ted15 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Hi, just wondering how does the Battle Axe 1/48 F-84G Thunderjet standup to the Promodeler or Tamiya kits. cheers Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 It does not. It was better than nothing pre Tamiya and Revell Monogram but it is really not worth bothering with. Nice decals though. Either of the other two kits are excellent, I prefer the RM kit, as far as building goes and I believe it looks more like the real thing. Hope this helps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted15 Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Thanks you. I have both Tamiya and Promodeler, Promodeler is the best of the 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidf66 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I agree with the above comments, The Pro-Modeller kit is the better of the the two, Revell (USA) also released it as an F-84E with the earlier unframed canopy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Hi, just wondering how does the Battle Axe 1/48 F-84G Thunderjet standup to the Promodeler or Tamiya kits. cheers Mick Run away, run as fast as you can... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plankwing Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) The BattleAxe looks like it was chopped up by a battle axe. Terrible kit. Nothing about it is correct and, to boot, the parts don't fit. It makes the Collect-Aire kit look pretty good and it is awful! The Hawk/Testors/Chematic kit, though "sold" as an F-84G, is actually a kinda-sorta F-84B. Basic as it is, it can be detailed into a better model than the BattleCrap so long as one builds it as an F-84B. The Tamiya and RevMonProMod (RMPM) kits are essentially equal. Each has parts that are correct, each has parts that are not correct. In general: Tamiya wings and nose and main gear are more correct than RMPM and are much easier to assemble and pose correctly. RMPM fuselage, except for the spine aft of the cockpit is more accurate than Tamiya. RMPM spine aft of the fuselage kicks the canopy, when posed open, upward in the aft end. Tamiya wing tanks and auxiliary tanks are too large, RMPM tanks are correct. I've built each RMPM and Tamiya straight from the box. If I build RMPM sftb now, I pose the canopy closed. I've built an F-84G by kitbashing an RMPM with a Tamiya to make a model by combining the correct parts from each. I've built one F-84C by backdating a Tamiya fuselage combined with resin wings, gear, gear doors, and wheels Harold of AMS Resin (see post above) cast for me from masters I made of those parts. XP-84 > F-84C wings, main gear, main wheels, and main gear doors are different than F-8D,E,G. I've built three F-84D by backdating a Tamiya fuselage and canopy to XP-84 > F-84D specs. I've kitbashed two Tamiya F-84G into a "what if" TF-84G. The reason I've used the Tamiya for backdating is because the fuselage is easier to backdate than is the RMPM fuselage. If with tanks, I use tanks from RMPM on Tamiya wings. For any build of an E, or G, I now always use the RMPM fuselage with wings, main gear, and spine from Tamiya, plus intake, complete cockpit, seat, and ejector (tailpipe) AMS Resin parts. Yup, I've got lots of remaining parts of kits from which I've used a few parts for bashing. Edited June 26, 2016 by Plankwing 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 The BattleAxe looks like it was chopped up by a battle axe. Terrible kit. Nothing about it is correct and, to boot, the parts don't fit. It makes the Collect-Aire kit look pretty good and it is awful! The Hawk/Testors/Chematic kit, though "sold" as an F-84G, is actually a kinda-sorta F-84B. Basic as it is, it can be detailed into a better model than the BattleCrap so long as one builds it as an F-84B. The Tamiya and RevMonProMod (RMPM) kits are essentially equal. Each has parts that are correct, each has parts that are not correct. In general: Tamiya wings and nose and main gear are more correct than RMPM and are much easier to assemble and pose correctly. RMPM fuselage, except for the spine aft of the cockpit is more accurate than Tamiya. RMPM spine aft of the fuselage kicks the canopy, when posed open, upward in the aft end. Tamiya wing tanks and auxiliary tanks are too large, RMPM tanks are correct. I've built each RMPM and Tamiya straight from the box. If I build RMPM sftb now, I pose the canopy closed. I've built an F-84G by kitbashing an RMPM with a Tamiya to make a model by combining the correct parts from each. I've built one F-84C by backdating a Tamiya fuselage combined with resin wings, gear, gear doors, and wheels Harold of AMS Resin (see post above) cast for me from masters I made of those parts. XP-84 > F-84C wings, main gear, main wheels, and main gear doors are different than F-8D,E,G. I've built three F-84D by backdating a Tamiya fuselage and canopy to XP-84 > F-84D specs. I've kitbashed two Tamiya F-84G into a "what if" TF-84G. The reason I've used the Tamiya for backdating is because the fuselage is easier to backdate than is the RMPM fuselage. If with tanks, I use tanks from RMPM on Tamiya wings. For any build of an E, or G, I now always use the RMPM fuselage with wings, main gear, and spine from Tamiya, plus intake, complete cockpit, seat, and ejector (tailpipe) AMS Resin parts. Yup, I've got lots of remaining parts of kits from which I've used a few parts for bashing. You da man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReccePhreak Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) .. Edited July 10, 2016 by ReccePhreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now