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1/48 F6F-3 or 5

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1/48 F6F-3 or 5
Posted by johnbuzzed on Friday, April 26, 2013 7:40 AM

Opinions, please.  1/48 F6F 3 or 5- Eduard or Tamiya?  Thanks in advance.

John "The Buzzard" Buzzerio

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"You live, you learn." - Alanis Morissette

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Posted by DiscoStu on Friday, April 26, 2013 9:17 AM

Eduard.  Definitely.  I'm not sure that Tamiya makes a 1/48 Hellcat.  

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Posted by Bronto on Friday, April 26, 2013 5:56 PM

Eduard makes the best one.  Tamiya is not an option as they don't make one.  The Hasegawa and Hobby Boss kits aren't too bad either.

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Posted by johnbuzzed on Monday, April 29, 2013 1:54 PM

I guess I'll go with the Eduard kit as I have read a lot about their kits and there do not seem to be many complaints or problems.  Thanks for the replies- I didn't realize that Tamiya doesn't make one.  I just assumed, and you know what "they " say about assuming...

John "The Buzzard" Buzzerio

L.I.A.R.S. club member since 1991

"You live, you learn." - Alanis Morissette

Too many models in the works to list...

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Posted by SchattenSpartan on Monday, April 29, 2013 2:30 PM

The Eduard kit is nice.

I got mine together without any problems, apart from a bad fit on the engine cowling (its my fault btw)

And I'm not experienced at all. I would just replace the engine with one from quickkboost. It's not that expensive and looks a lot better.

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Posted by Nathan T on Monday, April 29, 2013 2:58 PM

What makes the QB cowl so much better? Just curious as I've got some Eduard Cats in the stash.

 

 

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Posted by SchattenSpartan on Monday, April 29, 2013 3:03 PM

No, you got that wrong, Nathan.

I was talking about the Quickboost engine:

Clemens

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Posted by Nathan T on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:39 AM

Ohh, got it. Yeah much better engine, but the Eduard Brassin R-2800 tops the cake, but is 3 times the costTongue Tied

 

 

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Posted by SchattenSpartan on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:00 AM

Thats why it'll be Quickboost, Nathan! Wink

Clemens

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Posted by magnum278 on Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:54 AM

Squadron Mystery Deal: Eduard F6F-5 early Profitpack! Just ordered mine!

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