Truro Model Builder Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 The Dornier has been released, and it looks like an absolute beaut! Available in the usual places . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Now that 1/72 scale has been taken care of, we could use a decent Do 17Z in 1/48... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Yes, amen to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCS Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Now if we could only get that Blenheim IVf released........ Cheers,Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algie75 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) Picked mine up today from Affinity Models in Stoke-on-Trent. Certainly looks like a very detailed, good kit with particularly good detail around the bomb bay and with positionable flaps. The decal detail is as good as the 72nd typhoon and there is an extra instruction page just for stencil detail Leighton Edited December 9, 2014 by Algie75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I just hope it builds better than some new Airfix releases, like the Typhoon and Hurricane. This is the kit I've been most waiting for this year! thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I'll wait for the 'critique' before buying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Just basic question. What is sub variant Z-1, Z-2 or Z3? based on my understanding there are small differences between those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folkbox1 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Pre release build review I saw suggested this was the best kit Airfix have ever released. Not a kit I want though :- ( but if the Defiant is to this alleged standard I will be very happy (after making a complete bollix of the MPM kit a few years back). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algie75 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 If buying this kit, check it first - mine has a badly moulded transparency - part E9 which is a lower fuselage window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Hmm, my transparencies look okay, no flow lines though the clear parts seem a bit thicker than recent releases... how do you mean 'badly moulded'? As in 'short-shot' or not properly formed? Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I shall check mine, thanks for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 The transparencies on mine are fine. There's a faint flow line which can only be seen with a 3x magnifying glass: invisible with the naked eye. The level of detail is quite something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algie75 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Mine has some runs on the part which lead it in places to have a milky consistency, I'll be taking some photos later to send to Airfix. To be fair I went back to my friends model shop where I got it from, his remaining stock is fine - might be that I'm just unlucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Mine has flow lines in the clear parts but I needed a x15 jewellers loupe to see them. As for short shot parts the tubular back of one of the seats has a gap in it. Was the skin on the outerfaces of the fins dimpled like that or are they sink marks? Non of these observations has stopped me drooling all over this kit its georgeous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algie75 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I agree that the kit is absolutely fantastic, the good thing about part E9 is that most of the clear part is painted, if need be the rest can be drilled and sorted with clearfix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehammer Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Now that 1/72 scale has been taken care of, we could use a decent Do 17Z in 1/48... It would be foolish on behalf of ICM not to capitalize on their excellent .215. You know that the less popular version is the first to be released... Patience, grasshopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Well I've stopped drooling over the sprues and commenced building thisd one. Boy is the cockpit fiddly, I can foresee tears and many kits heading for the shelf of doom. I advise plenty of patience, scrupulous cleaning of sprue gates and mold seams and plenty of dry fitting before any form of glue is contemplated. Nimble fingers and good eyesight will also be of benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehammer Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I advise plenty of patience, scrupulous cleaning... and plenty of dry fitting... Nimble fingers and good eyesight NOOOOOOOO! Just when I was thinking of getting one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sten Ekedahl Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Well I've stopped drooling over the sprues and commenced building thisd one. Boy is the cockpit fiddly, I can foresee tears and many kits heading for the shelf of doom. I advise plenty of patience, scrupulous cleaning of sprue gates and mold seams and plenty of dry fitting before any form of glue is contemplated. Nimble fingers and good eyesight will also be of benefit. That's usually known as modelling. Edited December 15, 2014 by Sten Ekedahl 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadbear Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 All sounds rather good. Nothing in this world is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Plenty of Frog and Monogram ones around for those who prefer something simpler and quicker to build (which group includes me on quite a few occasions, tbh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 That's usually known as modelling. Which is why as a true modeller my solution to my sausage fingers for some of the fiddly assembly is to ignore the instruction sequence and use the wing spars and taped together fuselage halves as 'jigs'. It also helped to sleep on it and now I can see progress and the fact that once the fuselage is together the going will get easier. The detail on this kit is stunning its just that you don't normally struggle to stick the first two parts together when you're on Stage one of the instructions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sten Ekedahl Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Which is why as a true modeller my solution to my sausage fingers for some of the fiddly assembly is to ignore the instruction sequence and use the wing spars and taped together fuselage halves as 'jigs'. It also helped to sleep on it and now I can see progress and the fact that once the fuselage is together the going will get easier. The detail on this kit is stunning its just that you don't normally struggle to stick the first two parts together when you're on Stage one of the instructions. True, we real modellers never follow the instructions - if we read them at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCromie Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Instructions? What are these "instructions"? DC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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