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Posted by HeavyArty
on Thursday, December 30, 2004 11:24 AM
I prefer the older Revell 1/32 kit. It has finer detail and more to-scale rivets and recessed panel lines than the Panda kit. Panda is an upscaled 1/48 Italeri kit. As such, the parts are overly thick and rivets and recessed lines are way too big. Detail is lacking, especially in the cabin area, for example, the instrument panel is nonexistent, it is a flat plate with a weak decal for instruments, looks bad. The support bar for the troops seat in the rear is way too thick, it would be about 6-8 inches thick if it were as big as it is shown in the kit. The troop seats would be about 4 inches thick too. You can get the Cobra Company upgrade set to fix these problems, but it costs as much as the kit itself. I am using cast parts from the Revell kit to fix the Panda kit. For me 1/32 is close enough to 1/35, but if you have to have a 1/35 UH-1D, Panda is your only option. Also, as noted above, the Panda kit does not actually come with the gunmounts needed to make it a Gunship, Revell does, but the M60 Flex guns are weak, and need to be replaced with others, the Dragon ones work great. Good luck.
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