barracuda67 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Hi I want to build a RA-5C Vigilante in 1/48. According to my information there are 2 kits, Trumpeter and Collect-Aire. Which is better choice? Thanks for answers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Only the Trumpeter one is available. Try and find the nose correction on eBay (Cutting Edge did it originally - well worth it) The kit came out in 2005 and is classic early Trumpeter. Big and impressive once built! Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda67 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Scimitar F1 said: Only the Trumpeter one is available. Try and find the nose correction on eBay (Cutting Edge did it originally - well worth it) The kit came out in 2005 and is classic early Trumpeter. Big and impressive once built! Will Thanks Will Unfortunately, Cutting Edge sets are very expensive, if you can find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Collect Aire must have ceased kit production at least 15 years ago. Tommo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, barracuda67 said: Unfortunately, Cutting Edge sets are very expensive, if you can find them. I have seen some very similar sets on eBay for a more reasonable price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I'd go for the Trumpeter version if you have the choice. There is a fuselage brace out there to help maintaining stability that may be worth it! ( Nautilus models if I remember correctly!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda67 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 54 minutes ago, exdraken said: I'd go for the Trumpeter version if you have the choice. There is a fuselage brace out there to help maintaining stability that may be worth it! ( Nautilus models if I remember correctly!) Thanks Unfortunately, the fit on the Trumpeter Kit doesn't seem to be the best. He has a lot of rivets for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 no definitely not the best, one of their first efforts. and also detail is not always 100%. but would you recon the CollectAire one better/ more trouble free in any way? sorry, that is th eonly ones you've got to choose from! found it: http://nautilusmodels.com/48-801.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpk Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 6:53 AM, Scimitar F1 said: Only the Trumpeter one is available. Try and find the nose correction on eBay (Cutting Edge did it originally - well worth it) The kit came out in 2005 and is classic early Trumpeter. Big and impressive once built! Will Don't waste your money on the Cutting Edge Vigilante fuselage correction set. It corrects nothing. I bought all the CE Vigilante sets when the Trumpy Viggie was released. The forward fuselage correction set was the least useful of the sets. It was virtually the same as the kit plastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, jpk said: Don't waste your money on the Cutting Edge Vigilante fuselage correction set. It corrects nothing. I bought all the CE Vigilante sets when the Trumpy Viggie was released. The forward fuselage correction set was the least useful of the sets. It was virtually the same as the kit plastic. Depends on the buyer - the excessively wide canopy is very noticeable to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpk Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 9:44 AM, Scimitar F1 said: Depends on the buyer - the excessively wide canopy is very noticeable to me Yes, true, however for the now very expensive cost of the OOP resin set, very little if anything is corrected. The contours of the hump on the kit is totally wrong. The resin, in order to mate properly with the incorrect hump, had to keep the overall incorrect lines and contours so the parts would line up. What CE should have done was create a whole new replacement upper fuselage like they did with their A3J-1 conversion set for the early Viggie. It is his money but if it were me I would spend the money on one of the intake sets or some other resin sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda67 Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Hi Thanks for the information. I found one from Collect Aire that was cheaper than Trumpeter's. regards Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpk Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Not one of CA's better kits either. Mastered before Dimitri started creating their masters. Search the archived posts in both Hyperscale and Cybermodeler as I believe they have build reviews of both kits then choose your poison. Of the two kits though I would choose the Trumpy Viggie with or without the resin aftermarket. Edited March 25, 2021 by jpk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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