The Tomohawk Kid Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 http://fantastic-plastic.com/bartini-a-57-bomber---catalog.html Tommo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Great stuff, straight out of Thunderbirds...but pricey at £140+shipping, Would look great next to Anigrands equally wallet-busting KM though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Eighteen inches long in 1/144th! A flying cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IanHx Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 11 hours ago, general melchett said: Great stuff, straight out of Thunderbirds...but pricey at £140+shipping, Would look great next to Anigrands equally wallet-busting KM though... So your first impression was "Fireflash" ? My first impression was " Firefox has really let herself go " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Quote So your first impression was "Fireflash" ? Actually, it reminded me a little of the Skythrust airliner from the 'Alias Mr.Hackenbacker' episode. even includes 'parasite' aircraft! (screenshot, so apols for quality) You can certainly see where the effects team got some of their ideas at the time, plenty of wonderfully bizarre UK/French/US projects along the same vein... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Have a few Fantastic plastic kits in my collection..., and I sure hope you get a descent model with regards to quality for that price.... When looking at the site and the preview, it all looks fine, until you open the box... then it's a complete different matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 27 minutes ago, Silenoz said: Have a few Fantastic plastic kits in my collection..., and I sure hope you get a descent model with regards to quality for that price.... When looking at the site and the preview, it all looks fine, until you open the box... then it's a complete different matter... I have bought a couple of Fantastic Plastic Kits including the 2001 Space Station V kit, I have no compliants about the quality whatsoever. Tommo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Several of their models are cast by Arnold at Anigrand, I've built a lot of AG kits and know the quality control can be a little suspect at times. I've also been sent several FP kits and for the most part, they seem OK but some suffer from quite bad warpage, especially the M.O.L I built for AMW last year, easily sorted for those with a bit of short-run resin experience. Hopefully, a Supermarine 559 is winging it's way here...this is another Anigrand casting, so fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, general melchett said: Several of their models are cast by Arnold at Anigrand, I've built a lot of AG kits and know the quality control can be a little suspect at times. I've also been sent several FP kits and for the most part, they seem OK but some suffer from quite bad warpage, especially the M.O.L I built for AMW last year, easily sorted for those with a bit of short-run resin experience. Hopefully, a Supermarine 559 is winging it's way here...this is another Anigrand casting, so fingers crossed! Agreed. In addition to Space Station V, I have Spectre 'Bird One' and the Avro 730 other than a little knowledge of working with resin they go to well and have a good level of detail - I would rate them at better end of garage kits. Scott Lowther masters a good number of their kits which is good sign of quality too. Tommo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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