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    1/32 - Douglas A-26B & C Invader by HobbyBoss - released - Resin2Detail detailing sets

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Ad-4N said:

    I never never never ever buy a a Trumpeter/HB product until the plastic in hand has been throughly reviewed by experts.  Even then I wait one year. 

     

    Never in in the history of modeldom have so many highly anticipated subjects have been issued by one company only to discover they completely didn't do a very good job in shape, outline and accuracy.

     

    Someone once quipped, but it wasn’t me, but I do think it’s highly accurate, that many of the TrumpeterHB kits are tooled as if the toolmaker has never actually seen the subject, but rather someone is looking at a picture of subject X and describing it too him over the phone.  

     

    You've never had the chance to build the Trumpeter 1/32 Dauntless which is quite simply a master piece of kit detail, engineering and accuracy. It is by a far their best kit to date and feedback it is their best kit ever.  

     

    Trumpeter and Hobby Boss have what I would call an A Team, B Team and C Team.

     

    The A Team are by far their best team and have produced some quite marvellous kits. The Dauntless mentioned above, their Me 262 series, Swordfish to name a few

     

    The B Team are good but might get a slight issue on one or two details, The A-7E Corsair with the doggy nose but everything else on the money, the A-10 Thunderbolt

     

    Then their is Team C who have used a 5 years old's drawing as the CAD design and create a monstrosity of a kit, Vampire springs to mind. 

     

    They have built some stunning kits but their is some terrible ones too, it is just know which ones. 

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    BF-110C Vs BF-110D

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi everyone. I've picked up Revell's boxing or the dragon BF-110C kit that has just been issued.

     

    Originally my intention was to build the box are version but the decal for the wasp on the from looks far to fragile to sit over the cannon nose even with a ton of settling solution.

    So i've looking at aftermarket decals and see there is loads of decals for the C/D. Does anyone know what the main different between the C/D was?

     

    Most websites state the D was the long range version of the C but doesn't detail any cosmetic differences 

    Heller Revived from the Dead

    in Current News

    Posted · Edited by thepureness

    I just purchased the 1/72 Warning star for just £25 brand new, yes the kit is old but it comes with a whole new decal sheet produced by a 3rd party and the decals are stunning along with the stencil data.

     

    The 3rd party is called Plus model, so it now comes with the same decals which were in that huge expensive multimedia boxing of the kit by Plus Model 

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    Assistance with photos

    in Photography Technique

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    11 minutes ago, Mark Szeman said:

    Forgive the poor examples, I threw this together in a few minutes, and the subject is one of the worst to photograph, small and shiny.  Its a 30x165mm round I fired myself from a 2A42 back in the day.

     

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    And try and have no interruption in the background, get a bigger piece of card, or hide your seam with the angle of the photo and the subject of the photograph. Shine lights in from different sides to get different effects, and play around with that effect to your advantage. 

     

    It only takes a little time and you can get really great pics from next to no investment and a little creativity. 

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    This is the perfect results I'm looking for

     

    The downfall of the aircraft I'm photographing is a great deal of the aircraft is white, and should I be using a white background. I'll try and take some shots and come back with results using your tips

    Assistance with photos

    in Photography Technique

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Mark Szeman said:

    Hi, as having worked as a lighting technician in film, before giving any advice, I would ask what kind of look are you going for in the photo ? 

     

    Do you just want a nice balanced lit picture, or are you trying to give it definition with the light.

     

    Mark

     

    I'm looking for just a nice balanced picture with everything in focus. I'm doing magazine reviews but my pictures are just not up to scratch. My builds are to a suitable standard but I'm not getting published as much due to my poor photos

    Assistance with photos

    in Photography Technique

    Posted

    Hi everyone

     

    I'm really struggling with getting good photos.

     

    My issue is I'm working on a tight budget with a top end camera phone, to the naked eye my builds look get, but my photos are terrible.

     

    I'm using different colour backing cards to get the detail to stand out, but it isn't really working. 

