steeli Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Hi guys are the weapon sets well molded etc? I'm building a couple 1/72 models including a Airfix Buccaneer and it especially needs a better ordnance load. Was thinking of some resin replacements, but there's quite a bit in those H boxes for not too dissimilar cost... cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Hi mate depends what your looking for but I think they are good .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 cheers, might as well give them a whirl. Plenty of spares for other aircraft featuring missiles with foot thick fins (scale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 From what i found out when i asked this question, the older sets have raised panel lines etc, but the newer sets with gbu and targeting pods are pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Check out Eduard's Brassin weapons, they've just recently started doing modern (ish) US made weapons such as the Sidewinder, Phoenix and Sparrow. I know those aren't really suitable for a Bucc but you may find them useful on other builds. Obviously if you bought lots of them, they would work out a lot more expensive than the Hasegawa weapons sets but they are very nice indeed! thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 If you want weapons for a Bucc then the Has sets might not be the right place to start, they are US specific. You'd be as well to pick up a cheap Revell Tornado GR1 kit. That has 1000lbers both dumb and LGB plus some nice AIM-9s plus you get the best 1/72 Tornado kit out there, probably for less than the weapon sets retail for! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 I have a Revell GR1, building both as Op Granby schemes. It was the quality of the GR1 set that made me look at the poor quality of the Airfix set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Basically none of the bombs in the Has weapon sets are suitable for use on any RAF aircraft with the exception (after some modifications) of the Enhanced Paveway & Paveway IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's a disease Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 If you want weapons for a Bucc then the Has sets might not be the right place to start, they are US specific. You'd be as well to pick up a cheap Revell Tornado GR1 kit. That has 1000lbers both dumb and LGB plus some nice AIM-9s plus you get the best 1/72 Tornado kit out there, probably for less than the weapon sets retail for! I got the revell tornado gr1 for the gr1 but so far I've nicked a fuel tank and will be using the LGBs, the kit, I haven't touched it! Those stores in the revell gr1 box are very nice indeed. This is good advice. Also, I have hasegawa sets D/E but in 1/48th, I've not used any as yet but they look good. Glazed parts and decals. Maybe no use for this but for future reference or somebody else reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGATIGER Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 (edited) Hi guys are the weapon sets well molded etc? I'm building a couple 1/72 models including a Airfix Buccaneer and it especially needs a better ordnance load. Was thinking of some resin replacements, but there's quite a bit in those H boxes for not too dissimilar cost... cheers Hi there Well as part of my personal Buccaneer Midlife crisis let me say that some of the best British weapons are on Hasewaga kits Sea Harrier and Harrier GR3 as source of 1000 pounders GP bombs, BL755 Hunting Cluster bombs and Sea Eagle ASM also another source of BL755 are Jaguar and F-16 A/B/C/D kits RAF 68 mm SNEB rocketpods also in Hasewaga Jaguar and Harrier Gr3 US stuff for Buccaneer are TER, Pave Spike laser designator and the ALQ ECM Pod If you want to do a SAAF Buccaneer only other store you needis the AS-30 ASM that can be found from Heller weapon set and Italeri Mirage 2000N Best day Armando Edited October 2, 2014 by RAGATIGER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGATIGER Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Hi there I just find this tread also very informative http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/26047-weapons-in-use-by-the-raf-in-172/ Best day Armando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 On the subject of weapons for RAF aircraft: This is the weapons set that all those who bought the Hasegawa EF Typhoon have been expecting to see (buy the Typhoon, get a weapons set). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeli Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Hmm think I might end up with another gr1. Then I'll have 8 thousand pounders for an alternate load out. Will need to make twin stores thingies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmeyer Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I sure wish Hasegawa included Paveway 4 and maybe a couple of other bombs in this set. No one makes a good Paveway 4 that I know of in 1/72nd scale right now. Can always keep hoping... