Homebee Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Elsewhere: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235031145-148-fairey-albacore-by-trumpeter-release-in-2018-2019/ V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Trumpeter almost always has good box art. Hope the kit inside is as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) A test model on display at the SNCYM https://www.facebook.com/TrumpeterModel/posts/913522318806362 Source: http://www.moxing.net/2018/0113/8616.html V.P. Edited January 13, 2018 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Homebee said: A test model on display at the SNCYM https://www.facebook.com/TrumpeterModel/posts/913522318806362 my first thought was that prop looks tiny.... nearest I could find to the model angle The cannon barrels look off too, Be interesting to see better shots. Anyone know what the plans floating about the web are like accuracy wise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Break out the red lines Troy..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 29/12/2016 at 19:49, Tbolt said: Some of these companies just need to step back from the CAD now and again and ask themselves does that look like a picture of the real thing. 34 minutes ago, Plasto said: Break out the red lines Troy..... as with all this stuff John, I'll wait and see when the plastic is actually out, but when I saw the test photo that immediately struck me as odd, so I went on an image hunt. Plus red lines means downloading the pic and messing about in paint The main parts look reasonable, but I'm no Firefly expert, but @Tbolt comment rings far too true. I know these kind of comments on Trumpeter releases are a model forum cliché, but them look at the track record of British types stuffed up, so far, Vampire, Hornet, Whirlwind, Spiteful/Seafang, Defiant. If the Firefly has good basic shapes, Barracudacals already do a prop and cannons for other available kits, but the example above all suffer from really serious shape problems that are a lot of work to correct, or are basically unfixable. Trumpeter have done a few very good kits accuracy wise, but they has other research them, Seahawk, Wyvern, and 1/24th Hurricane. I still cannot believe given their penchant for British subjects that they have not taken the shrink ray to their 1/24th Hurricane, as if they kept the shapes they got in that in 72nd and 48th it would be best in either scale, it one of those rare kits the harder you look, the better it becomes (apart from the blinking recessed rivets and some other little glitches), they really nailed subtleties of the Hurricane shape. Worryingly the Hobbyboss easy build Hurricane does not appear to be the 24th kit shrunk though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 That prop looks ridiculous and they have simplified the intakes in the wing root extensions as well. The wing root fairing looks too pronounced Still the rest might be reasonable at first glance. It could make a passably accurate model with a replacement prop, spinner and wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I’ll keep my pitchfork in the cupboard until the kit is released and someone has built one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 28 minutes ago, Troy Smith said: Plus red lines means downloading the pic and messing about in paint Surely advanced critique would demand a layer for the redlines in photoshop. Plus one you had that you could easily reuse it for subsequent ‘apprasials’ of other test shot images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Should the observer's glazing have triangular 'quarterlights' on the front edge? Regards Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Oh dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, mike romeo said: Should the observer's glazing have triangular 'quarterlights' on the front edge? Regards Martin At the risk of commenting on a kit that's not been released and I haven't seen yet... ...the answer to your question is yes but based on counting the glazed sections of the real thing versus those of the kit, I think they've moulded the glazed section at a length that includes the quarter lights, you just mask out the glazed section for the quarter light and paint the rest. Edited January 2, 2018 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Everything from the firewall forward looks off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, NAVY870 said: Everything from the firewall forward looks off. To be honest, it looks a bit off on the reall thing too! At least the V was pretty! Seriously though, it's nice to see some new FAA stuff. Fingers crossed it won't require too much correcting! Edited January 2, 2018 by fightersweep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 hour ago, NAVY870 said: Everything from the firewall forward looks off. Was thinking the same myself The comedy 72nd scale prop is the most obvious problem but the main intake underneath isn't looking too clever either; although to be fair that may be an optical illusion brought about by the prop and quality of photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Slightly off topic but does the Griffon ‘power egg’ nose have the same dimensions as that for the Lancaster I/III/VIII/X? I only ask because there is a distinct similarity there, prop and ‘cheek scoops’ excepted and marrying a spare Lanc nose may assist in any perceived error? Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Notice this one in 1/72 as well. Been waiting for that bird to come hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Plasto said: Break out the red lines Troy..... I'm not Troy, but... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 51 minutes ago, hacker said: Notice this one in 1/72 as well. Been waiting for that bird to come hacker Now that looks like a Firefly! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Wez said: At the risk of commenting on a kit that's not been released and I haven't seen yet... ...the answer to your question is yes but based on counting the glazed sections of the real thing versus those of the kit, I think they've moulded the glazed section at a length that includes the quarter lights, you just mask out the glazed section for the quarter light and paint the rest. Fair enough! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) I'm staggered that folk can come to the conclusions they have on this thread, based on a couple of scratchy images taken from odd angles and almost certainly taken on a cell phone and compressed when the images were uploaded! Thomo. Edited January 2, 2018 by The Tomohawk Kid 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, The Tomohawk Kid said: I'm staggered that folk can come to the conclusions they have on this thread, based on a couple of scratchy images taken from odd angles and almost certainly taken on a cell phone and compressed when the images were uploaded! Thomo. It is just that Trumpeter has let us down on shapes soooo many times, but hope springs eternal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) deleted Edited January 2, 2018 by Work In Progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Work In Progress said: Really? You think the absence of the triangular windows in the side is an illusion caused by a cellphone camera? I refer the honourable gentleman to post No 37. Thomo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 hour ago, mike romeo said: Now that looks like a Firefly! Just mentioning it as it was just below the Firefly Hacker.....back to normal days again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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