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On 20/10/2019 at 08:34, JeffreyK said:

As seen today at Osaka Hobby Fest (at the Doyusha stand).

Please feel free to discuss and compare:

 

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Cheers,

Jeffrey

 

 

V.P.

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2 hours ago, Wuger91 said:

I find that the nose is curious on the kit ???  B-26C ??

Here the real nose

 

 

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The glass nose on second photo doesn't look like nose on photo 3. So which one is A team and which one is B team?

Or is it that we can't trust photographs any more? 😜

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18 hours ago, Wuger91 said:

I find that the nose is curious on the kit ???  B-26C ??

Here the real nose

 

 

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the weathering on that top photo is amazing, it looks just like my car which is also black and impossible to keep clean !!

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12 minutes ago, marky sparky said:

I do find that those who constantly criticise new kits, point out all the inaccuracies aren't very good modellers. Lots of talk, not a lot of skill.

Sorry.., what do a kit's inaccuracies have to do with one's skill??? What's the problem anyway, when all the inaccuracies are pointed out, everyone can decide for themselves, what they want to do. If you don't care or your are so full of skills and can correct anything, then simply ignore those talks/information?

 

BTW yes, the nose and a lots of thing look wrong here.

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1 hour ago, Largescale32 said:

It`s a 1/32 Invader for a very reasonable price, like their Liberators. There are correct engines from Vector, there will come some details from Eduard and then you can make it into a nice build.

Really? But it wouldn’t have cost TrumpyBoss any more time or money to mold the engine with the correct number of cylinders, would it. They even have correct R-2800s in some of their other 1/32 scale kits. This is just incredibly sloppy and careless work.

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9 hours ago, mtkrl92 said:

Nice and clean parts. I think it will sell good and a nice build is possible, if one's not too obsessed with accuracy issues.

Is it being obsessive to find it unacceptable that the engines are missing 22.2% of their cylinders. There are shape issues too. How bad does a kit have to be before it’s too bad?

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2 hours ago, VMA131Marine said:

Is it being obsessive to find it unacceptable that the engines are missing 22.2% of their cylinders. There are shape issues too. How bad does a kit have to be before it’s too bad?

That’s a very good point - but a problem that’s solved fairly easily following the options below:

 

1) Look at pictures of the test shots and sprues;

2) Evaluate what you see - decide whether it’s accurate enough for your tastes;

3) If yes - buy one. If no - don’t. 
 

It’s a philosophy I’ve adopted all my adult modelling life - and it’s never let me down once. 
 

Happy days! :)

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A few other things on this kit to note:

1/ no ventral turret or even provision for one needed for a WWII Invader

2/ the gunners sight does not protrude through the rear canopy as it should

3/ the cockpit is set up for dual controls only appropriate for A-26Ks and fire-bombers

4/ the glazed nose has serious shape problems that will be impossible to correct without molding or casting a new one

5/ the wheel hubs are just .... wrong

6/ the cowling shapes are poor

 

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7 hours ago, tomprobert said:

That’s a very good point - but a problem that’s solved fairly easily following the options below:

 

1) Look at pictures of the test shots and sprues;

2) Evaluate what you see - decide whether it’s accurate enough for your tastes;

3) If yes - buy one. If no - don’t. 
 

It’s a philosophy I’ve adopted all my adult modelling life - and it’s never let me down once. 
 

Happy days! :)

Amen :worthy:

 

If I was that hung up on accuracy, I'd never build anything ever. 

 

Besides, some of you guys are going to siht yourselves when you find out it's made of plastic. 

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2 hours ago, Alan P said:

If I was that hung up on accuracy, I'd never build anything ever.

Er I'm not sure one needs to be really hung up on accuracy to be annoyed by the following.

4 hours ago, VMA131Marine said:

1/ no ventral turret or even provision for one needed for a WWII Invader

 

 

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I will through my two cents in then...the instrument panel layout is from a B-26K Counter invader hence the right panel half wich shouldn’t be there and then the left half needs a reconfiguration ...

It also has two control colums and this is also a specific B-26K item

And the wheelrims  looking funny is also explainable as they are more a Marksman private A26 type...

The nosewheel thenagain is more of a B-26K..

I can’t see if they also have a larger rudder incorporated like the one on the B-26K but it certainly is a kit that can be a nice basis for a B-26K counter invader or one is in the pipeline....🤫

I don’t render the kit unbuildable but if you want a accurate one it needs a good degree of attention..

 

cheers, Jan

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