Devilfish Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hi all. I have the original moulding of the Hobbycraft Arrow in 1/48, and I am well aware it's a pretty bad kit overall. I have ordered the Iroquois resin cockpit, intakes/exhausts and wheel wells for it. I plan to replace the kit wheels with either Lightning or Viggen resin ones (not really worried about the hub design, as it will be an in service what if) I was wondering what other inaccuracies to kit holds for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 As it was issued around the same time as the 1/72 version it may contain the same errors. Have a look at this thread to see my journey through a 1/72 build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, John R said: As it was issued around the same time as the 1/72 version it may contain the same errors. Have a look at this thread to see my journey through a 1/72 build Thanks for that. Well, if the 1/48 one is as bad as the 1/72 one, I have my work cut out..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 08/01/2020 at 11:28, Devilfish said: Hi all. I have the original moulding of the Hobbycraft Arrow in 1/48, and I am well aware it's a pretty bad kit overall. I have ordered the Iroquois resin cockpit, intakes/exhausts and wheel wells for it. I plan to replace the kit wheels with either Lightning or Viggen resin ones (not really worried about the hub design, as it will be an in service what if) I was wondering what other inaccuracies to kit holds for me? Did you order the conversion direct or via ebay? It's the same outfit with differing customer service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Hopefully one o the model companies will get access to the newly found blue prints to make a decent kit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Edmundson Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Nothing ‘newly found’ has not been available already. HobbyCraft had their chance years ago. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 21 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Did you order the conversion direct or via ebay? It's the same outfit with differing customer service. E-bay. Mastercasters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Best option in my experience 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 The bits arrived. I'm quite impressed... 2020-01-11_09-12-19 by Paul Carter, on Flickr Also bought this book as reference. 20200111_170428 by Paul Carter, on Flickr Just need to try to scale up the plans to 1/48..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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