting them permanently (I'm mid-build). I've got a couple of other P-40s knocking about, but I've not built any yet, so I can't compare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Well you licked that into shape! Love the paint job - very convincing to my eyes. Beautifully judged fade and weathering. ATB Rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Not good news to hear about the kit... still a very good result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Cracking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 You made an excellent model out of it. It Looks very nice! Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 " Honestly, this kit was a big disappointment. Not on par with the latest Airfix releases. "???? But non of that matters? you've built and finished it so beautifully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 My friend Bob has built two lovely examples and the only concern was the undercarriage fixing. But he was full of praise for the the kit and on inspection I have to agree wholeheartedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well, put it this way, it's nowhere near as good as the Hurricane kit from last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Looks good from here, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul A H Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Tough build or not, you made a great job of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Tough build ! poor kit ?!!!!!! Nice job ! Long may Airfix continue then to release such poor kits is all i can say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie(kinda) Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well for a 'big disappointment' you've made a bl**dy good job of it. Superb paint job and weathering. Is it me, or does that prop and spinner assembly need a slightly tighter fit (or is that one of the fit issues you've run up against)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 22 minutes ago, Newbie(kinda) said: Well for a 'big disappointment' you've made a bl**dy good job of it. Superb paint job and weathering. Is it me, or does that prop and spinner assembly need a slightly tighter fit (or is that one of the fit issues you've run up against)? That's exactly one of the fit issues. The Spitfire Mk.XIX had a similar setup, but it fit just fine. That's why I was so disappointed. They used tried and true design in places, but they don't work as well on this kit. I dunno why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 3 hours ago, Norman said: Tough build ! poor kit ?!!!!!! Nice job ! Long may Airfix continue then to release such poor kits is all i can say Well, hopefully Airfix listens and they don't repeat it. I'm sorry, but the whole "bespoke U.K." thing didn't work this time. The B-17 kit was MUCH better fitting. And that was tooled in India like so many releases before. That's the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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