Most accurate Hs 123 and 126 in 1/72 scale?

[Procopius]

Hullo all,

 

I was just wondering which of the various offerings in 1/72 are regarded as the most accurate representations of the Henschel Hs 123 and Hs 126. Any help is appreciated!

[Shorty84]

Have you seen the discussion in the Rumourmonger thread about the Brengun kit of the Hs 126? 

Further down is a comparison of the Airfix and Brengun kit with some scale plans and some comments about the Sabrekits kit too. 

 

Cheers

Markus

Edited May 10, 2022 by Shorty84

[Giampiero Piva]

The most accurate Hs126 is, I think, the Sabrekits.

HTH

Giampiero Piva

[Giampiero Piva]

As for the Hs123, excluding the old Airfix, both the AVIS and the FLY are decent, both require a lot of modifications, but once built they are both good. Perhaps the AVIS creates fewer problems.

HTH

Giampiero

[Hook]

I have two boxings of the Fly He 123 kits in the stash  and they are miles ahead of the Airfix.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Eddie_C96]

On 11/05/2022 at 01:31, Giampiero Piva said:

The most accurate Hs126 is, I think, the Sabrekits.

 

 

Hello,

I ve been researching HS-126 for years (Kari should be able to attest to that as we exchanged info on the subject almost 20 years ago).

Personally, I believe Zbignew Luranc from the1995 Polish book are the best scale planes out there.

If you consider those, Sabrekits is definitely the best kit out there, although it is not correct for Greek (K6) and Estonian/Soviet (K7) aircraft and misses some details between A and B versions.

Next comes the venerable Airfix - the fuselage is marginally better in shape, but the wing is wrong.

Ital(a)eri kit has a better wing, although not perfect, but the cockpit is all wrong shape.

Matchbox is OK-ish for its age, but the wing is too thin and a bit out of shape...

 

Brengun is GARBAGE - I have one and am ready to donate it to anyone (ex-postage cost).

The kit is undersized (possibly due to mold shrinkage after cast), but not completely, giving the plane a weird look.

Edited May 17, 2022 by Eddie_C96

[Eddie_C96]

On 11/05/2022 at 14:51, Hook said:

I have two boxings of the Fly He 123 kits in the stash  and they are miles ahead of the Airfix.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

 

Fly kit is based off Airfix, to the point some parts are interchangeable, with obvioisly some better engraving and detail...

[Giampiero Piva]

For Fly Hs123 see also:

The Sabrekits Hs126 is based  on the drawings of the engineer Lebl, which appeared in some issues of 'Revi' magazine. However, even  Sabrekits  requires various works for the cockpit

HTH

Giampiero Piva

[MarkoZG]

So we are still waiting for the answer about the most accurate Hs 123. This is especially interesting because Fly and Avis kit differ one from each other in many shape aspects.

[Giampiero Piva]

5 hours ago, MarkoZG said:

So we are still waiting for the answer about the most accurate Hs 123. This is especially interesting because Fly and Avis kit differ one from each other in many shape aspects.

I built both Avis and Fly; I personally prefer the Avis which creates fewer problems, while being less accurate here and there. Another solution is to use parts of the Fly on the Avis.

HTH

[Eddie_C96]

On 18/05/2022 at 01:15, Giampiero Piva said:

I personally prefer the Avis which creates fewer problems, while being less accurate here and there

Any set of scale drawings you would recommend?

[Giampiero Piva]

 

6 hours ago, Eddie_C96 said:

Any set of scale drawings you would recommend?

- Kagero Monographs n.48

- MMP Books Orange series 8115

HTH

[MarkoZG]

Given the past records of both Kagero and MMP, I wouldn't take their drawings as too reliable for determining the accuracy of any kit.

 

Edited May 23, 2022 by MarkoZG

[Procopius]

2 hours ago, MarkoZG said:

Given the past records of both Kagero and MMP, I would take their drawings as too reliable for determining the accuracy of any kit.

 

Would, or would not?

[MarkoZG]

That was a typo which you correctly noticed - would not.

[sandros]

On 5/17/2022 at 5:01 AM, Eddie_C96 said:

 

Βrengun is GARBAGE - I have one and am ready to donate it to anyone (ex-postage cost).

The kit is undersized (possibly due to mold shrinkage after cast), but not completely, giving the plane a weird look.

I am not satisfied from the Brengun offering, but I am working on it. Probably, little or nothing can be done about the shape or the size of the model. At least the fit is good and everything seems to drop right in the proper place.

 

[Wm Blecky]

As far as the Hs.126 goes, where does the AZ model kit rank?

[Eddie_C96]

18 hours ago, Wm Blecky said:

As far as the Hs.126 goes, where does the AZ model kit rank?

 if you talk about the KP ones, they are re-boxes of Sabrekits moulds - so probably the best

[Wm Blecky]

Yes, my bad.  Those are the kits I was referring to.  Thank you.