Adam Poultney Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Best V1 kits in 1/48 and 1/72? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) I built the Tamiya 1:48 version, comes with a trolley. A bit pricey for such a small kit. It worked out to almost 1$ per kit part when I bought it years ago. A nice quick build though There's one on eBay for under 15$/Free shipping, scroll down to see others. https://www.ebay.com/p/Tamiya-1-48-Fiseler-Fi-103-V1-Flying-Bomb-Model-Kit-61052-Tam61052/2254455386 Edited June 12, 2019 by fubar57 Added pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraldcoupe Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I can't help you with anything positive, but the Tamiya kit is VERY poor in terms of accuracy. I'm sure that there are better modern alternatives if accuracy concerns you, Cheers, Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Bill, I can't help you with 1/48 kits, but I have the 1/72 MAC Fi-103 unmanned and Fi-103 IV single-seat manned kits. MAC also did the two-seat trainer as well as the Loon, which was the name of the ones tested by the USN. The two kits I have are very nice, with recessed panel lines, a trolley, and in the IV version, a fairly decent cockpit, which could use some extra detailing. The kits also come with a small fret of etched parts. The only real accuracy issue I can recall (Started the IV but lost interest due to lack of cockpit references at the time, and have yet to go back to it.) was that the pylon to which the engine was attached was either too narrow or to wide, but easily fixed in either case. You could also do a search for kit reviews, but the ones I read when the kits first came out were pretty lame, which sadly seems to be the case with a lot of reviews found on some of the popular websites. There are some good 1/72 scale drawings out there- I think I used the ones in the Monogram reference book on Luftwaffe Jet Projects, Sorry I can't be of more assistance, but hopefully this will be helpful until somebody with a lot more knowledge than I do on this subject appears. Mike http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/fi103reviewbg_1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 There is a Frog Spitfire and V1 kit in 1/72 that also got reissued in the Novo era https://www.scalemates.com/kits/frog-f194-supermarine-spitfire-mk14-and-german-flying-bomb--161552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 There was an old 1/48 kit from Testors/Italeri in the 80's. I built a couple of them for a B-17 testing them in the late 40's. Don't know how accurate they are but they looked the part. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/testors-626-v-1-and-ohka-bombs--192933 Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) There was an old AMT Meteor Mk.1 and V-1 kit back in the late 1970s - https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amt-825-gloster-meteor-mki--265374 - I inherited the V-1 parts at some point from someone and still have them somewhere , very basic and from memory probably less than ten parts involved . . . . . . . . . . Correction just looked at the instruction sheet on the Scalemates link above - 7 parts. Edited June 14, 2019 by Des Clarified number of parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Dragon has a V-1 in this 1/72 Arado Ar234 kit: https://www.super-hobby.com/products/Ar234C-4-w-V-1-Huckepack.html I believe that Italeri used the same V-1 moulds in their 1/72 He111H-22 kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-037-heinkel-he-111-h-22--121588# Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 10 hours ago, dogsbody said: I believe that Italeri used the same V-1 moulds in their 1/72 He111H-22 kit Having that kit in the stash, I can confirm that. It even contains the trapeze parts of the Arado Hückepack setup. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 15 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: There was an old 1/48 kit from Testors/Italeri in the 80's. I built a couple of them for a B-17 testing them in the late 40's. Don't know how accurate they are but they looked the part. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/testors-626-v-1-and-ohka-bombs--192933 Dennis This is the Hawk kit, from about 1958. Very likely a lot better than the AMT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Revell has a re-pop of the old FROG Ar234 with a V-1 mounted on top. Not too sure how accurate the V-1 is, though. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-0162-arado-ar-234-b-2-c-2-c-3-blitz--393034# Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) I remember building a 1/72 FI103 and Natter dual boxing from Heller many years ago. Not sure if it is still available. Edited June 15, 2019 by John_W Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, John_W said: I remember building a 1/72 FI103 and Natter dual boxing from Heller many years ago. Not sure if it is still available. I have this Encore re-pop in my stash. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 7 hours ago, tempestfan said: This is the Hawk kit, from about 1958. Very likely a lot better than the AMT... I can remember having this kit, and the Okha, one Christmas, very early 1960's. I particularly liked the fact that there was interior detailing and that you got orange plastic flames for the exhaust. I thought that was great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Modelcollect do This IanJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 12 hours ago, John_W said: I remember building a 1/72 FI103 and Natter dual boxing from Heller many years ago. Not sure if it is still available. Not long ago it was, from Argentina. As I understand it, most of the Heller moulds sold down south are still in production. One for @Uncle Uncool perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 16 hours ago, tempestfan said: Not long ago it was, from Argentina. As I understand it, most of the Heller moulds sold down south are still in production. One for @Uncle Uncool perhaps. Yes, you're referring to Modelex. They sell several Heller kits under their own brand for up to 200ARS. Their Mystere 20 is garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 The Frog V-1's (on the Ar234 and with the Spit XIV) are quite old and have several inaccuracies. Of course this also goes for the reboxes (Revell, Novo, etc). The forward fuselage/nose cone is too short and the pylon for the pulse jet is incorrect, just to name two more prominent mistakes. Given its age, probably anything that looked remotely the part was acceptable at the time of its first release. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 6/16/2019 at 3:21 AM, tempestfan said: Not long ago it was, from Argentina. As I understand it, most of the Heller moulds sold down south are still in production. One for @Uncle Uncool perhaps. Fonderie Miniatures would also resort to using "they're" Heller moulds, IIRC. Well, yeh, they did. Cheers, Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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