Homebee Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) Brengun is to release 1/72nd Henschel Hs.126 kits Source: https://www.facebook.com/HaulerBrengun/posts/1744751992350108 CAO+sprues See also the other new tool 1/72nd Hs.126 kit project by Sabrekits !!! https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235085862-172-henschel-hs126-by-sabrekits-box-artparts-release-summer-2021/ V.P. Edited October 25, 2022 by Homebee 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Another long-neglected type, and judging by the quality of their recently released Yak-1's, this could be a welcome update. I was surprised to find out that Sabrekits will roll out a new tool model as well (until now they only re-boxed other people's stuff?). And interesting that Brengun's release schedule collides, once again, with that of another manufacturer ... just like their Hawker Typhoon, that came out just before the Airfix kit, and their Yak-1 which came out about same time as the Arma Hobby kit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) Test fit pictures https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1749844405174200&id=440180076140646 V.P. Edited January 6, 2021 by Homebee 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Source: https://www.facebook.com/HaulerBrengun/posts/1754649874693653 V.P. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Instructions Source: https://www.facebook.com/HaulerBrengun/posts/1755350017956972 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Test build Sources: https://www.facebook.com/HaulerBrengun/posts/1784508721707768 https://www.facebook.com/HaulerBrengun/posts/1757455564413084 V.P. Edited February 22, 2021 by Homebee 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) Box art Source: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1766940086797965&id=440180076140646 - ref. BRP72044 - Henschel He-126A-1 - ref. BRP72045- Henschel He-126B-1 V.P. Edited January 29, 2021 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 No landing light in lower wing in this or Sabrekits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Released - ref. BRP72044 - Henschel Hs.126A-1 „Superpava“ Legion Condor Source: http://www.brengun.cz/e-shop/1-72-plastic-kits-28/hs-126-a-1-„superpava“-legion-condor-1810 - ref. BRP72045- Henschel He-126B-1 Source: http://www.brengun.cz/e-shop/1-72-plastic-kits-28/hs-126-b-1-1811 - ref. BRL72247 - Photoetched and resin set for Brengun kit Source: http://www.brengun.cz/e-shop/1-72-accessories-21/henschel-hs-126-(brengun-kit)-1812 Hs.126 kits sprues pics V.P. Edited February 24, 2021 by Homebee 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octávio Mântua Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Hello all, I just received the new Brengun Henschel 126 and compared it with the Airfix model (the best of the existing kits until now). I compared both kits with Kageros plans and the comparison was disappointing. Although the Brengun kit has a very good detail the dimensions of the wing and fuselage are shorter. Has anybody compared the Sabrekits Henschel 126? Best regards, Octávio _MG_1382 -v2 by ZlinXII, no Flickr _MG_1383 -v2 by ZlinXII, no Flickr _MG_1386 -v2 by ZlinXII, no Flickr _MG_1384 -v2 by ZlinXII, no Flickr 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Hi Octávio, Thanks a lot for the post. Have you compared the kit(s) with the known dimensions of Hs 126 too, please? The thing is, I am able to name several lessons of my own, where otherwise excellently looking drawings of lesser known aircraft types, published by renowned (Polish) publishers, contained serious dimensional errors. Therefore I am always careful when comparing kit parts with scale drawings. If you did, consider my remark for irrelevant. Patrik 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octávio Mântua Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Hi Patrick, Thanks a lot for your observation. I did not check the real dimensions of the aircraft with the plans. So I went to look for them and apparently the dimensions are the following: - Span: 14,5 meters -> converting to 1/72 -> 20,14 cm - Length: 10,9 meters -> converting to 1/72 -> 15,14 cm Comparing these dimensions with the Kagero plans we have: - Span: 20,2 cm (more 0,06 mm) - Length: 15,3 cm (more 0,16 mm) Although there is a little difference, I consider it tolerable. As to the pre-existing kits (Matchbox, Italeri and Airfix), all of them the wings match with the plans. For example Airfix has a wing span of 20,15 cm. Brengun wing has a span of 19,6 cm (0,54 cm missing). With this in mind, or the actual dimensions of the aircraft have been wrong until know or Brengun used a plan that was not correct. Best regards, Octávio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) On 4/15/2021 at 11:56 PM, Octávio Mântua said: Has anybody compared the Sabrekits Henschel 126? I've got the Sabrekits Hs.126 today. It's wingspan is 20,2 cm and length is approx. 15,3 cm (I can not be completely sure in this measurement because I estimated the unassembled parts). But the fuselage parts are pretty similar in shape with these of old Italery kit which I have in my stash for decades. So I think that though Sabrekits kit lacks some fine detailing of Brengun's product it is much more precise in dimensions. I feel like the Sabrekits developed their Hs.126 while keeping an eye on the Airfix of Italery kit (or both). 😉 Edited April 26, 2021 by Val_Ukraine 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octávio Mântua Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Thank you very much for this information! Best regards, Octávio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandros Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) Hello, my fellow modelers I have mixed feelings about this kit. Though it is a huge improvement regarding older examples, I think it is not for the average modeler. The cockpit detail could be much better. For the instrument panel no decal is provided, so the only option is something vaguely painted, to represent instruments. The rear console suffers from the same issues. The detail is faint, difficult to paint even with the finest brush, the radio boxes (in separate pieces) suffer from sink marks and poor detail. The ribs are quite good, but the rest of the detail on the inner walls (boxes, switches, etc., ) is very shallow. Even though a photo etched fret is provided, there are no seat belts for the pilot and gunner seat. Fit is generally good, but the omission of locator pins needs extra attention. The engine cowling consists of five pieces that need to be aligned very carefully. Some holes for the bomb pylon on the left of the fuselage and the RAM at the right are missing. Small parts are very delicate and break easily (especially the machine gun and engine parts). Plastic is very soft and tends to melt easily if you over do it with the glue. Some panel lines need to be rescribed. Instructions are not so good. These are my first impressions on the kit. I hope the above