Always enjoy your reviews Gary, highlights all the notable points without counting all the rivets. Looks a great kit for the price. No PE too which is a massive bonus as the part details look fine enough. Particularly like the landing light details as those sort of things are noticeable whereas cockpit details are often hard to see even with the canopy open. Will be interesting to see what else they do in that scale.
At the moment they only do the PZL P.11C in 1/48. The tropical Hurricane is a pre-order item. Would be interesting if they might upscale their P-39, for example...
This does look a fantastic product. Judging by their exquisite 1/72nd a/c subjects, a 1/48th item can only be the same, only 10 fold. How it goes together is, of course, another matter but somehow I just can't see the build being an issue at all. Gorgeous. Can't wait for what they have in the pipeline regarding future 1/48th a/c releases. Having said all that, I still think the Airfix item is lovely and absolutely worthy if building. Nothing wrong with it at all. Modellers today are so lucky with what's now available.
That will do me Tommy looks very nice now it will depend on how it goes together looking forward to the next instalment hopefully you will do the Stamford Tuck aircraft but which ever way you go for will be great 👍
@@markfranks1329 although I will say I've found the actual equivalent of handbrakes an odd thing - on the 747 you push the top of the rudder pedals with your toes and flick a tiny switch on the centre console. Always thought a proper lever would have been better...
@@garys_stuff Yes, I believe that might be the conventional way to 'handbrake' an aeroplane. When I did my PPL, on Cessna 150s, the top of the rudder pedals had to be depressed simultaneously and a toggle pulled. To unlock, one just depressed the top of the peddles.
We live in an amazing time when it comes to the plastic modelers world. So much has changed since 1967, and most of it is for the better. No wonder my stash is sitting at about 80 kits :)
Lovely looking kit, hopefully it will build into a great kit. I do wonder though, howmuch of all those parts will be seen once its all closed up. But the, that's the same with a lot of kits.
Hi Gary, I have seen kit for myself out the box at the local model club, the detial very good, I'm sure you will do it justice as your skill level has got better and better, on reflection this being way above my skill level, I will leave this kit for people like yourself, as always a subjective review. Very good.
Oh, that box art alone is wonderful! The reflected glow from the deflagration... sublime. I spent the entire review just drooling. Having cleaned up the carpet, I can’t wait for this kit to be on the shelf locally. A question for the hive mind...What should be on my bench next: A 1:48 Kinetic F/A-18A or an HK 1:48 Lancaster? (Apologies, Gary. Couldn’t help myself.)
@@crazylocha2515 I’ve built their F-104 and Mirage III. Both really good kits. I’ve got their F-18A, Harrier and another Mirage III in my small-ish stash. Looking forward to building them. All the best, mate.
Arma kits are mostly brilliant and state of the art but suffer from one "flaw": No wheels up option! I would buy Arma kits if that option was included. Cheers:-)
@@markfranks1329 I don`t buy Arma kits in the price range 350-400 DKR(ca. €50) to modify them myself. It's about the options and expectations I have as a customer when I buy a set in that price range that Arma not meet.
@@NielsenDK-1I understand your point but no kit is perfect, no matter what 'price range' it inhabits. As advocates of this hobby, this is something we have to accept. Modellers are so lucky today with what is at their disposal. Yet sadly, it seems they're still not happy and appear to want to have their backsides wiped for them at every stage. Modelling is an enjoyable challenge. Not a privilege.
Interesting Gary that in one comment below there is no PE but in the video before you opened the box you suggested that age 14 meant there probably would be. I wonder if age 14 recognised that below that age modellers were more likely to lack the experience to do a 1:48 scale model, so in a way it's a difficulty metric. WRT the knobbly bits especially inside the wings, TBH I'm lazy so I'd do a dry fit first and if they didn't get in the way of a good fit I'd leave them. Re the 'bomb release'.. maybe it's a release for the drop tanks, so once they're empty they can be jettisoned and give the pilot a bit more performance. BTW with the Errata sheet, maybe find the original in the instructions and scribble it out as a reminder it's been updated.
I have seen a few reviews of this kit now and it does look top notch. This said it is considerably more expensive than the Airfix ones. I still have an Airfix one to build so I think I am going to have to give the Rosie the riveter tool a good thrashing.
Gary, why so much ‘flash’ on the frames? Also could one fill the dash and then use the decal with ease? Stamford plane is pretty normal yet the night intruder far from norm. Bob England
Believe it was £45, at Jadlams. Not sure about taxes and shipping, or if Gary found it cheaper elsewhere. Haven't found it in the US yet, may have to get it directly from Arma 😜. ☕🐢
Quite right - if you're happy with economy delivery (a few days) then postage is free. Good to top up at the same time with any extras you might fancy - like some photo etch straps!
