1/72 AZ Models DH Hornet announced!

[Tbolt]

6 hours ago, brewerjerry said:

Hi

    what not buying a 1:32 SH whirlwind ?

      cheers 

         jerry

I don't really do 1/32nd.

[mike romeo]

Well, I've seen PR2s appear on ebay, so I guess it's been released. 

 

Rgds

 

Martin

[John Thompson]

Maybe yes, maybe no - some ebay sellers have been known to jump the gun, accept orders, and then let their customers dangle until the seller actually gets product in hand. FWIW, AZ's own e-shop still shows it as "coming soon", but OTOH, maybe they're letting their distributors have the first slice of the pie.

 

John

[Enzo the Magnificent]

2 hours ago, John Thompson said:

Maybe yes, maybe no - some ebay sellers have been known to jump the gun, accept orders, and then let their customers dangle until the seller actually gets product in hand. 

nodnodnod   I've fallen for that one before now. 

[mike romeo]

2 hours ago, John Thompson said:

Maybe yes, maybe no - some ebay sellers have been known to jump the gun, accept orders, and then let their customers dangle until the seller actually gets product in hand. FWIW, AZ's own e-shop still shows it as "coming soon", but OTOH, maybe they're letting their distributors have the first slice of the pie.

 

John

The dastards!!

[Enzo the Magnificent]

1 hour ago, mike romeo said:

The dastards!!

Not quite the word I used when I realised.   

[Trenton guy]

Delivery after October 13. I’d call it a pre-order.

[Branky]

First batches of AZ DH Hornet kits have been despatched to the Netherlands yesterday!  Only AZ7651 and AZ7652 though. On the shelves there end of this week. Your Big H will undoubtedly be faster  

[Branky]

AZ Hornets have landed in Holland

[Enzo the Magnificent]

7 hours ago, Branky said:

AZ Hornets have landed in Holland

I wonder how long before they get to the Big H...     

[alt-92]

What's in the box?

2x grey, 1x clear sprue:

 

 

Insides:

 

Bit sparse on the cockpit inners, but plenty for the scratchbuilders, or leftover PE bits.

Canopy:

 

 

Decals:

 

The instruction leaflets also have a new approach, a bit similar to what AFX does with red-keyed areas:

 

 

Do pay attention to the paper panel cutout in the first steps though.
That would have been perhaps better handled with a decal instead of the seatbelt ones.
 

 

 

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Thanks for sharing! What’s the paper panel cut out for? 
 

TT

[alt-92]

Instrument panel on the starboard side of the cockpit. 
I wouldn't mind a dedicated 3D printed set or some PE to tart up the office a bit

 

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Ah thanks! That’s a bit odd- if there was a printed IP to put on it I could understand but...?! 
 

TT

[mike romeo]

Interesting!  Well, my first is going to be from the box, so paper panel it is.  As the lid will be closed, it should suffice.

 

Reds

 

Martin

[Paul Thompson]

19 hours ago, alt-92 said:

Instrument panel on the starboard side of the cockpit. 
 

 

Shades of Airfix from my youth.

 

Paul.

[Dennis_C]

Interesting kit. I wonder how it compares to older SH. And no doubt some aftermarket is needed here such as PE and stencils decal. 

[Mr T]

6 minutes ago, Dennis_C said:

Interesting kit. I wonder how it compares to older SH. And no doubt some aftermarket is needed here such as PE and stencils decal. 

The canopy certainly looks better than the SH one. 

[mike romeo]

My PR.2 and F.1 should be arriving tomorrow! 😆

[Enzo the Magnificent]

1 hour ago, mike romeo said:

My PR.2 and F.1 should be arriving tomorrow! 😆

My F.1 arrived today.

 

What a lovely lovely kit! 

[mike romeo]

So, there I was at the breakfast table this morning with Mrs Romeo and Mike junior, and I mentioned that I wanted to do some modelling today (ie get some more decals on my Eduard Tempest, if you must know).  No problem with that.

 

Then, a pregnant pause, followed by, "Mike, please don't buy any more models . . . I think you may have a problem."