helped. Edited April 4, 2022 by sandros 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFM148 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 04/04/2022 at 00:48, sandros said: Hello, my fellow modelers I have mixed feelings about this kit. Though it is a huge improvement regarding older examples, I think it is not for the average modeler. The cockpit detail could be much better. For the instrument panel no decal is provided, so the only option is something vaguely painted, to represent instruments. The rear console suffers from the same issues. The detail is faint, difficult to paint even with the finest brush, the radio boxes (in separate pieces) suffer from sink marks and poor detail. The ribs are quite good, but the rest of the detail on the inner walls (boxes, switches, etc., ) is very shallow. Even though a photo etched fret is provided, there are no seat belts for the pilot and gunner seat. Fit is generally good, but the omission of locator pins needs extra attention. The engine cowling consists of five pieces that need to be aligned very carefully. Some holes for the bomb pylon on the left of the fuselage and the RAM at the right are missing. Small parts are very delicate and break easily (especially the machine gun and engine parts). Plastic is very soft and tends to melt easily if you over do it with the glue. Some panel lines need to be rescribed. Instructions are not so good. These are my first impressions on the kit. I hope the above helped. I am used to old models and with some basic scratch skills, the cockpit shouldn´t be an issue. The Brengun model should be a giant leap for me compared to older models. There is never such a thing as a perfect model. This industry is almost a cottage industry compared to 5-6 big companies with lots of resources $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandros Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 6:40 PM, JFM148 said: I am used to old models and with some basic scratch skills, the cockpit shouldn´t be an issue. The Brengun model should be a giant leap for me compared to older models. There is never such a thing as a perfect model. This industry is almost a cottage industry compared to 5-6 big companies with lots of resources $$$. I am used to old models as well, but when someone asks me to pay 21 euros for a 72nd scale kit, this must deserve the money. To make things worse, i realized that no machine gun is provided nor a decal for the cockpit instruments. So i turned to brengun website and bought an aftermarket set. The set arrived (in a week, superfast delivery) with the acetate instrument panel film missing!!!! This was the main reason for purchasing this set. After 3 mails to the company, describing the problem, no reply is provided yet. The fit of the resin parts is poor, and the rest of the set does not add much to the cockpit interior. I wonder why some manufacturers keep insisting on providing unpainted instrument panels and dials in 72nd scale that are almost impossible to paint. And the price of the set is about 15 euros + shipping. So regardless of the site of the company, a very welcome subject has many issues and is definitely not for the inexperienced modeller. I also want to criticize the lack of response to my mails (probably due to the Catholic Easter) but i think i can wait for a week until i turn to paypal for resolving the issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFM148 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 9 hours ago, sandros said: - I am used to old models as well, but when someone asks me to pay 21 euros for a 72nd scale kit, this must deserve the money. As I said, this is a cottage industry, almost artisanal. We should look at it as a small industry for a limited rare and niche demand with only 5-6 well known industry exceptions. Most of the companies is a one man show in a garage. The big companies will not dare to put some time and money into an accurate kit of the Hs-126 because there is no strong demand for it. If we like to build obscure rare subjects, we need to learn and develop advanced scratch skills. I see no other way. I see the positive side though. I used to have a lot of Vac formed kits and limited run resin ones. Now we have limited run kits waaaay much better to the old kits available. Not perfect, not cheap, but we can fix the issues and get the best of a dark subject with good results. My two cents. Cheers 9 hours ago, sandros said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandros Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, JFM148 said: As I said, this is a cottage industry, almost artisanal. We should look at it as a small industry for a limited rare and niche demand with only 5-6 well known industry exceptions. Most of the companies is a one man show in a garage. The big companies will not dare to put some time and money into an accurate kit of the Hs-126 because there is no strong demand for it. If we like to build obscure rare subjects, we need to learn and develop advanced scratch skills. I see no other way. I see the positive side though. I used to have a lot of Vac formed kits and limited run resin ones. Now we have limited run kits waaaay much better to the old kits available. Not perfect, not cheap, but we can fix the issues and get the best of a dark subject with good results. My two cents. Cheers I really appreciate your point. My post was not to avoid the kit, but to be prepared what to expect when buy the kit. I read a lot of reviews praising the Brengun offering without focusing on the shortcomings. And this is hard to find out unless you start building the model. I think I need to start a WIP post for that. Thomas BTW, today, I received a mail from Jan Sobotka from Brengun/Hauler, informing me that he will send the missing part. Edited April 19, 2022 by sandros 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 7:20 AM, sandros said: My post was not to avoid the kit, but to be prepared what to expect when buy the kit. I read a lot of reviews praising the Brengun offering without focusing on the shortcomings. And this is hard to find out unless you start building the model. And I am very glad that you provided your comments, which were measured and with reference to stated sources (with which we can agree or disagree to our heart's content). Far too many reviews, especially in-the-box ones, are uncritical: it's often only 6 months later or so that the truth about shortcomings starts coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandros Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 And for those who are interested in this plane, a more thorough analysis can be found in my post on constructing this kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 New boxing - ref. BRP72047 - Henschel Hs-126K6/B1 - Greece-Estaonia-USSR Source: http://www.hauler.cz/e-shop/1-72-plastic-kits-28/henschel-hs-126k6-b1-greece-estonia-ussr-1932 VP. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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