Antoine Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hello there, I've read much comment about the general quality of haseg Spit IX, the main problem being, if I undestood well, the shortness of the nose and fuselage (I know I must miss something). But I was wondering if it was also true with their Mk.V, as I've seen some pretty cool boxart, with colour options that suits my interest. But maybe tamiya's mk.V is a wiser choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old VG 33 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hello there,I've read much comment about the general quality of haseg Spit IX, the main problem being, if I undestood well, the shortness of the nose and fuselage (I know I must miss something). But I was wondering if it was also true with their Mk.V, as I've seen some pretty cool boxart, with colour options that suits my interest. But maybe tamiya's mk.V is a wiser choice? Hi Antoine Did you read that : Fighters Forum Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darson Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hello there,I've read much comment about the general quality of haseg Spit IX, the main problem being, if I undestood well, the shortness of the nose and fuselage (I know I must miss something). But I was wondering if it was also true with their Mk.V, as I've seen some pretty cool boxart, with colour options that suits my interest. But maybe tamiya's mk.V is a wiser choice? Hi Antoine, The Hase Spitfire Mk.Vb certainly does not suffer from the same dimension problems as their Mk.VIII/IX series did, it's accurately a very nice kit. IIRC there is nothing really of any import that re separates the Hasegawa or Tamiya or offering when it comes to the Mk.V series. I have built both numerous times and they are both delightful. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hi AntoineDid you read that : Fighters Forum Patrick Thanks, but no, I didn't. I don't know if it's a valuable review speaking about dimensions accuracy.. Hi Antoine,The Hase Spitfire Mk.Vb certainly does not suffer from the same dimension problems as their Mk.VIII/IX series did, it's accurately a very nice kit. IIRC there is nothing really of any import that re separates the Hasegawa or Tamiya or offering when it comes to the Mk.V series. I have built both numerous times and they are both delightful. Cheers Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheModeller Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hello there,I've read much comment about the general quality of haseg Spit IX, the main problem being, if I undestood well, the shortness of the nose and fuselage (I know I must miss something). But I was wondering if it was also true with their Mk.V, as I've seen some pretty cool boxart, with colour options that suits my interest. But maybe tamiya's mk.V is a wiser choice? You will be well pleased with the results if you build either of the Vbs, Tamiyas has the edge on buildability because of the tabs and slots in the wing roots to ensure a good fit and establish the dihedral, other than that the only thing about the Hase Vb is that the cockpit and seat are rather small but if you are building it with the canopy closed that hardly matters. To my eye the Hase Vb looks a little more 'delicate' that the Tamiya offering, but dimensionally they are all but identical. Not to say either is 'accurate' but they were obviously both designed off the same set of drawings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I prefer the 1/48 Hasegawa V to the Tamiya one, and have built several, both standard and modified to IX and XII in the days before we had such things in modern kit form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Thanks everyone. Difficult to understand why haseg messed up their spit IX fuselage, and not the V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Thanks everyone.Difficult to understand why haseg messed up their spit IX fuselage, and not the V. But they did! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Indeed they did. Just as Airfix managed to produce a 1/48 IX that failed to match the basically good shape of their accurate, though aged, 1/48 Vb. Sometimes it seems that model manufacturers are determined to throw away their basic research from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 But they did!John And they were not the only one, as most 1/72 Mk.IX kits are inaccurate in a way or the other. It's really weird to see that one of the best known subjects of all has so often been interpreted so badly. Guess that its lovely lines are more difficult to understand than it may look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 Oh, by the way, what about haseg's Mk.VIII? Certainly the same fuselage problem, as found in the Mk.IX??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV571 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Oh, by the way, what about haseg's Mk.VIII?Certainly the same fuselage problem, as found in the Mk.IX??? Yes, they're basically the same kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks, I should have known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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