Torbjorn Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 So I can’t find the clear sprue for my Airfix E-4. I hear the ICM E-3 and E-4 kits contain the same plastic and each have canopies for both versions. The cunning plan is therefore to purchase an ICM E-3 kit and use the E-4 canopy for the canopy-less Airfix. The silly question is thus: would it fit? Anyone tried already? Of course, I could just buy a vacuuformed replacement for £2, but where is the fun in that? And Hannants (where I do almost all toyshopping) have 0 of those in stock, which must be a sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I have both kits in the stash, the Airfix one is immediately accessible, not sure where the ICM kits are, but if handy I can compare them for you (the ICM is virtually a clone of the Tamiya kit if that helps any) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Just checked, I used the 1/72 ICM Bf 109E-7 boxing and the clear parts were there for both the E-4 and E-3 style canopies. Quite a bit of flash but once cleaned up the ICM canopy parts fit the Airfix 1/72 kit 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) That was quick - thank you! ICM approach it is. Edited September 30, 2019 by Torbjorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 20 hours ago, Chuck1945 said: I have both kits in the stash, the Airfix one is immediately accessible, not sure where the ICM kits are, but if handy I can compare them for you (the ICM is virtually a clone of the Tamiya kit if that helps any) To the point where I was able to use the ICM fuselage with everything else being Tamiya parts with no difficulty in a recent build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 22 minutes ago, Procopius said: To the point where I was able to use the ICM fuselage with everything else being Tamiya parts with no difficulty in a recent build. Yup, the Tamiya parts fit the ICM kit better than the ICM parts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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