thomastmcc Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 hi has anyone had any experience of high planes lockheed U2/TR1 dragon lady in 1/72 ? what they like ? i have an old airfix U2 and the TR1 version would be cool. thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 If you have the old Airfix and are happy with it you should have no objection against the Special Hobby one ;-) I have two of the Airfix and one of the Minicraft (basically the same but with engraved panel lines). But sadly no Special Hobby one. But from what I found on the web it is a nice kit though I never saw one "in person". rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 rene is special hobby one and high planes two different makes or one ?? thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) I have built one. Typical garage short run - lot of flash, poor white metal parts (I only used ejection seat), poor cockpit and wheel wells that I made entirely from scratch using Cutting Edge resin stuff as reference http://hsfeatures.com/u2sda_1.htm, no engine exhaust - built one using foil and spare parts (D-21 drone). On the good side overall part fit is good, decal is fine but lacks red stenciling, thin and clear vacuformed canopy. I haven't seen Special Hobby with my own eyes but what I've seen on the net makes me feel that it may be not much better than High Planes - most of the resin parts are useless Kit parts: Here are some in-process pics of mine I can shoot final result, if you are interested. Edited September 13, 2013 by Pin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Errr sorry - I completely blacked out High Planes - thanks Pin for your comment. I would certainly do not take the HighPlane route for the TR2. I suppose the Special Hobby one can be found for an equal price and it should be by far better. If you are after one I can send you the address of a shop in Germany which has the NASA version in stock for 27,99 Eur (versus 23,72 from HPM for the HighPlanes). but he charges another 18,56 Eur for shipping (no matter how much you order though) to EU countries. Ouch. Yet if you find more interesting kits there (which should be perfectly possible) it might get interesting again. René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 THANKS pin please do ,rene might keep looking and try google fu ... thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 A TR-1 cannot be made from the Airfix kit as it is for one of the older versions of the U-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 A TR-1 cannot be made from the Airfix kit as it is for one of the older versions of the U-2 That's right, U2-R airframe was fully redesigned resulting much bigger plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I've built the Special Hobby U-2R and three copies of the Airfix U-2. I'll post pictures next week when my PhotoBucket bandwidth is reset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 I've built the Special Hobby U-2R and three copies of the Airfix U-2. I'll post pictures next week when my PhotoBucket bandwidth is reset. thanks buddy appreciate it.. thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Finished about 3 years ago Special Hobby review: http://www.internetmodeler.com/2001/december/first-looks/specialhobby_tr1a.htm In French: http://fanakit.free.fr/TR1/TR1.htm In Russian: http://scalemodels.ru/articles/376-obzor-Special-Hobby-1-72-TR-1-A.html Article on Modeling Madness: http://modelingmadness.com/review/mod/us/attardu2.htm As I said - I don't feel that Special Hobby is far superiour to High Planes Edited September 14, 2013 by Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 thanks pin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) As promised: Airfix U-2D Airfix U-2A Airfix U-2C Special Hobby U-2R Edited September 17, 2013 by theplasticsurgeon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 thanks plasticsurgeon .. thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Nice U-2s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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