 

A problem?  A problem!  OK, so the boarded part of the loft is chocker with unmade kits, and the study / my modelling room has another stack of kits almost touching the ceiling, but my actual problem is not having at least 3 of every kit I may possibly one day want to build.  Assuming a standard modelling lifespan of 180 years, natch.

 

Anyway, as I just sat there, looking like a scolded puppy and trying to think of a supportive yet evasive response, there was a knock at the door.  Mike jr ran out and returned with a box, clearly labelled as coming from the big H (it was my AZ Hornets; F.1 and PR.2).

 

Things have been kinda quiet around the house since . . .

 

Rgds,

 

Martin

 

 

 

 

[manuel]

2 hours ago, mike romeo said:

So, there I was at the breakfast table this morning with Mrs Romeo and Mike junior, and I mentioned that I wanted to do some modelling today (ie get some more decals on my Eduard Tempest, if you must know).  No problem with that.

 

Then, a pregnant pause, followed by, "Mike, please don't buy any more models . . . I think you may have a problem."

 

A problem?  A problem!  OK, so the boarded part of the loft is chocker with unmade kits, and the study / my modelling room has another stack of kits almost touching the ceiling, but my actual problem is not having at least 3 of every kit I may possibly one day want to build.  Assuming a standard modelling lifespan of 180 years, natch.

 

Anyway, as I just sat there, looking like a scolded puppy and trying to think of a supportive yet evasive response, there was a knock at the door.  Mike jr ran out and returned with a box, clearly labelled as coming from the big H (it was my AZ Hornets; F.1 and PR.2).

 

Things have been kinda quiet around the house since . . .

 

Rgds,

 

Martin

 

 

 

 

thanks for the fun "You'll Never Walk Alone"

[mike romeo]

So, I couldn't wait!  I started the PR.2 but will finish it as an F.1 using one of the alternative decals from that boxing.

 

Impressions?  Well, it's definitely a limited run kit.  Mould separation lines are present on all parts, and every bit requires a degree of clean up after removal from the sprue.  The plastic is slightly soft, so make sure you have a new scalpel blade in your knife and wield it carefully.  

 

Sprue attachment points occur on both mating and outer surfaces, although the resulting pips are small.  In addition, the details on the moulded parts are nice.  

 

Here are some of the parts removed from the sprues and cleaned up.  Fit of the cockpit is quite good, and placement of the pieces is aided by the new instruction format.

 

 

This is a quick oob build, so nothing fancy. Just a quick splash of paint & dry brushing and it comes up well.  Decals needed some Microsol to make them conform, but worked fine, as did the paper console top.

 

 

I had to carve the edges of the cannon panel to get the cockpit to sit nicely, as you can see below:

 

 

But the result isn't too shabby:

 

 

You can also see the cannon panel and fin  / rudder pieces, removed and carefully cleaned up.

 

Oh, and another thing: the plastic is quite resilient to Revell Contacta, and Tamiya extra thin just seems to loosen previously glued joints.

 

So, the above is 'warts and all' in the hope it's of use, but rest assured I'm enjoying it at the moment!

 

Rgds

 

Martin

 

[Thomas V.]

Three PR.2 arrived , and yes its pure AZ limited run, so lowest quality of Czech limited runs (Kora excluded ), would like to ask why It could not have been tooled as their DH Comet

,this will be easily surpassed by anyone deciding to tackle the subject, aside from canopy issue, cannot see how this surpasses SH.

[mike romeo]

4 minutes ago, Thomas V. said:

Three PR.2 arrived , and yes its pure AZ limited run, so lowest quality of Czech limited runs (Kora excluded ), would like to ask why It could not have been tooled as their DH Comet

,this will be easily surpassed by anyone deciding to tackle the subject, aside from canopy issue, cannot see how this surpasses SH.

Thomas,

 

The SH, if you can get it together, has some very difficult to correct errors in outline around the canopy, which the AZ does not have.  Spinners too small for the cowling, anyone?  10° dihedral?  Yep, that's the SH kit.  If people want me too, I'll continue to post pics, and I'll point out things I find, good or bad

 

Re quality, the AZ is a step up from the MB5, and a step down from the Bf109G-14/AS, imho.  It is what it is.

 

Rgds

 

Martin