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I sure wish Hasegawa included Paveway 4 and maybe a couple of other bombs in this set. No one makes a good Paveway 4 that I know of in 1/72nd scale right now. Can always keep hoping... Tom Whilst there may be a very obvious explanation, I'm surprised that the after market community hasn't stepped in to fill this gap yet particularly as PW4 seems to be the payload of choice for most current Western European air arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 With a bit of effort you could probably convert GBU-12's into PW4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobski Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Whilst there may be a very obvious explanation, I'm surprised that the after market community hasn't stepped in to fill this gap yet particularly as PW4 seems to be the payload of choice for most current Western European air arms. PW4 is the weapon of choice for the RAF. No-one else uses it. Olimp's PW4s in their Herrick sets are very nice. A tad fiddly to assemble, but they certainly look the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 On the subject of weapons for RAF aircraft: This is the weapons set that all those who bought the Hasegawa EF Typhoon have been expecting to see (buy the Typhoon, get a weapons set). Which is a shame as apart from the AAM's,none of these weapons are used by Typhoon! Selwyn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hi there Well as part of my personal Buccaneer Midlife crisis let me say that some of the best British weapons are on Hasewaga kits Sea Harrier and Harrier GR3 as source of 1000 pounders GP bombs, BL755 Hunting Cluster bombs and Sea Eagle ASM also another source of BL755 are Jaguar and F-16 A/B/C/D kits RAF 68 mm SNEB rocketpods also in Hasewaga Jaguar and Harrier Gr3 US stuff for Buccaneer are TER, Pave Spike laser designator and the ALQ ECM Pod If you want to do a SAAF Buccaneer only other store you needis the AS-30 ASM that can be found from Heller weapon set and Italeri Mirage 2000N Best day Armando Try white ensign, they do some British 1000lb bombs. Selwyn PW4 is the weapon of choice for the RAF. No-one else uses it. Olimp's PW4s in their Herrick sets are very nice. A tad fiddly to assemble, but they certainly look the part. L'Arsenal do nice PW4 in 1/48. Selwyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Which is a shame as apart from the AAM's,none of these weapons are used by Typhoon! Selwyn Details!, Mere details!! . They're used on mine!! A bomb's a bomb after all!! . Besides,you don't know for sure they'll never be carried by Typhoon so, for anyone who gets in a hissy fit over accuracy (like my good friend & fellow modeller - Douglas) I simply say "Well, this is how it will look when the aircraft IS cleared to carry those items! Ergo, the model IS accurate". (cue poor Douglas shaking his head & crying into his beer!) . Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hence why I said 'Buy a Typhoon, get a weapons set'... With my build rate, both the Brimstone and Storm Shadow will have been cleared for use by the Typhoon for several years, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksandygill Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I always wondered why I got Storm Shadow with my Revell Typhoon, as they don't actually provide it with their Tornado's which actually carry it (although don't they still do the GR1 and not the GR4...?!) I take it the Hasegawa Typhoon doesn't come with any EPW2 like the real thing carries...? Do Airfix have an email address to badger them into doing a new 'modern weapons set'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobski Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I always wondered why I got Storm Shadow with my Revell Typhoon, as they don't actually provide it with their Tornado's which actually carry it (although don't they still do the GR1 and not the GR4...?!) I take it the Hasegawa Typhoon doesn't come with any EPW2 like the real thing carries...? Do Airfix have an email address to badger them into doing a new 'modern weapons set'... The Revell Tornado is a GR1, so it won't have Storm Shadow. Their Typhoon includes it because it's on all the marketing gumph from Eurofighter and is likely to be added in the future. The Hasegawa Typhoon doesn't come with any LGBs, so no EPW2 or PW4. Olimp's Typhoon detailing set comes with some nice EPW2s though... I think I have the old Airfix 'modern weapons set' kicking about somewhere at home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksandygill Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yeah I have looked at the Olimp EPWII set and PWIV/Brimstone set...I like it, but I don't £16 like it! Knowing how long it took them to get EPWII on the Typhoon, I think PWIV, Brimstone and Storm Shadow will be in service sometime next century... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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