    Any advice that can help (I can't go out and buy a camera)

     

    I've attached a couple of images

     

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    Yak-130 Algerian AF

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    On 3/8/2019 at 6:51 PM, Snitok1983 said:

    Hi dear colleagues! After long break i still in the case! This time i wanna show you a 1\48 Zvezda kit Yak-130 Algerian AF. Ixcellent mouldet and detaled kit! Grean fited designed parts!  Please wellcome!

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    Awesome pictures there, and looks really great.

    Any chance we can see the underside of the model

     

     

    On another note, I saw someone using this photo on their facebook group, a group called Takadotoki Models. I'm curious if you gave permission to use the images?

    Best kit for a Coastal Command B-17 MkII

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi guys

     

    I'm looking for options in order to build a coastal command B-17 MKII in 1/72 scale

    I know Academy produced one from the box, but it is a little rare to find, plus I heard it have big issues with the wings.

    Next stage is if I can use any of the Revell or Airfix recent kits to build one or any other alternative.

     

    Any tips?

     

     

    1/48 - Grumman F-14A/B & D Tomcat by AvantGarde Model Kits (AMK) - F-14D released

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted

    3 hours ago, redcap said:

    It is a subjective assessment Mike and a nice model btw. Compare the panel lines however on the AMK kit to, say, Tamiya's current F-14's and then tell me you can't see the difference? Likewise, just look at those on their F-14 kit (should it ever see the light of day) which were on BM a couple of weeks ago when discussing that one and those are also much heavier than those seen on Tamiya's or even the now ancient Hasegawa F-14 kits. As I said...each to their own and as we both agree, the metal u/c (certainly for long term integrity) is an absolute 'must' with this kit 

     

    Gary

     

    Gary

     

    Don't take this the wrong way, but many people argue that the Mig-31 is possibly one of the best model kits ever produced. I've got it in my stash and at the moment I'm not brave enough to build it as I want to do it justice. But even looking in the box I'm stunned by the quality. 

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    1/48 - Grumman F-14A/B & D Tomcat by AvantGarde Model Kits (AMK) - F-14D released

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Masinissa said:

    AMK never really had an active website. Also Kitty Hawk Models, who are producing some kits, shut their website down. Why?

     

    Bottom line. AMK has some shape issues with their rendition of the 1/48 F-14D. They are serious enough for them to go back to the drawing board and start again. Fuel door at wrong angle, big rear end, come to mind. 

     

    If AMK were to issue the kit that was shown as test shot sprues on November 2018 the Ramsay Bolton faction of the modeling community would be filled with glee as they flayed AMK on the Internet.:deadhorse:

     

    AMK going back to the drawing board doesn't harm anyone. In fact it may mean we really do get a very nice and affordable F-14D in 1/48 scale. There are now how many companies making quarter scale P-51's?

     

    I wish AMK success. They've made some very nice kits. Hope to see more.

     

    Now I'm going to open my bottle of Ammo of MiG liquid glue and go back to work on my Hobby Boss (with it's issues) F-14A Danger Zone by Eduard.

     

     

     

    It's all good saying this, but if a manufacture becomes inactive over a large duration of time it can be worrying. 

     

    As I commented above, their kits seem to be on auction sites at inflated prices as well.

     

    Now it could be that they are closed due to Chinese New Year and will wake up again in March. But there is fear going around. 

     

     

    1/48 - Grumman F-14A/B & D Tomcat by AvantGarde Model Kits (AMK) - F-14D released

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted

    1 minute ago, tony.t said:

    It always was a bit dicey picking a complex shaped American fighter and then throwing themselves at the red line annotating brigade. The thread on ARC got closed down after it had degenerated into a discussion of shapely women's posteriors, Finnish desserts and rude comments about POTUS. 

     

    I loved AMK's Foxhound and honestly believe they should have stuck to Russian jets. We still need a good Su-15 Flagon series in any double-digit scale. Alas, they diced it and were overtaken by two Tamiyas, with a Great Wall Hobby Tomcat likely to beat the AMK into fourth place.

     

    Tony 

     

     

     

    Another rumour is the GWH tomcat is the AMK kit

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